‘Digger’ bombs: A rare box-office misfire for Tom Cruise

You can’t win ’em all.

That’s a phrase Hollywood’s global cinematic icon and producer Tom Cruise isn’t likely to hear often. But this past weekend, what many consider Hollywood’s biggest movie star in history suffered one of the worst debuts of his career. The painful performance at the box office of the dark comedy "Digger" was one for the headlines.

Cruise earned legendary praise for keeping Paramount’s "Top Gun: Maverick" out of streaming services during the pandemic, forcing a...