Tom Cruise’s Digger flops in previews. Verity rides fan loyalty. The box office is watching.
Digger’s preview numbers are a whisper. $1.2 million. That’s it. Not a roar, not even a cough. Tom Cruise and Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest — promised as a surreal, star-studded descent into the psyche of a billionaire oil baron, landed with the weight of a dropped phone in a silent theatre.
The film’s cryptic campaign, built on riddles and no plot reveals, has backfired spectacularly. Audiences aren’t intrigued. They’re confused. And when you’re Tom Cruise, confusion is a currency that doesn’t trade well at the box office.
Even his usual magic feels muted here. No more cheat codes. Just silence after the trailer ends. The real question isn’t whether Digger will open strong.
It’s whether it’ll open at all. A $10 million debut would be a win. Anything below that? A quiet exit.
Meanwhile, Verity, Colleen Hoover’s romance thriller, panned by critics but loved by fans. Earned $4.5 million in previews. That’s down from It Ends With Us’ $7 million launch, but still enough to keep it breathing. Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett, they’re carrying the load.
But even their star power can’t fix a script that’s been called ‘a love letter to bad decisions’. So while one film stumbles under its own mystery, another survives on fandom alone. The weekend looms. One movie wants to be understood.
The other just wants to be seen. And in this moment, the audience has spoken. Not with applause. With silence.
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