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| gross = $334348.83 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web |title=''It Ends with Us'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10655524/ |access-date=SeptemberOctober 22, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="NUM">{{Cite web|title=It Ends With Us – Financial Information|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/It-Ends-With-Us-(2024)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers|access-date=SeptemberOctober 22, 2024}}</ref>

''It Ends with Us'' had its world premiere at the AMC [[Lincoln Square, Manhattan|Lincoln Square]] in New York City on August 6, 2024, and was released by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] across the United States on August 9. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box-office success, grossing $334348.83 million worldwide against a production budget of $25 million.

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Back home in [[Boston]], Lily prepares to open her own flower shop, called Lily Bloom's. While sitting on the rooftop of an apartment complex, she meets [[neurosurgeon]] Ryle Kincaid, who lives on the top floor. They arebecome mutually attracted, but their encounter is cut short when he has to leave for an emergency surgery.

While renovating the building that will become her shop, Lily meets Allysa, who's is looking for work. After talking for a few minutes, althoughLily shehires Allysa, haddespite not originally plannedplanning onto hiringhire anyone, she hires her. Lily later learns that Allysa is Ryle's sister.

At Allysa's birthday party, Ryle tells Lily he cannot stop thinking about her. They kiss, but Lily stops him, as he is only interested in casual affairs butwhile she wants a serious relationship. She spends the night at his apartment without having sex. The next morning, she agrees to date him. Ryle gets her to take him to meet her mother Jenny at a new restaurant, Root. She discovers that the owner and head chef is her high school sweetheart, Atlas Corrigan.

One morning, Ryle burns his hand while cooking breakfast for her. When Lily tries to help, he hits her in the face. Ryle apologizes, insisting it was an accident. He takes Lily to dinner with Allysa and her husband Marshall at Root. Noticing Lily's bruised eye and Ryle's bandaged hand, Atlas confronts her in the bathroom and implores her to leave him. Finding them together, Ryle challengesconfronts him, leading to a physical altercation whichthat culminates in Atlas ejecting Ryle.

Atlas visits Lily's shop to apologize, and gives her his phone number should she ever need it. Lily reveals to Ryle that her father was physically abusive towards her mother. Allysa later gives birth to her and Marshall's daughter; while visiting her in the hospital, Ryle asks Lilyproposes to marry himLily, which she accepts. Ryle eventually finds Atlas' number and angrily storms out of the apartment. In the ensuing argument, he pushes her down the stairs, though later claims she accidentally fell, and he tried to catch her.

Both Lily Bloom's Blooms and Root are featured in a local magazine, including an interview with Atlas in which Atlashe saysadmits he named the restaurant in Lily's honor. In a jealous rage, Ryle attempts to rape her. She escapes and seeks out Atlas at his restaurant. He takes her to the hospital, where she discovers that she is pregnant. She stays with Atlas for a few days, during which he admits he still loves her.

When Lily opens up to Allysa about Ryle's treatment of her, Allysa confides that, as a child, Ryle accidentally shot and killed their older brother, Emerson., Theleading to unresolved trauma that manifests in bouts of uncontrollable rage. She insists that Lily not take Ryle back.

Lily moves out, though Ryle begs her to return, promising to seek psychiatric help and cease the abuse. She gives birth to a daughter, whom they name Emerson. Lily tells Ryle she wants a divorce; he agrees after she asks him how he would react if their daughter were being abused by a partner. She hopes she has finally ended the cycle of abuse in her family, telling her daughter, "It ends with us."

Lily and her mother take Emerson to visit Lily's father's grave, where Lily leaves the blank list for her eulogy. Lily runs into Atlas at a farmerfarmers's market. She tells him that she is no longer with Ryle, and they smile at each other.

