Variety pegs Anne Hathaway's 'Verity' at a $35M debut; rival trackers say $24M. Will it open above $30 million domestically Oct 2-4?
73% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 11 predictions cast.
Anne Hathaway's thriller 'Verity' opened to an estimated $32.6 million domestically over its October 2-4, 2026 weekend, clearing the $30 million threshold and landing between the two pre-release tracking estimates: Variety's optimistic $35 million projection and rival trackers' more conservative $24 million figure. The film, an Amazon MGM Studios adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel, drew a heavily female audience (78%) skewed toward the 25-34 age bracket, and added $30 million internationally for a $62.5 million worldwide debut.
Verity topped the weekend box office outright, finishing well ahead of Tom Cruise's 'Digger,' which bombed with just $8 million. The result landed closer to Variety's higher-end projection than to the lower rival estimate, though it fell short of the $35 million ceiling some trackers had floated.
The Predict Six community correctly called this one, with 73% predicting an opening above $30 million. The outcome reinforced a pattern in the fall 2026 box office in which genre adaptations with devoted built-in fanbases, like Verity's readership from Hoover's novel, consistently outperformed star-driven awards-season fare.