Alejandro González Iñárritu
Mexican film director
Photo: Bart Michiels, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 4d ago
Tom Cruise's Digger heads for $245m loss after 60% second-weekend drop
Tom Cruise's satire Digger, directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, opened in late September 2026 and fell about 60% in its second North American weekend. Reports cite estimated losses of around $245 million for Warner Bros, its final standalone release before the Paramount merger.
- Oct 7
Tom Cruise's Digger opens to $8 million in US as Anne Hathaway and Mandy Patinkin defend it
Digger opened to $8 million in North America on its first weekend, with its budget reported between $120 million and $180 million. Anne Hathaway, Mandy Patinkin and Guillermo del Toro have publicly backed the film despite weak reviews, and Deadline reported it could lose around $150 million.
- Oct 4
Tom Cruise satire Digger opens to $20M globally on final weekend before Skydance merger
Alejandro G. Iñárritu's dark comedy Digger opened to $20 million worldwide, creating projected losses of up to $200 million as Warner Bros. Discovery finalizes its $110 billion merger with Paramount-Skydance.
- Oct 1
Tom Cruise and Alejandro Inarritu lead new cinema releases with political satire Digger
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's political satire Digger arrives in cinemas on October 1, 2026, leading a slate of international releases that includes Ildiko Enyedi's Silent Friend and the psychological thriller Verity.
- Sep 29
Tom Cruise stars in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Digger as dark comedy divides critics
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 130 million dollar climate satire features Tom Cruise in heavy prosthetics as an oil tycoon facing an environmental catastrophe.
