Blake Lively's new movie 'It Ends With Us' banned in Qatar for kissing scenes

Based on the bestselling romance novel by Colleen Hoover, 'It Ends With Us' opened in theatres worldwide and collected US$80mil over the weekend. Photo: Handout

It Ends With Us has been prohibited from screening in Qatar, the Los Angeles Times confirmed on Monday.

The country's censorship committee rejected the PG-13 movie over kissing scenes, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who was not authorised to comment.