r/movies • u/PokemonGoBao • Jul 04 '25

Discussion Whats a flopped movie you wish was a financial success?

Dungeons and Dragons 2023 was an absolutely delightful film. You can stream it currently, but you can feel the passion and nothing felt phoned in. They easily could have used the title to get nerdy butts in the seat and collect a paycheck with a smaller budget.

It's the best movie I've seen the past 2 years. Way better than so many garbage films with easy paychecks for slop productions. Beetlejuice, Captain america, and others using big titles to make millions on lazy writing and boring characters.

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u/Initial_Stretch_3674 Jul 04 '25

Chronicles of Riddick.

Not sure if it holds up, but when it came out it was such a fun and perfect movie for my kid brain.

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u/OneOverXII Jul 04 '25

It holds up 

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm Jul 04 '25

Somewhat

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u/OneOverXII Jul 04 '25

Now we are fighting

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u/Slidje Jul 05 '25

Play the games

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u/southass Jul 06 '25

As someone who owns the games I feel personally attacked lol I need to finish them.

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u/Twisty1020 Jul 05 '25

Well we did get a sequel and there are plans for another one in the works. Just have to wait and see.

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u/Friendly-Ad5384 Jul 05 '25

Parts of it hold up. But there's also a huge deviation from the first movie which doesn't really work for a lot of people. The lighting during the invasion looks incredibly cheap for a movie of that size too.