SATURDAY AM: Warner Bros’ very original, very expensive auteur feature, 'Digger', is filing an $8M opening, which is still the lowest Tom Cruise has seen since 2007’s much cheaper 'Lions for Lambs' at $6.7M. In hindsight, Amazon MGM Studios was bold to date on top of a big budget Cruise movie with the big screen take of Colleen Hoover’s 'Verity', but they caught wind from early on that the Alejandro G. Iñárritu-directed 'Digger' wouldn’t be a tycoon at the B.O. 'Verity' is posting the second best opening for a Hoover novel on the big screen now at $33.6M after a better than expected Friday of $15.1M. Read more here: deadline.com/2026/10/box-off…

Here’s a coincidence; both films get a C+ CinemaScore. That’s the worst Hoover has received so far, her 'It Ends With Us' landed an A-, while 'Reminders of Him' and 'Regretting You' received Bs. Typically female book adaptations file in the B-range as fans of the novel are quite critical of the theatrical take. Should 'Verity' be concerned about buckling due to that CinemaScore? Nah, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' filed a C+ and it was alright. The 79% female turnout here for the Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett thriller stands at a 50% definite recommend. Read more here: deadline.com/2026/10/box-off…