Verity Becomes Second-Biggest Colleen Hoover Film

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Amazon MGM Studios' psychological thriller Verity has become the second-biggest Colleen Hoover adaptation at the global box office. Directed by Michael Showalter and starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, the film took about $30 million worldwide over the October 9-11 weekend, lifting its global total to around $114 million, according to estimates reported by Screen Daily. That figure puts Verity ahead of the lifetime totals of the Hoover adaptations Regretting You ($90.5 million) and Reminders of Him ($89.3 million). Only It Ends With Us, at $351.4 million worldwide, remains bigger. A steep drop at home, a strong hold abroad In North America, Verity fell sharply in its second weekend. Box Office Mojo data shows the film earned about $11.5 million from October 9 to 11, down 64 per cent from its $32 million opening, for a domestic total of about $53.9 million. That was still enough for second place behind the new horror release Other Mommy. Internationally, the picture was much brighter. Screen reported that the film dropped just 34 per cent in holdover markets, and international takings of about $60.1 million have now overtaken the North American total. The top overseas markets are the UK and Ireland ($9.7 million after two weekends), Germany ($7.2 million) and Brazil ($6.9 million). Where it sits in the global chart In Screen's worldwide weekend ranking, Verity finished third behind Sony's Resident Evil ($62.6 million) and Universal's Other Mommy ($45.1 million). It finished ahead of Paramount's Heart of the Beast and Warner Bros' Digger, the Tom Cruise film Entzopedia covered in our earlier box office report . About the film Verity is based on Colleen Hoover's best-selling 2018 thriller, one of the self-published hits that helped make her one of the most-read novelists of the decade. The story follows a struggling writer hired to finish a series of books by a famous author who has been left unable to write after an accident. While working in the author's home, she uncovers an unfinished manuscript that raises dark questions about the family. Anne Hathaway plays the bestselling novelist Verity Crawford, and Dakota Johnson plays the writer brought in to complete her work. Showalter, known for The Big Sick and The Eyes of Tammy Faye, directs. Another $100 million film for Anne Hathaway The milestone is part of a remarkable year for Anne Hathaway. Koimoi reported that Verity is her fourth film of 2026 to cross $100 million worldwide, a run that underlines her commercial pull across very different genres. For Dakota Johnson, the result is another commercial hit in a career that has moved between franchise films and smaller independent projects. The Colleen Hoover factor Hollywood has been racing to adapt Hoover's novels since It Ends With Us became a global hit in 2024. Her books have huge readerships, especially among younger women who discovered them through BookTok, and studios see that built-in audience as a reliable draw. The mixed pattern for Verity, a big drop in the US but strong overseas holds, suggests that the brand travels well. It also shows that international audiences are now crucial to how these mid-budget, adult-skewing films make their money. Hoover adaptations at a glance The ranking now reads: It Ends With Us ($351.4 million), Verity (about $114 million and counting), Regretting You ($90.5 million) and Reminders of Him ($89.3 million), according to the figures cited by Screen. Each film has been sold heavily on the strength of the book's fan base, and each has leaned on social media buzz among readers. Verity is also one of eight holdover titles still in the worldwide top ten, alongside Resident Evil, Heart of the Beast, Digger, Forgotten Island and Universal's The Odyssey, which has now passed $1.7 billion. Falling out of the chart this week was the re-release Avengers: Endgame Encore from The Walt Disney Company . What's next With its international run still going, Verity is likely to keep adding to its total over the coming weeks, although competition will grow as more autumn releases arrive. The film's performance will also feed into awards-season conversations as studios position their adult dramas ahead of the 2027 Golden Globes . For now, it has secured its place as the second-biggest screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover's work. Sources: Screen Daily | Box Office Mojo | Koimoi