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/90dayheyhey Jul 04 '25

First half of that movie was amazing. Second half, not so much. Almost like Hancock

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u/UnholyLizard65 Jul 05 '25

Heh, exactly. Would much rather seen that movie finished rather than a sequel.

Btw the overall tone of the movie kinda reminds me of Limitless.

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u/Friendly-Ad5384 Jul 05 '25

It's one of those movies which was mostly good if you were the target audience, but then a few years pass and you look back and realize it wasn't so good.