Tom Cruise's 'Digger' is on course to lose $245 million after ticket sales collapse by 60% in its second weekend

From the Newshound archive · first published 9 October 2026 · last updated 13 October 2026.

Tom Cruise's environmental satire 'Digger' is tracking toward a historic $245 million loss after a catastrophic 60% drop in second-weekend ticket sales left its global total at just $35.3 million. Warner Bros. spent an estimated $280 million making and marketing the film, which needs $300-350 million just to break even. Director Alejandro González Iñárritu's R-rated black comedy is now projected to finish its entire theatrical run with roughly $50 million worldwide.

The 60% second-weekend collapse would put 'Digger' alongside Hollywood's most notorious all-time flops, including 'Cutthroat Island' and 'The Marvels'.

Anne Hathaway, Jane Fonda and Guillermo del Toro publicly backed the film, but celebrity praise failed to reverse its freefall; Hathaway called it 'smart and trippy and aggressive' and gave it '10/10'.

Cruise, who holds a first-dollar gross deal meaning he earns a cut before Warner Bros. recoups a penny, said he 'never thought of movies in terms of opening weekend'.