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 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.