Digger Box Office Bomb Becomes Tom Cruise’s Biggest Career Flop
The film drew divided reviews and faced strong competition, with "Verity" taking $32.6 million and other titles pulling audiences away.
- Tom Cruise's new film 'Digger' opened to $8 million in North America this weekend, falling sharply short of expectations given its reported $140 million to $180 million budget.
- Warner Bros. marketed the film as a broad satire featuring Cruise while hiding a twist that transforms it into a self-referential art-house project, a strategy that failed to attract mass audiences.
- Critics remain divided, giving 'Digger' a 51 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, though Letterboxd users awarded it a 3.8 rating, suggesting it could eventually become a reclaimed masterpiece.
- This performance marks Cruise's worst opening since 2007's 'Lions for Lambs,' which earned $6.7 million, while the thriller 'Verity' dominated the October 2 weekend with $32.6 million.
- Warner Bros. film leaders Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, who gambled on the project's broad appeal, are set to leave their positions tomorrow following the disappointing results.
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