{
  "id": 11965646,
  "title": "Diggers box office bomb is Tom Cruises worst opening in 19 years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/diggers-box-office-bomb-is-tom-cruises-worst-opening-in-19-years",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-04T16:44:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/digger-box-office-tom-cruise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Digger, a climate change satire starring Tom Cruise and directed by Oscar winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, suffered a box office bomb status after its opening weekend. The film managed to earn $8 million domestically and $12 million internationally, totaling $20 million at its opening. However, with production costs between $160 and $180 million, Digger proved to be a significant financial failure. This marks one of the worst openings for Cruise since 2007's Lions for Lambs, which earned $6.7 million domestically. Warner Bros. had high hopes for Cruise's star power to save the film, but Digger's poor performance highlights a troubled end to the studio's era before merging with Paramount to become Skydance. The movie's failure has led to a new campaign by Warner Bros., emphasizing the contrast between negative American reviews and positive international ones. Despite the critical reception, Verity, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's book, topped the box office with $32.6 million domestically and an additional $30 million internationally. Anne Hathaway secured her third number-one opening of the year with Verity.",
  "summary": "Alejandro G. Iñárritu's \"Digger,\" led by Tom Cruise, is a box office bomb. It earned just $8 million at the domestic box office.",
  "key_points": [
    "\"Digger\" earned $8M domestically and $12M internationally in opening weekend",
    "Tom Cruise's \"Digger\" marks worst opening since 2007's \"Lions for Lambs\"",
    "Warner Bros. campaign highlights negative US reviews vs positive international ones"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}