Digger Opens to $20 Million Worldwide, Putting Tom Cruise Film on Track for $150 Million Loss
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Updated · Deadline · Oct 5
Digger Opens to $20 Million Worldwide, Putting Tom Cruise Film on Track for $150 Million Loss
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Oct 5
Summary
$8 million domestic and $20 million worldwide left Warner Bros.' $160 million Digger headed for roughly a $150 million loss, with sources saying even a $50 million global finish would be fortunate.
A 51% Rotten Tomatoes score, a C+ CinemaScore and weakening online buzz undercut the launch, while marketing struggled to explain Alejandro G. Iñárritu's dialogue-heavy climate satire and Tom Cruise's heavily made-over role.
The film's cost swelled from a $125 million greenlight to about $160 million before nearly $100 million in global marketing, after Warner bought out Legendary's development spending and mounted an awards-style campaign.
The flop lands awkwardly for Warner's outgoing film chiefs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, whose Cruise-Iñárritu bet now stands out against a broader 2025 slate that otherwise delivered $4.3 billion worldwide.