From its unprecedented $40 million price tag and troubled director at the helm to political optics and shaky box office expectations, Amazon's Melania has sparked debate long before audiences see a single frame.

Melania, the mysterious and controversial documentary about the First Lady, has been pulled from South African theaters days before its global release.

When a local theater in Oregon tried to get cheeky with its marquee, it found itself in the middle of a corporate shutdown it never saw coming.