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Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Suffers Major Box Office Flop Amidst Warner Bros. Merger

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The film "Digger," starring Tom Cruise, experienced a significant box office disappointment in its opening weekend, grossing only $8 million domestically and $12 million internationally. This underperformance is particularly notable given the film's substantial production and marketing costs, estimated at over $225 million. The movie's poor reception, with critics calling it a "strained climate change farce," led Warner Bros. to run unusual "decide for yourself" advertisements. This debut marks one of the worst for Cruise and comes at a critical time for Warner Bros. as it undergoes a merger with Paramount. AI

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Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Suffers Major Box Office Flop Amidst Warner Bros. Merger

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Jake Coyle, The Associated Press ·

    Tom Cruise suffers one of the worst movie debuts of his career. Reviews were so bad Warner Bros. ran ‘decide for yourself’ ads

    Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s critically panned satire grossed a paltry $8 million domestically.

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