Billy Eichner Blames Straight People for “Bros” Dismal Box Office

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A special government commission created to examine the infamous murders of gay men in Australia starting in the late 1970s held its first hearing yesterday.The Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ Hate Crimes in New South Wales will examine the 80-plus unsolved deaths from 1976 to 2000 that took place on the picturesque cliffs surrounding Bondi Beach and Manley in NSW. Both areas were popular meeting places for men looking to have sex with other men during the period.In his opening statement to the commission, the senior counsel assisting, Peter Gray, encouraged individuals with knowledge of the crimes to come forward.“If you have had something weighing on your mind for years about these things, now is your chance to do something to make some amends,” Gray said in his statement delivered Wednesday.

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The highly-anticipated queer film My Policeman hits Prime Video on Friday, and The Advocate has a special exclusive featurette with interviews of the cast and creators behind the film. The film, which premiered in theaters last month, currently holds 96 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. My Policeman toggles between past and present, with pop star Harry Styles as the young Tom Burgess, a Brighton policeman discovering his identity at a time in England when queerness was criminalized and LGBTQ+ people were routinely jailed. Related: Watch Harry Styles in a Queer Love Triangle in 'My Policeman' TrailerThe Crown star Emma Corrin, who is nonbinary, is Tom’s wife Marion while out actor David Dawson stars as Tom’s lover Patrick.

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dismal”, gay rom-com Bros failed to rebound on its second weekend.The $22 million-budget movie, written and starring Billy Eichner, opened in just over 3,300 theatres last weekend, but only took $4.8million.Over its second weekend, it remained on over 3,000 screens. However, it took $2.1million.

Billy Eichner has opened up about Bros’ polarising marketing strategy in a new interview.

Billy Eichner has opened up about Bros’ polarising marketing strategy in a new interview.

Billy Eichner has said he 'could have easily' cast Chris Evans as his love interest in his gay rom com - but decided not to on a matter of principle.The 44-year-old comedian previously trumpeted the movie ahead of its release for having an all-queer cast even for the straight roles.Since then however the movie has bombed at the box office, with one line of thinking blaming its lack of A-list movie stars.'We could have easily thrown Chris Evans into the Luke McFarland role,' Billy said at a New Yorker Festival panel, per Deadline. 'But we didn’t because for us it was important to give a number of openly LGBT actors a chance to star in a movie even though they weren’t movie stars.' All-queer cast: Billy Eichner (left) has said he 'could have easily' cast Chris Evans (right) as his love interest in his gay rom com - but decided not to on a matter of principleBilly was on the panel with Harvey Fierstein, the acclaimed actor and Torch Song Trilogy playwright who also appears in Bros.They candidly acknowledged the movie's underwhelming performance at the box office, where its opening weekend was 40% below expectations.

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture discusses hard topics such as fat-phobia and homophobia with smart, unapologetic humor. He brings that same energy to Bros, where he plays Henry, the fun-loving friend to Billy Eichner’s character Bobby.Guy has been working in Hollywood for over two decades. He has a lot to say about both film culture and the gay scene.

A New Yorker Festival panel with actor and comedian Billy Eichner and playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein, who both appear in Bros, turned into an onstage post-mortem about the gay rom-com’s disappointing opening.

Bros star and co-producer Guy Branum called out the film’s critics in a social media post. 

Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Eichner noted, “Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is,” adding, “Everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight! You will have a blast!”Contemporary reading comprehension and short online tempers being what they are, these tweets immediately got translated into: “Billy Eichner called everyone who didn’t see ‘Bros’ a homophobe!”So what, then, should we take away from the disappointing opening weekend of “Bros”? Well, for starters, some of those online theories actually do hold water.

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This spring, prior to the departure from her talk show, I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Ellen DeGeneres about her life, the end of her talk show, and that groundbreaking moment when she came out on her sitcom Ellen almost 25 years ago. She took a bullet for our community because being queer at that time was a detriment.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Billy Eichner’s “Bros” made history as the first gay rom-com to be given a wide theatrical release by a major studio, as well as the first with an all-openly LGBTQ cast. From the nightclub where Eichner’s Bobby meets and falls in love with Luke McFarlane’s buff Aaron, to the LGBTQ+ Museum grand opening, the Big Apple love story features several amazing sets — as well as a carefully curated DVD shelf. While production for “Bros” was originally meant to take place in Buffalo, N.Y, the pandemic thwarted plans, and with a new tax credit incentive, New Jersey became the stand-in for the rom-com (with a few scenes shot on the streets of New York and Provincetown). Sitting down with Variety, writer-director Nicholas Stoller and production designer Lisa Myers share insight into the film’s key sets.

