Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ on track to lose $245 million at box office: Report

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s environmental satire Digger, starring Tom Cruise in the lead role, is on track to incur losses of around USD 245 million during its theatrical run following a disappointing opening at the global box office, according to a report.

The film opened last weekend with a domestic collection of just USD 8 million and a worldwide debut of USD 20 million, prompting trade estimates that distributor Warner Bros could lose between USD 150 million and USD 200 million.

However, the studio is now bracing for a bigger setback after ticket sales declined by 60 per cent in the film’s second week. Digger is expected to finish its theatrical run with worldwide earnings of around USD 50 million, Variety reported.

A Warner Bros spokesperson, however, disputed the projections, saying the film’s break-even point was USD 300 million, the report said.

Digger stars Cruise as a wealthy oil tycoon whose company triggers an ecological disaster after dislodging a massive glacier that threatens to move towards Europe.

The film marks Cruise's first movie outside a franchise since 2017’s American Made. For Inarritu, it is his first theatrical release since The Revenant (2015), which won him the Oscar for best director and earned Leonardo DiCaprio the best actor award.

Despite the film’s poor box office performance, several Hollywood stars praised the film. Anne Hathaway, Jane Fonda, Guillermo del Toro and Mandy Patinkin were among the Hollywood celebrities who have come out in support of the Tom Cruise starrer.