Did you see the romantic comedy Bros this past weekend? If not, star Billy Eichner has some choice words for you, having taken to Twitter to encourage people to see it–especially if Bros isn’t their typical sort of viewing.
Bros opened at #5 at the box office with under $5 million, falling to horror flick Smile in its first week and three movies out for at least two weeks, including the Avatar re-release. Following these poor box office numbers, Billy Eichner went on a Twitter tear, pinning the blame on “homophobic weirdo[s].”
Billy Eichner has expressly blamed straight people for their lack of support for Bros. “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.”
Billy Eichner has also been nearly constantly retweeting positive reviews of Bros, citing Rolling Stone calling it one of the best comedies of the century so far. (Our own Chris Bumbray gave it a solid 7/10.) In one tweet, he wrote: “Box office, as we all know, has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of a movie. And tweeting about a movie you haven’t actually seen is meaningless. That’s just twitter bullshit. The majority of people who see Bros really love it! Go check it out and see for yourself!”
Eichner also gave a heads-up to all of his Twitter followers, showing how proud he was of Bros and that no, he won’t be shutting up anytime soon. After all, he put a lot of effort into promoting the movie.
What are your thoughts on Billy Eichner’s statements? Are straight people to blame for Bros poor box office numbers? Or did it just not seem that interesting? Let us know!