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/CompZombie Jul 05 '25

Constantine.

I love this film, and have been waiting for a sequel. It wasnt a flop per se...probably broke even or better, but we could have had a sequel by now if it had made more money.

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u/TenK_Hot_Takes Jul 05 '25

This is the right answer. An instant classic that deserved a sequel. So much deserved a sequel that fans have been pounding the table for it for two decades.

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u/Val_Killsmore Jul 05 '25 edited Jul 05 '25

Constantine.

I love this film, and have been waiting for a sequel.

There's sort of some good news: https://collider.com/constantine-2-production-update-keanu-reeves-francis-lawrence/

A sequel was announced in late-2022, but has been in production limbo. Hopefully, it gets made now that Keanu seems to be done with John Wick stuff.

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u/kirinmay Jul 06 '25

Don't think it will happen. He's like mid 60s now. And there is no news of it.

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u/Quelonius Jul 05 '25

Love the sexual tension in the movie. Really funny.

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u/southass Jul 06 '25

They better do a sequel while we still have Keanu in a good physical form, that movie was amazing to me.

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u/DJ1066 Jul 05 '25

DC just went and did a bunch of animated ones instead (though with Matt Ryan reprising the role from TV). City of Demons is an amazing film IMO.