Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (/ˈmeɪˌpɒθər/ MAY-poth-ər; born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and film producer. Regarded as a Hollywood icon, he has received various accolades, including an Honorary Palme d'Or, an Academy Honorary Award, and three Golden Globes, in addition to nominations for four competitive Academy…
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Ben Affleck says the backlash over Tom Cruise’s Digger could kill bold filmmaking. The box office flop is sparking debate—not just about the movie, but about what comes after.
Ben Affleck defends Tom Cruise’s Digger, warning that mocking ambitious films leads studios to make safer, soulless ones. The $160M climate satire has earned just $15M domestically and faces a $245M loss. Celebrities like Neil Young, Mandy Patinkin, and Anne Hathaway call it a masterpiece. Critics are split. The real question: will audiences ever give risky movies a chance?
Tom Cruise expressed enthusiasm for Studio MAPPA’s work after visiting the animation studio’s 15th-anniversary exhibition in Tokyo on October 9. The Hollywood actor and director Alejandro G. Iñárritu toured displays featuring Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man and Attack on Titan: The Final Season while in Japan to promote their film Digger.
The film, which stars Cruise as Bill Harford, a doctor whose life unravels after his wife (Nicole Kidman) confesses a fantasy about infidelity, isn’t a spy movie. It’s not even really a thriller in the traditional sense. But it is tense. It’s claustrophobic. It’s full of long, slow walks through snow-laden New York streets, masked parties, and men who speak in riddles.
Despite opening in roughly half as many theaters, Melania Trump’s documentary outperformed Tom Cruise’s Digger on a per-theater basis by 67%, according to a senior advisor. Digger’s $20 million global debut marks Cruise’s weakest opening in two decades. Meanwhile, MELANIA earned $16.7 million total, with Amazon spending $75 million on rights and marketing.
While Digger flounders, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back has surged back into Prime Video’s top six most-watched movies in the US.
Tom Cruise’s Digger is losing $245 million after a 60% drop in second weekend. The $180M-budgeted R-rated satire opens with $8M in the US and $20M globally. It’s now on track to gross just $50M worldwide. That’s not a flop. It’s a disaster. Warner Bros. is bracing for losses. Stars like Anne Hathaway are defending it
Anne Hathaway gives Tom Cruise’s Digger a perfect 10/10, calling it 'brilliant,' 'trippy,' and 'aggressive'—even as the film earns just $24.9M globally. Her own film, Verity, has grossed $70.8M. Cruise thanks the crew. The sequel to Days of Thunder is set for June 2, 2028.
Tom Cruise's Digger opened to just $8 million and could cost Warner Bros around $250 million, making it his career's biggest flop. Streaming audiences are rewatching his older films instead.
Anne Hathaway has given Tom Cruise’s latest film, Digger, a perfect score on Letterboxd, calling it 'smart and trippy' and urging audiences to judge it for themselves. Despite a $8 million opening and mixed critical reception, the film is finding unexpected champions among Hollywood heavyweights.
Digger is on track to lose over $240 million after a steep drop in theaters and a weak $487k Wednesday haul. The film’s $16.1M domestic total isn’t enough to save it — and the internet’s already turning it into a meme.
The Jack Reacher movies starring Tom Cruise are back on Prime Video, drawing renewed attention after the show's fourth season and spin-off Neagley topped viewership charts. Lee Child has publicly criticized Cruise’s casting.
Tom Cruise’s Digger bombed with $8 million in North America. A $160 million+ production, it needs $350 million to break even. It won’t. Cruise says he makes films to last—not to open big. But this one didn’t even stay in theaters.
Tom Cruise stars as an actor in a play about a climate disaster—but the real twist is that the disaster was real. The film ends with the audience seeing the world after the apocalypse. No dialogue. Just gas masks and silence.
Tom Cruise's Digger opened to a worldwide total of $20.6 million against a reported $160 million budget, putting Warner Bros on track for one of Hollywood's biggest losses ever.
Tom Cruise's artsy swerve with Alejandro González Iñárritu has flopped hard, grossing a fraction of its budget and setting up a possible $150 million loss for Warner Bros ahead of its Paramount merger.
Child exercised a contractual veto from 2005 to prevent a third Tom Cruise Reacher film, opting instead for a streaming series on Prime Video. The decision, rooted in the need for narrative space and financial flexibility, led to the rise of a major franchise under Alan Ritchson.
Anne Hathaway’s Verity opens at #1 in North America with $15.1M — out-earning Tom Cruise’s Digger despite lower reviews. It’s the second-biggest Colleen Hoover adaptation launch ever.
Tom Cruise's climate satire Digger opened to just $8 million in North America, a rare box office miss for the star as Warner Bros grapples with a brutal year and an impending Paramount Skydance merger.
Tom Cruise's Digger opened to just $8 million domestic and $20 million worldwide against a budget north of $125 million, marking his weakest debut in nearly two decades as Warner Bros. completes its merger with Paramount Skydance.
Tom Cruise's Digger collected just $3.4 million on its opening day in North America, putting the Warner Bros dark comedy on course for the actor's weakest opening weekend in roughly two decades.
