Rotten Tomatoes refuted claims that the “Melania” movie’s audience ratings were artificially inflated. The film has one of the largest gaps in Rotten Tomatoes history, with a difference of more than 93 percentage points between critics and audiences.

This movie tells the story of the first lady Melania Trump 20 days before President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. As of Friday, the show had a critical score of 6% and a ratings rating of 99%.

Versant, the parent company of Rotten Tomatoes, has denied any tampering with the score, telling Variety “No robot manipulation” audience comments.

“The comment shown on the popcorn meter is verified reviewswhich means it has been confirmed that the user has purchased a movie ticket,” they added.

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First Lady Melania Trump stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on January 28. (Michael Nagel/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Internet Movie Database Since the movie “Melania” was released, IMDb has received more than 48,200 user ratings, with the majority of votes being one star.

The film currently has a rating of 1.3 stars on the site. IMDb also issued an “unusual activity” warning under the title, “Our ratings mechanism has detected unusual voting activity for this title.”

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Some media organization Point out the huge difference in reactions online. The Daily Beast was one of the first newspapers to report on the disparity, call it suspicious and claimed that ticket sales may have been artificially inflated.

On February 4, First Lady Melania Trump met with freed American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

late night comedian jimmy kimmel He also questioned the film’s box office receipts on his show, joking that the success might have been “rigged.”

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“A lot of people, myself included, have been wondering how this movie managed to sell $7 million worth of tickets last weekend when almost every theater seemed to be empty before it was released,” Kimmel said in his monologue Wednesday.

President Donald Trump stands with First Lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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The host went on to speculate that movie tickets had been purchased and distributed to Republican activists and senior citizens’ homes.

“Melania” Period exceeded expectations It grossed over $7.1 million in its opening weekend. This film marks one of The strongest opening weekend Once upon a time was a non-musical documentary. Amazon-MGM Studios paid $40 million for the project and spent an additional $35 million on marketing.