F1 The Moviehas sped onto a major chart for star Brad Pitt. The new movie from director Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) stars Pitt as Formula One driver Sonny Hayes, who returns to the racetrack years after a major accident. TheF1 The Moviereleasekicked off with a $57 million domestic debut, marking Apple Studios' best-ever opening weekend.
PerThe Numbers,F1 The Moviehas hit a global box office gross of $166.7 million worldwide ahead of the beginning of its sophomore weekend in theaters. Boosted by midweek viewership ahead of the Fourth of July holiday in the United States, the project has now becomethe 20th highest-grossing movie starring Brad Pitt.
The movie has landed in the Top 20 (for the chart that includes titles in which Pitt starred only, not counting movies for which he was a producer) bysurpassing the $165.6 million earned by his 1996 movieSleepers, which was directed by Barry Levinson and also starred Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Jason Patric.
What This Means For F1 The Movie
It Will Continue To Climb
After earning a global debut of more than $140 million,F1 The Movieseems to be on track to keep climbing the charts as it enters its second weekend in theaters. It iswell within the realm of possibility for it to earn an additional $60 million or more by the end of Sunday, which would push it even further up Brad Pitt’s Top 20.
While there is more than $350 million betweenF1and the topBrad Pitt moviesfeaturing him as either a supporting actor (Deadpool2, with $786.4 million) or a lead (World War Z, with $531.9 million),earning $60 million in its sophomore weekend would see it climb past six more titlesto become the star’s 14th highest-grossing movie in history.
Below, see a breakdown of the seven titles ahead ofF1 The Movieon Brad Pitt’s all-time chart:
#13
$238.5 million
#14
Interview with the Vampire(1994)
$223.6 million
#15
$210.2 million
#16
$191.6 million
#17
12 Years a Slave(2013)
$180.8 million
#18
$168.8 million
#19
$168.2 million
#20
F1 The Movie(2025)
$166.7 million
F1 The Movieis currentlyon track to potentially gross more than $450 million worldwideby the end of its run. Should it indeed surpass that milestone, it would outstripBullet Train,Ocean’s Thirteen,Inglourious Basterds,Megamind,Se7en,The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Ocean’s Twelve, andOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
It remains to be seen if it surpassesOcean’s Eleven, which grossed $450.7 million worldwide, butif it does, it would become Brad Pitt’s fifth highest-grossing movie ever.
Our Take On The F1 The Movie Box Office
The Movie Is Set To Become A Notable Success
While the huge $200 million reportedbudget ofF1 The Moviecould place its estimated break-even point as high as $500 million, which could mean that it won’t turn a profit in theaters,Apple Studios counts on theatrical runs as promotion for their brand and for a movie’s eventual streaming debutrather than as revenue-generators in and of themselves.
This means thatF1 The Moviewill most likely be able to be counted as a major win for both the studio and for Brad Pitt himself by the end of its run.