Verity’s $4.5M preview haul in North America puts it on track for a $40M opening — and it’s doing so while Digger flops. The real question? Can it keep the heat?
Tom Cruise posted thanks to the Digger cast and crew after the Alejandro Iñárritu film opened to $7.5 million, his weakest debut since 2007's Lions for Lambs, amid a split critical and audience reception.
Tom Cruise took to social media to praise Digger's cast and crew after the Alejandro G. Iñárritu satire opened to roughly $8 million, his weakest debut since 2007's Lions for Lambs.
Tom Cruise’s Digger opens with $1.2M preview numbers—lowest in a decade. WB braces for its biggest flop since Joker 2.
Filmfare's review of Tom Cruise's Digger says the nostalgic trailer misled audiences. The film is really an Alejandro González Iñárritu satire on capitalism, closer to Dr. Strangelove than any Cruise vehicle.
Digger’s preview numbers are a whisper. $1.2 million. That’s it. Not a roar, not even a cough.
Digger collects $1.2M in previews; Verity hits $4.5M. Warner Bros. leadership shifts as Paramount Skydance merger nears. Critics split on both films.
Digger lands in Indian theatres today — and it’s not just a Tom Cruise film. It’s a visual experiment in scale, silence, and storytelling.
Tom Cruise’s Digger opens with $12M—less than half its budget. Verity is already on track for $30M. The contrast says everything.
The film is being attacked with such vitriol that the studio has actually pivoted its marketing campaign to feature the negative reviews as a kind of badge of honour.
Guillermo del Toro has called the IGN headline on Digger 'entirely petty', defending the film as 'daring, bold and cinematically complex' and insisting it's meant for the theatre.
The film opens with Cruise as Digger Rockwell—a Texas oil baron whose mansion is less a home and more a museum of excess. Taxidermy. Weapons. A cat named Maggie, on her last legs, who may or may not be the only thing keeping him tethered to humanity.
Tom Cruise’s Digger is set to open this weekend — and Warner Bros. is bracing for a fall. Not just any fall, but one that could land on the studio’s already shaky theatrical momentum. The film, a climate satire from Alejandro González Iñárritu, has drawn mixed reviews and now sits at $15–19 million in projected opening weekend earnings. That’s a steep drop from the $125 million production budget
Tom Cruise's Digger and the Colleen Hoover adaptation Verity both hit theatres this week with divided reviews, no post-credit scenes and no announced streaming dates, leaving their fate entirely to the box office.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger stars Tom Cruise as an oil tycoon caught in a layered narrative that shifts from ecological drama to meta-theatrical satire. Critics praise its visual boldness but question its emotional resonance.
Digger isn’t just a movie. It’s a decade-long hunt for the right way to tell a story that kept moving beneath the surface. Tom Cruise plays both the real and the imagined. The film releases October 2.
The Last Samurai, Tom Cruise's 2003 box office disappointment at home, is reportedly seeing a streaming resurgence on HBO Max, with critics pointing to Ken Watanabe's Oscar-nominated turn as the film's real engine.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu says his $125 million Tom Cruise film Digger was originally titled Blah, Blah, Blah, a dig at the human tongue's power to distort reality, before Warner Bros. went with the oil baron's surname instead.
Anne Hathaway heads back to the top of the box‑office with the Colleen Hoover adaptation ‘Verity’, projected to earn $30‑35 million, while Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ is forecast to open with just $12‑15 million.
Warner Bros. has slashed its opening estimate for Tom Cruise’s off‑beat climate thriller Digger to $12‑15 million, citing a ballooning budget and mixed reviews as the star departs from his usual action roles.
Warner Bros. bets on Tom Cruise’s new original comedy ‘Digger’ to lift a dismal box‑office slate, yet projections suggest a modest North American debut far below the $300‑$350 million break‑even target.
Warner Bros.’ latest venture, starring Tom Cruise and helmed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, opens with a lukewarm 52 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating and a projected $12‑$15 million North American debut, far short of the $350 million global target.
Tom Cruise leads Warner Bros.’ last solo film, the climate‑crisis satire ‘Digger’, but opening‑week estimates hover under $15 million, trailing comparable releases and sparking doubts about its awards push.
Warner Bros. released a bold trailer for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’, featuring Tom Cruise’s character swearing at detractors. Critics are already divided, with Rotten Tomatoes hovering at a 53 percent approval rating as the film opens Friday in theatres and IMAX.
Tom Cruise heads the new Alejandro Iñárritu film Digger, debuting in theatres on October 2. Warner Bros. promises an IMAX experience, while a future HBO Max release remains unconfirmed.
Warner Bros’ newest venture, the black‑comedy Digger starring Tom Cruise, is projected to earn less than $15 million in its U.S. debut, prompting fears of a $100 million loss after a tepid critical response and a $125 million budget.
Hollywood’s latest climate satire ‘Digger’, starring and produced by Tom Cruise, secured an A‑certificate from India’s CBFC after minor cuts, and will open nationwide on October 2.
