Digger is poised to be one of the biggest box-office flops of the year
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Despite a major star's return to dramatic acting, a two-time best director winner at the Oscars and enough publicity to rival the moon landing, Digger looks set to become one of the biggest box-office disasters of the year.
Tom Cruise-led Warner Bros. film is projected to rake in a disappointing opening weekend
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Digger is an R-rated black comedy about an oil tycoon tasked with saving the world from a catastrophe his drilling caused. Warner predicts the film will only earn $12-15 million US domestically this weekend. (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Despite a major star's return to dramatic acting, a two-time best director winner at the Oscars and enough publicity to rival the moon landing, Digger looks set to become one of the biggest box-office disasters of the year.
According to Variety , the dark comedy from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise saw its costs balloon from an original budget of $125 million US to $160-180 million — putting a break-even return around $350 million US when including its marketing spend. (Warner Bros. pushed back on this, telling Variety their actual break-even point is around $300 million US).
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