Biggest Box Office Bombs Of 2023

2023 was another big year for big movies doing badly. Comic book movies went mostly in the toilet with entries like The Flash, Shazam 2, Ant-Man 3, Aquaman and so on. Disney also had a dreadful year with features like Wish and The Haunted Mansion plus some surprise entries like Air and literally every comedy. Thanks for all the support and see you in 2024
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Time Codes
1:38 Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part I
3:15 Dungeons & Dragons Honor Amongst Thieves
4:38 The Flash
6:00 Beau Is Afraid
6:34 Expen4bles
7:40 Shazam II: Fury Of The Gods
9:05 Air
10:15 Ant-Man & The Wasp Quantumania
11:10 Haunted Mansion
11:40 Wish
12:40 Indiana Jones & The Dial Of Destiny
14:26 Honourable mentions (Aquaman 2, Napoleon, Blue Beetle etc)
16:50 The Marvels
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[@mrsundaymovies]

*The biggest bomb of 2023 might end up being Aquaman 2. So get excited for that Edit. It passed The Marvels never mind

[@jakemcroth]

No it will easily make a profit according to the latest world wide figures

[@cokemaster3710]

nah marvels and indy 5 are. hell even that wish movie is gonna end up doing worse than Aquaman 2

[@ScotSteam47]

Oaft

[@nero9105]

i will make the sacrifice and see it 140 times

[@galactic06]

it's already outperforming The Marvels relative to week since release, so it won't be the biggest bomb

[@Strivez]

Surely the biggest bomb this year was in Oppenheimer

[@christianrodriguezfromthev9318]

Nice one!

[@sumbohdee2luv]

nah they had bigger nukes in The Creator

[@rorylynch7775]

Bloody got em

[@spider-man500]

*Cough* Godzilla Minus One *Cough*

[@The8347135]

+2

[@XanthosAcanthus]

D&D was such a a good movie. I wasn't a believer and didn't bother when it was in theaters. Even my 70 year old mother loved it.

[@Szokynyovics]

It had sooo much heart!! Almost as much as Vox Machina. It was so fun. :)

[@spider-man500]

It had poor marketing

[@motherplayer]

The good news is that in spite of it, Paramount has taken the critical reception to heart and will pursue more projects for this universe, albeit with a smaller budge next time.

[@HFV_Junkyardin]

Its the only movie on this list I even saw. So thats something.... Actually I did watch Air. Its was pretty good.

[@damonappel]

I got to see it in ScreenX, which expands certain scenes panoramic on the sidewalls. It was a fun movie, with likeable characters.

[@geraldcooper284]

I'm 49. Everyone in the theater for Dial of Destiny was SIGNIFICANTLY older than me.

[@markiangooley]

I’m 62 and just didn’t bother to go.

[@hollandscottthomas]

My parents (late 60s) saw it and did not like it lol

[@jonpower9728]

D&D was a film with a niche fanbase that really appealled to a lot of casual fans afterwards. I feel like if they made a sequel it would get a much bigger response.

[@JoveJoved]

D&D the game was in headlines and on Twitter every few months because they were pushing some kind of woke nonsense (wheelchair ramps for dungeons, removing racial traits, removal of monkey race), so why would anybody want to take a chance with the film?

[@02proctera2]

I honestly thought it was a joke when they said Expendables 4. I had no idea that was a thing

[@butterymales]

It's not a thing. Expend4bles is

[@Finamajig]

Expend4bles is quite possibly the worst thing I’ve seen in my life and the worst part is I get no vindication for it because no one else saw it

[@franciscopozole]

I am most surprised it wasn't already a thing. Didn't the first ine come out like 20 years ago? Also what happened to the Expendabelles? They definitely announced a female cast movie at some point.

[@MacTac141]

This video was the first time I’d heard it came out, when did this happen? lmao

[@gustavosanabio473]

Wasnt aware of the existence of this movie either until the video

[@Nick-4K]

The phrase "vote with your wallet" has never been more prevalent in the spectrum of cinema. People don't have as much money to spend in the first place, and thus, will only spend it on things they find truly worthy. So with that said, Hollywood is actually going to have to start trying again to earn the consumers money. Hopefully the future will find the quality of films more fruitful.

[@teagame1011]

The invisible hand of the market is currently giving the middle finger to ESG & DEI, and i'm all for it honestly...

[@penndavis471]

A lot of incredible movies came out this year it’s really just the big budget big studio movies that have been surprisingly awful

[@DSWYFT]

What is esg and dei ​@@teagame1011

[@AB-zl4nh]

True. Streaming, affordable flat screens & cheap snacks is just a very hard combo to compete against. Not many working class & middle class families want to throw spare cash on something they can get at home.

