History Trivia / DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves

* ThrowItIn: Regé-Jean Page improvised Xenk stepping over the boulder without breaking his stride.

* ShoutOut: One of the main player characters on ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' at the time of the movie's release is named "Fresh-Cut Grass". Though this was probably unintentional, since this character was introduced in October 2021, at which point the movie was likely already in the post-production stage.

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Part of the negative marketing done by the anti-fandom was spreading the rumor that the cameo by [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 the kids from the cartoon]] would only be used for their brutal, on-screen deaths as a sort of TakeThatAudience aimed against "real fans" and "true players". And then keep going with it, even after the movie premiered and the notion turned out to be patently false. It went so far that people who didn't know about the whole negative marketing started discussing UncertainDoom regarding their fates.

* ColbertBump: Themberchaud, the massive red dragon of the Northdark, got a huge wave of attention for his comically obese physique despite having existed in ''Dungeons & Dragons'' since 2nd edition.
* DuelingWorks: Unintentionally so. Thanks to ReleaseDateChange and [[ScrewedByTheNetwork the general mishandling of the release]] by Paramount, the film ended up being a third party to the already tough duel between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''. Despite positive reviews and good word of mouth, ''Honor Among Thieves'' ended up barely making its budget back, with the other two movies being box office juggernauts.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Minor example. Hugh Grant confessed to losing his temper at a woman in his eyeline whom he assumed was a studio executive "who should have known better", not realising she was the chaperone for Creator/ChloeColeman. He did a lot of "grovelling" to apologize.
* NewbieBoom: Despite its maligned release, the film is easily the biggest bump in popularity for ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in quite a few years, especially when it comes to people who are completely green to the hobby. And as always with such bumps, it also trickled down to other [=TTRPGs=].

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Part of the negative marketing done by the anti-fandom was spreading the rumour that the cameo by [[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 the kids from the cartoon]] would only be used for their brutal, on-screen deaths as a sort of TakeThatAudience aimed against "real fans" and "true players". And then keep going with it, even after the movie premiered and the notion turned out to be patently false. It went so far that people who didn't know about the whole negative marketing started discussing UncertainDoom regarding their fates.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to push the film over a year past its original planned release to March 31, 2023, was seen by many as either a massive blunder or the studio giving up on the project. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both movies from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete for the core ''D&D'' audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather the grassroots support it would need to reach profitability was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, greatly outperformed those lofty expectations the following weeks. As of the third week of release for ''Honor'', it had only grossed a measly $150 million (roughly what it cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to $350 million for ''Wick'' and '''$700 million''' for ''Mario'', ensuring that ''Honor'' won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.[[note]]Some box office observers have pointed to late summer 2022, which lacked any tentpole franchise releases after mid-July and was noted for its severely depressed box office as a result, as in hindsight a far better window for a slow-burn release like the one ''Honor Among Thieves'' seemed to be best suited for.[[/note]]

* GeniusBonus: Though there isn't much time for it to serve as {{Foreshadowing}}, alert viewers might guess right from his introduction that [[spoiler:Forge Fitz-William]] will turn out to be a villain by remembering that in the Middle Ages, the prefix "Fitz" applied to a surname indicates that the bearer was not born to properly wedded parents -- in other words, he is literally a [[BastardBastard bastard]].

* GeniusBonus: Though there isn't much time for it to serve as {{Foreshadowing}}, alert viewers might guess right from his introduction that [[spoiler:Forge FitzWilliam]] will turn out to be a villain by remembering that in the Middle Ages, the prefix "Fitz" applied to a surname indicates that the bearer was not born to properly wedded parents -- in other words, he is literally a [[BastardBastard bastard]].

* GeniusBonus: Though there isn't much time for it to serve as {{Foreshadowing}}, alert viewers might guess right from his introduction that [[spoiler:Forge FitzWilliam]] will turn out to be a villain by remembering that in the Middle Ages, the prefix "Fitz" applied to a surname indicates that the bearer was not born to properly wedded parents -- in other words, he is literally a [[HumansAreBastards bastard]].

%%* BoxOfficeBomb: While it did have a decent opening, which would be a promising start for this movie, it also faced very strong competition from ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and was released just 5 days prior to the box office juggernaut of ''Film/TheSuper MarioBrosMovie'', which means the movie didn't really have much of a chance of recouping its $150 million dollar budget.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Sadly, even though it did have a decent opening of 37.2 million opening, which would be a promising start for this movie, sadly it also faced very strong competition from John Wick: Chapter 4, and also being released 5 days prior to the box office juggernaut known as The Super Mario Bros Movies and its huge success, means the movie didn't really have much of a chance of recouping its $150 million dollar budget. Internationally, things don't fare much better, and so far the movie has only managed to pull in $180 million dollars worldwide. Not a promising start.

* DevelopmentHell: Work on another theatrical ''Dungeons & Dragons'' project began in ''2013'' after a long legal battle between Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/{{Universal}} over the rights to the game; neither wound up actually getting the project off the ground, leaving Creator/{{Hasbro}} to turn the reins to Creator/{{Paramount}} in 2017, who themselves had to go through multiple scripts and director candidates and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic before they could complete filming in the summer of 2021.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Minor example. Hugh Grant confessed to losing his temper at a woman in his eyeline whom he assumed was a studio executive "who should have known better", not realising she was the chaperone for Chloe Coleman. He did a lot of "grovelling" to apologize.

* ReleaseDateChange: Due to a combination of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and wanting to accommodate ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (which also kept moving back), Creator/{{Paramount}} moved the release of the film from November 19, 2021, to May 27, 2022, then to March 3, 2023, before finally settling on March 31 of that same year. This delay likely contributed to the quality and polish of most of the film's visual effects despite a relatively modest budget. And yet...

