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The film's second-weekend box office fell by roughly sixty percent, putting it on track for a place among the industry's biggest flops; the first weekend looks sunny now.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTom Cruise's new film Digger fell around sixty percent in its second weekend, and the BBC says it could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSixty percent. Out of every ten people who bought a ticket the first weekend, six have apparently told the other four to stay home.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut look at it this way: the ones who stayed got a whole row to themselves, with elbow room and nobody kicking the seat.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat's a luxury cinema.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA luxury cinema with no customers is called a ruin, Chip.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA quiet ruin, with great parking. I haven't seen it, but I'd buy a ticket just to hear my own popcorn.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorYou haven't seen it?

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI haven't seen anything, Dale. What's Digger about?

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorJudging by the weekend, a very deep hole.

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The story so far

  1. Skydance Exec Builds Team; Hathaway Praises Cruise's 'Digger' · Deadline
  2. Hathaway Praises Cruise's Digger After Verity Topped It · The Hollywood Reporter
  3. Variety: Warner Bros. Bomb 'Digger' Rattles Burbank Offices · Variety
  4. Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Second… · Variety
  5. Tom Cruise film Digger could lose $245m at box office · BBC
  6. Digger on course for $245m loss after box office collapse · The Guardian
  7. Tom Cruise film Digger forecast to become one of Hollywood's biggest… (this story)

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