Justin Baldoni
Box Office Milestone: ‘It Ends With Us’ Is Top-Grossing Romantic Drama Since 2018’s ‘A Star is Born’
It Ends With Us continues to make history at the global box office. The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover‘s bestselling book about a woman whose fairy-tale marriage turns abusive 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, which earned $436.4 […]
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Summer Box Office Avoids Major Disaster as Domestic Revenue Falls Just 10 Percent
The numbers are in — domestic revenue for the 2024 summer box office hit an estimated $3.67 billion, down 10.3 percent over 2023, according to final numbers issued Tuesday by Comscore. As counterintuitive as it may seem, Hollywood studio executives and theater owners aren’t panicking. They were experiencing far different emotions at the end of […]
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Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crosses $600M to Rule Labor Day, ‘Reagan’ in Close Race for No. 3
Labor Day weekend is never a big holiday for moviegoing, as most people mark the end of summer with other activities, and this year is no exception. Deadpool & Wolverine is the biggest headline of the four-day weekend as it stays No. 1 in its sixth outing and crosses $600 million domestically, becoming only the […]
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Justin Baldoni Pens Letter to Domestic Violence Survivors: “You Are Never Alone in This Fight”
It Ends With Us director and star Justin Baldoni is continuing to speak out in support of domestic violence survivors. Baldoni took to Instagram to share a lengthy love letter he wrote to survivors, praising them for everything they do to thrive, even in the darkest situations. “You embody resilience and courage, qualities that shine […]
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Blake Lively’s Brother-in-Law Bart Johnson Defends Her Following ‘It Ends With Us’ Controversy
Blake Lively’s brother-in-law Bart Johnson is coming to her defense amid a wave of controversy she’s faced surrounding her film It Ends With Us. The High School Musical actor, who’s married to Blake’s older sister Robyn Lively, responded to a comment on his recent Instagram post, where he shared a birthday tribute to Blake. “Shame she’s so set […]
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‘It Ends With Us’ Franchise Might End With Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni Feud
Under ordinary circumstances, a sequel to the female-focused drama It Ends With Us would be a no-brainer. The $25 million-budgeted Sony Pictures film has collected more than $180 million globally since opening Aug. 9, and author Colleen Hoover already published a best-selling sequel, the 2022 novel It Starts With Us. But the well-publicized rift between star-producer Blake […]
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Brandon Sklenar Breaks Silence on ‘It Ends With Us’ Drama: “Disheartening to See the Amount of Negativity”
Brandon Sklenar is defending the women behind It Ends With Us amid the movie’s recent controversy swirling online. The actor, who played Atlas Corrigan in the film based on Colleen Hoover’s 2016 best-selling book, took to his Instagram on Tuesday to “address all this stuff swirling online,” which ignited when fans speculated on a potential […]
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‘Alien: Romulus’ Wins Busy Box Office Weekend With $41.5M Opening, $108M Globally
Fede Álvarez’s Alien: Romulus scared up strong business in its box office debut as it sets out to revive the classic franchise. The 20th Century and Disney movie topped the domestic weekend chart with $45.1 million, well ahead of a projected debut in the high-$20 million range and the second-best opening of the franchise, not […]
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‘It Ends With Us’ Screenwriter on How She Hopes the Film “Destigmatizes” Domestic Violence
As the first hire for the It Ends With Us film adaption, screenwriter-producer Christy Hall knew she had a long road ahead of her. After she was asked to pen the script by director Justin Baldoni, who developed the movie via his Wayfarer Studios shingle, and author Colleen Hoover, whose 2016 best-seller inspired the adaptation, […]
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Box Office Milestone: ‘It Ends With Us’ Crosses $100 Million Globally in Its First Week
It Ends With Us has sailed past the $100 million mark at the global box office in its first week. The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s hit novel achieved the milestone Wednesday after finishing the day with a domestic tally of $68.9 million and an early foreign total of $46.6 million for a global total […]
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‘It Ends With Us’: Sony Chief Praises Blake Lively for “Advancing the Conversation Around Domestic Violence”
In mid-June, star-producer Blake Lively traveled to Dallas to attend author Colleen Hoover’s Book Bonanza for a Q&A in the lead-up to the August release It Ends With Us. Lively surprised the 2,000-plus attendees when she announced they could screen a rough cut of the movie adaptation the following night. The screening of the movie […]
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Colleen Hoover Talks Seeing Key ‘It Ends With Us’ Scenes Come to Life
For Colleen Hoover, seeing her story written nearly a decade ago come to life on the big screen was more than she could have imagined. The Justin Baldoni-directed film, starring Blake Lively as Lily, Baldoni as Ryle and Brandon Sklenar as Atlas, is based on Hoover’s 2016 best-seller that later became a TikTok sensation. It […]
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