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Box Office: ‘Digger’ Nosediving With $3.4 Million on Opening Day, ‘Verity’ Lands at No. 1 With $15.1 Million on Friday

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Box Office: ‘Digger’ Nosediving With $3.4 Million on Opening Day, ‘Verity’ Lands at No. 1 With $15.1 Million on FridayWorldPing
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What happened

Not even a Tom Cruise-filled, all-stops-pulled press tour — including a GQ cover, a “New Heights” podcast appearance and a “Risky Business”-inspired jaunt down the “Jennifer Hudson Show” spirit tunnel — could keep “Digger” from flatlining at the box office.

Key facts

  • Reported by Variety and published Sat, 03 Oct 2026 15:46:12 UTC.

Why it matters

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Coverage timeline

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  3. ‘Verity’ Solid $33M+ Start; ‘Digger’ At $8M Is Tom Cruise’s Lowest Opening In 19 Years; Both Pics Get C+ CinemaScores – Box Office Update

  4. Box Office: ‘Digger’ Nosediving With $3.4 Million on Opening Day, ‘Verity’ Lands at No. 1 With $15.1 Million on Friday

  5. Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Plunging at Box Office With Less Than $10M as ‘Verity’ Leads

  6. Guillermo Del Toro Buries ‘Digger’ In Praise, Slams “Petty” Review: “Decidedly A Theatrical Experience”

Sources

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