A handful of tickets have been sold for Melania Trump’s new documentary film at a Doncaster cinema – despite Donald Trump claiming the movie had “sold out” at UK cinemas.

Just four tickets have been sold for the opening weekend of Melania: Twenty Days To History at the city’s Vue cinema – with other theatres across the country also reporting lacklustre ticket sales - despite Amazon reportedly paying $40m for the film.

The documentary is projected to make just $5m during its opening weekend.

The film, set for nationwide release on January 30, has served up underwhelming pre-sale figures, with the UK ticket sales described as “soft”, according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue.

The Melania movie is expected to tank at the UK box office.

placeholder image — The Melania movie is expected to tank at the UK box office.

According to the latest figures, just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at the cinema's flagship branch in London.

It comes despite Donald Trump's claims that Melania's 'authorised' documentary has 'sold out' at UK cinemas.

A follow-up to her eponymous memoir, the documentary is said to peek behind the curtain of the first lady’s private world married to the world's most powerful man.

A fly-on-the-wall take on the First Lady's world, the film documents the 20 days leading up to the January 2025 inauguration.

It comes as Mr Richards told the Telegraph that Vue had received a considerable number of complaints from the public over the firm's decision to screen the film.

“I have told everyone that, regardless of how we feel about the movie, if it is BBFC [British Board of Film Classification] approved we look at them and 99% of the time we will show it,” he said.

“We do not play judge and jury to censor movies.”