It Ends with UsBecomes Blake Lively's Highest-Grossing Movie After Passing 2011'sGreen LanternBox Office

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively on Aug. 8, 2024.Photo:Gareth Cattermole/Getty

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Blake Livelyreached a career milestone viaIt Ends with Us.The romantic drama is now the actress-producer’s highest-grossing movie yet, with over $242 million earned worldwide so far since its release on Aug. 9, according toDeadline.With that total,It Ends With Uspassed Lively and husbandRyan Reynolds' 2011 superhero filmThe Green Lanternas her top earner. (That made just over $237 million upon its release.)Lively’s box-office milestone does not account for her briefcameo rolein Reynolds' recent Marvel hitDeadpool & Wolverine. That movie made its mark as thehighest-grossing rated-R movie ever.Lively, who marked her 37th birthday on Aug. 25 andnext stars inA Simple Favor 2, previously shared her appreciation for the movie’s fans on her Instagram Stories Aug. 13, days after the movie — adapted from authorColleen Hoover’s 2016 novel — opened in theaters.Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us.Sony Pictures Entertainment"Thank you to everyone who came out toshow that people WANT to see films about women, and the multitudes we hold," she wrote at the time. “It Ends With Usis a story of the female experience. All the highest highs, and lowest lows. And we are so proud of it. We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.“Thank you all for embracingIt Ends With Uswith the same love, pain and joy we had sharing it with you all,” she added.In the film, Lively stars as a woman named Lily Bloom, whose new relationship with Ryle Kinkaid (director/costarJustin Baldoni) turns abusive before she eventually makes the decision to leave.It Ends With Us’release came clouded withcontroversy. Rumors began swirling before the film’s release that Baldoni, 40, and Lively clashed over creative differences. Baldoni did much of his press for the movie separately from Lively.Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar in It Ends With Us.Jojo WhildenLively and Baldoni’s costarBrandon Sklenar, who plays Lily’s romantic interest Atlas in the film, shared a statement on Instagram Aug. 20 imploring fans to stop putting their energies into “vilifying the women” who worked on the film, seemingly in reference to the alleged drama.“There isn’t a single person involved in the making of this film that was not aware of the responsibility we had in making this,” he wrote, in part, in that statement. “A responsibility to all thewomen who have experiencedgenerational trauma - Domestic abuse - Or struggle with looking in the mirror and loving who they see.“It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

Blake Livelyreached a career milestone viaIt Ends with Us.

The romantic drama is now the actress-producer’s highest-grossing movie yet, with over $242 million earned worldwide so far since its release on Aug. 9, according toDeadline.

With that total,It Ends With Uspassed Lively and husbandRyan Reynolds' 2011 superhero filmThe Green Lanternas her top earner. (That made just over $237 million upon its release.)

Lively’s box-office milestone does not account for her briefcameo rolein Reynolds' recent Marvel hitDeadpool & Wolverine. That movie made its mark as thehighest-grossing rated-R movie ever.Lively, who marked her 37th birthday on Aug. 25 andnext stars inA Simple Favor 2, previously shared her appreciation for the movie’s fans on her Instagram Stories Aug. 13, days after the movie — adapted from authorColleen Hoover’s 2016 novel — opened in theaters.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us.Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment

“Thank you to everyone who came out toshow that people WANT to see films about women, and the multitudes we hold,” she wrote at the time. “It Ends With Usis a story of the female experience. All the highest highs, and lowest lows. And we are so proud of it. We have been in celebration of this film and of getting a message so important out there to the masses.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

“Thank you all for embracingIt Ends With Uswith the same love, pain and joy we had sharing it with you all,” she added.

In the film, Lively stars as a woman named Lily Bloom, whose new relationship with Ryle Kinkaid (director/costarJustin Baldoni) turns abusive before she eventually makes the decision to leave.

It Ends With Us’release came clouded withcontroversy. Rumors began swirling before the film’s release that Baldoni, 40, and Lively clashed over creative differences. Baldoni did much of his press for the movie separately from Lively.

Blake Lively and Brandon Sklenar in It Ends With Us.Jojo Whilden

Jojo Whilden

Lively and Baldoni’s costarBrandon Sklenar, who plays Lily’s romantic interest Atlas in the film, shared a statement on Instagram Aug. 20 imploring fans to stop putting their energies into “vilifying the women” who worked on the film, seemingly in reference to the alleged drama.

“There isn’t a single person involved in the making of this film that was not aware of the responsibility we had in making this,” he wrote, in part, in that statement. “A responsibility to all thewomen who have experiencedgenerational trauma - Domestic abuse - Or struggle with looking in the mirror and loving who they see.”

It Ends With Usis in theaters now.

source: people.com