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Was this Tom Cruise "Digger" movie some kind of money laundering scheme?

"Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger looks headed for t...
Bossy bawdyhouse
  10/04/26
I can't wait to see it, it sounds horrible. These mexican di...
umber dilemma kitty
  10/04/26
Inarritu made Revenant (and Birdman, which while not GREAT w...
Puce travel guidebook patrolman
  10/04/26
Birdman was horrendous Pseudbait to me. Hated it. Felt reddi...
umber dilemma kitty
  10/04/26
Fair. I don't really remember it at all except I don't find ...
Puce travel guidebook patrolman
  10/04/26
Birdman was awesome u philistine
Glittery geriatric locus feces
  10/05/26
It was 115iq bait
contagious yellow den half-breed
  10/05/26
...
umber dilemma kitty
  10/05/26
Cronos is a triumph
Vibrant smoky dopamine range
  10/07/26
didn't a beaner direct PACIFIC RIM? That is a tour de force....
The FIRE RYAN DAY JUGGERNAUT
  10/09/26
Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphanage too, del Toro is 180
ferengi
  10/10/26
all movies are. what is it some anti white thing or what?
Excitant box office masturbator
  10/04/26
Poor satire focused on climate change. It needed to make ove...
Bossy bawdyhouse
  10/04/26
so was it a humiliation ritual for him?
Excitant box office masturbator
  10/04/26
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,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  10/07/26
it made $8m btw
Stimulating Sooty Office
  10/04/26
shitlibs don't want to see tom cruise movies and everyone el...
Duck-like volcanic crater
  10/04/26
Studio got confused by Reddit ballslurpikg cruises tropic th...
histrionic chestnut abode round eye
  10/04/26
It looks like a low budget movie. What did they spend the mo...
titillating hunting ground hominid
  10/04/26
I hate this "modern" lighting and color grading th...
umber dilemma kitty
  10/04/26
It’s never going to fucking stop either bc the technol...
Vibrant smoky dopamine range
  10/07/26
I thought it sucked. Brad Pitt dog movie much better.
Lavender Zombie-like Library
  10/05/26
just saw this in imax (real imax) at the mall in providence....
violent beady-eyed heaven
  10/06/26
various right wing twitter accounts i follow keep claiming t...
abusive school
  10/07/26
MASE tp has already seen it 6 times. he's calling it a Trium...
Emerald Incel Fat Ankles
  10/07/26
it's been heavily shilled by fallon, just as nolan's odyssey...
bateful high-end plaza
  10/07/26
Did the movie get bad reviews because it's against libs?
TurboGrafx-67
  10/07/26
Is it actually anti-lib? I assumed it was anti-conservative ...
,.,...,..,.,.,;:,.:,.,.,::,,,,..,:,.,.:.:.,:.::,.,
  10/07/26
Maybe it's such an over the top CONS DUMM global warming sat...
Wow tough day for libs
  10/07/26
Birdman leaned conservative and Tom Cruise is not a shitlibe...
TurboGrafx-67
  10/07/26
Tom Cruise is a great actor and the ads they've showed for i...
Nazca Redlines
  10/07/26
it's not at all what the trailers depict. it's really weird,...
Kimberly Gargoyle's botched Mar a Lago facelift
  10/08/26
his Top Gun sequel was coded "red" and made shitlo...
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  10/07/26
It’s weird.
Tirant Lo Blanc
  10/08/26
I am in the theater watching this right now. One other perso...
the wife guy cinematic universe
  10/09/26
...
tacobellguy1995
  10/09/26
Other guy just got up and left with 20 mins left. This is tr...
the wife guy cinematic universe
  10/09/26
180
ferengi
  10/09/26
Explain
Student Poaster, Please Be Patient
  10/09/26
...
cannon
  10/09/26
...
tacobellguy1995
  10/09/26
It’s not even a little interesting or at least charmin...
Tirant Lo Blanc
  10/09/26
No I can appreciate an ambitious bomb. But this was just dre...
the wife guy cinematic universe
  10/09/26
MAGAZINE: The near-apocalyptic critical and commercial failu...
'"'''"'''""""
  10/09/26
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-16201677/Tom-Cru...
cannon
  10/12/26
just looked up john carter. i'd never heard of that, who the...
Kimberly Gargoyle's botched Mar a Lago facelift
  10/12/26
Utterly bizarre that Cruise was involved with this.
Richard Ames
  10/12/26


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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:27 PM
Author: Bossy bawdyhouse

"Tom Cruise’s new movie Digger looks headed for the record books. Just not the record books the actor likely hoped for when signing up for the film.

According to reports, Digger — the first non-action movie that Tom Cruise is starring in in over a decade — could potentially become the biggest box office bomb of 2026, as it’s tracking to make just $12 million in its opening weekend — a number that will likely drop precipitously in its second weekend following likely poor word-of-mouth.