[@pcb1175]

The frustrating thing about the holdovers is that it’s a Christmas movie & its not released in the UK until the middle of January.

[@howiespancakeshack]

Agree.

[@thejaymesbuckman]

That’s just to add to its sense of melancholic ennui 😸

[@gregorygibbs409]

I’ve got the flu right now, and whenever I get sick I always binge Mr. Sunday Movies videos. Thanks for giving me good stuff to watch while sick!

[@kidunderabridge]

Are you me? You literally described my week

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

@@kidunderabridge What a coincidence! Two viewer of this channel are ill at the same time? Unbelievable xD

[@Winterfang]

That was me with The Nostalgia Critic when I got Chikungunya. (That nasty mosquito virus) I just had it on autoplay while I slipped in and out of consciousness

[@MFCunnilingus]

I hope you’re feeling better mate

[@SirAsdf]

It's been a while since we've seen a year with so many box office disasters. That could be a good video idea. What year in cinema history had the most bombs?

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

2005 is often mentioned as a year with several high-profile box office disappointments, including films like "Stealth," "The Island," and "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D." Similarly, 2015 saw a number of big-budget films underperform, such as "Pan," "Jupiter Ascending," and "Tomorrowland."

[@richborn6700]

@@ThwipThwipBoom I remember the marketing blitz for Jupiter and Tommorowland. They failed on John Carter levels

[@RABartlett]

Yeah, 2005 is considered a major shift, in a bad way--the "slump", the slide in money from the previous year, with its sequels and *Passion of the Christ* (THE movie that I like to blame every problem in Hollywood on), and a lot of original, prestige movies underperforming (No Best Picture nominee made more than a hundred million), you can say the "Either it's Marvel or A24" dichotomy can be traced to 2005.

[@Dorian_sapiens]

@@RABartlett A theory about how Passion of the Christ is responsible for every problem in Hollywood sounds interesting, if you'd care to share.

[@RABartlett]

​@@Dorian_sapiens Basically 2004 was an election year, with the Iraq War and gay marriage being big. Gibson's movie threw a greasefire on the culture war. This resulted in a couple things. 1) A lot of older, Middle American audiences checked out of Hollywood (That got worse after Trump) leaving low concept dramas without an audience. 2) Studios were stuck between a rock and a hard place, where they could "think outside the box" like they did in the early 70's, because "outside the box" could be quite reactionary, (They experimented with more religious films, bot those largely only did well if they were incendiary) which meant Hollywood kept playing it safer and safer. I can also probably draw a line from this to Fox being sold to Disney,

[@Nojintt]

Honorable mention: Exorcist Believer. The "budget" may have been $30 million but Universal had reportedly paid $400 for the rights.

[@maxjones503]

That's for the franchise though, not just the movie. By that argument the Force Awakens would be a huge bomb because Disney paid like 4 billion on Lucasfilm but only made half that on the film. That said it was probably still a bad investment.

[@Nojintt]

@@maxjones503 ya I was typing out that it was for the franchise/etc, but then it got to be a little long so I left it at what I posted. The complexity of the cost of the movie + success or the movie (or lack thereof) + cost of franchise + potential they could earn off the franchise in the future is what I would say earns it a mention, but not to earn a place on the top twelve list.

[@Psilocybin77]

@@maxjones503 I know logic is a foreign concept to most people on the internet, but what you've committed here is the most common of logical fallacies: apples to oranges. Star Wars is a massive, merchandising empire (no matter how crappy the content is), and nobody is rushing out to buy their Exorcist: Believer body pillows.

[@maxjones503]

@@Psilocybin77And I guess this is a fallicist's fallacy (and a bit of ad hominem sprinkled in there lol). The fact is contains one doesn't really impact the point I'm making at all. It wasn't an attempt at an apples to apples comparison, just a deliberately exaggerated example of why it isn't a direct translation, which it isn't.

[@Psilocybin77]

@@maxjones503 please explain where I commit ad hominem?

[@_Pikalika_]

Thank you for not saying Oppenheim was this years biggest bomb, I know it took restraint

[@Lewsepher1]

This whole list just throws fuel on the fire for people who believe much of Hollywood is a money laundering scheme. In what world does a movie about a shoe cost 5x more than an apocalyptic cgi lizard???

[@NitroSpidey]

It sucks that DND bombed because it’s easily on of my favourite films of the year. Going up against Mario was essentially box office suicide, probably would’ve done better if it didn’t go up against that. Also, thanks Mason, I’ll always be calling it DND HAT from now on lol.

