Overview
- Digger opened in cinemas in early October 2026 and stars Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell, an aging, prosthetic-heavy Texas oil magnate in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s satirical film about a climate-linked catastrophe.
- Early reviews are sharply split and aggregator scores sit in the low-to-mid range, roughly 52% on Rotten Tomatoes and about 44 on Metacritic, with critics alternating between calling the film audacious and overwrought.
- Warner Bros. has foregrounded that division in its advertising by juxtaposing praise and negative descriptors to encourage audience curiosity rather than hiding mixed reviews.
- Industry analysts note the reported production budget of about $125–130 million plus estimated global P&A of roughly $80–120 million means studio exposure could approach $250 million, raising questions about the film’s break-even prospects.
- Beyond box office concerns, coverage spotlights Cruise’s career-risk performance, Iñárritu’s auteur ambitions, and a broader debate over whether original, director-driven films can justify blockbuster-scale budgets today.