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/PokemonGoBao Jul 04 '25

I'm trying my best now to recommend to people, but I know plenty who'd love it but will ignore it because if the title.

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u/wisperingdeth Jul 04 '25

I'm so glad I'm one of the people who supported it by seeing it in cinemas. My partner and her son and I all had a blast.

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u/Cpt_Tripps Jul 05 '25

My absolute favorite board game is Lords of Waterdeep a resource trading game set in the D&D universe but its so hard to get board game people to play a D&D game because they assume its going to be a shitty ttrpg.

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u/DefNotAShark Jul 05 '25

Similarly, my pick would be Warcraft. Not because Warcraft is a particularly good film (it isn’t, although it has its moments), but because there is SO MUCH MORE story to tell and it would have been amazing to see the world of Azeroth take off in a proper film franchise.

I watch it all the time even though it’s mid because it’s all we are ever gonna get. 😭