Warner Bros’ Digger is the widest novel release in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Sony’s Verity also launches. Tom Cruise stars in Aleja
Warner Bros’ Digger is the widest novel release in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend as Sony’s Verity also launches.
Tom Cruise stars in Alejandro Iñárritu’s Digger which is launching in 660 locations. Reviews have been mixed for the satirical murky comedy, and Warner Bros will be hoping Cruise’s star power does the hefty lifting.
It is the actor’s first comedy since 2012’s Rock Of Ages, which debuted with £1.1m from 471 sites for a £2.9m cume. It is also his first original film since 2017’s American Made, which opened with £1.1m from 543 sites and eventually reached £5.8m.
Since then, Cruise has added several Mission: Impossible films- the highest-grossing of which was 2023’s Dead Reckoning, which launched on £6.3m before ending on £26.6m. There was also 2022’s mega-hit Top Gun: Maverick with an £11.2m debut that eventually reached £83.9m.
Iñárritu’s last major English-language film was 2015’s The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which opened on £5.3m and hit £23.4m by the end of its run.
Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Jesse Plemons and Sandra Hüller also star in Digger, which follows the world’s most powerful man as he races to save humanity from the disaster he unleashed.
Hathaway and Hawke
Hoping to offer counterprogramming is Sony thriller Verity, which is out in 639 venues. It is the latest Colleen Hoover adaptation, following 2024’s It Ends With Us on a £4.5m debut and £22m cume and the less successful Regretting You (2025; opened on £2.3m for a £6.2m cume) and Reminders Of Him (2026; £1.1m opening and £4.5m cume).
Michael Showalter’s Verity, a psychological thriller about a woman hired to ghostwrite for a renowned author, may benefit from a high-profile cast in Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe star in The Weight, which MetFilm has in 155 cinemas. Padriac McKinley’s Sundance premiere is set during the Great Depression as an unjustly incarcerated prisoner unknowingly signs up to lend a hand smuggle gold across the wilderness.
In event titles, Trafalgar Releasing has concert film Linkin Park: Unshatter in 152 sites after opening on Wednesday (September 30) and MET: Cosi Fan Tutte in 105 sites from Saturday (October 3).
Universal is opening the coming-of-age romance Girls Like Girls in 142 cinemas. Hayley Kiyoko’s film centres on a 17-year-old dealing with her mother’s death and a complicated love life.
UK drama Extra Geography opens in 42 venues for Vertigo Releasing. Molly Manners’ debut premiered at Sundance and follows two teenage girls at a boarding school as they navigate the challenges of girlhood. It stars recent Screen Star of Tomorrow Galaxie Clear and Marni Duggan.
Sudanese drama Cotton Queen opens in 15 locations for T A P E Collective. Suzannah Mirghani’s feature premiered in Venice Critics’ Week in 2025 and follows a cotton picker whose life is upended by the arrival of a juvenile businessman. It was an audience favourite at Venice Critics’ Week in 2025, and went on to win festival prizes including the audience award at the Doha Film Festival and the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki.
Dartmouth Films is launching James Dawson’s documentary Derek Vs Derek in 11 sites. The film follows two neighbouring farmers in Devon who face off over the future of the countryside. Further documentary releases include Knife: The Attempted Murder Of Salman Rushdie for Altitude; deep-sea doc How Deep Is Your Love in eight sites for Tull Stories; and Kenya-set Sundance premiere Kikuyu Land via Journeyman Pictures.
Also opening are Luxembourg horror Child in four venues via Munro Film Services; Spanish drama The Portuguese House via AX1 Films; and Indian fantasy Don’t Trouble The Trouble via Dreamz Entertainment.
Sony horror Resident Evil and Disney’s Avengers Endgame: Encore will be the key holdover titles.
