Amazon MGM's "Verity" Tops Weekend Box Office as Warner Bros. Prepares for Merger with Paramount to Form Skydance

Amazon MGM Studios' "Verity," starring Anne Hathaway, debuted at number one at the weekend box office with $32.6 million. Meanwhile, Warner Bros.' "Digger," starring Tom Cruise, significantly underperformed with an $8 million opening. Warner Bros. Pictures is set to merge with Paramount on October 6, forming a new entity called Skydance, with current Warner Bros. film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy not continuing with the new company.