Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Will Lose $250 Million | Exclusive
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Key Points:
- "Digger," a satirical film starring Tom Cruise and directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is expected to lose approximately $250 million, marking one of the biggest recent losses for a major movie star and studio.
- The film grossed only $8 million domestically and $21 million globally during its opening weekend, with total worldwide box office earnings unlikely to exceed $40 million.
- The production budget was around $163-$173 million, with an additional $100 million spent on marketing, primarily due to Cruise's global press tour; Warner Bros. fully financed the project.
- Despite initial excitement over the collaboration between Cruise and acclaimed director Iñárritu, the film received mixed reviews and failed to resonate with audiences, partly due to Cruise's heavy prosthetic transformation and the film's complex climate change satire.
- Warner Bros. has undergone leadership changes, with new executives from Skydance taking over film oversight, and plans to pursue another Tom Cruise project, "Days of Thunder 2," in partnership with Paramount.
