It Ends with UsSets Netflix Streaming Release Date and It’s Sooner Than You'd Expect

Mar. 15, 2025

Blake Lively in ‘It Ends With Us’.Photo:Nicole Rivelli

Blake Lively stars as Lily Bloom in IT ENDS WITH US

Nicole Rivelli

It Ends with Us, the hit screen adaptation of theColleen Hoovernovel, has gifted audiences a streaming date this holiday season — sooner than you’d think!

Upon hitting theaters onAug. 9, Sony Pictures Releasing’sIt Ends with Usbecame a commercial success, grossing over $350 million worldwide. (Fun fact: Lively, 37, and husbandRyan Reynoldsbecame thefirst married duo in decadestotop the box officein two movies at the same time thanks to his summer hitDeadpool & Wolverine.)

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in ‘It Ends with Us’.Nicole Rivelli/Sony Pictures Entertainment

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in “It Ends with Us.

Nicole Rivelli/Sony Pictures Entertainment

Baldoni, 40, told PEOPLE ahead of the film’s release that he madeIt Ends with Usfor any audience member who recognizes its patterns of domestic violence “anddoesn’t go back home… It’s about that one person who’s in a similar situation to Lily who makes a different choice for herself than was made for her.”

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Jenny Slate and Blake Lively in ‘It Ends With Us’.Jojo Whilden

Jenny Slate and Blake Lively star in IT ENDS WITH US.

Jojo Whilden

In 2022, Hoover published a follow-up novel titledIt Starts with Us. While there’s no official word yet ona possible movie adaptation, Sklenar, 34, toldAccessin September that he “would love to” film a sequel: “I hope we can get it together because I think the fans deserve it.”

It Ends with Usbegins streaming on Netflix Dec. 9.

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

source: people.com