D&D Movie/TV Should the D&D Movie Been Serious or Not Called D&D?

[Zardnaar]

Actually it is easy. If you spend more on ‘publicity’ than you gain in sales, then the publicity was not worth it

There's also negative publicity. I can't really see Paramount ponying up money for another movie.
And any other studio will look at the numbers and go nope.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

Actually it is easy. If you spend more on ‘publicity’ than you gain in sales, then the publicity was not worth it

Except if it was a big ad campaign for the D&D game. I don't disagree with box office flop. It might still have made hasbro happy.

 

[Zardnaar]

Except if it was a big ad campaign for the D&D game. I don't disagree with box office flop. It might still have made hasbro happy.

And if it hurts the brand? The big money is in a successful game ir movie maybe a TV show but they're kinda struggling atm.

 

[mamba]

Except if it was a big ad campaign for the D&D game. I don't disagree with box office flop. It might still have made hasbro happy.

That is the publicity part… The movie cost 250, it made back 100 (exact numbers do not matter), so 150 is essentially advertising cost for D&D.

Unless you increase the profit of D&D by that much, the ‘advertisement campaign’ part did not make its money back either, just like the movie did not.

Did it boost D&D? That is likely. Did it do so enough to offset the cost? Pretty unlikely

You can still see it as an investment in a long term strategy, but that is not at all the same as the movie returning a profit, whether directly or via boosted sales - and in that case it is much too early to call it a success (or flop)

 

[Hand of Evil]

It should have been a Streaming show, not a movie, along the lines of The Witcher or Vikings or House of Dragons.

 

[Alby87]

Seen with my players. All of them enjoyed it, only one saying it should have been a little more serious, but still a very good movie.
Every person I know who have watched the movie enjoyed it, Rotten Tomatoes gave it a good score. Release date. To me it was only release date. The original release date was switched with Scream, maybe that slot would have gave it more luck?
John Wick 4 did good, but about a week later Super Mario was so viewed that a person I know who manages a multiplex told me "I had to put out a lot of good money making movies like D&D and John Wick to put more for Super Mario, that gave me sold out on every time slot, even more room on the same time slot". Super Mario was a calculated risk, but no one expected such a good result.

D&D was plagued by a bad movie in the past... Super Mario too, don't forget

 

[nevin]

As the title says. The D&D movie flopped at the box office. One reason speculated is the D&D name in the title being a turn off outside of the dedicated fan base.

Eg Honor Amoung Thieves: A D&D story. Or just HAT.

The other thing was did they get the tone wrong? GotG fantasy knock off vs more serious tone like LotR or Game of Thrones.

Another problem was outside of serious fantasy (LotR) and Harry Potter fantasy movies in general tend to do badly at the box office.

All the well regarded fantasy TV shows and big budget tend to be serious in tone as well (GoT, Shadow and Bone, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power, Witcher, Sandman).

Willow was the exception but it wasn't well regarded or high budget and got canceled.

first of all a Game of Thrones Vibe would have killed it... The sequels arent doing as well people are just as tired of the GOT dark negative sum stories as they are of comic book movies.

Yes it was too comedic. To me it felt like a table of drunk players unable to make any good decision or get serious about anything.

The biggest problem with the movie in my opinion was that bard and sorcerer came across as pathetic pointless characters till the end. It really sucked a lot out of the movie I think. As much as I loved the paladin he just made the other men look even worse. I do think the movie should have taken itself more seriously and less campy. But it was still the first DND movie that didn't crater so they are learning from past mistakes.

 

[nevin]

Seen with my players. All of them enjoyed it, only one saying it should have been a little more serious, but still a very good movie.
Every person I know who have watched the movie enjoyed it, Rotten Tomatoes gave it a good score. Release date. To me it was only release date. The original release date was switched with Scream, maybe that slot would have gave it more luck?
John Wick 4 did good, but about a week later Super Mario was so viewed that a person I know who manages a multiplex told me "I had to put out a lot of good money making movies like D&D and John Wick to put more for Super Mario, that gave me sold out on every time slot, even more room on the same time slot". Super Mario was a calculated risk, but no one expected such a good result.

D&D was plagued by a bad movie in the past... Super Mario too, don't forget

the fact that super mario took seats from the DND movie says it all. The DND movie tried to be a kiddie movie and an adult movie. No one was wowed. A lot of people liked it but Super Mario stuck to it's core base and made 1.2 billion dollars because people got what they expected and the movie was good.

in contrast the DND movie was good but I don't think everyone got what they expected and most of the fan base would have preferred something that took it's plot a bit more seriously.

 

[Krachek]

Actually it is easy. If you spend more on ‘publicity’ than you gain in sales, then the publicity was not worth it

So we have to wait. The movie just start its tour on streaming. now in pay to view, later it will be on Netflix or Amazon, still millions view to come.
evaluating the effects on sales of such a movie will take years.

 

[Corinnguard]

The biggest problem with the movie in my opinion was that bard and sorcerer came across as pathetic pointless characters till the end.

It would have been more interesting if the Bard, Druid and Paladin had been able to cast their own spells. Why was it so important to keep them from outshining the Sorcerer again?