"Verity" tops weekend box office with $32.6 million debut

The Colleen Hoover adaptation "Verity," starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, debuted at number one with $32.6 million at the domestic box office for the weekend of October 4. The film's opening is below "It Ends With Us" but significantly higher than other Hoover adaptations. Meanwhile, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's "Digger" opened in fifth place with $8 million domestically on a reported $180 million budget, indicating a significant financial loss for Warner Bros.