Blake Lively’s controversial romance film, It Ends With Us, could dethrone Deadpool and Wolverine’s top spot at the box office.
Deadpool & Wolverineis currentlydoing well in theaters, as Marvel fans flock to see itsiconic cameosand how the project will tie intoupcoming MCU films.
However, while the almost billion-dollar movie takes its well-earned victory lap, a controversial romance is gearing up to take its number one box office crown.
Blake Lively’sIt Ends With Uspremieres on August 9 and itspresale numbershave some believing it will overthrow Deadpool &Wolverine’s hold on the movie market.
The studio’s sleepy romance movie earned $17.2 million during its opening weekend and Sony is hoping to double that number with It Ends With Us.
Though Lively’s romance film probably won’t be the money juggernaut Ryan Reynolds’ comic book outing is, many are convinced it will overtake the Marvel entry in terms of popularity.
While the movie’s premiseseems pretty light-hearted, It Ends With Us has faced a ton ofbacklashsince it exploded in popularity on the book side of TikTok.
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Some Hoover detractors believe the novel glorifies abusive relationships, as the character Ryle has some toxic traits that seem more real than fiction.
However, despite not being well received by everyone, It Ends With Us went on to sell one million copies worldwide and spawned the follow-up novel It Starts With Us.
Hoover herself has more than 2 billion videos on her name hashtag on TikTok, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Reynolds bested by his own wife in the movie marketplace.
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Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
