Billy Eichner

"Straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn't show up for Bros,” Eichner says. "And that's disappointing but it is what it is."

“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 writes. “And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don’t get this opportunity often.” “Everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo should go see BROS tonight! After starting on a high note, Eichner moves to the negative stuff. But after the unabashedly queer film underperformed at the box office over the weekend, Eichner [posted on Twitter](https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/1576684997095804928) to take the heterosexual masses to task. It was truly magical,” Eichner writes.

Billy Eichner reacted to his movie "Bros" flopping at the box office over its opening weekend, tweeting that "straight people ... just didn't show up."

we’re not dating,” he said at the New York City premiere of the Nicholas Stoller-helmed film. [Everyone who ISN’T a homophobic weirdo](https://pagesix.com/2022/06/06/billy-eichner-says-hollywood-is-homophobic-hypocritical/) should go see BROS tonight! “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. [“f–king” his hunky co-star Macfarlane](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/21/billy-eichner-jokes-hes-fking-his-bros-co-star-luke-macfarlane/), 42, in real life and that the sex was “amazing.” “Bros,” which had a $22 million production budget, landed in fourth place at the box office, trailing behind “Smile” ($22 million), “Don’t Worry Darling” ($7.3 million) and “The Woman King” ($7 million). And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don’t get this opportunity often.

The first gay rom-com to be released by a major studio, starring and written by Eichner, made just $4.8 million in its opening weekend.

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"Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc,," tweeted the film's star, producer and co-writer, "straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn't show up for Bros. And it *is* special and uniquely powerful to see this particular story on a big screen, esp for queer folks who don't get this opportunity often." 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.

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