[@K3end0]

Something a bit weird some films critics noticed is that you could use colour theory to determine which films were going to be successful this year. You have two broad categories, warm colours (oranges, red) and cold colours (teals, greens, blues) and its common for studios to pick one as the main "theme" for trailers, logos and posters. A lot of the films in this bombs list were predominantly warm with lots of orange (i.e. DnD and the Mission Impossible movie), meanwhile the successful movies of this year (i.e. oppenheimer) were predominantly cold. Critic circles have since coined this phenomenon as a "blue harvest" which was coincidentally the working title for the first star wars movie

[@thepinkplushie]

god fucking damn it

[@iwonttellmynametoamachine5422]

Nice one, you got me :-)

[@diywrites8703]

calm applause. Well played.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

This is legit one of the only times I didn't see this coming. You're a master of the craft.

[@rhodriwilliams2599]

You got me...

[@jordanneal576]

All I need from KZbin is two Australians talking to each other. That's all I've ever needed.

[@gghun04]

I am normal. Completely normal. Totally normal. Normally normal… I saw almost all of these in the cinemas.

[@eastvandb]

I'm normally the same. In a normal way.

[@Spthomas47]

Normally, in years past, I'd be with you with movie going being my normal, but the "new" hollywood normal just isn't my normal. Abnormally or otherwise. I hadn't even heard of a few of these movies, which for me, isn't normal.

[@chrissullivan6572]

Some legitimately good movie flops this year. MI, DnD, Air, and Beau Is Afraid were good.

[@lilblue007]

I raised the question of how AIR costed 160 million dollars when 90% of the scenes take place in an office board room lol

[@chrissullivan6572]

@@lilblue007 It definitely coulda got done for like $25M.

[@Psilocybin77]

@@lilblue007 modern film making is all money laundering and creative accounting, and studios wonder why piracy is so rampant. It boggles my mind that ALIENS was produced on a budget of less than $40 million dollars in 1985/86. It's insanity that these modern CGI bukake fests cost 10x that.

[@titusmccarthy]

@@lilblue007Michael Jordan probably got paid 1 million dollars every time his name was mentioned.

[@wokethelast8498]

25M to make and market the rest went to afleck, matt damon and executives 😂

[@TrevTendo88]

D&D was one of my favorite movies of the year. It had everything: awesome effects, adventure, great performances. It was also freaking hilarious.

[@DavidBanner-de5om]

Hilariously Bad You Mean.

[@Brione30]

The Holdovers was such a wonderful movie. It’s a shame small scale stuff like that doesn’t really have much of a chance these days.

[@UltimateMovieGeek]

I have earphones on and every time we hear how much the films made, I’m sure there’s a very subtle little fart noise, and I’m loving it.

[@rooster5343]

I had a discussion the other day with a friend of a friend who had an emotional breakdown over marvel movies being bad now because they’ve gone too woke. I thought he was joking at first. He was not. One racist and sexist tirade later and I just was in shock people can be like this in real life. What a surprise

[@robbiemartin9312]

Luckily for me I've never seen anyone complain about that in my real life

[@izzythedude]

Was having a really horrible day today. So when I woke up and saw a new vid you guys dropped, it literally changed my day for the better. You guys have such a chemistry together that makes even the toughest days bring a smile outta me. Happy new year!

[@kevinsmithfan37]

I think post covid definitely also is a factor. I used to see about 40-60 movies a year before covid. Then covid happened and something changed where seeing stuff the week of release became less important. The side effect also lead me to me skipping movies if I hadn't seen them after the first 3 weeks because they would normally be hitting VOD in 3-4 weeks so I just figured what's the point. This year I only saw 5 movies in cinemas the week of release and 10 total

[@JoveJoved]

So less stupid, paranoid people in the theaters?

[@Skypost4ever]

I think it really is the fact that people pay for streaming services and aren't going to go spend money on a movie ticket when they know it will be put on streaming.

[@willemwhite9016]

About Blue Beetle, I remember hearing rumors about it in production from sources and then about November time I heard it was an actual movie being released. Also I liked most of these movies somewhat.

[@kellenboyle86]

Literally shocked to see DnD on the list. I thought it was received pretty well. Bummer, it was a good interpretation of the material and a lot of fun.

[@DavidBanner-de5om]

No It Wasn't. Hugh Grant Was Phoning It In.

