Colleen Hoover Film Adaptation Verity Scores 62 Million Debut

The feature film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel Verity secured a global opening box office gross of 62.1 million dollars during its debut weekend, Deadline reported. The performance marks the second best global opening for a film adaptation of the author's work to date. [2]

The thriller feature stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, according to Deadline. The Hollywood Reporter noted that the film adaptation was directed by Michael Showalter, who worked alongside Hoover to craft the mystery story. [2][3]

Hoover is an American author who primarily writes romance and young adult fiction novels, including her 2016 book It Ends with Us. Many of her early works were self-published before being acquired by traditional publishing houses, and she had sold approximately 20 million books by October 2022. [10]