2024 film by Justin Baldoni
It Ends with Us is a 2024 American romantic drama film directed by Justin Baldoni and written by Christy Hall, based on the 2016 novel by Colleen Hoover. The film stars Blake Lively alongside Baldoni, Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, and Hasan Minhaj. The story follows florist Lily Bloom (Lively), whose abusive relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Baldoni) is compounded when her ex-boyfriend Atlas Corrigan (Sklenar) re-enters her life.
Principal photography on It Ends with Us took place from mid-2023 to early 2024, with pauses due to the 2023 WGA strike and the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. It Ends with Us premiered at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York City on August 6, 2024, and was released in the United States on August 9 by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office success, grossing $351 million against a $25 million budget.
The production became mired in controversy due to disputes between Lively and Baldoni, with the former drawing criticism for not addressing the film's themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse during its promotional tour, as well as using the tour to promote her hair care range. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni and his production company Wayfarer Studios, accusing them of sexual harassment and intimidation. Denying the allegations, Baldoni sued The New York Times for libel over their siding with Lively's account of events, and later sued Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds and their publicist Leslie Sloane for civil extortion, defamation, and invasion of privacy. Lively's sexual harassment, defamation and conspiracy complaints against Baldoni would be dismissed in April 2026 by U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman. Her remaining claims of retaliation and breach of contract will move forward to trial in May 2026.
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