Tom Cruise’s Digger Bombs

Tom Cruise’s film “Digger” opened to about $8 million in North America and roughly $20 million worldwide. Amazon MGM’s “Verity,” starring Dakota Johnson and Anne Hathaway, led the North American box office with about $32.6 million. “Digger” is a politically charged satire from director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, with Cruise playing an oil tycoon whose drilling triggers a climate disaster. Warner Bros. had positioned it as a major awards-season release, but poor reviews and a difficult marketing campaign came first. Cruise said he was proud of the film and thanked its cast and crew. The movie cost more than $125 million to produce. Paramount Skydance’s Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition is expected to close Tuesday.