Tom Cruise movie Digger suffers massive box office drop in India

Tom Cruise's latest film Digger has posted a weak opening weekend at the Indian box office, collecting a total of just ₹1.55 crore net over three days. The movie opened with 65 lakh rupees on Friday before dropping by thirty percent on Saturday. Gross earnings in the country remain below two hundred thousand dollars.

Box Office Comparison

Past Tom Cruise projects drew massive crowds in India. Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning crossed one hundred crore rupees, and Top Gun Maverick neared fifty crore rupees, pulling in thirty-eight crore rupees in its first three days alone. The earnings for Digger mark a ninety-six percent drop when compared to Top Gun Maverick over the same opening period.

Global Numbers and Plot

North American theatres saw a wide release across roughly three thousand three hundred screens, yielding eight million dollars for the opening weekend. This marks the lowest opening figure for a Tom Cruise film in nineteen years. Worldwide totals reached about twenty million dollars in three days, falling far short of past hits like Mission Impossible 8 at one hundred forty million dollars and Top Gun Maverick at two hundred forty-eight million dollars. Directed by Alejandro Inarritu, the story follows an oil tycoon who causes a natural disaster and tries to prove he is the sole savior. The cast features Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, and Sandra Hüller. Negative reviews drove down the box office numbers, leaving the film with a fifty percent Rotten Tomatoes score and labels from critics such as baffling and a misfire.

Context

Major Hollywood blockbusters traditionally rely on international markets to boost total revenue when domestic numbers fluctuate. A steep drop between consecutive releases for a major star is rare in the film industry, especially for established global franchises.