On Cusp of Merger, 'Digger' Bombs for Warner Bros., 'Verity' Takes No. 1 at Box Office
Amazon MGM’s thriller opened with $32.6 million, while Warner Bros.’ Tom Cruise satire drew weak reviews and just $8 million.
- On Friday, October 2, 2026, Tom Cruise's climate satire Digger opened to just $8 million domestically and $20 million worldwide, significantly underperforming Warner Bros.' projections of $12–15 million.
- Warner Bros. greenlit the film with a production budget reported between $125 million and $180 million, though the studio disputes the higher figure as production costs and an extended UK shoot mounted.
- The film holds a 51% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and earned a C+ CinemaScore, marking Cruise's lowest opening weekend in 19 years since 2007's Lions for Lambs.
- Industry analysts estimate the film could lose nearly $150 million, complicating Warner Bros.' transition ahead of the pending merger with Paramount Skydance.
- Despite the commercial struggle, Cruise is already pivoting to future projects, including Days of Thunder 2 scheduled for a summer 2028 release with co-star Anne Hathaway.
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Accustomed to one success after another, with "Digger" he punched himself.How will it affect his career that the film has raised only $8 million in North America, when Alejandro González Iñárritu's film cost more than $120 million?
Digger is the new film by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu. He won Oscars for Birdman with Michael Keaton and The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio. So now he has a film starring box office powerhouse Tom Cruise. But moviegoers aren't flocking to Digger.
‘Digger’ bombs for Warner Bros., ‘Verity’ takes No. 1 at box office
NEW YORK — 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
Protagonized by Tom Cruise and carried out by Mexican Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Digger, who has already debuted in Portugal, is attracting very few people to cinemas
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