**Verity’s domestic opening of roughly $32.6 million, powered by Anne Hathaway’s star draw and the Colleen Hoover fanbase’s heavy female audience, sets up a second-weekend range centered on $15 million-plus.** Mixed reviews (34% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a C+ CinemaScore point to typical holdover erosion for the erotic thriller, with historical patterns for similar October openers suggesting a 45-55% drop that keeps the film above the $15 million threshold as the market’s clearest favorite. Competition from holdovers like Resident Evil and Heart of the Beast adds modest pressure, while pre-sales and word-of-mouth will determine whether the picture holds closer to the upper end of projections or slips toward the $12-13 million tier.