P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The F1 movie is turning out to be a huge commercial success a month into its release.
Brad Pitt’s F1 movie has surpassed $500 million in global box office collections, marking a significant achievement since its release last month.
The film, backed by Apple Studios, earned $144 million during its opening weekend and has continued to perform well in theaters worldwide, reaching a total of $509 million in ticket sales.
With $165 million from the US market and $344 million from international audiences, F1: The Movie is currently the seventh-highest grossing film of 2025, surpassing Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World.
There is a possibility that F1 could become Brad Pitt’s highest-grossing film, potentially exceeding the $540 million earned by World War Z in 2013.
Apple Studios’ most successful film to date, F1 was produced with a budget of $200–300 million, with considerable additional spending on marketing efforts.
The distribution partnership with Warner Bros., now part of Warner Bros. Discovery conglomerate, has played a key role in the film’s success, highlighting an intriguing link to Liberty Media’s John Malone, the chairman emeritus at Warner Bros. Discovery.
