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‘Digger’ earns $3.4 million Friday as ‘Verity’ leads the box office

Variety estimates a $7.5 million domestic opening for ‘Digger’ and, citing knowledgeable sources, puts its production cost at $160 million–$180 million.

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Variety reports that Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ earned $3.4 million Friday across 3,321 North American theaters and estimates a $7.5 million domestic opening. It says the film was greenlit at $125 million but cost $160 million–$180 million after production ran long, citing knowledgeable sources. ‘Verity’ led Friday with $15.1 million and is projected to make $33.6 million over the weekend.

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19M

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258.1K likes5.9K comments16.8K saves13.1K reposts

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Positive22.6%77.4%Negative

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Many accounts slammed Digger as a box-office bomb and weird waste of time on its massive budget, while positive replies called it brilliant with strong performances and a meaningful message.

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Positive22.6%77.4%Negative

Summary

Many accounts slammed Digger as a box-office bomb and weird waste of time on its massive budget, while positive replies called it brilliant with strong performances and a meaningful message.

Based on 3640 sentiment-bearing replies from 2880 accounts across 16 conversations.

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Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ heads for one of 2026’s biggest box-office bombs

An estimated $8 million domestic debut against a reported $160 million–$180 million production budget puts the satire on course for a colossal flop.

Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ heads for one of 2026’s biggest box-office bombs
‘Digger’ opens to an estimated $8 million domestically

Variety reports the Tom Cruise film opened in fifth place from 3,321 North American theaters, against a $160–180 million production budget.

Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ opens to divided reviews

Rotten Tomatoes lists a 53% Tomatometer from 192 critic reviews and a 67% Popcornmeter from 100-plus verified ratings.

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𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 of North@Itssan17Tom Cruise’s Digger collapsing to an $8M–$12M domestic tracking projection against a $160M+ budget is absolute madness 💀 ​Warner Bros is about to take one of the biggest losses of the year. What went wrong here?7d
Variety@Variety“Verity” has earned $4.5M in previews, putting it on track to debut with $30M-$35M. If “Verity” tops this weekend’s domestic box office, it would mark Anne Hathaway’s third No. 1 movie this year after “The Odyssey” and “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/box-office-verity-digger-previews-1236894943/7d
FILMYNEWS@filmynewsnetwrk$1.2M. That’s it. Tom Cruise’s #Digger just posted catastrophic preview numbers against a staggering $180M budget. It is now projecting a domestic open under $10M and a worldwide total below $20M.7d
The Hollywood Reporter@THR'Digger' Unearths $1.2M in Box Office Previews Amid Warner Bros.' Leadership Shake-Up https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/digger-box-office-tom-cruise-previews-warner-bros-verity-1236720902/7d
Next Big Flick 🎬@NextBigFlick#Digger Unearths $1.2M in Box Office Previews Amid #WarnerBros.’ Leadership Shake-Up https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/digger-box-office-tom-cruise-previews-warner-bros-verity-1236720902/7d
Adam@snipe_celly89Weekend Box Office predictions. Top 10 Weekend of 10/02/26 Verity: 36.5M Heart of the Beast: 13.5M Residents Evil: 12M Digger: 11M Primetime: 10.5M Forgotten Island: 9M Avengers Endgame (Encore): 6M Practical Magic 2: 3M Spider-Man: Brand New Day: 2.5M The Odyssey: 2M Top 10 for the weekend: 106M $AMC7d
Breitbart News@BreitbartNewsTom Cruise’s massively expensive Climate Doom screed "Digger" is DOA at the box office after Thursday previews managed to attract only $1.2 million in ticket sales. https://trib.al/O2M60qt7d
Phantom@effoff1988Such a weird weekend. Digger & Verity have the same MC score but former was supposed to be acclaimed while latter is in the range it was widely expected in. Both started tracking in low 20s and now Digger will open under 10M and Verity over 30M. At least one will be a BO hit.7d
DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm‘DIGGER’ debuts with a C+ on CinemaScore. One of the lowest CinemaScores of Tom Cruise’s career. Read our review: https://bit.ly/DiggerDF6d
Film Updates@FilmUpdatesNew spot for ‘DIGGER’ plays into the Rotten Tomatoes score of the film.6d
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    𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘁 of North@Itssan17Tom Cruise’s Digger collapsing to an $8M–$12M domestic tracking projection against a $160M+ budget is absolute madness 💀 ​Warner Bros is about to take one of the biggest losses of the year. What went wrong here?7d
    Variety@Variety“Verity” has earned $4.5M in previews, putting it on track to debut with $30M-$35M. If “Verity” tops this weekend’s domestic box office, it would mark Anne Hathaway’s third No. 1 movie this year after “The Odyssey” and “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/box-office-verity-digger-previews-1236894943/7d
    FILMYNEWS@filmynewsnetwrk$1.2M. That’s it. Tom Cruise’s #Digger just posted catastrophic preview numbers against a staggering $180M budget. It is now projecting a domestic open under $10M and a worldwide total below $20M.7d
    The Hollywood Reporter@THR'Digger' Unearths $1.2M in Box Office Previews Amid Warner Bros.' Leadership Shake-Up https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/digger-box-office-tom-cruise-previews-warner-bros-verity-1236720902/7d
    Next Big Flick 🎬@NextBigFlick#Digger Unearths $1.2M in Box Office Previews Amid #WarnerBros.’ Leadership Shake-Up https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/digger-box-office-tom-cruise-previews-warner-bros-verity-1236720902/7d
    Adam@snipe_celly89Weekend Box Office predictions. Top 10 Weekend of 10/02/26 Verity: 36.5M Heart of the Beast: 13.5M Residents Evil: 12M Digger: 11M Primetime: 10.5M Forgotten Island: 9M Avengers Endgame (Encore): 6M Practical Magic 2: 3M Spider-Man: Brand New Day: 2.5M The Odyssey: 2M Top 10 for the weekend: 106M $AMC7d
    Breitbart News@BreitbartNewsTom Cruise’s massively expensive Climate Doom screed "Digger" is DOA at the box office after Thursday previews managed to attract only $1.2 million in ticket sales. https://trib.al/O2M60qt7d
    Phantom@effoff1988Such a weird weekend. Digger & Verity have the same MC score but former was supposed to be acclaimed while latter is in the range it was widely expected in. Both started tracking in low 20s and now Digger will open under 10M and Verity over 30M. At least one will be a BO hit.7d
    DiscussingFilm@DiscussingFilm‘DIGGER’ debuts with a C+ on CinemaScore. One of the lowest CinemaScores of Tom Cruise’s career. Read our review: https://bit.ly/DiggerDF6d
    Film Updates@FilmUpdatesNew spot for ‘DIGGER’ plays into the Rotten Tomatoes score of the film.6d
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