Blake Lively’s future looks brighter than ever after the latest record $242 million romance drama

It ends with us broke a massive box office record for Blake Lively, and it makes her future look brighter than ever. Throughout her career, Lively has been part of various successful projects from a critical and financial perspective. While It ends with usRotten Tomatoes’ score isn’t great from critics, setting a career-high audience score for the actress, with it now “verified hot” at 91%. This showed how much the audience enjoyed the movie, It ends with us‘ Controversies and all, and that directly translated to the film overperforming at the box office.

The performance of It ends with us‘ Box office was a significant moment for Blake Lively. While she was the lead in heat like The Shallows Or A simple favorNeither movie was good enough to break her record for the highest-grossing movie of her career. It was not necessarily expected that her 2024 romance drama based on Colleen Hoover’s book would be big enough to reach this milestone. The film established itself as a force to be reckoned with its opening weekend, and Blake Lively’s future looks better with It ends with us‘ New broken record.

It ends with us officially beating Green Lantern to be Blake Lively’s highest grossing movie

Green Lantern held the record for 13 years

Thanks to the continued interest in the romance drama, It ends with us is now officially the highest-grossing movie of Blake Lively’s career. The total box office currently stands at $242.4 million worldwide, with $120.6 million coming domestically and the remaining $121.8 million attributed to international territories. This is enough to finally suppress 2011’s Green Lantern For the top spot in Blake Lively’s box office ranking. The DC superhero movie, in which Lively played Carol Ferris, made $237 million worldwide, not adjusted for inflation.

Not only is It ends with us‘ Total box office significantly higher than Green LanternBut the 2024 movie is undoubtedly a much higher success story. Lively was part of a massive box office flop thanks to Green Lantern Carrying a $200 million budget. She did not repeat the mistake with It ends with usAs the film was reportedly made for only $25 million. The romance drama made nearly ten times its price at the box office, making it a wildly profitable release for all involved and leading to hopes for a sequel.

What it ends with us’ Box Office record means for Blake Lively’s future

She should stay busy

The impact of It ends with usThe box office performance has yet to really kick in, outside of a few more Colleen Hoover book-to-film adaptations that are in development or moving forward. But these have no effect on Blake Lively, who will greatly benefit from the financial success of the movie. It would not be surprising if Amazon MGM reconsidered plans to release A simple favor 2 on streaming and put it back in theaters so it can build on Lively’s fame. Sony should also seriously pursue an It ends with us sequel, even if Lively’s feud with co-star/director/producer Justin Baldoni complicates matters.

at least, It ends with us Blake Lively’s highest-grossing movie is likely to keep her as busy as she wants to be for the foreseeable future. Hollywood is sure to take notice of her star power and marketability and look to bring her appeal to other upcoming projects. More romance roles or book adaptations will be offered. It ends with us Could also help get some gestating Blake Lively movies in the right direction, such as her romantic comedies The making of With Richard Gere, Diane Keaton and Lin-Manuel Miranda.