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DISNEY FILM FEATURG GAY MA CHARACTER BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE
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”.
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. 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.