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During her promotional tour for the film, Lively received criticism from social media users who accused her of being "tone-deaf" for displaying a "light-hearted humorous" attitude and not explicitly addressing her character's experience of [[domestic violence]] and abuse. Users were also critical of Lively for promoting her new haircare line, as well as her drinks brand, during the press tour and for encouraging moviegoers to wear floral clothes, which some deemed insensitive to the film's messaging surrounding domestic violence. Following the criticism, Lively posted to her [[Instagram]] stories in support of victims of intimate partner violence and shared a link to the [[National Domestic Violence Hotline]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Maira |date=August 14, 2024 |title=Blake Lively reacts to backlash to 'tone deaf' publicity for new film It Ends With Us |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-justin-baldoni-b2596165.html |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814170215/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-justin-baldoni-b2596165.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=August 16, 2024 |title='It Ends with Us' Is a Movie About Domestic Violence, So Why Are Blake Lively and Colleen Hoover Acting Like It Isn't? |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/it-ends-with-us-movie-marketed-blake-lively-colleen-hoover-1235036893/ |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jones |first=CT |date=August 8, 2024 |title=How Do You Market a Domestic Violence Movie? Not Like 'It Ends With Us' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/it-ends-with-us-drama-domestic-romance-film-blake-lively-1235076583/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240808223031/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/it-ends-with-us-drama-domestic-romance-film-blake-lively-1235076583/ |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Bridgette Stumpf of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote on the issue, "By glossing over its domestic violence content in the film's marketing, and by not providing any [[content warning]]s prior to the start of the film, ''It Ends With Us'' ultimately fails the survivors it is supposed to advocate for."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/it-ends-with-us-warned-audiences-1235979133/|title=''It Ends With Us'' Should Have Warned Audiences Ahead of Time|date=August 20, 2024|first=Bridgette|last=Stumpf|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>

''It Ends with Us'' premiered at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on August 6, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Dessi |date=2024-08-06 |title='It Ends With Us' New York Premiere Red Carpet Photos: Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Justin Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar & More |url=https://deadline.com/gallery/it-ends-with-us-premiere-red-carpet-photos/it-ends-with-us-new-york-premiere-12/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-USHollywood}}</ref> The film was originally set to be released theatrically in the United States on February 9, 2024,<ref name="Piña" /> and June 21, 2024,<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title=Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Movie Colleen Hoover's 'It Ends With Us' Heads To Summer|url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-release-date-change-1235712811/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024|archive-date=January 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114120651/https://deadline.com/2024/01/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-release-date-change-1235712811/|url-status=live}}</ref> but the release date was pushed back to August 9, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|title=Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni Romance 'It Ends With Us' Will Now Begin In Early August|url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-release-date-2-1235886431/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=April 15, 2024|access-date=April 15, 2024|archive-date=May 31, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531123429/https://deadline.com/2024/04/blake-lively-it-ends-with-us-release-date-2-1235886431/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released earlier on August 7 in Belgium,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamais Plus, un secouant drame romantique avec Blake Lively |url=https://www.rtbf.be/article/jamais-plus-un-secouant-drame-romantique-avec-blake-lively-11414344 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=RTBF |language=fr |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807211310/https://www.rtbf.be/article/jamais-plus-un-secouant-drame-romantique-avec-blake-lively-11414344 |url-status=live }}</ref> Finland,<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 22, 2024 |title=Blake Lively tähdittää lapsuuden traumoista kertovaa romanttista draamaa – katso traileri |url=https://www.episodi.fi/uutiset/blake-lively-tahdittaa-lapsuuden-traumoista-kertovaa-romanttista-draamaa-katso-traileri/ |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Episodi.fi |language=fi |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807211309/https://www.episodi.fi/uutiset/blake-lively-tahdittaa-lapsuuden-traumoista-kertovaa-romanttista-draamaa-katso-traileri/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the Philippines,<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 31, 2024 |title='It Ends With Us' In Cinemas August 7 |url=https://dailyguardian.com.ph/?p=349400 |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=Daily Guardian |language=en}}</ref> and Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 7, 2024 |title=Kärleksfilm efter bästsäljare är trogen bokens starka känslor |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/RzjA8a |access-date=August 7, 2024 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815140854/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/RzjA8a/det-slutar-med-oss-filmrecension |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2024|910|2021|df=US}}, ''It Ends with Us'' has grossed $146148.14&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada, and $180199.68&nbsp;million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $326348.73&nbsp;million.<ref name="BOM" /><ref name="NUM" /> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said the film would net at least $25–30 million in profits for Sony and Baldoni's Wayfarer Studios, with one industry source "[putting] that figure at double", not accounting for box office bonuses for Baldoni and Lively.<ref name="Variety-0827">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/it-ends-with-us-sequel-in-doubt-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-feud-1236114099/|title=''It Ends With Us'' Sequel in Doubt Amid Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Feud: 'There's Probably No World Where They Work Together Again'|date=August 27, 2024|first1=Rebecca|last1=Rubin|first2=Tatiana|last2=Siegel|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 27, 2024}}</ref>

