**Strong Thursday previews of $4.5 million and surging walk-up sales have anchored trader expectations for “Verity” in the low-to-mid $30 million range.** The Colleen Hoover psychological thriller, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, benefits from a loyal fanbase that has proven resilient to mixed reviews (roughly 39-45% on Rotten Tomatoes). Industry tracking from Variety, Deadline, and Boxoffice Pro consistently points to a $30–35 million domestic debut from 3,510 theaters, comfortably ahead of the weak Tom Cruise vehicle “Digger.” The R-rated $40 million production sits between prior Hoover adaptations in scale—below “It Ends With Us” but well above recent entries—while the lack of meaningful competition and late momentum from Hoover readers have narrowed the most likely outcomes to the tightly bunched 30–36 million buckets. Weekend actuals and Friday numbers will determine whether the film pushes toward the higher end of that band.