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Box Office: Gay Romance "Weekend" Sr Big Numbers Limed Debut (Updated)

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COMMENTARY: THE REAL LSON OF ‘BROS’: IT’S OK TO LET GAY ART BOMB

At the box office, this gay wtern love story grossed $178 ln around the world acrdg to BoxOfficeMojo. Given how racist and homophobic certa dienc n be, this number is nsired a pretty big succs for a g-of-age film about a man who is both Black and gay. However, one mt take to nsiratn the very aggrsive nservative phback that surround this film due to the fact that featured a gay leadg character.

Here, we prent the 10 hight-grossg films history that have clear LGBTQ narrativ or characters – we’ve exclud films such as Interview wh the Vampire and The Talented Mr Ripley, both of which only have ‘homoerotic’ them.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s third mockumentary edy follows the star’s polilly rrect character, Bno, a gay Atrian fashn reporter who travels to the Uned Stat to bee “the biggt Atrian superstar sce Hler”.

COLUMN: THE MOVIE ‘BROS’ FLOPPED BUT SUCCEED JT BY BEG A GAY ROM

Although received mixed reviews om LGBTQ groups for perpetuatg gay stereotyp, was a box office succs, openg the top spot the US and grossg over $130 ln worldwi. The late Rob Williams stars as Armand Goldman, the openly gay owner of a drag club lled The Birdge.

BOX OFFICE: GAY ROMANCE “WEEKEND” SR BIG NUMBERS LIMED DEBUT (UPDATED)

It historilly beme the first major Hollywood productn to clu a gay male sex scene, and missed the $200, 000, 000 mark by jt five ln dollars. Tom Hanks earned his first of two Amy Awards for his performance Philalphia as Andrew “Andy” Beckett, a closeted gay man who his his AIDS stat om his -workers at a prtig rporate law firm.

SPECIALTY BOX OFFICE: GAY MARRIAGE DRAMA ‘LOVE IS STRANGE’ OPENS STRONG

The film is noted for beg one of the first mastream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexualy, and homophobia. Although was praised for brgg Turg’s legacy to a wir dience, the film was heavily cricised for downplayg his homosexualy.

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Granrson: The movie 'Bros' succeed jt by beg a gay rom- - Los Angel Tim .

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