Billy Eichner is blaming “homophobic weirdos” for his latest movie absolutely bombing at the box office, complaining that straight people didn’t show up in droves to watch two dudes get it on.
Shocker.
Eichner, who wrote, produced, and starred in “Bros,” blasted “straight people” in "certain parts of the country" for why the movie pulled in an abysmal $4.8 million across 3,350 theaters on its opening weekend. (For those who might not know, “Bros” is the R-rated story of two gay guys, Bobby and Aaron, who meet online and end up…you know what, based on the description, it’s a Kate Hudson flick but with two dudes. Moving on.)
But it turns out that for whatever reason, audiences didn’t care to go see Eichner’s movie about two “bros” hooking up via a dating app, spelling almost sure disaster for a film with a $22 million production budget.
Now, maybe no one had movie cash thanks to inflation. Maybe half the country was busy dodging Ian rain this weekend. Maybe there was a popcorn shortage.
Or, maybe, it’s because only about 7 percent of Americans identify as LGBTQ, and audiences tend to gravitate toward movies with which they can relate – not a film whose promo poster features two guys grabbing each other’s rears, includes scenes of gay sex including a "foursome," and which, as one reviewer put it, “Hits all the right notes and doesn’t shy away from the realities of gay hookup culture.”
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And apparently, this reticence to watch a couple of guys roll around betwixt the sheets means we must hate gay folks.
“That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately,” Eichner said in a Twitter thread. “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.”
He then said that “everyone who isn’t a homophobic weirdo” should go see the film.
While we’re doling out advice, maybe he should make a movie people actually want to go see.