Digger Gets Buried With Disastrous $8 Million Domestic, $20 Million Global Opening Weekend
The film opened to $8 million domestically and a C+ CinemaScore, with sources saying it could lose about $150 million.
- On Sunday, Oct. 4, actor Tom Cruise's film "Digger" debuted to just $8 million in North American theaters, according to studio estimates released by Rentrak, falling far short of Warner Bros.' $12 million to $15 million prediction.
- Warner Bros. greenlit the $125 million project directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, but production costs ballooned to $160 million to $180 million, setting the stage for massive losses.
- Polarizing reviews stand at 51% Rotten, while the film marks Cruise's worst opening in 19 years—even 2017's "The Mummy" opened to $31 million despite poor reception.
- "Digger" is Warner Bros.' final release before its $111 billion merger with Paramount Skydance becomes official on Tuesday, potentially costing the new corporation headed by Larry Ellison up to $125 million.
- Cruise has scheduled "Days of Thunder 2" for summer 2028 as a potential comeback vehicle, while competitor "Verity" starring Anne Hathaway opened to $32.6 million, outperforming "Digger" substantially.
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Digger Just Became Tom Cruise’s Lowest Box Office Opening in Nearly Two Decades But This Was His Lowest
Image via WB It looks like Digger might not be the movie to launch Tom Cruise into the next phase of his career now that the Mission: Impossible franchise is officially finished. Or at least that’s what the box office suggests. So far, it’s brought in only $8 million in ticket sales, and while critics and big-name publications […]
'Digger': Tom Cruise Movie Bombs at Box Office, Will Lose $150M
Tom Cruise will not be jumping on any couches this weekend. This as the Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible blockbuster star posts his lowest opening in 19 years, that being the reported $160M net priced Digger, which didn’t find an audience with an $8M domestic debut, a $20M global overall start and a C+ CinemaScore. Myriad sources tell us that the film stands to lose around $150M and that’s if it’s lucky to get to a global box office …
Digger by Alejandro González Iñárritu would be Warner Bros.'s biggest failure in the year.
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