[@sammonroe882]

To an extent too.. I think people are just losing their curiosity in C-tier or below comic chatacters... the big ones like Batman, Spiderman, wolverine, superman, wonder woman, iron man will always have devoted fans and mainstream curiosity.. but Marvel is introducing like 1-2 new obscure superheroes per project and it gets exhausting.. that's what lost me with the comics themselves when I was a kid. It was just too convoluted, and it got to be too much to keep up with, and a lot of the newer heroes simply weren't as interesting. I remember the mcu felt refreshing in the beginning because it was a smaller more focused world that was telling more character-driven stories about iconic characters. The slow introduction of a new hero every once in a while felt like a fun reward to the audience that actually made you want to explore those c-tier players. Now those c-tier characters are just crammed everywhere without setup or reason... they're not even c-tier anymore, it's like e-tier.. Skaar, Cassie Lang, riri Williams, us agent, Eternals, Wican, speed... I think a casual viewer would assume I made some of these names up... makes it a little worse when you think about how little time we've spent with some bigger characters in their rush to introduce new ones.. like Wasp for instance, or heck, it seems these characters are even being prioritized over high profile characters they haven't introduced yet like blade, fantastic 4 and silver surfer. Also, when you think of the numbers in these growing superhero universes and realize there must be more super-powered people in them than there are athletes in entire professional sports leagues, it makes it less interesting.. it's like that villain in the incredibles said "when everyone is special, no one is." So yeah, I agree it's not a political thing, it's a poor planning, poor priorities, over-saturation thing.. I think marvel got overconfident, they had early success with introducing things they were less confident about like ant-man, guardians, black panther, Dr strange, captain marvel... and they just assumed people would always be that open to, or even excited about just any character they tossed into the mix. And that good-will and curiosity soured with bored audiences. The series now feels more like an advanced class on the depths of marvel comics history than escapist entertainment... Casual viewers saw the Captain Marvel and Ant-man trailers and probably thought "oh yeah, Antman and captain marvel were in the Avengers right? I kind of remember her fighting Thanos with iron man, and wow what a great ending for him and captain America, but I'm not sure I remember what happened to her? What was her backstory/powers again? Who are the other characters in the trailer? Were they in the comics? Were they in other movies? Wow, there's a lot of characters that I've never seen before in this, I might have to ask Dan at work who they are...He's really into marvel stuff... oh sh!t that Barbie movie is coming to streaming! And all I need to know about it is that it's about that very famous 100 year old toy I grew up with/around! Much more accessible! Oh... what's a blue beetle? Is that like a marvel or DC thing? Meh, I'll pass...Christopher Nolan's new movie about the bomb looks like an event!"

[@mondayjulymonday]

When Tom Cruise pitched the bike stunt to Christopher MacQuarrie, one of the director’s main concerns was getting coverage over multiple takes, so he insisted on shooting the motorbike stunt only on days with clear weather, resulting in so much footage of Cruise performing the stunt against azure skies that the film’s editor Eddie Hamilton called the abundance of footage, “a veritable Blue Harvest,” which is also the original working title of Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope.

[@rwulf]

God damn it

[@rechtebanana]

I skipped to the end of the comment and I'm proud

[@Octoberavenged]

That little fart noise for the box office amount got me every time

[@pamela-623]

good word of mouth is whats getting me to go to the movies lately, i just dont have any brand/company trust left in me, great video

[@johnnorton3288]

Studios need to start taking chances on movies that are original, and audiences will have to take the chance on these unknown properties. Studios have gotten too comfortable on making movies that people recognize (sequels, reboots, remakes, etc.) to ensure a profit, but that's not working anymore. We need to go back to the 70's , 80's and 90's and start making movies that have fresh ideas. Hollywood didn't run out of ideas, but the people who run Hollywood don't want to gamble with a movie that people don't know, and therefore won't spend money on. It's up to us to support the original ideas when they come out.

[@Fuzzy_Barbarian]

Also affecting D&D was probably the built-in fanbase being mad at Wizards of the Coast. Which is a shame, because while I didn't love the movie, it was fun. But with The Flash, I'm glad it bombed. Awful lead actor, offensive cameos, dumb attempt at morals undercut by the superhero nature of the story, it is everything wrong with superhero films.

[@ColeBresnehen]

Also Ezra “the assaulter” Miller

[@12thMandalorian]

19:16 so bloody true, most of these movies in Marvel and such just dont hook me to go to the cinema to spend £10 on a ticket when i can just wait a few months and watch it on streaming for half the price

[@egodreas]

Box office revenue (i.e. cinema ticket sales) is split between the theaters and the studio. The studio only gets half. That is why a movie needs to make "2 times the budget" at the box office. And that is 2x the _total_ budget, including P&A (Prints and Advertising, or "marketing"), not just the production budget. So if a film has a production budget of $150,000,000 and a P&A budget of $50,000,000, then it needs to make $400,000,000 at the box office to break even. At least for domestic releases and domestic box office. The cut from theaters is even less for foreign markets (mostly around 40%, but only 25% for China). So for big international releases, a film generally needs to make about 2.5 times the total budget (production + P&A) at the global box office, or the studio will not turn a profit at the theatrical release window.

