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."

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170368)

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

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50170386)

$8 is hard to believe tho.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50171381)

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

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175326)

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

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50175407)

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

go woke ...

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50177544)

1 hour in & have no idea what is going on

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181025)

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?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181321)

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/

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50181341)

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.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5909611&forum_id=2#50185338)