Apple Original Films hit racing movie, “F1: The Movie” is speeding back onto IMAX theater screens later this week. The Brad Pitt-led film has been Apple’s biggest theater hit ever, so far taking in $552,512,903 at the time of this writing. $85,000,000+ of that total has come from IMAX theaters, making it the biggest grossing IMAX film this year.
F1 will race back into IMAX theaters on Friday, August 8, 2025, followed by a wider release to more IMAX and large-format screens on August 15.
“F1: The Movie” is Brad Pitt’s highest-grossing feature film to date, bumping “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” from Pitt’s top five. Pitt’s top five list now consists of:
- F1 The Movie: $552,512,903
- World War Z: $540,455,876
- Troy: $497,409,852
- Mr and Mrs Smith: $487,287,646
- Ocean’s Eleven: $450,717,150
F1 has achieved the highest gross ticket sales of any of Apple’s theatrical releases, surpassing Apple’s previous cinematic efforts in terms of box office income. Ridley Scott’s epic Napoleon movie generated $221M during its theatrical run, while Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon tallied $158 million during its run.
Apple hasn’t announced the official budget for the film, although several in the industry believe that “F1’s” production budget ranged anywhere from $200 million to $300 million. Apple has to share that with exhibitors, and distribution and marketing costs for the movie are believe to be around $50 million. This all means that “F1” will need to make at least $635 million to show a profit.
Since Apple owns the film, it’s make another good bit of income from the film’s on-demand release, followed by availability on Apple TV+, where it could attract additional subscribers to the streaming service.
The movie’s soundtrack, “F1: The Album,” has also performed well, with several tracks making appearances on Billboard’s Top Movie Songs chart.