[@stuartwatson7524]

I think DnD HAT should've been released after bg3, bg3 had the public attention for a good few months and I only watch DnD after playing it and it was great

[@The_Wrath_of_Conn]

Hey James and Maso thanks for keeping my depression in check 🤙🏼

[@katydid9]

Quotation of the year: “Why would I watch “The Marvels” when I can watch “Secret Invasion”?”

[@mightybaloo1880]

The ones on this list that break my heart are D&D, No Hard Feelings and The Creator. I really enjoyed all of these quite a bit. D&D Hat, was just a blast. I loved the puppets (When the puppet kitten came out of the giant fish just made me chuckle.), the make up, the fat dragon, all of it was great! It definitely had that Pirates of the Caribbean/Guardians type of feel to it and it's a damn shame it under performed. One thing I really loved about it, was the not so great cgi. It just kind of added to the feel of it being a game being played in somebody's dinging room, garage, whatever. Great movie. The Creator just honestly surprised me. Gareth Edwards does this really cool thing with scale. He did it with Godzilla and Rogue One, and in this it was really good as well. It wasn't a wholly original storyline, wasn't breaking the mold or anything, but it was still a solid movie and I enjoyed the hell out of it. No Hard Feelings just reminded me of those Apatow era comedies and I feel like they don't make those kinds of movies anymore. Kind of like The Nice Guys. Damn shame.

[@hollandscottthomas]

Didn't see No Hard Feelings, but totally agree on the other two! Genuinely great films.

[@UnfathomableOstrich]

For me the big change was having a baby back in March. I’ve seen two films in the cinema since (Spider-Verse and The Creator) because something in my soul NEEDED my first viewing of each to be on the big screen - largely due to either a love of the preceding film or the director respectively. I’d have loved to see more but the drama of arranging childcare and the cost of going at all made me extremely choosy and I had to let a lot of stuff go. Can’t wait til she’s old enough to force my hand into going every week!

[@brendenbianchini5868]

I live for the fart sound when the Box Office number comes up. Thank you.

[@Joe-hi1zw]

I feel crazy for actually quite liking The Marvels. Like I don't feel any attachment to the MCU and I don't really care that it bombed but the biggest failure of the year? Quantumania was so much worse.

[@TechySpeaking]

Missed opportunity to say the bomb in Oppenheimer was the biggest bomb this year.

[@Waffletigercat]

D&D HAT was actually pretty good. Charming cast and funny jokes.

[@DavidBanner-de5om]

Yeah, Michelle Rodriguez's Hairy Armpits were Hilarious.

[@thomaslynch5313]

@@DavidBanner-de5om Exactly, it's a fun level of detail you don't often see movies bothering to try, glad you enjoyed it:)

[@darynvoss7883]

I deadset had not heard of Wish until I saw this video.

[@Fer0city18]

For the DnD Movie, the Hasbro / WoTC controversies with the license change likely also had a small impact on people supporting it in cinemas. While not something the general public likely care about, a large chunk of the core audience that could have served to bring up hype or bring their families / friends with them boycut it.

[@naplockblubba5369]

Yeah, if it was released around the same time as Baldur's Gate 3 instead of the OGL debacle it likely would have fared better

[@ProjectRedfoot]

"You merely adopted the bin. I was *born into it." -Disney*

[@sebastiancuicatl8305]

Been watching for 7 years, thank you for all the great content

[@nicklovinit]

Ah yes. My favourite video each year. It’s 5:50am where I am in Canada. Guess it’s time to make breakfast and watch this 😌👌

[@kidhalloween8570]

I hope we get more “Shut Up” in ‘24

[@KeithFraser82]

Also the classic "What Are You Doing?"

