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Tom Cruise's film Digger is projected to lose approximately $245 million at the box office after poor sales in its second weekend dropped takings by about 60%. With a production and marketing budget of around $280 million, Digger's global earnings currently stand at only $35 million. This performance starkly contrasts with Cruise’s recent successful films like Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, making it potentially one of the biggest flops in Hollywood history.
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Tom Cruise's film "Digger" has become one of the biggest box office flops in Hollywood history after grossing just $8 million during its opening weekend domestically. Despite an initial marketing budget of about $125 million, the film's total production and marketing costs soared to approximately $280 million. In its second weekend, "Digger" saw a staggering 60% decline in ticket sales, bringing its global box office takings to around $35 million. Industry analysts predict that the movie could lose an estimated $245 million, making it one of the most costly failures in film history. The polarizing reception includes critics comparing the viewing experience to enduring a painful ordeal; one review likened watching "Digger" to suffering through two hours of tedious material with another hour left to go.
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Tom Cruise's latest film Digger is expected to lose around $245m (£185m), Hollywood analysts have said, after the film's continuing poor performance in cinemas.
Ticket sales for the satirical black comedy, which stars Cruise as oil magnate Digger Rockwell, dropped by around 60% in the movie's second weekend.
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It brings Digger's total box office takings to around $35m (£26m) globally so far.
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The film is estimated to have cost its studio Warner Bros around $280m (£211m) to make and market.
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But Cruise said last week, external that he "never thought of movies when I'm making them [in terms of] opening weekend," adding he was instead focused on making films that "hopefully will translate, last and evolve".
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The film's takings relative to its budget mean it could become one of the biggest film flops in Hollywood history.
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Digger's performance is in sharp contrast to the success of IP-driven hits starring Cruise in recent years, such as new instalments of the Top Gun and Mission: Impossible franchises.
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Digger is directed by Alejandro G Iñárritu, best known for films such as Birdman, Babel and The Revenant.
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Hollywood trade publication Variety said Digger was expected to end its box office run with around $50m (£38m) worldwide.
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The film would need around $350m (£264m) to break even, due to its budget, marketing costs, the portion of ticket sales that go to theatres and the likely spend on an awards season campaign.
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However, a Warner Bros spokesman pushed back slightly on the figure, telling Variety the film's break even point was $300m (£227m).
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Meanwhile, the new sequel to the Oscar-winning hit The Social Network also struggled at the box office on its opening weekend.
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The Social Reckoning took $5.5m in the US, significantly lower than the $22m its predecessor took on its opening weekend in 2010, not adjusted for inflation.
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Globally, Aaron Sorkin's latest film, starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Strong and Jeremy Allen White, took around $9m (£6.8m).
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The film tells the true story of a Facebook engineer, Frances Haugan, who leaked internal documents to a reporter after becoming concerned about some of the company's practices.
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The Social Reckoning was beaten in the US box office chart by horror movie Other Mommy, psychological thriller Verity, video game adaptation Resident Evil and Brad Pitt's wilderness thriller Heart of the Beast.
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