But there’s worse news, and it’s for Digger. After a very weak start at the box office last week, the Alejandro G. Iñárritu film could lose $245 million, according to Variety. Ticket sales fell 60% for the film’s second weekend, with a cumulative tally of just $14.4 million domestically and $35.3 million globally. Variety reports that the film is expected to end its theatrical run with just $50 million, while it needs $350 million to break even. (A Warner Bros. spokesperson denied this figure and said that Digger only needed $300 to break even, which still seems unlikely to happen.)
At least one new film is expected to break even, though. Other Mommy opened at number one at the box office, bringing in $27.5 million in the United States with a global total passing $45 million. It’s not expected to last especially long in theaters, given that it has the worst CinemaScore since Megalopolis and near-universally negative reviews from critics. Still, audiences have been showing up for horror movies, even if they’re ones they’ll probably never want to watch again.
Take a look at the whole top ten of the weekend below, courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
- 1. Other Mommy
- 2. Verity
- 3. Heart Of The Beast
- 4. Resident Evil
- 5. Forgotten Island
- 6. Primetime
- 7. The Social Reckoning
- 8. Digger
- 9. Angel And The Badman
- 10. The Odyssey