# MCU Ouster: Box Office Top 5 Is Marvel-Free For First Time In 9 Weeks

> Verity and Digger debut above Marvel films for first time in 9 weeks.
- Title: MCU Ouster: Box Office Top 5 Is Marvel-Free For First Time In…
- Summary: Verity and Digger debut above Marvel films for first time in 9 weeks. Verity earned $32.6 million domestically, Digger earned $8 million, and no Marvel films…
- Keywords: verity, digger, mcu, avengers endgame encore, domestic box office, colleen hoover, alejandro g inárritu, tom cruise, dakota johnson, spider man brand new day, avengers doomsday, avengers phase 4
- Source: ScreenRant — https://screenrant.com/domestic-box-office-chart-report-verity-digger-avengers-endgame-encore
- Author: Brennan Klein
- Published: 2026-10-04T15:30:58+00:00
- Read time: 3 min
- Topics: verity, digger, mcu, avengers endgame encore, domestic box office, colleen hoover, alejandro g inárritu, tom cruise, dakota johnson, spider man brand new day, avengers doomsday, avengers phase 4
## Marvel-Free Weekend
Verity and Digger have helped pull off a Marvel-free weekend at the domestic box office in spite of their widely varying debuts.
## Verity Debut
Verity is an adaptation of the thriller novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover (It Ends with Us, Regretting You), starring Dakota Johnson as a ghostwriter who finds herself in a web of intrigue and lies when she is hired to finish a novel series by author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway).
## Digger Debut
Digger is a dark comedy movie from Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu starring Tom Cruise as an oil baron who triggers an environmental catastrophe.
## Box Office Numbers
Verity earned $32.6 million domestically, Digger earned $8 million, and no Marvel films appeared in the Top 5 for the first time since July.
## Top 5 Chart
Verity is projected to earn a 3-day gross of $32.6 million at the domestic box office, marking the best opening weekend for a Colleen Hoover adaptation since It Ends with Us debuted in 2024 with $50 million.
## Avengers Endgame Encore
Avengers Endgame: Encore has proven that it is no exception to the rule of thumb that re-releases have harsh sophomore drops, plummeting from No. 1 straight to No. 7 with an 83% drop.
## Spider-Man Brand New Day
Spider-Man: Brand New Day debuted at No. 1, holding that position for six consecutive weekends (longer than any MCU movie before it) and ultimately being knocked out of the Top 5 during its ninth weekend.
## Digger's Performance
Digger has a projected 3-day gross of $8 million, marking Tom Cruise's worst debut in 18 years (since 2007's Lions for Lambs) and representing just a fraction of its reported budget of at least $140 million.
## Top 5 Breakdown
Verity is No. 1 with $32.6 million, Resident Evil is No. 2 with $12.5 million, Heart of the Beast is No. 3 with $11 million, Primetime is No. 4 with $8.00008 million, and Digger is No. 5 with $8 million.
## Future MCU
The next Avengers film, Avengers: Doomsday, is scheduled for May 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars to follow in May 2027, both directed by the Russo brothers.
## Marvel-Free Trend
This marks the first weekend since July that no Marvel Cinematic Universe movies have appeared in the domestic Top 5, indicating a shift in the box office landscape.
## Digger's Budget
Digger has a reported budget of at least $140 million, which is significantly higher than its $8 million opening weekend gross.
## Verity's Success
Verity earned $32.6 million domestically, beating the domestic debuts of 2025's Regretting You ($13.7 million) and 2026's Reminders of Him ($18 million) by a considerable margin.
## Digger's Debut
Digger has a projected 3-day gross of $8 million, which is Tom Cruise's worst debut in 18 years (since 2007's Lions for Lambs).
## Box Office Drop
Avengers Endgame: Encore plummeted from No. 1 straight to No. 7 with an 83% drop, marking the worst of all time for the MCU (and one of the 30 worst of all time overall).
## Next Steps
The MCU will remain outside the Top 5 until the debut of Avengers: Doomsday on December 18, 2026.
## Key takeaway

Verity earned $32.6 million domestically, Digger earned $8 million, and no Marvel films appeared in the Top 5 for the first time since July.