“Verity,” the psychological erotic thriller directed by Michael Showalter and adapted from Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel of the same name, releases in India on October 2. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, and follows a writer hired to finish an injured author’s book series, where she uncovers unsettling family secrets.
Early box office reporting across outlets describes the opening as modest and relatively slow. Free Press Journal cites India net collections of ₹1.89 crore and India gross of ₹2.12 crore on day one, while it notes no separate overseas figure is available. NDTV similarly frames the initial performance as starting slowly in India, without adding detailed figures in the provided excerpt.
The main differences in coverage are emphasis and available numbers: Free Press Journal provides specific day-one collection estimates and references a reported budget of around $40 million, while NDTV focuses on the pace of the opening and day-one trend. Both accounts align on the film’s premise, cast, and that day-one results in India are not described as strong.
