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‘Verity’ Thrills $4.5M Previews, ‘Digger’ Shovels $1M+ – Box Office Update

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‘Verity’ Thrills $4.5M Previews, ‘Digger’ Shovels $1M+ – Box Office Update. Amazon MGM Studios’ Colleen Hoover thriller Verity grossed $4.5M in its overall previews, which is right where it should for arguably the author’s second-most-popular novel-to-screen adaptation. That figure is lower than the $7M previews of the author’s box office megahit It Ends with Us ($50M opening) and it’s ahead of the $1.9M preview cash of […].

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