F1: The Movie’s box office is continuing on strong, and it is now close to a key Brad Pitt milestone.F1is director Joseph Kosinski’s first theatrical movie post-Top Gun: Maverick. This time, he subs out Tom Cruisewith Brad Pittand planes with race cars to focus on Formula One racing.
F1: The Moviehad a notably high reported budget. Early estimates said that the film cost around $300 million to make, thoughlater reports claimed that this guess was a bit of an overstatement. Even with a budget closer to $200 million,F1: The Moviewas clearly a costly filmthat hoped to make it big at the box office.
As perThe Numbers, a new box office update shows just how farF1: The Moviehas come. At the time of writing,it has hit $395 million worldwide.This puts the movie just $55 million away from becoming Pitt’s fifth-highest-grossing movie, as it would need to passOcean’s Eleven.
What This Means For F1: The Movie
It Is Coming Closer To The Break-Even Point
F1: The Movie’s near $400 million gross means that the film is also one step closer to making back its money.Hollywood movies typically need around 2.5x their budgetin order to break even. IfF1: The Moviecosts closer to $200 million, this gives it just about $100 million left to clear.
If it successfully passesOcean’s Eleven,this will be a significant moment in Pitt’s career.Not only would that mean thatF1has gotten into the A-list actor’s top 5 highest-grossing movies list, but it would do so by blowing past one of his extremely iconic works.
Next to beat afterOcean’s Elevenwould beTroy. That movie made $483.1 million worldwide. This bar would be harder to clear, especially asF1: The Movienow has to compete with newer releasessuch asSupermanand the upcomingThe Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Our Take On The F1: The Movie Milestone
The Film Can Continue To Grow On Streaming
F1: The Movieis not the $1 billion movie that it could have been, butits story will not end when it leaves theaters. The film was produced in part by Apple. This indicates that the team behind the film hope to give it a life beyond the big screen, pulling in more profit from streaming and VOD sales.
ThoughF1: The Moviemay fall short of any highest-grossing movie of the year title,it is still a notable work in Pitt’s career. He has not had a movie make over $300 million sinceOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywoodin 2019. As such, this movie helps re-establish Pitt’s box office potential, and marks an important career moment.
