His new gay romantic comedy bombed at the box office on opening weekend.
Billy Eichner has complained that straight people “just didn’t show up” to his new gay romantic comedy after it bombed at the box office on opening weekend.
“Bros” — which is produced by Judd Apatow and reportedly cost $22 million to make — garnered buzz for being the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio, but it brought in a paltry $4.8 million since its release Friday.took to Twitter to express his disappointment“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.
“Rolling Stone already has ‘Bros’ on the list of the best comedies of the 21st century. What’s also true is that at one point a theater chain called Universal [the studio behind the movie] and said they were pulling the trailer because of the gay content. . America, f–k yeah, etc etc.” Eichner then declared: “That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately. 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.”Eichner subsequently implored that “everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo” go to a cinema to see ‘Bros’ as soon as possible.
However, the comedian was quickly blasted by gay and straight Twitter users alike, many of whom accused him of “shaming” people for not seeing the film.
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