Box Office Battle: Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds Emerge Victorious

The box office has witnessed an epic battle between two of Hollywood’s most beloved couples, with Blake Lively’s “It Ends With Us” and Ryan Reynolds’ “Deadpool & Wolverine” vying for the top spot. As it turns out, both films have emerged victorious in their own right, with “It Ends With Us” defying expectations and “Deadpool & Wolverine” continuing its record-breaking streak.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds attend the “It Ends With Us” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on August 06, 2024 in New York City.

“It Ends With Us” has taken the box office by storm, debuting with a impressive $50 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada. This is significantly higher than the initial projection of $25-35 million. The film, which is based on the bestselling Colleen Hoover novel, tells the story of a flower-shop owner who falls in love with an abusive neurosurgeon.

Meanwhile, “Deadpool & Wolverine” continues to dominate the box office, grossing $54.2 million in its third weekend and pushing its domestic total to $494.3 million. The film has also reached the $1 billion mark globally, making it the only other film besides “Inside Out 2” to achieve this milestone this year.

What’s interesting to note is that both Lively and Reynolds are credited as producers on their respective films. In fact, Lively makes a cameo appearance in “Deadpool & Wolverine”, while Reynolds had a hand in writing a key scene from “It Ends With Us”.

The romance-drama received a middling 59% positive rating on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.

While “It Ends With Us” has received mixed reviews from critics, with a 59% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it has resonated with audiences, earning an A-minus from CinemaScore. Film critic Katie Walsh wrote, “‘It Ends With Us’ continues the tradition of ‘women’s pictures’ that were an essential part of Hollywood film production in the 1940s — Bette Davis could have starred in a version of this some 80 years ago.”

However, Walsh also noted that the film’s adaptation is “at once too close and too far from its source,” and that it fails to express the stark reality that the original novel conveyed.

The superhero blockbuster has reached the $1 billion mark globally.

Despite the mixed reviews, “It Ends With Us” has proven to be a formidable opponent to “Deadpool & Wolverine”. Both films have demonstrated the power of Hollywood’s A-list couples, with Lively and Reynolds emerging victorious in their own right.

As the box office continues to evolve, it will be interesting to see how these films perform in the coming weeks. One thing is certain, however: both “It Ends With Us” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” have left their mark on the film industry.