Bros underperformed at the box office this past weekend.Billy Eichner‘s big, gay rom-com is hilarious, heartfelt, and features a massive ensemble of LGBTQ actors—it’s the exact kind of movie we should be supporting and making a major blockbuster!But if you’ve been holding out on seeing it for whatever reason, allow us to convince you to rush to the theater immediately…Exhibit A: Ryan Faucett.  A post shared by Ryan Faucett (@tryanfaucett)In Bros, Faucett starsas Josh, a very sexy distraction in the burgeoning relationship between Eichner’s museum curator Bobby and Luke Macfarlane’s hunky lawyer Aaron.Related: Hunky gay ‘Bros’ star Luke Macfarlane was the straight man—literally—in a dozen Hallmark moviesOn an early date at the movie theater, Bobby and Aaron run into Josh and his girlfriend. Aaron used to play hockey with Josh, and admits to harboring a crush on him back in high school—no big deal.

Bros, underperformed at the box office over its opening weekend. One person shedding no tears for the Eichner-led project is Meghan McCain.In her latest column for the Daily Mail, McCain sets out why she believes the movie faltered.Bros was made for a reported $22million, with an estimated further $30million spent on promotion.

Billy Eichner’s Bros is so much better than it has any right to be.

Bros came in fourth place in this past weekend's box office results, and Billy Eichner—the film's star and co-writer—is firmly blaming homophobia for the disappointing finish.However, other factors may have played a role in the film underperforming. One box office expert told Newsweek the declining popularity of comedy movies in general was shown by Bros' performance."Comedy is a tough sell in Hollywood, maybe the toughest sell of all genres right now," Jeff Bock, senior media analyst at Exhibitor Relations, Co., said to Newsweek.

Bros‘ opening weekend was a bit of a dud.Despite positive reviews, Billy Eichner‘s big, gay, studio rom-com underperformed at the box office, and the writer/star says the straights are to blame. But the internet is full of armchair experts, and everyone seems to have their own theory as to why Bros failed to bring people (straight, or otherwise) to the theater.One of the prevailing thoughts is that Bros just wasn’t marketed well.

Billy Eichner’s Universal-backed comedy “Bros” flopped at the box office during its opening weekend with a $4.8 million bow, about half of the $8 million to $10 million that the studio projected. Eichner, in a now viral tweet, claimed that straight people not showing up to an LGBTQ comedy was a driving force behind “Bros” underperformance. “Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore, etc., straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for ‘Bros,'” Eichner wrote. “And that’s disappointing but it is what it is.” Eichner is certainly correct that some straight moviegoers weren’t interested in the material, while homophobia about two men falling in love also likely figured in. During a recent trip to a multiplex in Georgia, for instance, this writer saw a group of men being openly homophobic by mocking the “Bros” poster for featuring a guy putting his hand on another guy’s butt. However, the $4.8 million opening for “Bros” is so low that it also means many LGBTQ viewers didn’t show up to see the comedy in theaters either. So why did “Bros” disappoint?

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took to Twitter to express his disappointment over the dire numbers with a controversial take that quickly garnered backlash.“Last night I snuck in and sat in the back of a sold out theater playing ‘Bros’ in LA. The audience howled with laughter start to finish, burst into applause at the end, and some were wiping away tears as they walked out. It was truly magical.

(CNN) -- Despite a positive critical response, Billy Eichner's film Bros had a lackluster opening weekend at the box office.The comedian and actor took to Twitter to share his disappointment in the turnout and his pride in the movie, a romantic comedy."Last night I snuck in and sat in the back of a sold out theater playing BROS in LA. The audience howled with laughter start to finish, burst into applause at the end, and some were wiping away tears as they walked out," Eichner began a series of tweets on Sunday.

