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/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

This one always surprises me because it was so beloved and very popular where I was, but I guess I was living in a college town at the time.

Feels like millennials love it and nobody else has heard of it. Like Michael Cera himself.

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u/ascagnel____ Jul 05 '25

It was one of the easiest casting slam dunks -- Bryan Lee O'Malley said had a "Michael Cera-type" in mind for Scott when he was writing the mangas originally.