* PortmanteauCoupleName: Xedgin, for Edgin and Xenk.

* DevelopmentHell: Work on creating another theatrical ''Dungeons & Dragons'' project began in ''2013'' after a long legal battle between Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/{{Universal}} over the rights to the game; neither wound up actually getting the project off the ground, leaving Creator/{{Hasbro}} to turn the reins to Creator/{{Paramount}} in 2017, who themselves had to go through multiple scripts and director candidates and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic before they could complete filming in the summer of 2021.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to push the film over a year past its original planned release to March 31, 2023, was seen by many as either a massive blunder or the studio giving up on the project. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both movies from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete for the core ''D&D'' audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather the grassroots support it would need to reach profitability was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, greatly outperformed those lofty expectations the following weekends. As of the third week of release for ''Honor'', it had only grossed a measly $150 million (roughly what it cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to $350 million for ''Wick'' and '''$700 million''' for ''Mario'', ensuring that ''Honor'' won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.[[note]]Some box office observers have pointed to late summer 2022, which lacked any tentpole franchise releases after mid-July and was noted for its severely depressed box office as a result, as in hindsight a far better window for a slow-burn release like the one ''Honor Among Thieves'' seemed to be best suited for.[[/note]]

* DevelopmentHell: Work on creating another theatrical ''Dungeons & Dragons'' project began in ''2013'' after a long legal battle between Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/Universal over the rights to the game; neither wound up actually getting the project off the ground, leaving Creator/Hasbro to turn the reins to Creator/Paramount in 2017, who themselves had to go through multiple scripts and director candidates and the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic before they could complete filming in the summer of 2021.

* ReleaseDateChange: Due to a combination of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and wanting to accommodate ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'' (which also kept moving back), Creator/{{Paramount}} moved the release of the film from November 19, 2021, to May 27, 2022, then to March 3, 2023, before finally settling on March 31 of that same year.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to push the film over a year past its original planned release to March 31, 2023, was seen by many as either a massive blunder or the studio giving up on a project they believed would fail. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both films from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete for the core ''D&D'' audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather the grassroots support it would need to reach profitability was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, greatly outperformed its own far loftier expectations the following weekends. As of the third week of release for ''Honor'', it had only grossed a measly $150 million (roughly what it cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to $350 million for ''Wick'' and '''$700 million''' for ''Mario'', ensuring that ''Honor'' won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.[[note]]Some box office observers have pointed to late summer 2022, which lacked any tentpole franchise releases after mid-July and was noted for its severely depressed box office as a result, as in hindsight a far better window for a slow-burn release.[[/note]]

** A number of filmmakers had previously been attached to the film, including Creator/RobLetterman and Creator/ChrisMcKay.

* ReleaseDateChange: Due to a combination of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and wanting to accommodate ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoningPartOne'', Creator/{{Paramount}} moved the release of the film from November 19, 2021, to May 27, 2022, then to March 3, 2023, before finally settling on March 31 of that same year.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to release the film on March 31, 2023, over a year past its original announced release date, was seen by many as either a massive blunder or an implicit suggestion that the studio believed it would fail. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both films from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete with the core ''D&D'' audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather the grassroots support it would need to reach profitability was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, greatly outperformed its own far loftier expectations the following weekend. As of the third week of release for ''Honor Among Thieves'', it had only grossed a measly $150 million (roughly what it cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to $350 million for ''John Wick'' and $700 million for ''Mario'', ensuring that it won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.

* ThrowItIn: Regé-Jean Page improvised Xenk stepping over the boulder without breaking his stride.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to release the film on March 31, 2023, after being pushed back over a year past its original announced release date was seen by many as either a massive blunder on the studio's part or an implicit suggestion that the studio believed it would fail. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both films from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete with its core audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather grassroots support was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, greatly outperformed its own far loftier expectations the following weekend. As of the film's third week of release, it only managed to scrape together a measly $150 million (roughly what ''Honor Among Thieves'' cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to $350 million for ''John Wick'' and '''$700 million''' for ''Mario'' confirming that [[https://www.thewrap.com/super-mario-bros-dungeons-and-dragons-box-office/ Mario has essentially stolen D&D's thunder]] and ensured that it won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to release the film on March 31, 2023, after being pushed back over a year past its original announced release date was seen by many as either a massive blunder on the studio's part or an implicit suggestion that the studio believed it would fail. That date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'', both films from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete with ''Honor Among Thieves'''s core audience of action, fantasy, and gaming fans. Positive word of mouth for ''Honor Among Thieves'' led to it slightly outperforming expectations in its opening weekend, but any chance of the film continuing to gather grassroots support was dashed when ''Mario'', already anticipated to be a box office juggernaut, '''greatly''' outperformed its own far loftier expectations the following weekend. As of the film's third week of release, it only managed to scrape together a measly $150 million (roughly what ''Honor Among Thieves'' cost to make ''before'' advertising) compared to John Wick's $350 million and Mario's '''$700 million''' confirming that [[https://www.thewrap.com/super-mario-bros-dungeons-and-dragons-box-office/ Mario has essentially stolen D&D's thunder]] and ensured that it won't be profitable in its initial theatrical window.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Paramount's decision to set the release date on March 31, 2023 was seen by many as either a massive blunder on the studio's part or an implicit acknowledgement the film was set up to fail, as that date sandwiched the film between ''Film/JohnWickChapter4'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''. Both films come from extremely popular franchises that would directly compete with ''Honor Among Thieves''. As of the film's third week after release, it has only managed to scrape together a measly $150 million compared to John Wick's $350 million and Mario's '''$700 million''' confirming that [[https://www.thewrap.com/super-mario-bros-dungeons-and-dragons-box-office/ Mario has essentially stolen D&D's thunder]].