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Digger Is on Track to Lose $250,000,000 — Could It Become the Biggest Flop of All Time?
The film opened to $21 million worldwide and is projected to recover only about 15% of its total $270 million investment, insiders said.
- On Wednesday, TheWrap reported that Digger, Warner Bros.' film starring Tom Cruise, is projected to lose about $250 million by the end of its theatrical run, accounting for all post-theatrical revenue.
- Unlike other major Warner Bros releases, Digger was fully financed by the studio alone, bearing the entire $163–$173 million production cost plus approximately $100 million in marketing expenses without co-financing partners.
- Digger opened to $8 million in the U.S. and $21 million worldwide, disappointing numbers for a film starring the biggest action star of his generation who underwent radical physical transformation into a paunchy, unheroic billionaire.
- Skydance executives were reportedly caught off guard by the film's financials this week during the Warner Bros takeover, with the project now risking placement among Hollywood's largest single-film losses in history.
- Despite Digger's performance, Tom Cruise remains attached to Days of Thunder 2, a Paramount sequel beginning production next year with Anne Hathaway as co-star, while defending his work as "a lasting piece of cinema.
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Tom Cruise’s Digger spent $100 million in marketing, to lose $250 million
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The new film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with Tom Cruise starts very badly. For Warner Bros., the bill could climb up to about 230 million euros.
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