Overview
- This weekend Digger grossed roughly $3.3 million on Friday and is tracking to about $8 million for the opening frame, a result that ranks among Tom Cruise’s lowest openings since 2007 and came with a C+ CinemaScore from audiences.
- Critics are sharply divided, with the film holding roughly a 51 percent critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes and reviews alternating between praise for its craft and complaints that the movie is overstuffed or messy.
- Warner Bros. shifted its marketing to lean into the split reception and ask audiences to “decide for yourself,” while Tom Cruise posted messages of pride for the cast and crew and filmmakers such as Guillermo del Toro publicly praised the picture.
- Estimates of the film’s cost and required returns vary widely in coverage, with reported production figures from about $125 million to as high as $160–180 million and break‑even calculations reported between roughly $300 million and $350 million, a gap the studio disputes.
- Digger is Warner Bros.'s last wide release before the planned Paramount/Skydance merger, and its weak launch has intensified scrutiny of the studio’s leadership, upcoming slate strategy, and how the new owners will treat high‑risk, auteur projects.