Verity leads the North American box office with an estimated $32.6 million in its opening weekend. By contrast, Digger, starring Tom Cruise, opens with around $8 million in the United States and Canada, plus $12 million from other markets.
These figures released after the weekend of October 2–4, 2026 remain studio estimates. Final results may still be revised. They nonetheless reveal a sizable gap between two films that opened in France on September 30.
Directed by Michael Showalter, Verity adapts the novel by Colleen Hoover. Dakota Johnson stars as a determined author hired to finish the books of a once-prolific writer who can no longer continue, portrayed by Anne Hathaway. Delving into the latter’s archives, she unearths a manuscript that could upend the entire family’s story. Josh Hartnett rounds out the cast.
Digger brings together Tom Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu. This apocalyptic satire follows a powerful industrialist convinced he can save humanity after playing a role in the catastrophe menacing it. The film marks one of the weakest North American openings in Tom Cruise’s recent career.
The contrast is even starker given that Digger was one of Warner Bros.’ most expensive and highly anticipated projects, while Verity underscores the appeal of Colleen Hoover adaptations after Never Never’s success. Yet, these American showings don’t necessarily predict how the two films will perform at the French box office.
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