Although it cost a lot less than Digger, writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s Social Reckoning is an even bigger box office bomb. In its debut weekend, this sequel to the Oscar-winning box office hit The Social Network grossed just $5.5 million domestic. Overseas, it earned only $3.5 million. That’s a global total of $9 million.
\n\nBy contrast, Digger, which is shaping up to become one of the biggest box office catastrophes of all time, debuted to $28 million worldwide.
\n\nAll in, my guess is that between the reported $40 million production budget and an estimated $60 to $70 million promotion budget, Sony dumped about $110 million into Sorkin’s fascist message movie. With a dreadful C- Cinemascore, it’s hard to see this crossing even $20 million worldwide, which means Sony will earn a return of just $10 million, which means a $100 million loss.
\n\nDigger earned a C+ on the CinemaScore.
\n\nSome people still think Hollywood is all about making a profit. That’s simply not true. Sure, Hollywood would like to make a profit, but what drives Hollywood is not money. Instead, it’s an obsession with manipulating how people think about and see the world. There is no other explanation for Digger, The…
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