LOS ANGELES — Tom Cruise's Digger opened to about $20 million worldwide, one of the weakest debuts of his career and a poor last note for Warner Bros. as a standalone studio.

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's satire grossed $8 million in North America and $12 million from 74 international markets, the Associated Press reported. Cruise is usually stronger overseas. He was not this weekend.

The film cost at least $125 million to make. Reports put the production budget closer to $150 million, with marketing estimated at another $100 million. On those figures the opening does not cover a meaningful share of the outlay. After reviews bad enough that Warner Bros. ran "decide for yourself" ads, weekend estimates had already been cut.

Digger finished behind Amazon MGM's Verity, which opened at No. 1 in North America with $32.6 million. Michael Showalter's film stars Dakota Johnson as a writer hired to ghostwrite a series for an........

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