Bros, touted as the first mainstream Hollywood studio-backed gay rom-com, has opened to a less than enthusiastic response at the US Box office.Variety reported that Bros debuted at number four and had grossed $4.8 million in its opening weekend – half the collections projected by the studio. Universal had expected a $8 to $10 million opening for the Judd Apatow-produced film directed by Nicholas Stoller and starring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane.Before the movie was released, homophobes had review bombed the movie with low ratings.

Bros seriously underperformed at the box office over its opening weekend and Billy Eichner believes straight people are to blame.The eagerly-anticipated gay rom-com, produced by a major studio and starring an all-LGBTQ cast in lead roles, opened at over 3,300 theaters nationwide.It met with almost unanimously good reviews, with both critics and audiences scoring it above 90% on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.However, it came fourth at the weekend box office, taking $4.8million. Its production budget was around $22million.

Billy Eichner’s historic new movie, Bros, sold $4.8 million in tickets during its opening weekend – roughly 40 per cent less than anticipated.

Billy Eichner is speaking out in response to his movie Bros‘ disappointing debut at the box office.

“Bros,” the Billy Eichner-fronted film tumbled at the box office on opening weekend. And Eichner – who also co-wrote the film with director Nicholas Stoller – puts the blame on straight people not showing up.“Rolling Stone already has ‘Bros’ on the list of the best comedies of the 21st century.

There is no easy way to say it: When the reviews are this sensational, the marketing support is this substantive and the theatrical footprint is this wide — and ticket sales are nonetheless this low — it usually amounts to outright marketplace rejection. “Bros,” the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio, arrived to an estimated $4.8 million in ticket sales in the United States and Canada, about 40 percent less than the low end of prerelease analyst expectations. Universal Pictures booked “Bros” onto 3,350 screens and spent an estimated $30 million to $40 million to promote it.

Bros producer Guy Branum opened up about his initial distrust of Nicholas Stoller directing the film’s gay sex scenes. 

Billy Eichner: "Thrilled."BE: "Shooting with Luke [Macfarlane], who plays my love interest Aaron, on the Upper West Side near Central Park. It reminded me of all the great romantic comedies I grew up loving — When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, Tootsie, and Working Girl — but they were never about a gay couple. I love those movies, but I never saw myself in them.

Check your local listings. While a streaming release date has not yet been announced, “Bros” will eventually be streaming on Peacock since it’s a Universal Pictures release.

Bobby (Billy Eichner) and Aaron (Luke Macfarlane) in ‘Bros.’ (Courtesy photo)

The reviews are in, and despite homophobes’ attempt to review-bomb the film, Bros is a hit.Billy Eichner’s new flick, the first major movie studio-backed and -produced romantic comedy with two gay characters as the leads and subjects of the film, was released in theaters Friday.Rotten Tomatoes loves Bros, rating the comedy 95 percent fresh.Marya E. Gates at Robert Ebert's gives Bros 2.5 stars overall but rates the movie as entertaining with plenty of inside jokes and nods at things the LGBTQ+ community will identify.

Bros, the new gay rom-com from Billy Eichner.What makes Underwood’s praise a little different is the history between the two men.You may recall that back in 2019, Eichner interviewed Underwood when he was on The Bachelor. Eichner made a jokey reference that Underwood could be the first gay Bachelor.

When he was still figuring out who he was as a gay man, Billy Eichner found himself at the movies. As a college student in Chicago, he caught “Jeffrey” and “Billy’s Hollywood Screen Kiss” at the Music Box. Later, after a move to New York, Eichner watched films like “All Over the Guy,” “The Broken Hearts Club,” and “Another Gay Movie” at the Quad.

Billy Eichner, the gay comedian, is usually the one asking the questions. Eichner came to fame with his award-winning, 2011-2017 truTVshow, “Billy On The Street,” where he would accost strangers on the streets of Manhattan, often with an A-list celebrity at his side. Eichner would interrupt someone in the middle of a jog, an errand, or daily commute, to ask a groan-inducing question or play a silly game. Most New Yorkers did not recognize either Eichner or celebrity sidekicks like Chris Evans, Will Ferrell, Mariah Carey, or Sarah Jessica Parker.