“It Ends With Us” has officially hit theaters. Fans of Colleen Hoover’s 2016 novel, which has sold millions of copies, and newcomers alike took to social media to share their thoughts on the adaptation. The movie features Blake Lively as Lily Bloom starring opposite , who also directs.

Lively plays a woman caught in a cycle of violence. After growing up watching her father abuse her mother, Lily enters into a relationship with Ryle, a neurosurgeon who becomes violent. Her chance reunion with childhood friend and first love Atlas Corrigan, played by Brandon Sklenar, puts things into perspective.

“It Ends With Us,” out Friday, Aug. 9, has garnered $7 million at the box office from Thursday’s previews, per . The film is expected to earn between $25 million and $35 million, with some predictions placing its earning between $40 million and $50 million.

“Saw an early screening of it ends with us with #booksparks, it is most definitely a must see!!” on the film on X. “I have read a Colleen Hoover novel but not this particular one. The movie though was SO SO GOOD.

” “It Ends with Us was such a great movie! Blake Lively was absolutely perfect for the role as Lily Bloom! I need more, I hope they make the second book a movie too! Might just have to go see it again!” . After seeing the movie, some walked back early . Lively, at 36, is older than Lily in the book, who is written to be 23.

Hoover called her character’s ages a “mistake.” “I just came from the .