Win one for Gipper! Ronald Reagan movie peaks in home sales after Trump’s victory

Now it’s a winner for “The Gipper” — the late actor and President Ronald Reagan.

The movie “Reagan” has soared to the top of the home sales charts following President-elect Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 victory.

“Reagan” was listed as #2 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list overall Monday for sales of DVD, Blu-ray and digital downloads, after being No. 1 this weekend, the film’s publicist said.

The team that created “Reagan” cited similarities between the two Republican giants and the synergies between Trump’s successful campaign and the film, which retells the life story of Reagan, a popular two-term president and former Hollywood actor.

Reagan earned the nickname “the Gipper” for his first major acting role portraying terminally ill football player George Gipp in the 1940 film classic “Knute Rockne, All American.” Gipp was in his hospital bed when he asked coach Knute Rockne to get the team to “win only one for the Gipper.”

“First and foremost, Reagan believed in America and Americans. I think Trump feels the same way. Reagan was, and Trump is, willing to fight for what they believed was right, “Reagan” screenwriter Howard Klausner told The Post.


Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan in the 2024 film "Reagan."
Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan in the 2024 film “Reagan”. Courtesy Everett Collection

Asked if he believes the Reagan film will do well in home sales, he said, “I do. I think people just consume the overwhelming majority of their filmed entertainment in the home now.”

Actor Robert Davi, who played Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev in the film and is a staunch Trump supporter, said: “The film showed how Reagan was demonized, just like Trump was.”

He said he was “elated” by Trump’s victory and was in Palm Beach with the president-elect for the victory celebration.

“They were both red, white and blue. The difference is in literary style. Trump is like Hemingway and James Joyce, direct and stream of consciousness, Reagan had a more restrained, poetic style,” said Davi.

The film stars Dennis Quaid as Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller as First Lady Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as a KGB agent and Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Reagan’s first wife. It first hit theaters just before Labor Day. Mark Joseph, founder and CEO of MJM Entertainment Group, produced it.


President Ronald Reagan works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House as he prepares a tax overhaul speech
President Ronald Reagan works at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House as he prepares a tax overhaul speech on May 24, 1985. AP

But there were complaints of liberal bias after only a few theaters in blue-chip New York City and much of the metro region didn’t show the film.

“Reagan” also faced censorship from Meta, Facebook’s parent company, which later admitted to the mistake of blocking ads for the film.

“Reagan” still reached $30 million in box office sales, surpassing presidential biographies LBJ, Nixon and Oliver Stone’s “W” about former two-term GOP President George W. Bush., the publicist said.

Davi said voters saw through the effort to censure Reagan and void Trump.

“New York and California are 98% propaganda wings for the Democratic Party and they don’t want anything that hurts their agenda. As we saw with the election and with Elon Music’s takeover of X, (Americans) are realizing the utter emptiness and subversiveness of the media industry complex,” said the conservative actor.

“A lot of people who have seen the film have come up to me and said it was the best film they’ve ever seen. Random people in the supermarket.”