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Adding Digger to the hall of famous flops, with a few notes

The Guardian put it next to Cutthroat Island and The Marvels. Projected loss around $245m, after a $3.2m second weekend, down 60%. Global total $35.3m. Final take maybe $50m.

What makes it a weird one: Iñárritu, Tom Cruise, an eco-satire about a Texas oil baron sending a glacier toward Europe. On paper it's an awards contender. In practice, it's a case study. Cruise called it 'the most original film', and The Guardian's own reviewers called it both 'self-congratulatory' and 'a masterpiece'. Both in the same paper!