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Tom Cruise has been selected to receive the 52nd AFI Life Achievement Award. The American Film Institute will honor him at a gala tribute at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on April 24, 2027. Considered the highest honor for a career in film, the AFI Life Achievement Award is given to a single honoree each […]
Ben Affleck is the latest celebrity to stick up for Tom Cruise’s “Digger” amid its disastrous box office run, but he’s doing so by warning moviegoers what exactly their trashing of the movie will result in. Mainly, publicly bashing “Digger” will only lead the major Hollywood studios to make “shitty” movies that don’t stand out […]
The film dropped by around 60% in its second weekend, and could become one of Hollywood's biggest flops.
“Digger” will go down in box office history for all the wrong reasons. Tom Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s R-rated environmental satire is tracking to lose $245 million in its theatrical run, according to knowledgeable sources. It will wind up as one of the biggest flops, not just of the year but potentially of […]
Melania Trump’s senior advisor Marc Beckman took to social media after Tom Cruise’s “Digger” flopped at the box office to explain to people how the First Lady’s much-reviled documentary “Melania” performed better at the box office earlier this year than mega-star Cruise’s latest endeavor. “On a per-theater basis, ‘Melania’ outperformed Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ by approximately […]
Sony Pictures’ psychological thriller “Verity,” adapted from Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, debuted at the summit of the U.K. and Ireland box office with an opening weekend of £3.3 million ($4.5 million). Franchise reboot “Resident Evil,” distributed by Sony, took second position in its third frame, generating $1.8 million to lift its running total to $15.2 […]
Moviegoers didn’t dig “Digger,” to put it mildly. Saddled with terrible reviews and negative word-of-mouth, Tom Cruise’s absurdist dark comedy has cratered at the box office with $8 million in North America and $20 million globally in its first weekend of release. Those dismal ticket sales were behind earlier projections of $12 million to $15 […]
The result is below the forecast of the Warner Bros study, which was 10 to 12 million euros only in the United States for the first weekend of the film directed by González Iñárazo
In this culture chronicle we are talking about the premiere of 'Digger', the extravagant new film by Mexican Alejandro González Iñárazo that divides both critics and the public, but that could allow Tom Cruise to rise with his first Oscar prize. We also spoke of the reopening of 'Avengers: Endgame', which dominates the world locker, with over 86 million dollars raised since last week.
In “Digger,” Tom Cruise portrays a powerful oil tycoon who is bracing for an ecological disaster of epic proportions. But nothing could have prepared him for the catastrophe that’s unfolding at the box office, where “Digger” has collapsed with an embarrassing $8 million from 3,321 North American theaters. Rivals believe the figure will be closer […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains major spoilers for “Digger,” in theaters now via Warner Bros. When does a bad movie become a fascinating watch? So often the kiss of death for a feature is boredom; that feeling you’ve seen the same story many times before, the actors are checked out, there’s no visual panache. That’s […]
Next week, Paramount and Warner Bros. will officially combine into one mega-studio with a familiar name: Skydance. The deal is expected to close on Tuesday. “By combining them, we aren’t rewriting history — we’re equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first home for bold, quality storytelling,” CEO […]
Another Colleen Hoover adaptation is coming to theaters as Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson bring the author’s best-selling novel “Verity” to life this weekend. The Amazon MGM thriller has made $4.5 million in preview at the box office. It’s on track to debut with $30 million to $35 million and land in the top spot […]
Iñárazo turns a story about the end of humanity into a hysterical, pretentious and narrative disastrous spectacle
The Mexican director premiere 'Digger', a tragedy that has taken a decade to move forward, with the actor at the top of his career: "He did a great job, very difficult but also very joyous"
The star, after two decades of keeping a low profile for her controversy, has again given interviews for the film 'Digger', which could give her the coveted statuette... if it overcomes the criticism
In the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star. He’s certainly the gold standard, though it might be appropriate to add Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts to that category too. All three feel like The Last Movie Stars — though what I’m really […]
This week on arts24's film show, an unrecognisable Tom Cruise takes a career gamble in "Digger", Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new satire, in which he plays an oil billionaire whose company initiates a world-ending ecological disaster. Critics are divided, but is an Oscar nomination possible? Also in cinemas this week, Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson star in the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, "Verity".
Tom Cruise has built a career on jumping out of airplanes, scaling skyscrapers and performing other high-wire antics in the name of entertainment. His next stunt may be his riskiest yet: Getting moviegoers to see “Digger,” a rare big-budget, star-driven R-rated original comedy. The Warner Bros. release, which opens on Oct. 2, represents one of […]
Tom Cruise pulled out his “Risky Business” dance moves (and those black Ray-Ban sunglasses) for his much-anticipated walk down “The Jennifer Hudson Show’s” Spirit Tunnel. The talk show appearance is Cruise’s latest stop on the press tour for “Digger,” directed by two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu. In her Variety Power of Women cover […]
