Verity Takes the Box Office Crown as Digger Stumbles

Verity took the domestic box-office lead with a $32 million opening, while Tom Cruise’s Digger managed just $8 million in North America. It’s a striking split between a Colleen Hoover adaptation drawing moviegoers and an original star vehicle that couldn’t turn star power into ticket sales.

The Box Office, Side by Side

The contrast held worldwide. Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett, earned $62.5 million, the second-biggest...