How Brad Pitt's F1 Movie Boosted Real-Life F1 Earnings
Directed by Joseph Kasinski, F1 had a budget of $200-$300 million and has blown past it ever since opening weekend in late June, amassing over $550 million globally at the box office. While the movie is a critical success all around by fans and critics, it has another accomplishment to celebrate.
The Formula One Group saw a one-time rise in revenue, with the movie having contributed to the group's 40 percent rise in revenue year-over-year to hit $1 billion.
On a Formula One call on Thursday, President Stefano Domenicali not only praised the increase in revenue but also the cultural impact F1 has made, and the economic impact it has had on the sport.
"I would say the effect of the movie is not only, of course, about the dollars and economical input, but the sport will have an incredible opportunity to grow its awareness and to generate the circular economy around that," said Domenicali.
He adds that the buzz and social media surrounding the movie also pushed the fanbase to show more interest and led to an increase in live viewership by 7% in the U.S. compared to last year.
Domenicali also expects future revenue opportunities as F1 is set to be released on Apple's streaming platform.
F1 follows former Formula 1 driver Sonny Hayes (Pitt), who returns to the sport to mentor a young rising star while racing for a fictional team called APXGP. The movie is filmed during real F1 Grand Prix weekends, blending live race footage with cinematic storytelling. Alongside Pitt, F1 also stars Kerry Condon, Damson Idris, and Javier Bardem.
How Brad Pitt's F1 Movie Boosted Real-Life F1 Earnings first appeared on Men's Journal on Aug 7, 2025
Solve the daily Crossword
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Indianapolis Star
a minute ago
- Indianapolis Star
'My phone number is wide-open': Could Kyle Busch make his Indy 500 debut?
NASCAR veteran Kyle Busch has twice come close to an Indy 500 debut opportunity, and he says he'd still be interested. Busch was close to finalizing a deal with Arrow McLaren in the fall of 2022 for a ride that ultimately went to Kyle Larson. Busch: 'I'm not going to be making calls and pushing for it. If somebody calls me and says that they're ready to go ... we'll go do it.' Twice, Kyle Busch has had a major consumer-facing sponsor lined up to foot the bill for an Indianapolis 500 debut, and twice last-minute semantics have derailed his plans yards from the figurative finish line. Is he willing to pursue what remains his last remaining bucket list-type race before he hands up his helmet for the final time? 'Sure, I would do it. I would give it a go, give it whirl,' the 21-year NASCAR Cup series veteran told IndyStar last month. 'I know Kyle (Larson) ran into some terrible luck with some weather, so Mother Nature wasn't on his side, but maybe they'll be on my side. 'But my phone number is wide-open, so (teams): Call me.' Busch is among the favorites, of fans on social media since IndyStar reported that McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown is targeting a 'mega,' 'unreal' candidate to pilot Arrow McLaren's fourth one-off 500 entry next year – a driver Brown and team principal Tony Kanaan hope to get in a car for a rookie oval test in the coming weeks or months before deciding whether there's a fit for both sides. 'Conversations with that are ongoing, and it would be mega,' Brown told IndyStar in Toronto. 'I think we're going to do a test first, and when we do that test, it's going to be a bit of a giveaway on who it is, because I don't think we'll be able to do a top-secret test.' In order to check the 'mega' and 'unreal' boxes, many minds have immediately gone to ex-Formula 1 aces, though several – Daniel Ricciardo and Jenson Button, both major names of the sport's last couple decades who have McLaren ties – have said publicly they have no desire to make a run at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing. Notably, four-time F1 champ Sebastian Vettel said previously he would entertain the idea of running the 500, and he's just 38 and has said he still would like to race after stepping away from F1 after the 2022 campaign. But beyond trying to get into Brown's head and discern just how 'mega' and 'unreal' he means, there's otherwise no indication the retired German F1 driver would be the selection. Others have called for Xfinity breakout star Connor Zilisch, who seems primed to make a leap to full-season NASCAR Cup series action in 2026, and Zilisch has said the 500 is most certainly on his to-do list, but doing so as a Cup series rookie at 19 years old would seem unwise. And for what it's worth, Brown denied to IndyStar Sunday morning that the six-time Xfinity series race-winner was his target. But Busch? He held talks with the team three years ago, not long after announcing his switch to the Chevrolet-powered Richard Childress Racing Cup team that would clear the pivotal manufacturer and team owner hurdles he'd struggled with in the past. According to Busch, in 2017, he had a deal 'signed, sealed and delivered' funded by his Cup sponsor M&Ms, and his Cup OEM Toyota had okay'd the plan to run for a Chevy-powered IndyCar team during the Month of May. 'But guess who said 'No'?' Busch asked fellow Cup veteran Denny Hamlin on an episode of the latter's 'Actions Detrimental' podcast back in May of this year, to which Hamlin answered the team owner they'd shared for the bulk of their careers: 'Joe Gibbs.' Busch nodded. 'And then I had it signed, sealed and delivered again, and then (Kyle) Larson took it,' Busch replied. As the two-time Brickyard 400 winner tells the story, he had a sponsor – believed to be Menards – that was in talks with Brown in the fall of '22, and most of the details had been settled, until the sides got to who would cover the cost of buying the brand-new car for the effort. 'I don't really think it's worth it': Why Kyle Larson may not do the Indy 500-NASCAR double 'The deal was done, and we were about ready to go to contract, and Zak Brown told the sponsor, 'Hey, I need you to buy the car.' And the sponsor was like, 'Why do I want to buy the car? I don't want to buy the car. I don't need the car. I want to sponsor the car. I'm sponsoring Kyle, and he's going to drive the car, but I don't want to buy the car,'' Busch said of the conversation. 