October was the month of literary adaptations. While Netflix debuted its critically acclaimed East of Eden limited series, two movies based on entirely different books were released theatrically. Both movies are now available on the PVOD market, which has resulted in a sharp decline in their respective theater counts. The less successful of the two, Sense and Sensibility, debuted digitally this past week, while a star-studded Colleen Hoover adaptation has been available to rent and purchase at home for a couple of weeks now.
The psychological thriller starring Anne Hathaway did solid, if unspectacular, business in its box office run. The movie was expected to perform along the lines of the 2024 Hoover adaptation It Ends with Us, not to mention past hits aimed at the same audience — Gone Girl and The Housemaid. It Ends with Us grossed $350 million at the worldwide box office, while Gone Girl made $370 million and The Housemaid generated $400 million.
The new Hoover adaptation wasn't buoyed by controversy, nor did it receive particularly positive reviews. It marked the final release of a packed year for Hathaway, who previously starred in the blockbusters The Odyssey and The Devil Wears Prada 2, which grossed more than $2.5 billion in combined global box office revenue. Hathaway also starred in the box-office misfire Mother Mary, and the underperformer The End of Oak Street.
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Her latest release, of course, is Verity. Also starring Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, the movie was directed by Michael Showalter. The filmmaker previously worked with Hathaway on another literary adaptation, the Prime Video original The Idea of You. It could be argued that Verity was also designed for home-video success, and that anything it made at the box office is a pure bonus.
Ultimately, the movie has grossed around $175 million worldwide against a reported budget of $40 million. While successful, it's sitting in the same range as the similarly targeted The Girl on the Train and Where the Crawdads Sing. The movie now holds a 32% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, "Possessing all the ingredients for a guilty pleasure, Verity leans more towards guilty than pleasurable due to plot twists that are more deflating than intriguing." According to FlixPatrol, Verity emerged as the number-one hit on iTunes and Amazon following its digital debut, which has also led to its theater count dropping to 710 locations nationwide this week. The film debuted in 3,510 theaters five weeks ago.
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