It Ends With Us Surpasses Crazy Rich Asians Becomes Top-grossing Romantic Drama Since A Star Is Born

It Ends With Us Box Office: Despite being riddled with controversies, the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni starrer drama has fared massively at the box office. The movie opened to a staggering collection on August 9. Nearly a month after its release, it has surpassed the collection of Lady Gaga-Bradley Cooper starrer A Star In Born (2018). 

It Ends With Us becomes the highest-grossing romantic drama since A Star Is Born 

It Ends With Us is the latest addition to join the top romantic dramas since 2018. Despite the controversial subject and the musch discussed drama surrounding the pre-release, the film continues to bring the audience to houseful theatres. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, It Ends With Us has amassed more than $309 million in global ticket sales to become the top-grossing romantic drama since 2018’s Oscar-nominated A Star Is Born. The Lady Gaga-Bradely Copper starrer musical drama collected $436.4 million globally, inflation not adjusted. Apart from It Ends With Us and A Star Is Born, other films that have minted huge figures globally include:

-Anyone But You ($220.2 million)

-Crazy Rich Asians ($239.3 million)

-The Fault In Our Stars ($307.2 million)

-Me Before You ($208.4 million)

Controversies surrounding It Ends With Us

The feud between the two lead actors created hype and curiosity amongst netizens. The lead actor and the director were in the headlines for an apparent feud between them. The two maintained their distance during all the pre-release events of the movie. It was also spotted by social media users that the Gossip Girl star refrained from talking about the subject of the film - domestic violence while promoting It Ends With Us. 

It Ends With Us, directed by Justin Baldoni, who also features as the lead actor in the film opposite Blake Lively. The story follows a florist named Lily Bloom who falls in love with a neurosurgeon. After Lily runs into her childhood friend, Ryle, her daunting past comes back to haunt her, but makes her take corrective steps in her present relationship.