Tom Cruise's Digger Will Lose $250 Million

Key Points:

• "Digger," a satirical film starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is projected to lose around $250 million by the end of its run, marking one of the largest recent movie losses and the biggest for Cruise.
• The Warner Bros.-financed film had a production budget estimated between $163 million and $173 million, with an additional $100 million spent on marketing, including Cruise’s global press tour.
• The movie earned only $8 million domestically and $21 million globally during its opening weekend and is not expected to surpass $40 million worldwide at the box office.
• Despite initial excitement about pairing Cruise with Iñárritu under a new Warner Bros. pact, the film received mixed reviews and failed to resonate with audiences, partly due to Cruise's heavy prosthetic transformation and the film's complex satire.
• The financial disappointment contributed to executive changes at Warner Bros., with new leadership from Skydance now overseeing film output following the dismissal of previous studio heads.