[@thecalibratedsuperstarslic4284]

You should have said DAD HAT 😂 it was the perfect opportunity

[@blindscribe1679]

D&D - Hat was a blast, really enjoyable and …well fun, sad to see it make the list but hope they can realize another project equally as fun

[@LachlanOlsen-tj3lo]

I think it's also important to note that Guardians 3 and Spider-Verse are sequels to established and critically acclaimed films. James Gunn spun gold from fucking straw making the Guardians movies, and Spider-Verse was the movie which gave Disney the middle finger and set a new standard for 3D animation in Hollywood. Audiences knew ahead of time that they could expect good movies because there had been that audience trust established. Let's be real, Captain Marvel and Ant-Man were nobody's favourite MCU movies. Their popularity and audience interest only existed relative to the wider MCU. You can't look at Deadpool 3 or Guardians 3 and call them the standard for comic book movies, because they're not. Without the trust that comes from critically acclaimed previous movies, general audiences either don't care about new comic book movies or they're outright tired of how oversaturated the genre is becoming. That's exactly what happened to Blue Beetle, though the lack of marketing also likely hurt it somewhat. Blade and Superman Legacy are the two movies that are going to determine whether or not there is any hope for the comic book movie genre going forwards, I think. Blade is a somewhat familiar name with the Wesley Snipes movies, but he's a complete newcomer to the MCU sphere. Superman is, of course, Superman. If DC can't succeed with a Superman movie, then they've just got absolutely no hope trying to make anything other than more Batman movies. If Blade flops, then the MCU has officially lost its ability to get audiences invested in new properties and new stories.

[@Emanon...]

I absolutely loved D&D. Best Fantasy/Adventure movie in a very long while!

[@Janootz]

DnD: Hat is in a weird situation where it didn't make enough at the box office to turn a profit but still made a lot more than anyone expected it to.

[@DavidBanner-de5om]

Still A Bomb.

[@hipdude5277]

Great year filled with great videos! Have a nice time off, jame and mace

[@mrsundaymovies]

Thank you hip dude!

[@LadyKalaria]

Laurence is once again on point with the Succession inserts.

[@TheWisdomBear]

Not me a 22 year old watching this video next to my framed raiders of the lost ark poster with my cat named Indy. That part couldn’t have caught me more off guard

[@Psilocybin77]

Shut up 😉

[@titusmccarthy]

@@Psilocybin77

[@Psilocybin77]

@@titusmccarthy lol no, but if you do a tiny bit of reading, you will find there is amazing research into the study of psychedelics in treatment of depression, addiction, end of life therapy, recidivism, and other mental health conditions. I don't know why people keep commenting on my name as if it's some terrible thing, because they've been brainwashed to think psychedelics are some awful scourge. In my city I have a friend who is studying at my countries top psychiatric university to enter this field. Without psychedelics we wouldn't have SSRIs and other treatments of depression, PTSD, and anxiety. Interesting stuff. I recommend the works of Charles Grobb, and Stanislov Groff to start.

[@Spthomas47]

Your cat is named Indy? "Indy? The dog's name is Indy" Jeez, man. Get it together. 😜 ✌🏽🤘🏼

[@lh901]

I don't want to pay cinema prices to see something mediocre when I could wait a bit longer and watch it at home in peace on a service I'm already paying for.

[@kieran10202]

I really liked the D&D movie, they really put in the work.

[@Thekidfromcalifornia2.0]

I just found out I have been subscribing to this KZbin channel since late 2015. been listening to you boys for 9 years. better not be like tom Scott and John green decided to take an announce break from KZbin. happy new years.

[@jeffkadlec8264]

I watched the Top 10. I would watch almost any videos you two put out. Your banter is incredibly engaging!! And the editing is hilariously perfect

[@Scowleasy]

Saw MI:DR with my grandparents. Grandpa was asleep the whole time, because y’know he’s 78. Once it ended he woke up turned to me and said not enough action”. Great movie though I liked it

[@vlbz]

Shame for Mission Impossible. It was a very good movie, and you got to appreciate Tom Cruise's dedication.

[@sandwichboy1268]

Waiting for them to make the rest of the movie before seeing it

[@mbeachtantrum]

This made me feel dirty for how I laughed at EACH AND EVERY FART/RASPBERRY NOISE.

[@goodlookingcorpse]

I suspect they could have made money with the Dungeons & Dragons film by making it low budget. I think D&D players would have wanted to see it because it was D&D, regardless of whether it had name actors--and, conversely, Hugh Grant wouldn't have brought in people who would go to see Hugh Grant in a romance. If they wanted names, they should have had people like Wil Wheaton or someone who was on Buffy. Also, a lot of older people who would want to see the D&D film have fond memories of low-budget sci-fi and fantasy from the past. Someone who likes Doctor Who or original Star Trek isn't going to hate your film because the sets looked a bit cheap. They'll probably interpret it as a loving homage.

[@yoshim616]

Outside of the box office I found that Indy 5 has grown on me over the past few months.

[@Dohsoda]

In 2013, the DCEU began with an inserting take on Superman. 10 years and 14 movies later, it just died. Very sad.

[@趙金德-x9v]

Happy new year my friends. My life in the past year has been full of joy because of you😂

[@frederickhogrefe7459]

If money + money... why not for equals more money?!

