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Sam Morril takes credit for Tom Cruise's flop

A trade post said Digger is tracking for a $6M to $7M domestic opening on a $180M budget, and Sam Morril knew exactly who to blame.

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LeMaire Lee moved his snakes to Austin on a four grand budget

On Matt and Shane's Secret Podcast Ep 639, LeMaire Lee walked Matt McCusker through leaving Philadelphia for Austin with pythons, tarantulas, bearded dragons and San Pedro cacti packed into a Chevy Sonic. He said he and his wife Dana built a whiteboard budget around the bare minimum, and the number came out to four grand a month.

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let's look at a budget where we cut out anything extra. Like what would we need to not get our kids taken away? It's four grand a month.
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Sam Morril says Tom Cruise's Digger bombed because of him

Sam Morril quoted a post about Tom Cruise's Digger tracking for a $6M to $7M domestic opening against a $180M budget, and pinned it on himself. His line: this is what happens when you open against a Sam Morril Netflix special. Incorrect landed on Netflix last week.

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One of the biggest bombs of Tom Cruise's career
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