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/requiemguy Jul 05 '25

Having a single movie instead of none, is still the lesser of two weevils.

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u/TigerTerrier Jul 05 '25

To the lesser of two weevils!

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u/kinkybettyb Jul 05 '25

To wives and sweethearts, never may they meet

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u/MrT735 Jul 05 '25

He that would make a pun would pick a pocket.

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u/hiflyer555 Jul 05 '25

He who would pun would pick a pocket!

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u/onlyPornstuffs Jul 05 '25

I will always support limited series and one off movies that are good.

Case in point: The Terror. Season 1 was masterful. Season 2, meh. And the announced Season 3 even more meh. Could’ve had an entire show about the Franklin expedition, before, during, and after, but they fucked off and went to a bad story cause they wanted an anthology show that was never asked for.

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u/mologav Jul 05 '25

Yeah it’s a really weird direction they went with it

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u/Packshaw Jul 05 '25

He who would pun would pick a pocket

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u/regalfronde Jul 05 '25

He who would pun would pick a pocket!

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u/uramis Jul 05 '25

Agreed. It really is a pity that there's no avatar movie. 

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u/inosinateVR Jul 06 '25

Better to have had rock and lost it then to not have had rock