Bros (film)

This article is about the 2022 American film. Not to be confused with Bro (2023 film) or Bro (2021 film).

Bros
A rear view of two men wearing jeans and tshirts, each one with a hand reaching across grabbing the other's butt cheek
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNicholas Stoller
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBrandon Trost
Edited byDaniel Gabbe
Music byMarc Shaiman
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
  • September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30) (United States)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22 million[2]
Box office$14.8 million[3][4]

Bros is a 2022 American romantic comedy film starring Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane as two gay men in Manhattan who avoid commitment but are drawn to each other. The film is directed by Nicholas Stoller based on a screenplay he co-wrote with Eichner and is produced by Stoller, Judd Apatow, and Josh Church. Produced under Universal Pictures on a budget of $22 million, it is one of the first gay romantic comedies by a major studio and has an openly LGBTQ principal cast.[5]

Bros had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022. Universal spent between $30–40 million marketing the film and commercially released it in theaters in the United States on September 30, 2022.[6] The film received generally positive reviews from critics, but it bombed at the box office, grossing $14 million worldwide against a production budget of $22 million.

  1. ^ "Bros". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference VarietyProj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Bros (2022) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on December 16, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Bros (2022)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "'Bros' trailer: Billy Eichner to lead first gay rom-com by a major studio". NBC News. May 18, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Barnes, Brooks (October 2, 2022). "'Bros' Fails at the Box Office, as 'Smile' Arrives at No. 1". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.