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Tom Cruise's 'Digger' bombs with $20m opening weekend
October 5, 2026 at 06:43 PM · Updated 10d ago
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4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 16 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
"ديغر".. رهان بـ 250 مليون دولار يخذل توم كروز
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TGThe Guardian
Tom Cruise’s Digger has flopped spectacularly – but I think it is a misunderstood masterpiece
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مصالمصرى اليوم
«Verity» يتصدر شباك التذاكر ويهزم «Digger» لـ توم كروز في أول أيام عرضه
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TGThe Guardian
Digger may lose $150m after Tom Cruise film bombs at the box office
(opens the publisher’s site)Tom Cruise's big-budget satire Digger has flopped at the box office, grossing $20m globally in its opening weekend against a production budget of at least $125m.
- Digger took $8m in North America and $12m from 74 international markets, one of Cruise's weakest debuts since Rain Man in 1988.
- The film, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, cost $125–150m to produce plus an estimated $100m in marketing, with losses projected at $150–200m.
- Warner Bros ran "decide for yourself" advertisements after poor reviews, with the film scoring 51% among critics and 71% among audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Digger opened fifth at the North American box office behind Amazon MGM's Verity, which topped the chart with $32.6m.
- Digger grossed $3.4 million from 3,321 North American theaters on opening Friday, against projections of about $7.5 million for the weekend.
- The film's production budget reportedly rose to $160–180 million, up from the $125–150 million previously cited.