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Are Studio Comedies Becoming Box Office Poison?
Billy Eichner recently caused a minor controversy on Twitter when he blamed straight people for the box office underperformance of his new LGBTQ-themed romcom Bros. Eichner, the star and co-writer of the film, tweeted, “Straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros.” While it may be true that some homophobic moviegoers avoided this film on the basis of its subject matter, there are many other factors that contributed to Bros’ commercial failure.