Anne Hathaway thriller Verity arrived on digital rental and purchase platforms on Tuesday, October 27, less than four weeks after its cinema debut. The Verity digital release gives viewers in the United States the choice of renting the film for $19.99 or buying it for $24.99. Amazon MGM Studios released the film in theaters on October 2, and its cinema run is still active in North America, so the home arrival does not end the theatrical window.
The Verity digital release is listed on Prime Video, with the same title also available on Apple TV, Fandango at Home and YouTube Movies and TV. No Prime Video subscription is needed to rent or buy it. Renters get 30 days to start watching and 48 hours to finish once playback begins, while buyers keep permanent access in their digital library. The film is rated R for sexual content, some nudity, language, violence and bloody images.
Verity digital release follows $162.7m cinema run
The Verity digital release follows a cinema run that took in $162.7 million worldwide against a $40 million production budget, a return of just over four times the film’s cost before marketing and distribution spending. Ticket sales broke down to $71.5 million in North America and $91.2 million internationally. The film opened with $32.6 million domestically and landed at No. 1 on the North American chart. It became Hathaway’s third No. 1 movie of 2026, following The Devil Wears Prada 2 in May and The Odyssey in July.
Verity is based on the novel by Colleen Hoover, and Michael Showalter directed it from a script by Nick Antosca and Hoover. Hathaway plays Verity Crawford, a best-selling author who can no longer write after an accident. Dakota Johnson plays Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer hired by Jeremy Crawford, played by Josh Hartnett, to finish his wife’s book series. Lowen moves into the Crawford home to work through Verity’s notes and finds an unpublished manuscript full of disturbing revelations. The Verity digital release brings that story to home viewers less than a month after it reached theaters.
How Verity digital release pricing works
The Verity digital release pricing matches the standard premium window used for recent cinema titles, with the rental set below the purchase price. Viewers who rent have a month to press play, then two days to finish. Buyers pay more for a copy that stays in their library. Amazon has not announced when Verity will stream as part of a Prime membership, so the rental and purchase window is the only home option for now.
The Verity digital release came 25 days after its October 2 debut, a short gap compared with the longer windows that once kept films in theaters for months. Verity reached digital platforms quickly because its audience is already built around Hoover’s readership, and the film’s box office run showed that the audience turned out in theaters first. The home release is aimed at viewers who missed it or want to watch it again.
Reception and Hoover adaptations
Critics gave the film mixed to negative reviews, with a 31 percent critics score on Rotten Tomatoes, while audiences rated it higher at 72 percent. Coverage praised Hathaway’s performance even as reviewers faulted pacing and the handling of major plot turns. The film is the fourth feature adaptation of a Hoover novel, following Reminders of Him, Regretting You and It Ends with Us. Its ending, shaped by audience testing, left viewers debating what was real and what was invented in the story.
For Amazon MGM, the quick home release tests demand and pricing for a fast move from theaters to paid streaming. The studio has used the Prime Video store as the first home stop for its titles, with subscription streaming to follow later. Verity joins a run of Hoover adaptations that have found large audiences despite uneven reviews. The Verity digital release now gives that audience a home option, with the subscription date still to be announced.