F1 The Moviehas sped past a major box office milestone. The project, which stars Brad Pitt as Formula One driver Sonny Hayes, is the latest directorial feature from filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, who previously helmed the 2022 smash hit legacy sequelTop Gun: Maverick.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,F1 The Movieis projected to end its fourth weekend in theaters by hitting a worldwide box office total of $400 million. This will make it onlythe ninth movie of 2025 to pass the $400 million global milestone.
Additionally,it has surged past the $399.8 million gross of 2010’sTron: Legacyto make it the second highest-grossing movie directed by Joseph Kosinski.Tron: Legacy, which is the only other Kosinski-directed sequel outside ofTop Gun: Maverick, earned a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score of 51% but eventually garnered a cult following and spawned the upcoming sequelTron: Ares.
What This Means For F1 The Movie
It Still Won’t Beat Top Gun: Maverick
Although2025’sF1 The Moviehas become one of the biggest blockbusters in Kosinski’s career, it is more or less impossible for it to climb any higher.The director’s No. 1 movie isTop Gun: Maverick, which grossed $1.454 billion and is currently the 14th highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide.
Considering the fact that the billion-dollar movie’s gross ismore than three and a half times the worldwide total ofF1, its record seems very secure. Below, see howF1 The Moviecompares to Joseph Kosinski’s entire directorial output:
#1
$1.454 billion
#2
$400 million
#3
$399.8 million
#4
$287.9 million
#5
$24.5 million
#6
Spiderhead(2022)
N/A (Netflix exclusive)
One other unfortunate hurdle is that the reportedbudget ofF1 The Movieis $250 million, whichcould place its estimated theatrical break-even point as high as $625 million.
That isa milestone that it does not seem likely to reach. However, as an Apple Studios production, the movie does not need to turn a profit in theaters to be a success.
The theatrical grosses of the company’s output are just the cherry on top of the movies' eventual streaming performance on Apple TV+, in addition to building strong branding for Apple Studios as well as Apple in general. Therefore,F1becoming their first movie to ever hit this milestone is still a win.
Our Take On F1 The Movie’s Box Office Milestone
It’s A Huge Success For An Original Movie
In spite of remaining second-best to a record-breaking hit likeTop Gun: Maverick, another remarkable thing aboutF1 The Movieis the fact thatthe blockbuster has an original screenplay.
F1 The Movieis the highest-grossing original movie of the year, having surpassed Ryan Coogler’sSinners($365.9 million), which in turn earned substantially more than the next highest-grossing original 2025 movie, which is Pixar’sElio($121.3 million).
