Hugh Grant recently shared thoughts about why Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves bombed at the box office but a popular Netflix series with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes places doubt on his argument. Honor Among Thieves hit theaters in March 2023, and its performance wasn't what Paramount had hoped for. The film grossed a mere $208 million, which wasn't ideal with the Dungeons & Dragons movie's $151 million budget. Although Honor Among Thieves later saw Netflix success, the film was still overwhelmingly a flop.

And this has made it less likely that Honor Among Thieves 2 will happen, even with fans calling for a follow-up to the 2023 movie. Grant, who plays Forge Fitzwilliam in the Dungeons & Dragons film, hazarded a guess as to why it did so poorly. Speaking to Vanity Fair, Grant wondered whether market research had been done before green-lighting the project. "Basically, people just thought, I dont want to see a film about this game.