'It wasn't two weeks later that I'm talking to this sponsor guy, and he says, 'Yeah, I guess we're too late anyways, now that the opportunity is closed because Larson got it.' 'And it was then I found out Larson signed a two-year deal, and we were only going to do a one-year deal.' It had been mid-September of that year when Busch announced his shift from JGR to RCR, and by the first week of October, Brown told reporters that someone within Arrow McLaren had been in touch with Busch about the opportunity. Three months later, Arrow McLaren announced that Larson, Hendrick Motorsports and Arrow McLaren had put together an elongated program that would see the 2021 Cup series champ slowly get up to speed over the ensuing 17 months ahead of a May 2024 Indy 500 debut. That extra 2023 Indy 500 seat at Arrow McLaren would ultimately go to Kanaan, who here made his final 500 and IndyCar start before assuming an advisory role that within 18 months would evolve into his present team principal position. In May of 2023, Busch told Fox Sports in the wake of his second Indy 500 opportunity that fell through that he was done proactively trying to make the dream happen – seemingly the same attitude the 40-year-old still holds. 'I'm not going to be making calls and pushing for it,' Busch said just over two years ago. 'If somebody calls me and says that they're ready to go, and it all lines up right, so be it. We'll go do it.'
Yahoo
29 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Twins visit the Yankees to start 3-game series
Minnesota Twins (56-61, fourth in the AL Central) vs. New York Yankees (62-56, third in the AL East) New York; Monday, 7:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Zebby Matthews (3-3, 5.17 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Yankees: Will Warren (6-5, 4.44 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 133 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -177, Twins +148; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees host the Minnesota Twins to open a three-game series. New York is 62-56 overall and 35-24 in home games. The Yankees have a 32-19 record in games when they hit at least two home runs. Minnesota is 56-61 overall and 24-36 in road games. The Twins have a 39-10 record in games when they scored at least five runs. The teams meet Monday for the first time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Cody Bellinger has 20 doubles, five triples, 20 home runs and 66 RBIs while hitting .272 for the Yankees. Trent Grisham is 8 for 34 with four home runs over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Yankees: 3-7, .204 batting average, 5.05 ERA, outscored by 15 runs Twins: 5-5, .240 batting average, 4.59 ERA, outscored by three runs INJURIES: Yankees: Amed Rosario: 10-Day IL (joint), Austin Slater: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Jonathan Loaisiga: 15-Day IL (back), Clarke Schmidt: 60-Day IL (forearm), Fernando Cruz: 15-Day IL (oblique), Ryan Yarbrough: 15-Day IL (oblique), Oswaldo Cabrera: 60-Day IL (ankle), Jake Cousins: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60-Day IL (elbow) Twins: Christian Vazquez: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Simeon Woods Richardson: 15-Day IL (illness), Byron Buxton: 10-Day IL (side soreness), Anthony Misiewicz: 15-Day IL (shoulder), David Festa: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Pablo Lopez: 60-Day IL (shoulder) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
29 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Angels host the Dodgers to start 3-game series
Los Angeles Dodgers (68-50, first in the NL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (56-62, fourth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Monday, 9:38 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-7, 2.36 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 139 strikeouts); Angels: Jose Soriano (7-9, 4.01 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 119 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Dodgers -179, Angels +149; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels start a three-game series at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday. Los Angeles has gone 30-30 in home games and 56-62 overall. The Angels have a 33-12 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. Los Angeles has a 68-50 record overall and a 30-26 record on the road. The Dodgers are first in the NL with 175 total home runs, averaging 1.5 per game. The teams meet Monday for the fourth time this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Taylor Ward leads the Angels with 27 home runs while slugging .485. Luis Rengifo is 13 for 35 with a double, a triple, three home runs and six RBIs over the past 10 games. Freddie Freeman has 29 doubles, a triple, 14 home runs and 66 RBIs for the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani is 16 for 40 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 3-7, .218 batting average, 4.91 ERA, outscored by seven runs Dodgers: 5-5, .258 batting average, 2.45 ERA, outscored opponents by 15 runs INJURIES: Angels: Chris Taylor: 10-Day IL (hand), Jorge Soler: 10-Day IL (back), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (biceps), Hunter Strickland: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ben Joyce: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip) Dodgers: Michael Conforto: day-to-day (knee), Tommy Edman: 10-Day IL (ankle), Kirby Yates: 15-Day IL (back), Hyeseong Kim: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Tanner Scott: 15-Day IL (elbow), Michael Kopech: 60-Day IL (knee), Kike Hernandez: 10-Day IL (elbow), Roki Sasaki: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tony Gonsolin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Evan Phillips: 60-Day IL (forearm), Kyle Hurt: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Grove: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 60-Day IL (shoulder), River Ryan: 60-Day IL (elbow), Gavin Stone: 60-Day IL (shoulder) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
