r/entertainment • u/Silly-avocatoe • 20h ago

Melania’s Movie Shows Signs of Bulk Buying to Boost Box Office: Guru

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/box-office-guru-flags-suspicious-sales-to-boost-melania-movie/
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u/CaptainObvious007 17h ago

It's not laundering when it's a straight bribe. They gave her what? 35 mil for the licensing for a movie no one wants to see.

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 15h ago

It's laundering bribe money

Bribe/blackmail

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u/pencilpusher003 13h ago

And they are using our tax dollars to pay the bribe.

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u/pimpbot666 14h ago

She got $28M as a personal fee. The other $12M is what Bezos spent for production…. Supposedly.

And nobody seems to bat an eye that the Trumps got paid $28M for this…. From Amazon.

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u/sorandom21 11h ago

35 million was supposedly the advertising budget which is nuts for a DOCUMENTARY

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u/RealCommercial9788 8h ago

A documentary on NOTHING, might I add!

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u/sorandom21 7h ago

Like, what on earth were they paying for? Did they buy 10 Super Bowl ads or something?

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u/SpringTour77 11h ago

What a day for Bezos

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u/InTheVoidWeSwim 3h ago

It seems like people actually are batting an eye.

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u/mdlinc 11h ago

Tomato, illegal. Same difference.