'Bros' creator blames missing straight audiences for gay rom-com flop
Los Angeles (AFP) - "Bros," billed as the first gay rom-com from a major Hollywood studio, flopped at the box office because straight people "just didn't show up," its creator Billy Eichner said. Heavily marketed by Universal Pictures and costing $22 million to produce, the movie received mostly glowing reviews but took less than $5 million at North American theaters on its opening weekend. Despite opening in more than 3,000 theaters, it ranked only in fourth place at the domestic box office overall, behind Paramount's mid-budget horror "Smile," and two other films which debuted earlier last ...