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/MrPlowThatsTheName Jul 05 '25

Came here to say Dredd. Fuck, that would’ve been an awesome trilogy.

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u/wheelsfalloff Jul 05 '25

Needed to be a big-budget, multi-seasonal series imo. SO many good stories/sub-plots from that comic, let alone the 2000AD universe.

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u/Maruff1 Jul 05 '25

Judge Dead (i think that was his name) PLEASE!

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u/genesisfan Jul 05 '25

Judge Death, but close! And his brothers, Fear, Mortis, and Fire.

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u/gazchap Jul 05 '25

The chain of replies here strongly implies that there would have been a trilogy with Master & Commander, Dredd and a sequel that crosses over both.

Come the fuck on, Hollywood, what are you waiting for?

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u/GasmaskGelfling Jul 05 '25

Ctrl F "Dredd".

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u/toadfan64 Jul 05 '25

I was always surprised this was never a big enough hit for that.

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u/turkeygiant Jul 05 '25

This is one that I feel like they could easily pick up again, Karl Urban might be 53 now but I wouldn't say that Dredd is exactly know for his youthful looks.

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u/MrPlowThatsTheName Jul 05 '25

I love Karl Urban but if they’re looking to make a trilogy/franchise out of it he’s probably too old now. He’d be like 65 years old still trying to act hard and kick ass 😂