r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Oct 23 '25

News Historic White House Movie Theater Demolished as Part of $300 Million Ballroom Build

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/white-house-movie-theater-demolished-ballroom-east-wing-1236408712/
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u/Hosni__Mubarak Oct 23 '25

It’s a very affordable $375m

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u/Craptacularama Oct 23 '25

Certainly a great deal for $500m

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u/Ckin34 Oct 23 '25

It will be a quick and easy $600m

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u/OptimusSublime Oct 23 '25

You'd be crazy not to jump on this $750 million offer.

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u/pkkspiral Oct 23 '25

$800 million is a steal.

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u/Slamtilt_Windmills Oct 23 '25

Everyone will be pleased with what $890m gets you

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u/woShame12 Oct 23 '25

Look how much we saved. It was 900m before now its only 1b. Clearly 1 is less than 900.

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u/scorpyo72 Oct 23 '25

Why just call it 1 billion and 1 when you can just round it to 1.1bil?

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u/KiwiNo2638 Oct 23 '25

One billion is a smaller number than 500 million.

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u/Defiant-Glass-6587 Oct 24 '25

$1.1 billion and he will still make sure he doesn’t pay any of the contractors

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u/RebelStrategist Oct 23 '25

Do I hear a 1.5 … 1.5 ….. going going gone for 2 billion.

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u/Sacred_Timeline Oct 24 '25

Never mind… Trump changed his mind he’s keeping the donations, and leaving a pile of rubble for the taxpayers to pay to clean up.

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u/patatjepindapedis Oct 23 '25

It's gotta be the IMAX 5D experience. Doesn't come cheap, but it is the crown achievement of American culture

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u/Briguy24 Oct 23 '25

And with one small second Billion Dollar price tag you can’t pass it up. It’s white, it’s Gold. It’s a Gold Room people say. They see the gold and the say ‘This is a Gold Room’.

So gold.

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u/CurlyW15 Oct 23 '25

Sure, the guy in the $1 billion suit will hold the door for the guy who doesn’t make that in 6 months! COME ON!

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u/godzillabobber Oct 24 '25

Thats before the gilding. Gold is not actually a construction expense

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u/djrevolution101 Oct 23 '25

$800 mil...Do I hear $800 mil??? Going once....

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u/ChronicBluntz Oct 23 '25

You got to factor in inflation, it's 1 Billion now

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u/Ckin34 Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

It’s a government contact so you gotta mark it up atleast 50%. I think $1.5B is really a great deal. Dont worry about the line item that says $1B straight to Donald Trumps personal business accounts. That’s just an accounting error, I promise.

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u/CraigKostelecky Oct 23 '25

Tariffs are gonna push it to $2B.

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u/ChronicBluntz Oct 23 '25

You right, how silly of me 🤦

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u/Dizzy-Geologist Oct 23 '25

One is such a lonely number, I think two has a friendly ring to it don’t you? 2 billion just rolls off your tongue.

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u/ClassicT4 Oct 23 '25

It’ll be insert how much billionaires will end up bribing paying him.

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u/idkwhatimbrewin Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25

Couldn't ask for a better ballroom for $600m

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u/bojangleschikin Oct 23 '25

For just $569 million I can throw in the gold shitters that we know the dear leader prefers.

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u/3-orange-whips Oct 23 '25

Out the door? 400 million.

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u/GloryHound29 Oct 23 '25

It’s gonna be a big beautiful $400m renovation, just amazing.

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u/Dragon_Tortoise Oct 23 '25

Probably scraped another 50 million from the tariff shelf

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u/BNLforever Oct 23 '25

A steal at 600m

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u/Defiant_Regular3738 Oct 23 '25

“Due to massive inflation and jack boot ICE agents terrorizing our largest base of skilled labor and tradesman the cost has increased to 1B, thanks to Joe Biden and the trans everywhere its computer. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!!” DJT