“It Ends with Us” Sets Netflix Streaming Release Date and It’s Sooner Than You'd Expect

Following its Aug. 9 theatrical release, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s hit film will soon be available to stream

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

Starring Blake Lively as Lily Bloom, a woman facing domestic abuse and struggling to break its cycle, the movie from director-star Justin Baldoni will be available to stream on Netflix starting on Dec. 9, as confirmed by the streaming service’s Tudum.

Upon hitting theaters on Aug. 9, Sony Pictures Releasing's It Ends with Us became a commercial success, grossing over $350 million worldwide. (Fun fact: Lively, 37, and husband Ryan Reynolds became the first married duo in decades to top the box office in two movies at the same time thanks to his summer hit Deadpool & Wolverine.)

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Costarring Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Brandon Sklenar and Isabela Ferrer, the movie counts Baldoni's company Wayfarer Studios and Lively among its producers. It was adapted for the screen by Christy Hall from Hoover's hit novel, originally published in 2016.

Baldoni, 40, told PEOPLE ahead of the film’s release that he made It Ends with Us for any audience member who recognizes its patterns of domestic violence “and doesn'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.”

Of Lively, his star and fellow producer, Baldoni recalled being “mesmerized” by her work. “She just checked all the boxes,” he said at the time. “She's a creative force, she's an executive producer on the film, and she is so brilliant. And I believe that her performance is going to help so many women feel seen and showcase this unique experience in a way that I don't believe I've seen in another film.”

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In 2022, Hoover published a follow-up novel titled It Starts with Us. While there’s no official word yet on a possible movie adaptation, Sklenar, 34, told Access in 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 Us begins streaming on Netflix Dec. 9.

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