> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A victory for ‘Verity’ as Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ hits rock bottom - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-box-office-report-verity/ - Published: 2026-10-05T11:00:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-05T11:00:52.000Z - Description: Warner Bros. expected ‘Digger’ to play like a blockbuster. It’s instead one of the worst opening weekends of the actor’s career. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: Popculturology • The Box Office Report, Popculturology, Verity, Tom Cruise, Resident Evil, Heart of the Beast, Primetime, Digger Hello! Welcome to **The** **Box Office Report** for the weekend of Oct. 2-4, 2026. ## 1\. Verity *Weekend gross: *$32.6M** *Total domestic gross: *$32.6M** *Last weekend: *New release** *Percent drop: *NA** *Verity* easily won the weekend thanks to three factors: Last week’s No. 1, *Avengers: Endgame Encore*, playing as an event film last weekend; no major threat from a new release; and **Tom Cruise**’s *Digger* bombing. The **Colleen Hoover** cinematic universe continues to expand, with *Verity* adding another No. 1 opening weekend to the author’s growing list of adaptations. *Verity*’s $32.6 million debut trails *It Ends With Us*’s $50 million opening weekend, but easily beats the debuts of *Regretting You* ($13.7 million) and *Reminders of Him* ($18 million). ## Sign up for Popculturology Love reading about movies, TV shows and everything pop culture? Get the ****Popculturology** newsletter in your inbox. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. No spam. Unsubscribe anytime. ## 2\. Resident Evil *Weekend gross: *$12.5M** *Total domestic gross: *$124.9M** *Last weekend: *2nd** *Percent drop: *46** **Zach Cregger**’s *Resident Evil* reboot was already the franchise’s highest-grossing installment in North America, and now it’s working its way up the series’ worldwide chart. The film’s $245.4 million global haul puts it behind *Resident Evil: Afterlife* ($295.9 million) and *Resident Evil: The Final Chapter* ($314.1 million). also from the omnicosm [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/snackology-square-new-reverse.png)](https://www.theomnicosm.com/snackology/) Love what you’re reading? 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Digger *Weekend gross: *$8M** *Total domestic gross: *$8M** *Last weekend: *New release** *Percent drop: *NA** *Digger* was supposed to be a critical and box office triumph for Tom Cruise. Instead, the **Alejandro González Iñárritu**\-directed film couldn’t even break $10 million over its opening weekend while notching a 51 percent critics score on *Rotten Tomatoes*. It’s easy to forget that Cruise has never been a guy who opens massive blockbusters. His films have been reliable hits, but *Top Gun: Maverick*’s $126.7 million debut is his only opening weekend to crack $100 million. That said, an $8 million opening weekend is a historically low number for Cruise. It’s the second-worst debut for a Cruise movie that opened after 2000, joining *Lions for Lambs*’s $6.7 million in that category. Even *Rock of Ages* ($14.4 million) grossed more than $10 million. “This theatre was still running nearly completely sold out IMAX screenings of THE ODYSSEY until last Thursday lol,” [podcast producer **Jesse Hawken** wrote](https://bsky.app/profile/jessehawken.bsky.social/post/3mwz742uvos2t?ref=theomnicosm.com), flagging how few seats had been sold at an IMAX theater in Toronto. While *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* only played in 1,000+ theaters once over the 26 weekends it was in theaters, when Iñárritu’s *The Revenant* went wide in 3,375 theaters, it scored a $39.8 million third weekend. In addition to winning **Leonardo DiCaprio** his long-sought-after Oscar for Best Actor, *The Revenant* even jumped up to No. 1 two weekends after going wide. ## Beyond the Top Five - ***Avengers: Endgame Encore*:** [The updated version of *Avengers: Endgame*](https://www.theomnicosm.com/popculturology-special-edition-avengers-endgame-encore/)grossed $4.4 million in North America, bringing its domestic total up to $894.6 million. Will Disney leave it in theaters another week or two to allow *Endgame* to join *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* ($954.5 million) and *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* ($936.7 million) in the $900 million club? *Endgame* has also reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the worldwide chart, with its $2.926 billion passing *Avatar*’s $2.924 billion total. *Box office numbers via The Numbers and Box Office Mojo based on Sunday estimates.* [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f4/8b/f48be8ca-23c6-4d81-b0cf-da2fb0785911/content/images/2026/08/popculturology-wordmark-2.png)](#/portal/account/plans) ****Popculturology is a publication of The Omnicosm.** Issue No. 500 ****Popculturology** is written and produced by ****Bill Kuchman**. Copyediting by ****Tim Kuchman**. Get the full ****The Omnicosm** experience. Add ****Snackology** and ****The Cold Open** to your subscription ****via your account settings**. 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