Why Tom Cruise's Digger (2026) was a Global Box Office Failure?

Tom Cruise’s ambitious new eco-satire film, Digger, has suffered a historic box office collapse, projecting massive financial losses of around $245 million. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, the movie features Cruise as an eccentric oil tycoon before revealing a metafictional twist where characters are actually rehearsing a stage play. While critics have heavily panned the project for its pretentious and exhausting tone, fellow actor Ben Affleck has strongly defended the film, comparing the public joy over its failure to harsh schoolyard bullying. Despite Warner Bros. attempting to salvage ticket sales through unconventional marketing by highlighting mixed reviews, the motion picture remains a monumental commercial disaster.