On Cusp of Merger, ‘Digger Bombs for Warner Bros., ‘Verity’ Takes No. 1 at Box Office
Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson helped Verity post the second-best global opening for a Colleen Hoover adaptation, while Digger fell short of expectations.
- On Sunday, Amazon MGM Studios' Verity led the North American box office with a $62.5 million global opening. The thriller, based on a novel by author Colleen Hoover and starring actress Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, drew 78% female audiences.
- Starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro Inarritu, Warner Bros.' political satire Digger struggled with a $20 million global debut. The $160 million production earned a C+ CinemaScore, marking Cruise's worst opening since 2007.
- While Verity marked Hathaway's fourth film to open over $20 million this year, Digger faced scathing reviews. Critics slammed the political comedy as a "strained climate change farce," though Cruise's performance drew warmer reception.
- Studio heads Pam Abdy and Michael De Luca are expected to depart Warner Bros. this week as the studio's merger with Paramount nears. Mass layoffs are anticipated to follow.
- Resident Evil maintained momentum in its third week with $12.5 million, while new releases arriving Friday include The Social Reckoning, Other Mommy, and Angel and the Badman. The competitive landscape shapes the coming weeks.
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'Digger' bombs for Warner Bros. on cusp of studio's merger, 'Verity' takes No. 1 at box office
On the cusp of the studio's merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.' "Digger" flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one of the worst debuts of his career and serving as a bitter final note for Warner Bros. as a standalone studio.
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On cusp of merger, ‘Digger bombs for Warner Bros., ‘Verity’ takes No. 1 at box office
On the cusp of the studio’s merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.’ “Digger” flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one of the worst debuts of his career and serving as a bitter final note for Warner Bros. as a standalone studio. No. 1 in North American theaters instead went to Amazon MGM’s “Verity,” extending the streak for Colleen Hoover adaptations at the box office. It debuted with $32.6 million. But all eyes were on how “Digger,” o…
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NEW YORK (AP) — On the cusp of the studio’s merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.’ “Digger” flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one...
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NEW YORK (AP) — On the cusp of the studio’s merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.’ “Digger” flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one of the worst debuts of his career and serving as a bitter final note for Warner Bros. as a standalone studio. No. 1 in North American theaters instead went to...
`Verity' Opens with $32.6 Million to Lead Box Office
“Verity” opened with $32.6 million this weekend to lead all movies in North America, according to industry estimates released Sunday. The sexy thriller stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett and is based on a novel by Colleen Hoover, whose books “It Ends With Us,” “Regretting You” and “Reminders of Him” were also turned […]
On cusp of merger, 'Digger bombs for Warner Bros., 'Verity&#
NEW YORK (AP) — On the cusp of the studio’s merger with Paramount, Warner Bros.’ “Digger” flopped in its opening weekend, handing Tom Cruise one of the worst debuts of his career and serving as a bitter
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