On Cusp of Merger, ‘Digger Bombs for Warner Bros., ‘Verity’ Takes No. 1 at Box Office – WTOP News
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Digger” stars Tom Cruise as oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, whose Greenland drilling operation threatens a European coastline.
- The film’s major twist reveals that Cruise’s character is actually Curtis, an actor playing Digger in a stage production called “Fuel Fools.”
- Jesse Plemons plays Kenny, Digger’s nephew, who develops the play into a film production after audiences cheer Digger’s downfall.
- Guillermo del Toro defended “Digger” as ambitious and cinematic, while the film was projected to open domestically below $15 million and had a 54 percent Rotten Tomatoes score.
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‘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
Tom Cruise's new film, the satirical black comedy "Digger", achieved one of the worst results at the box office in the long career of this famous actor. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu joined forces with Tom Cruise in an ambitious project about climate change, but audiences and critics were left completely disappointed.
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