Overview
- After two weeks in theaters Digger has earned about $14.4 million in North America and $35.3 million worldwide, with a roughly 60 percent drop in its second weekend.
- Industry analysts now estimate the film could lose roughly $245–250 million, saying the title would need about $350 million globally to break even while Warner Bros. contests that figure and puts break‑even nearer $300 million.
- Warner Bros. originally greenlit the film at about $125 million but trade reporting says production overruns pushed costs to roughly $160–180 million, and marketing is widely reported near $100 million.
- Critical and audience signals were mixed — roughly 53 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and a C+ CinemaScore — prompting Warner Bros. to pivot marketing to a “decide for yourself” message and reducing expected word‑of‑mouth and awards momentum.
- The loss lands as Warner Bros. completes its merger into the Skydance/Paramount group and follows recent executive departures, making the outcome likely to temper studio appetite for costly, auteur‑driven original films even as downstream streaming and licensing will recover only part of the shortfall.