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Tom Cruise's 'Digger' Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Second…

The R-rated environmental satire starring Tom Cruise dropped 60% in its second weekend, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu; one of the biggest theatrical flops ever.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend Shift
Published 2:44 PM ET, Sunday, October 11, 2026

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First reported by Variety: “Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Dropping 60% in Second Weekend”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:44 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.

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VarietyTom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Dropping 60% in Second Weekend

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWelcome back, and I love this one, Variety reports Tom Cruise's environmental satire Digger dropped sixty percent in its second weekend and is tracking to lose two hundred forty-five million dollars.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTwo hundred forty-five million. Hold on, I'm issuing a recall on that budget meeting.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut it's a movie about digging, and now it has the deepest hole in town. That's commitment to the premise.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSixty percent in one weekend.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPeople left faster than they came, and the sequel pitch writes itself: Digger Two, they dig the money back out.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'd see it twice.

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