Will Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Continue Warner Bros.’ Dismal Box Office Year?

By Rebecca Rubin

Rebecca Rubin

Senior Film and Media Reporter

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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 the fall season’s biggest gambles. There’s pressure on “Digger” not just to offset the studio’s terrible year at the box office (with bombs including Maggie Gyllenhaal’s punk rock “The Bride!” and DC’s “Supergirl”) but also to impress the new corporate ownership. Paramount Skydance hopes to imminently close its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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