Tom Cruise and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s satirical black comedy “Digger” faces softening pre-release momentum heading into its October 2 wide release, with North American tracking revised downward to the $12–15 million range amid mixed early social reactions and divided critic scores. The high-budget production, reportedly escalating beyond its $125 million greenlight figure, contends with a crowded marketplace against Anne Hathaway’s “Verity” while Warner Bros. navigates a challenging 2026 box-office slate. Traders appear to weigh the film’s unconventional premise, heavy prosthetics on Cruise, and modest presales against the possibility of stronger word-of-mouth or awards positioning, creating tight clustering around the sub-$11 million bands as the final weekend tracking and opening-day data approach.