Heading into summer 2025, no one could have ever imagined that F1: The Movie would drive some of Hollywood’s biggest tentpoles off the road, breaking the Formula One movie curse and delivering high-octane milestones for all involved.

Over the Aug. 1-3 weekend — its sixth weekend in release — the movie surpassed the $540.4 million earned by World War Z to become the top-grossing film of Brad Pitt’s career in a leading role with more than $546 million in worldwide ticket sales through that Sunday.

That number sped to $557.8 million through Thursday, Aug. 8, including a domestic tally of $175.7 million and $382.2 million overseas (it will cross the $560 million mark sometime on Friday). Put another way, F1 has earned almost as much as DC Studios’ summer tentpole Superman , which has

See Full Page