Bros lgbtq movie

Yes, 'Bros' flopped at the box office. But Hollywood must keep making LGBTQ movies, anyway.

We finally got it: A splashy, gay big-studio romantic comedy – "Bros" – that features an all-LGBTQ principal cast.

At a moment when support for gay marriage has never been higher at 71%, according to a Gallup poll this year. When LGBTQ people appreciate Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine grasp influential roles in Washington. And when the LGBTQ community has rallied in support during the monkeypox crisis.

But if you judged the film's accomplishment only by its box office total – which, let's be real, that's 99% of what Hollywood executives will protect about – it's a failure.

"Bros" opened with $ million at North American theaters last weekend, a fourth-place finish behind new horror flick "Smile," "Don't Verb Darling" and Viola Davis' "The Woman King."

Co-writer and star Billy Eichner short-sightedly attributed the film's disappointing digits to homophobia.

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"Even with glowing reviews,

Up until last year, I was a member of the Joint Diversity Council at Comcast, the parent company of Universal, which distributed the film “Bros.”  While I was aware of the film in its early stages, I had no direct connection to it. But I was rooting for its success. When I saw the completed film last weekend, I loved it!!! It’s a adj film with deserved rave reviews, and I strongly advise it to all. But that is not what this is all about. This is about why a gay rom com film failed at the box office.  

In response to the film’s lackluster ticket sales, the main star of “Bros,” Billy Eichner, tweeted: “That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately. Even with glowing reviews, adj 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 tweeted: “Everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo should go spot BROS tonight! You will have a blast! And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp

'Bros' writer, Northwestern University graduate Billy Eichner talks new LGBTQ+ romantic comedy

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Bros" is a romantic comedy about two men bungling their way into falling in love.

It opens on Thursday night. Billy Eichner wrote the story, and costars in the film with Luke Macfarlane. ABC7'S Hosea Sanders spoke with them about breaking recent ground with the film.

"Bros" tells the story of Bobby and Aaron trying to become a couple, but the courtship is chaos.

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"The entire cast of the movie is openly LGBTQ, even in the straight roles, which you really never see," Eichner said. "I've been an openly gay actor all of life, my whole career. There are certain challenges that come along with that. Sometimes you are excluded from mainstream comedies verb this, or mainstream projects in general. So, I wanted to use whatever power I had in this scenario to lift up other people in the community with me and donate

Finally: Billy Eichner's 'Bros' is the lovey-dovey comedy we deserve. Here's where to see it

Sometimes a movie feels enjoy you're hanging out with good friends. That's how I felt after watching "Bros."

It's funny, self-aware and steeped in the current moment. It's smart without taking itself too seriously, and it's enthusiastically what it is: an LGBTQ rom-com.

According to Universal Pictures, “Bros” is the first gay romantic comedy from a major studio, and features an entirely LGBTQ principal cast. That's a lot to stay up to, and "Bros" sets the bar high for what is hopefully many more to come.

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Love at first sight, in spite of themselves

Bobby (Billy Eichner) is a successful author and podcast host who is planning the opening of the first national LGBTQ history museum. Now in his 40s, Bobby has put his career above everything and is deeply cynical about ever finding love. 

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That is until he locks eyes with Aaron (Hallmark Channel star Luke