Despite being a drama film, Digger — which was greenlit at $125 million — saw its budget climb to $160 million-$180 million after production went over schedule. For comparison, the biggest box office bomb of 2025 was the Jared Leto-starring Tron: Ares, which lost a reported $130 million."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170368)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:31 PM
Author: umber dilemma kitty

I can't wait to see it, it sounds horrible. These mexican directors are solidly 115 IQ which is genius level down there and they never got humbled by being around smarter people until their formative years were over. The Revenant is the only good film ever made by a Mexican auteur

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170373)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:44 PM
Author: Puce travel guidebook patrolman

Inarritu made Revenant (and Birdman, which while not GREAT was certainly well made and interesting) so he should have been able to make a GOAT with $180 million + Tom Cruise. Obviously satire can be great but why can't modern Hollywood make it the least bit subtle or interesting (see also Don't Look Up)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170390)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: umber dilemma kitty

Birdman was horrendous Pseudbait to me. Hated it. Felt reddit as hell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170396)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 11:06 PM
Author: Puce travel guidebook patrolman

Fair. I don't really remember it at all except I don't find Emma Stone sexy, I like Michael Keaton, and I didn't like the pretentious official title and weird punctuation of the movie

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171467)



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Date: October 5th, 2026 12:36 AM
Author: Glittery geriatric locus feces

Birdman was awesome u philistine

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171601)



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Date: October 5th, 2026 12:37 AM
Author: contagious yellow den half-breed

It was 115iq bait

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171606)



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Date: October 5th, 2026 12:41 AM
Author: umber dilemma kitty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171609)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 12:10 AM
Author: Vibrant smoky dopamine range

Cronos is a triumph

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175330)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 9:47 PM
Author: The FIRE RYAN DAY JUGGERNAUT

didn't a beaner direct PACIFIC RIM? That is a tour de force.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181320)



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Date: October 10th, 2026 4:09 AM
Author: ferengi

Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphanage too, del Toro is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181514)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:34 PM
Author: Excitant box office masturbator

all movies are. what is it some anti white thing or what?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170380)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 12:38 PM
Author: Bossy bawdyhouse

Poor satire focused on climate change. It needed to make over $300m to break even. Obviously they knew it never would.

Even the shitlib critics were like "Look I agree with the overall message but this movie sucks"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170386)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 11:10 PM
Author: Excitant box office masturbator

so was it a humiliation ritual for him?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171470)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 9:58 PM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,




(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177511)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 9:38 PM
Author: Stimulating Sooty Office

it made $8m btw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171370)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 9:52 PM
Author: Duck-like volcanic crater

shitlibs don't want to see tom cruise movies and everyone else doesn't want to see shitlib satire. no audience left.

$8 is hard to believe tho.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171381)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 10:00 PM
Author: histrionic chestnut abode round eye

Studio got confused by Reddit ballslurpikg cruises tropic thunder cameo as a fat old guy and thought there was an audience for a whole movie like that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171391)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 11:53 PM
Author: titillating hunting ground hominid

It looks like a low budget movie. What did they spend the money on?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171550)



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Date: October 4th, 2026 11:54 PM
Author: umber dilemma kitty

I hate this "modern" lighting and color grading that makes everything dim and fucking grey

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171555)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 12:12 AM
Author: Vibrant smoky dopamine range

It’s never going to fucking stop either bc the technology exists. Smh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175332)



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Date: October 5th, 2026 12:32 AM
Author: Lavender Zombie-like Library

I thought it sucked. Brad Pitt dog movie much better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171596)



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Date: October 6th, 2026 11:46 PM
Author: violent beady-eyed heaven

just saw this in imax (real imax) at the mall in providence. weird as fuck, i liked it. i cannot believe they spent this much money on it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175289)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 12:02 AM
Author: abusive school

various right wing twitter accounts i follow keep claiming this movie is actually great.

can't tell if they are trolling, paid off, or if this is actually a misunderstood gem.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175326)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 12:14 AM
Author: Emerald Incel Fat Ankles

MASE tp has already seen it 6 times. he's calling it a Triumph of Film. a generational work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175335)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 2:03 AM
Author: bateful high-end plaza

it's been heavily shilled by fallon, just as nolan's odyssey was, with tom cruise fishing stuffed animals out of a ballpit while suspended midair

that said, the cast looks like it comes straight out of tim and eric, and only URMs watch movies anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175407)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: TurboGrafx-67

Did the movie get bad reviews because it's against libs?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177217)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 9:07 PM
Author: ,.,...,..,.,.,;:,.:,.,.,::,,,,..,:,.,.:.:.,:.::,.,


