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Don\u2019t worry, Tom Cruise, you\u2019re in great company among iconic films that bombed at the box office, only to eventually find their audience as cult classics.<\/p>\n
Cruise\u2019s latest film, Digger, written and directed by Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, hasn\u2019t quite drawn the theater crowds expected for an epic about the world\u2019s most powerful man embarking on a frantic mission to prove he\u2019s humanity\u2019s savior before his own disaster destroys everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite a stacked cast featuring Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra H\u00fcller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons, the reported $125 million epic opened to just $8 million domestically and $20 million worldwide. At a current worldwide total of $35 million, it\u2019s fair to say the box office wasn\u2019t quite saved.<\/p>\n
Still, box office bumps are hardly unprecedented for eventual classics. While many high-profile stumbles never recover, history shows that some go on to recoup and vastly exceed their original investments. The 1975 midnight phenomenon, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, starring Tim Curry, famously overcame an initial theatrical flop to gross over $120 million against a $1.2 million budget. <\/p>\n
Similarly, the Coen brothers\u2019 The Big Lebowski struggled to find its footing during its initial run before turning its $15 million budget into a profitable $48.3 million worldwide victory.<\/p>\n
Take a look back at a few other major theatrical misfires that went on to become timeless cult classics.<\/p>\n
\tDIGGER \u2013 2026<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Warner Bros.\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Oct 2, 2026 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$160M
Opening weekend:$8M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$14.4M
Gross (World):$35.3M<\/p>\n
\tMOTHER! \u2013 2017<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Paramount Pictures\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Sep 15, 2017 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$30M
Opening weekend:$7.5M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$17.8M
Gross (World):$44.5M<\/p>\n
\tJENNIFER\u2019S BODY \u2013 2009<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Doane Gregory\/TM\/Fox Atomic\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Sep 18, 2009 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$16M
Opening weekend:$6.9M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$16.2M
Gross (World):$31.6M<\/p>\n
\tSYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK \u2013 2008<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Sony Pictures Classics\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Feb 5, 2009 (NL)<\/p>\n
Budget:$20M
Opening weekend:$172.2K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$3.1M
Gross (World):$4.7M<\/p>\n
\tTHE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU \u2013 2004<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Touchstone\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Dec 25, 2004 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$50M
Opening weekend:$113.1K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$24M
Gross (World):$34.8M<\/p>\n
\tDONNIE DARKO \u2013 2001<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Newmarket Releasing\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Jan 19, 2001<\/p>\n
Budget:$6M
Opening weekend:$110.5K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$2.5M
Gross (World):$8.6M<\/p>\n
\tFIGHT CLUB \u2013 1999<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: 20th Century Fox\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Oct 15, 1999 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$63M
Opening weekend:$11M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$38M
Gross (World):$102.4M<\/p>\n
\tTHE BIG LEBOWSKI \u2013 1998<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Mar 6, 1998 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$15M
Opening weekend:$5.5M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$19.5M
Gross (World):$48.3M<\/p>\n
\tTHE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION \u2013 1994<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Oct 14, 1994 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$25M
Opening weekend:$727.3K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$28.8M
Gross (World):$29.4M<\/p>\n
\tTHE PRINCESS BRIDE \u2013 1987<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: 20th Century-Fox Film Corp\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Oct 9, 1987 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$16M
Opening weekend:$206.2K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$30.9M
Gross (World):$31.1M<\/p>\n
\tLABYRINTH \u2013 1986<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: TriStar Pictures\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Jun 27, 1986 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$25M
Opening weekend:$3.5M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$13.7M
Gross (World):$16.1M<\/p>\n
\tBRAZIL \u2013 1985<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Dec 18, 1985 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$15M
Opening weekend:$30.1K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$9.9M
Gross (World):$10M<\/p>\n
\tDUNE \u2013 1984<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Dec 14, 1984 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$40M
Opening weekend:$6M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$31.4M
Gross (World):$31.5M<\/p>\n
\tBLADE RUNNER \u2013 1982<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Warner Brothers\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Jun 25, 1982 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$28M
Opening weekend:$6.2M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$32.9M
Gross (World):$41.8M<\/p>\n
\tTHE THING \u2013 1982<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Universal\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Jun 25, 1982 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$15M
Opening weekend:$3.1M<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$20.1M
Gross (World):$20.9M<\/p>\n
\tTHE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW \u2013 1975<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: 20th Century Fox\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Sep 29, 1975 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$1.2M
Opening weekend:$135K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$115.7M
Gross (World):$120.2M<\/p>\n
\tWILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY \u2013 1971<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Jun 30, 1971 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$3M
Opening weekend:$526.6K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$2.6M
Gross (World):$2.7M<\/p>\n
\tTHE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER \u2013 1955<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Jul 27, 1955 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$795K
Opening Weekend:$6,233<\/p>\n
Gross (World):$12.8K<\/p>\n
\tIT\u2019S A WONDERFUL LIFE \u2013 1946<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released: Jan 7, 1947 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$3.2M
Opening weekend:$44K<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$1.5M
Gross (World):$11.5M<\/p>\n
\tCITIZEN KANE \u2013 1941<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Everett Collection\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Released:Sep 5, 1941 (US)<\/p>\n
Budget:$839.7K
Opening Weekend: $77,134<\/p>\n
Gross (US & Canada):$1.9M
Gross (World):$2M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t worry, Tom Cruise, you\u2019re in great company among iconic films that bombed at the box office, only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1239,133507,146,85,46,397],"class_list":["post-645547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-box-office","tag-digger","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}