20th Century Fox’s high-profile gay teen romance “Love, Simon” opened to a distant 5th place at the weekend box office, with just $11.5 million. While the film’s budget was only $17 million, the studio must feel a little disappointed considering all the marketing they put into it. Here’s why it underwhelmed: HIGH NUMBER OF ADVANCE […]
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“Love, Simon” is based on the 2015 YA novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 20th Century Fox, the studio distributing the film, is declaring this film the first-ever mainstream rom-com with a gay teen protagonist. Nick Robinson (from last year’s “Everything, Everything” – also based on a YA romance novel) gives a breakthrough, star-making […]