At 61, Brad Pitt sets a new box office record with F1: The Movie
Joseph Kosinski's Formula 1 feature film has become the summer's biggest surprise, having already grossed $560 million worldwide. A huge success for Brad Pitt and Apple TV, the film's distributor.
The feature film attracted more viewers than Seven, Fight Club, Troy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith , Inglourious Basterds or Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. With F1 , The Brad Pitt Movie sets a brand new box office record. Joseph Kosinski's film dedicated to Formula 1 officially becomes the most profitable of his career, having exceeded 560 million dollars worldwide on August 8, reports the Anglo-Saxon press including Variety .
In just six weeks, F1 : The Movie has dethroned Brad Pitt's previous record, previously held by Marc Forster's 2013 zombie film World War Z , which grossed $540 million internationally. F1: The Movie has thus established itself as one of the summer's great surprises, in a summer period punctuated by fierce competition between blockbusters with Jurassic World: Renaissance, Superman: Fantastic Four: First Steps and Dragons. Joseph Kosinski's film, in which Brad Pitt plays a Formula 1 veteran who comes out of retirement to help an old friend whose team is bankrupt, could even surpass Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. Ethan Hunt's new adventures, released at the end of May, have grossed $595 million.
Skip the adF1: The Movie isn't just a huge success for Brad Pitt. It's also a triumph for Apple TV, the film's distributor. The video-on-demand service had never achieved such box-office revenue. Their last record was Ridley Scott's Napoleon , released in 2023, with $221 million. Joseph Kosinski's feature film is still showing in French theaters. It will even be re-released in IMAX, i.e., with larger images and better resolution, starting August 15 in the United States. " Audiences around the world have embraced F1: The Movie as an adrenaline-pumping cinematic experience, and its re-release in IMAX is a testament to its global popularity." "It's a summer blockbuster that combines passion and action, and we can't wait to give moviegoers another chance to experience it in IMAX," said Matt Dentler, head of feature films at Apple Original Films, in the columns of Variety .
At Le Figaro , our journalist Olivier Delcroix was delighted with F1: The Movie. " Solid, calm, charming, determined while being fragile and secretly handicapped by an old injury, Brad Pitt carries the film on his still muscular shoulders. "
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