‘It Ends with Us’ Becomes the Highest-Grossing Movie in Blake Lively’s Career After Surpassing 2011’s ‘Green Lantern’ Box Office

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Blake Lively hits a career milestone with It Ends with Us. The romantic drama is the actress and producer’s highest-grossing film to date, grossing more than $242 million worldwide since its August 9 release, according to Deadline report.

It Ends with Us passed Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds’ 2011 film “Green Lantern” as her top earner. That made just over $237 million after release. Blake Lively’s box office success isn’t attributable to Ryan Reynolds’ recent Marvel hit Deadpool & Wolverine. The film has emerged as the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

Blake Lively marked her 37th birthday, and next stars in “A Simple Favor 2,” previously shared her appreciation for the movie on her Instagram Stories. 13 days after the movie, adaptation of the 2016 novel by author Colleen Hoover, released in theaters.

“Thank you to everyone for came out to show that people want to see films about women, to the audiences we attract,” she wrote at the time. “It Ends with Us is a story about female’s experiences. All the highs and the lows. We’re very proud of it. We celebrate this film and send an important message to audiences.”

She says, “Thank you all for embracing the same love for It Ends with Us, pain and joy that we share it with all of you.” In the film, Blake Lively plays a woman named Lily Bloom, whose new relationship with Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni) turns violent before she ultimately decides to leave.

The release of It Ends with Us was surrounded by controversy. Before the film’s release, rumors swirled that Justin Baldoni, 40, and Blake Lively had clashed over creative differences. Justin Baldoni did much of the film’s production separately from Blake Lively.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s partner Brandon Sklenar, who plays Lily Bloom’s romantic interest Atlas Corrigan in the film, He shared a statement on Instagram on August 20, asking his fans to stop using their power to Vilifying the women working on the film, apparently in reference to the accused drama.

Brandon Sklenar wrote in part in the statement, “There is not a single person involved in the making of this film who was unaware of our responsibility in making it, A responsibility to all women who struggle with generational trauma, domestic violence or who look in the mirror and like what they see.”