Cruise addresses fans \u2018disappointment’ after \u2018Digger’ poor performance<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cEverybody wants to count the money, what it lost or whatever. To me, I just think, like, if you punish movies that take risks, guess what you\u2019re going to get? A bunch of shitty, homogenized movies,\u201d he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot do something interesting without taking a big swing, and that means you\u2019re going to sometimes look bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
The numbers haven’t helped Digger\u2019s <\/i>reputation. The film reportedly opened with $8 million domestically and earned $12 million internationally, prompting plenty of debate about its expensive gamble.<\/p>\n
Critics have been divided, too. The Hollywood Reporter<\/i> critic David Rooney described the film as a story involving \u201ctwo outsize egos\u201d and called it a \u201cheavy-handed cataclysm scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Affleck isn’t alone in defending the ambitious project. Anne Hathaway, whose Verity <\/i>beat Digger <\/i>at the box office during their opening weekends, gave it a glowing review on Letterboxd<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved this brilliant movie. It\u2019s smart and trippy and aggressive and funny and ambitious. It\u2019s worth making the time see and decide for yourself what you make of it. For me? 10\/10.\u201d<\/p>\n
So, is Digger <\/i>a misunderstood risk or simply a box office flop? Affleck clearly believes audiences should watch before joining the pile-on.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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