[@meggastar1]

Tom Cruise is old. There’s an old Hollywood saying that goes: “After you save the world for the 47th time in a row, people get bored with your 💩.” This is particularly true for Tom, as he has saved the world and/or universe in his last 112 movies in a row. 🍿

[@RivExArt]

It's funny how the start of the year compilations it's just a low effort upload, and yet it gets stuck in my algorithm all year, they get recommended to me throughout the entire year, and I fucking watch them every time.

[@itszaque]

It's wild to see how many good movies get mentioned in this video, especially when you juxtapose it with shlock like Transformers making the top 10 successes. The Covenant and Killers of the Flower Moon both made my top 5 from last year, and others on this list had some really remarkable aspects.

[@adamcoxworthy9373]

I'm 21 and I li- I didn't see Dial of Destiny, though. Crazy that they did another "Indy's getting old" movie fifteen years after the last "Indy's getting old" movie.

[@LowrieMusic]

Happy new year distinguished Gentlemen x love ya, keep doing what ya doing

[@PhattyBolger]

So glad my taxes went towards the Marvels. Half of us can barely afford to live- my home is freezing cold as I write this, but it was all worth it to have this boring shite film that nobody saw.

[@Coconut-219]

I'm not sure which I am more offended by my tax dollars funding, Ukranian war criminals, or Hollywood diversity hires...

[@Itabouttodo]

I watch every video. How else would I stay current on the layers and layers of impenetrable lore and in-jokes?

[@carterglace2825]

What's weird about Wish is it *doesn't* really connect to any of the other films. The whole 'This is where THE Wishing Star' came from thing doesn't come up. It's really a testament to how bad the marketing is that people do thing this is a big IP thing (and maybe it was originally, but maybe they got cold feet when it became clear people would absolutely not like that).

[@JayFingers]

“Haunted Mansion” was OK. LaKeith Stansfield’s performance elevated the film IMO. It gets surprisingly emotional in parts. Also, I won’t front, I liked “Ant-Man” and “The Marvels” a lot. They’re not perfect films, and I think they really came along at the worst time for superhero fare.

[@elizabethtaylor8428]

The Holdovers was a movie I had enjoyed. It was more character driven instead of plot. Paul Giamotti (sp?) was wonderful.

[@codym6376]

Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves should clearly be referenced as: DAD HAT

[@jonsmith5058]

I feel too many movies now are either bland Nostalgia, shameless cash grab, or require you to invest days of effort watching all media in that ‘Universe’ to get it. You can’t jump into say the latest James Bond or Mission Impossible without needing to watch and understand all the relationship drama from prior movies. You can’t watch the MCU without watching the TV shows to know who some characters are or why some are totally different. And things like Expendibles has worn off its novelty, not that it ever held any for me. We’re tired of seeing old men reprise their roles. Things like Barbie, super accesible, you can just go with whoever (except incels) and enjoy it. Oppenheimer too, its intense, but you dont even really need to know the history or who he was to see it, its a pretty basic bar to pass to say ‘you know the USA developed and tested nukes right? Heres that story’

[@2x4noah]

Blue beetle was such a fun movie i had a blast seeing it and it makes me sad it did so poorly in theater

[@timothylewis2527]

I've been a comic book fan since the 90s. I have a comic book themed room in my house. I own thousands of comics. Hundreds more, digitally. I actually kinda hate comics, now.

[@curtisthedrummer6200]

It’s a shame that The Holdovers didn’t do very well at the box office, because that was possibly my favorite film of 2023. A fun and unique story with incredible heart and memorable performances.

[@markhillman7047]

Love you guys, have a great new year and a whole month off 😠

[@rufusgillespie9940]

you guys make my existence worth it

[@PukusKLB]

Its kinda sad that The Marvels ended up on this list, I had fun with it

[@chrissullivan6572]

I like that they tried to have some real emotional moments, it was fun enough but the character stuff wasn't strong enough and the villain was just too forgettable. I liked it well enough but it had flop written all over it.