Reception of the film from critics was mixed, but audiences responded positively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=It Ends With Us: The controversial blockbuster author portraying domestic abuse |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240808-it-ends-with-us-the-controversial-blockbuster-author-colleen-hoover-portraying-domestic-abuse|first=Charlotte |last=O'Sullivan|date=August 9, 2024 |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=www.bbc.comBBC |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sperling |first=Nicole |date=August 11, 2024 |title='It Ends With Us,' a Romance Based on a Best Seller, Soars at the Box Office |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/business/media/it-ends-with-us-box-office.html |access-date=August 17, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Malhotra |first=Rahul |date=August 11, 2024 |title='It Ends with Us' Delivers Ceiling-Shattering Global Box Office Debut |url=https://collider.com/it-ends-with-us-global-box-office-80-million/ |access-date=August 17, 2024 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|57|5.6|179182|Earnestly performed if marred by clunky dialogue, ''It Ends with Us'' is surprisingly at its most graceful when handling the more provocative elements of its melodramatic source material.|ref=yes|access-date=SeptemberOctober 2217, 2024}} {{Metacritic film prose|53|42|ref=yes|access-date=August 26, 2024}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale, while those surveyed by [[PostTrak]] gave it an 85% positive score, with 69% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="OpeningWknd"/>

Wendy Ide of ''[[The Observer]]'' gave the film 3 out of 5 stars, writing: "For a film that dips its Manolo-clad toe into the murky waters of domestic abuse, it's unexpectedly aspirational, almost frothy in tone."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ide |first=Wendy |date=August 11, 2024 |title=It Ends With Us review – Blake Lively stars in oddly frothy domestic abuse drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/11/it-ends-with-us-review-blake-lively-stars-in-oddly-frothy-domestic-abuse-drama-justin-baldoni |access-date=August 15, 2024 |work=[[The Observer]] |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712 |archive-date=August 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815140950/https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/11/it-ends-with-us-review-blake-lively-stars-in-oddly-frothy-domestic-abuse-drama-justin-baldoni |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''{{'}}s [[Johanna Schneller]] praised Lively's performance, writing: "Beyond nailing Lily's exact shade of auburn hair, funky/sexy dress and vision-notebook stuffed with flowers, she also conveys her luminousness and strength, and reminds you how pleasurable it can be to watch a romantic thriller."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneller |first=Johanna |author-link=Johanna Schneller |date=August 8, 2024 |title=Review: A committed Blake Lively almost makes Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us work — almost |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-a-committed-blake-lively-almost-makes-colleen-hoovers-it-ends-with-us/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |language=en-CA |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814203426/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/reviews/article-a-committed-blake-lively-almost-makes-colleen-hoovers-it-ends-with-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kevin Maher (writer)|Kevin Maher]] of ''[[The Times]]'' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a glossy, sometimes soapy but always compelling adaptation".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maher |first=Kevin |author-link=Kevin Maher (writer) |date=August 15, 2024 |title=It Ends With Us review — a dizzy, guilty pleasure |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/it-ends-with-us-film-review-blake-lively-vbmktrr07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240808204648/https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/it-ends-with-us-film-review-blake-lively-vbmktrr07 |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=[[The Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

Hannah Giorgis of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' was more critical, writing: "To young people who have become inured to the misery of modern life, there's a seductive premise in these novels: Relentless suffering can give way to freedom—and hot sex—if women want it badly enough. On-screen, performed by real people, it's not as convincing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giorgis |first=Hannah |date=August 10, 2024 |title=It Should End Here |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/08/it-ends-with-us-review/679421/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814221942/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/08/it-ends-with-us-review/679421/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''{{'}}s reviewer [[Sandra Hall (writer)|Sandra Hall]] gave the film two and a half out of five stars, saying that it was "packed with erotic cliches overlaid with a rolling soundtrack of pop hits that includes songs by Taylor Swift and [[Lana Del Rey]]", and called the dialogue "risible".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Sandra |author-link=Sandra Hall (writer) |date=August 8, 2024 |title=When romance becomes abuse: Blake Lively's new film treads a dangerous line |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/abusive-or-romantic-blake-lively-s-new-film-treads-a-dangerous-line-20240806-p5jzwr.html |access-date=August 15, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en |archive-date=August 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813053813/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/abusive-or-romantic-blake-lively-s-new-film-treads-a-dangerous-line-20240806-p5jzwr.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

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