Oct. 4, 2026, 4:06 p.m. ET
Moviegoers aren’t digging into “Digger.”
The new Tom Cruise film, the star’s first movie outdoors of the motion style in nearly a decade, has flopped in a serious approach on the field workplace. In North American theaters, “Digger” grossed simply $8 million this weekend, in response to studio estimates launched by Rentrak on Sunday, Oct. 4.
That is an abysmal begin for a big-budget film led by an A-list star, placing the movie at No. 5 for the weekend behind older releases like “Resident Evil” and “Primetime.” “Digger” was made on a $125 million price range, in response to The Hollywood Reporter. Selection estimates the ultimate price at $160 million to $180 million, although Warner Bros. disputes the upper determine.
“Verity,” a thriller starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, had a significantly better go of it in theaters. The film, primarily based on the Colleen Hoover novel, opened at No. 1 with a stable $32.6 million debut. When it comes to films primarily based on Hoover’s books, that is decrease than the $50 million begin for “It Ends With Us,” however greater than the openings of “Reminders of Him” ($18 million) and “Regretting You” ($13.7 million).
For Cruise, “Digger” is the actor’s worst opening weekend on the field workplace in years. By comparability, even 2017’s “The Mummy,” which carried out poorly sufficient that it ended plans for a shared Common Monsters franchise, nonetheless opened to $31 million.
The catastrophe film satire “Digger,” from “Birdman” and “The Revenant” director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, sees Cruise flip in a transformative efficiency as getting old oil tycoon Digger Rockwell. The mission marked Cruise’s first film that is not an motion blockbuster since 2017’s “American Made,” and it appeared to sign a pivot into extra dramatic appearing for the star after the tip of the “Mission: Not possible” franchise.
“Digger” had sparked Oscar buzz for Cruise main as much as its launch. However the mixture of the poor field workplace efficiency and blended evaluations might complicate the “High Gun” star’s marketing campaign for his first aggressive Academy Award.
“Digger” additionally ends an period for Warner Bros. on a bitter be aware: It’s set to be the final movie launched by the studio earlier than its merger with Paramount Skydance.
Even previous to “Digger,” Cruise had already lined up a mission that might be extra of a surefire hit and permit him to bounce again: “Days of Thunder 2,” which is scheduled for a summer time 2028 launch. His co-star within the movie will probably be Hathaway, whose “Verity” caps off an epic yr that noticed her lead 5 new releases, together with “Mom Mary,” “The Satan Wears Prada 2,” “The Odyssey” and “The Finish of Oak Road.” Thus far, “The Odyssey” is the No. 2 highest-grossing movie of the yr worldwide.
In the meantime, “Avengers: Endgame” is as soon as once more the king of the field workplace world. In response to Disney, the Marvel blockbuster’s “Encore” re-release has introduced its worldwide haul to $2.9255 billion. Meaning it has surpassed “Avatar” to grow to be the highest-grossing film of all time globally, not adjusted for inflation. “Endgame” beforehand held that title for about two years, from 2019 till “Avatar” reclaimed the report with its personal 2021 re-release.
Contributing: Brian Truitt