[@PukusKLB]

@@chrissullivan6572 I totally agree that the villain was very forgettable and that some of the tension between the main characters could have been fleshed out a bit, but it still made me like all 3 main characters more than I already did, so in my mind it was a success

[@laggers54]

Not sure about that woke critique. I heard several woke comments about all of the top 5 movies. Especially miles morales

[@Coconut-219]

"I'm not wrong its the kids who are out of touch!" -Disney & Disney shills

[@willstylz5021]

That's being being "woke" isn't a bad thing, actually the opposite. However in the way ppl have hijacked the word something can still be "woke" an be good at the same time. However when that's all your movie has to offer it tends to not do well. A movie like Spiderverse has more to offer than just "the main character is black"

[@Mr.Corinthians]

@@Coconut-219 Reverse psychology is a technique involving the assertion of a belief or behavior that is opposite to the one desired, with the expectation that this approach will encourage the subject of the persuasion to do what is actually desired. A Controlled Opposition is a protest movement that is actually being led by government agents. Nearly all governments in history have employed this technique to trick and subdue their adversaries, notably Vladimir Lenin who said, "The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves." ---If you have done some research, you would understand there is a common links between all of the corporations that have "gone woke" (assert Marxist ideologies). That link being Blackrock. Who controls Blackrock? What ethnicity is he? What religion is he? Who controls Hollywood? (Nope, not China.) Who controls the majority of the world's banking systems? Who controls the media? So the pendulum swings, now violently, now slowly; and every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival. William Ralph Inge "Democracy and the Future" The Atlantic Monthly (March 1922) “The Communist soul is the soul of Judaism. Hence it follows that, just as in the Russian revolution the triumph of *Communism* was the triumph of Judaism, so also in the triumph of *Fascism* will triumph Judaism.” - (A Program for the Jews and Humanity, Rabbi Harry Waton, p. 143-144). Communism and Religion Abolished - all religious and metaphysics is rejected. Engels and Lenin agreed that religion was a drug or “spiritual booze” and must be combated. To them, atheism put into practice meant a “forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.” Wokeness is about a forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Fascism- The state must gain glory through constant conquest and war. *The past was glorious, and the State can be renewed.* The individual has no value outside of his or her role in promoting the glory of the State. --Make America Great Again, amirite? What is the solution to Making America Great Again? Once again make it "One Nation, *Under God* " by removing the Atheists (Liberal Marxists) and by giving America back to Americans (those who promote the glory of the State rather than try to destroy it).

[@vapoet]

The decisions made by Disney for the 2023 movies simply boggle the mind. It made me wonder whether they are intentionally making failing movies and inflating budgets the way we see in The Producers. (Coming soon from Disney: Springtime for Hitler, the most expensive movie in history.)

[@KeithFraser82]

18:30 I love how the "anti-woke" crowd are represented by Homelander and by Adam Driver punching a wall and injuring himself in Marriage Story.

[@reubenm.d.5218]

Can’t believe you didn’t give an honorary mention to Oppenheimer in this video on biggest bombs

[@amystone7407]

James wearing sunglasses with that mustache screams "off duty cop".

[@motornaut]

Dead Reckoning is one of the best, most complete, MI films. And I will die on this hill.

[@a.t.3192]

Ehhh. I don't think there was a single action/fight scene on the same level as the bathroom brawl in Fallout.

[@goodial]

I'm happy for you that you feel that way. I was severely disappointed ...

[@motornaut]

@@a.t.3192 absolutely agreed, the bar fight scene was good but lacked the tightness of the bathroom. But there were so many impressive set pieces, and I love the intrigue around *her" death because personally I think it's a bit of a subterfuge to undercut the AI. Still a great film, shame they're not sticking by the Dead Reckoning moniker, it deserved more love

[@JediTalk]

Dungeons and Dragons is TECHNICALLY DAD HAT😂

[@eltee704]

The quality in MCU has dropped since end game for sure. It's hard to dispute. Dumping out shows on Disney+ was a huge mistake. Specials for Loki or even wandavision could have worked but we don't need 5 shows a year

[@ASTROPLANET13]

You guys are going to cover the best movie of the year....right? If you don't, you'll have minus 1 fans 😢. And I'll ask Godzilla to team up with the Emu. You lost the first war, imagine Godzilla in their ranks.

[@HeyItsStephx]

They did...

[@ASTROPLANET13]

@@HeyItsStephx Minus 1 points for you.

[@HeyItsStephx]

@@ASTROPLANET13 😭

[@JohnnyBRad]

I refuse to believe the flash was only 220 mil. The amount of development and script writing and directors on directors off and the shoot itself that had to have ballooned up way more than that.

[@andrewlewis2123]

That’s true, that movie has been in development hell since, what, BvS? Original release year was…2015? There has to have been loads of money spent on pre-production for all those years, but knowing WB they probably did some creative accounting to separate that spending from the Flash and make it look like some tax write-off failed project.

[@adventuresinportland3032]

Agreed on endgame. Felt like a good stopping point, and if not for boredom during the pandemic I probably wouldn't have checked out any of the Disney plus shows.

[@chazblank2717]

If you consistently need to make more than half a billion dollars essentially on a bet just to break even, maybe you’ve got a horrible gambling problem?