{"id":619874,"date":"2026-10-04T00:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619874\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:22:09","slug":"digger-star-tom-cruise-says-hes-so-proud-of-what-we-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619874\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Digger&#8217; Star Tom Cruise Says He&#8217;s &#8220;So Proud Of What We Created&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/digger\/\" id=\"auto-tag_digger\" data-tag=\"digger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Digger<\/a> may be the lowest opening for a <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/tom-cruise\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tom-cruise\" data-tag=\"tom-cruise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Cruise<\/a> joint since 2007\u2019s Lions for Lambs, but the mega-star has only mad respect for those who joined him on the Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu-directed film. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn an Instagram post, Cruise said that \u201cI am so honored to have had the opportunity to create this film alongside such talented artists. Thank you to the entire cast and crew for your dedication, hard work, and joy. The experience was truly unforgettable and I\u2019m so proud of what we created.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEarlier Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/10\/box-office-verity-digger-1237145435\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline\u2019s Anthony D\u2019Alessandro<\/a> reported that Cruise\u2019s satirical comedy had an $8 million opening.  I\u00f1\u00e1rritu has said that he made the movie for the Gen Z generation; 60 percent of those who bought were between 18-34. More than 70 percent of the audience has been male. The dark comedy that stars Cruise as wealthy oil tycoon Digger Rockwell earned a C+ from CinemaScore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe movie is playing on the coasts with AMC Lincoln Square counting the best sum for the film. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/09\/digger-review-tom-cruise-movie-1237115519\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In his review,<\/a> Deadline\u2019s Pete Hammond said Digger \u201cis unlike any film coming from a major Hollywood studio in years\u201d and that <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/alejandro-g-inarritu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I\u00f1\u00e1rritu<\/a> \u201ctakes things much further and thus could be one of the more divisive movies for the masses in a very long time.:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Digger may be the lowest opening for a Tom Cruise joint since 2007\u2019s Lions for Lambs, but the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,6374,156,111,139,69,7629],"class_list":["post-619874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-digger","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tom-cruise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}