Trump Biopic Bombs In Opening Weekend: $1.5M

October 13, 2024 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

The Daily Beast reports:

The controversial biopic about former president Donald Trump’s business career in New York real estate flopped at the box office this weekend.

The Ali Abbasi-directed The Apprentice—which Trump’s lawyer’s tried to block from release earlier this year—was on track to earn just $1.58 million, according to industry estimates.

World of Reel noted the film, which cost $16 million to make and showed on a not inconsiderable 1,750 screens this weekend, made a paltry $150,000 on Thursday.

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THE APPRENTICE was basically a write-in candidate at the box office this weekend, opening outside the Top 10 with just $1.5M. pic.twitter.com/pxkkALzXMG

— Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) October 13, 2024