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What are some movies that didn't deserve to flop? (piefed.social)
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[–] SynAcker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 day ago

Dredd

That movie was killed by poor marketing that played up nothing but the 3D aspect of it. They even named it in the trailers as Dredd 3D.

All they had to do is air the first 30 seconds of the movie as a trailer and it would have been off to the races...