Is it actually anti-lib? I assumed it was anti-conservative because it's big bad oil man destroys the environment or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177370)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 9:44 PM
Author: Wow tough day for libs

Maybe it's such an over the top CONS DUMM global warming satire that it's actually a big willie double reverse satire on sanctimonious retarded libs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177486)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: TurboGrafx-67

Birdman leaned conservative and Tom Cruise is not a shitliberal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177542)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

Tom Cruise is a great actor and the ads they've showed for it on TV make it look interesting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177285)



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Date: October 8th, 2026 5:30 AM
Author: Kimberly Gargoyle's botched Mar a Lago facelift ((zurich is stained))

it's not at all what the trailers depict. it's really weird, but i liked it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177828)



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Date: October 7th, 2026 10:35 PM
Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


his Top Gun sequel was coded "red" and made shitloads of money and was loved.

this one is coded "blue" and perhaps may lose shitloads of money.

go woke ...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177544)



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Date: October 8th, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: Tirant Lo Blanc

It’s weird.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50178527)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 5:55 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

I am in the theater watching this right now. One other person in here.

1 hour in & have no idea what is going on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181025)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: tacobellguy1995



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181059)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 6:53 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

Other guy just got up and left with 20 mins left. This is truly horrendous & top 3 worst shit I've ever watched

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181132)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: ferengi

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181139)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 7:08 PM
Author: Student Poaster, Please Be Patient

Explain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181163)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 8:42 PM
Author: cannon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181257)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 9:46 PM
Author: tacobellguy1995



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181317)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 9:48 PM
Author: Tirant Lo Blanc

It’s not even a little interesting or at least charming cause it’s so weird?

If I’m forced to go a movie I’ll often pick the artsiest one possible cause at least it might be different.

But sometimes they’re so bad they’re unwatchable…but how could that be with a big budget Tom Cruise film?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181321)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 11:34 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

No I can appreciate an ambitious bomb. But this was just dreary shit. Tom Cruise put in a good performance tbf. But to no end. The script is just horrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181419)



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Date: October 9th, 2026 10:00 PM
Author: '"'''"'''""""

MAGAZINE: The near-apocalyptic critical and commercial failure of the big-screen satire Digger should be taken as the most encouraging of cultural indicators.

Here is a movie that is so deeply woke in its ideas and attitudes that it deserves to be called pre-woke. Director and cowriter Alejandro G. Inarritu’s outraged portrayal of a venal, lawless, environment-destroying oil tycoon (Tom Cruise’s character, Digger Rockwell) suggests someone who has only recently become acquainted with the news of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, and his eagerness to display his own card-carrying climate warrior credentials — the United States’s exit from the Paris climate accords is actually referenced at one point — suggests someone who has just watched the 2006 Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth. In other words, this is the perfect movie for Greta Thunberg, in her “How dare you!” mode, around 2019 or so.

That the public has emphatically rejected this movie’s dumb, dated virtue-signaling and odious attempts at humor is a real cause for hope.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4757805/tom-cruise-digger-movie-review/



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181341)



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Date: October 12th, 2026 9:45 AM
Author: cannon

https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-16201677/Tom-Cruises-Digger-course-biggest-box-office-flop-time-Polarising-film-looks-set-lose-staggering-245-million-historic-career-embarrassment-star.html

Digger is now on course to be the biggest box office flop of all time, with its second weekend ticket sales dropping by a huge 60 per cent.

During its opening weekend, Tom Cruise and director Alejandro G Iñárritu's critically panned satire grossed just $8million (£6million) in US cinemas, with international sales of $12million (£9million) from 74 countries.

Ticket sales for the movie declined by 60 per cent in its second weekend, bringing its tally to $14.4million domestically and $35.3million globally.

Industry insiders report that the movie is now tracking to lose a huge $245million (£185million) in its theatrical run, with its estimated global box office total to be just $50million.

Variety reports that the movie needs $350million globally to break even because cinema owners get to keep about half of ticket sales.

Warner Bros. greenlit the film for $125million, but the budget soared to an estimated $180million after production went over schedule. The studio then spent another $100million on marketing, which has seen leading man Cruise in megadrive mode fronting months of teasers and social media campaigns.

Digger is now on course to be the biggest box office flop of all time, with its second weekend ticket sales dropping by a huge 60%

If the estimates pan out and Digger does lose $245million, it would put the film among the biggest box office bombs of all time.

With $161million in losses, Disney's 2012 flop John Carter holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest flop in history.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50185338)



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Date: October 12th, 2026 9:53 AM
Author: Kimberly Gargoyle's botched Mar a Lago facelift ((zurich is stained))

just looked up john carter. i'd never heard of that, who the fuck greenlit that nonsense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50185358)



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Date: October 12th, 2026 10:06 AM
Author: Richard Ames

Utterly bizarre that Cruise was involved with this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50185375)