After a few years investing a lot (and a lot, and a lot) On money to enter the movie business in a significant way, Apple can finally have a significant theater hit on the hands. F1, AKA "F1: The Movie", arrived at the theaters at the weekend and easily shot down the graphs, helping to round out something uneven June at the box office.

The production of the original Apple films, which is released by Warner Bros., Starswells Brad Pitt ("Once, in Hollywood") and opened for estimated $ 55.6 million Home. It certainly did not harm the things that competition was easier than expected, like universal "M3GAN 2.0" did not fall on projections before postingopening only $ 10.2 million. This cleared the way for director Josephoseph Kosinski to "Top Gun: Maverick" to win the day.

Internationally, F1 added a very solid $ 88.4 million, giving it a global start of $ 144 million. Production seemed somewhere in the $ 250 million neighborhood after very expensive reshaping that delayed the release, so there is still a long way to make a profit. But reshapes are not always a bad thingAnd based on these early results, it seems worth money for Apple.

So how did Apple finally earn a real blockbuster with the crowd pleasure? What was going properly? We look at the biggest reasons why F1 was a success outside the box office gate. Let's get into that.

When it comes to non -franchise summer blockbusters, getting an audience to talk about how much a movie wants it is of the utmost importance. This is what helps turn a good performance into a great performance, commercially. In this case, F1 delivered the goods; The audience absolutely buys what is selling Kosinski.

The film currently has a very solid rating of 83% critical approval of rotten tomatoes. More importantly, the result of the audience sits on almost a perfect 97%. It can also boast a cinema, which strongly suggests that the word from the mouth will be very good in the coming weeks. Given the huge budget of the film, Apple and Warner Bros. need this thing to have legs, not just fall off the cliff next When "Jura World Birth" arrives during the fourth July weekend. That movie is expected to easily reach the graphs in the coming days.

Fortunately, "F1" benefits to keep the IMAX screens for several weeksSince Universal does not get the opportunity to release the "rebirth" in the very decorated premium format. So, Apple and WB will continue to make them in those more expensive tickets even as they take the dinosaurs. Superman will eat in that mid -July, but for now, things look good.

Brad Pitt has been a big Starwar for three decades. Oscar's Oscar for "Once Once in Hollywood" On his blink-you will miss it-that in "Deadpool 2", It will add a certain amount of automatic attention to any film. But the cast that surrounds F1 is probably as important, from Oscar -winner Javier Bardem ("No Earth for Old People") to Oscar Kerry Condon ("Inizerine Bansin"), and not to mention a burden on significant cloaks from the racing sport in question.

It's all good and good, but Hollywood these days has trouble making new, young stars, which is part of the reason why guys like Pete run big productions in their 60s. However, Kosinski paired Pete with the highest Dumson Idris ("snowfall"), which is now one of the most promising, growing stars in business. That combination of famous, welcome faces with new helped to create that perfect ensemble that often fastens a big hit in the modern era.

It's rarely already one game with Starwelles. Instead, it is a set of Core Cast efforts that can help sell a significant number of tickets. This was a sharp performance of the task of the casting department.

Apple has passed big on films and TV shows in recent years to help boost Apple TV+. The company has a capacity of the market with more trillion dollars, so even a $ 250 million blockbuster is not as consequence as it would be for a more traditional studio like Universal or Sony. However, Apple wants theatrical success, and even if it is not about getting a profit in the box office, the company was happy to spend a lot to happen.

F1 is a pure funny investment, with some reports suggesting that the real budget was closer to $ 300 million, not including marketing. All the same, this is already ready to be the biggest theatrical success of the company by kilometers. Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" made $ 158 million against a $ 200 million budget. Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" made similar numberswithdrawing $ 221 million to a similar budget. These are the "big" so far.

This is not to say anything about completely wrong fires like "Argile". Also worth mentioning that Apple was the first streamer to win the best Oscar with Coda. The brass in Apple is not misleading. They know what is needed for a $ 250 million film to profit. But they don't actually need them to profit - they just have to do it well enough to make the investment look stupid. But those deep pockets have a significant impact this time around, at least in early walking.

This may seem simple, but it's no less true in terms of being an important factor when it comes to film success: Formula One races are radically popular. So much that Nielsen sport Called as the greatest sport globally in the clear size of the audience since 2024, with 750 million fans around the world. It is a large audience on the market, and as we have seen again and time, popular things well adapted to movies tend to make a lot of money. Just look at "Minecraft Film" this yearOr even a book like "it ends with us".

Well, this relies on directors who are right by sports fans, or they risk people turning their nose. Fortunately, Although F1 is not entirely accurate for real lifeKosinski and Apple have completed their homework and have tried to make this authentic experience, and the one who is also welcomed by an ordinary fan who may not be familiar with insusum and sports outbursts. It immediately opened it to a large audience that Apple was effectively able to reach the weekend opening.

Director Josephosef Kosinski cannot be overlooked here. In the blockbuster film, directors can sometimes feel like elements of the plug and game, but Kosinski has proven that he knows how to get into something that resonates with the global audience. Specifically he was the man behind the camera "Top Gun: Maverick", which made only $ 1.5 billion in shy in 2022Becoming literally one of the greatest films of all time.

The trajectory of that film remains one of the most incredible actions of the box office so far, especially since the theater recovery after the consequences of the pandemic was still ongoing at that moment. A "top gun" sequel has never been a guaranteed hit for more than 30 years after the original. Combined with Tom Cruise Starwear, Kosinski gathered something special. All this to say, arresting him to control this EP of Formula One racing, Attempt to do the same for racing that made it for flyingwas absolutely the right call.

One of the things that benefited from Maverick was that he was very demanding to see the big screen, with true film assists making it clear through the word from the mouth. It seems like a buzz for "F1" will give him a similar "you need to see now and don't wait to follow" the approval stamp. Maybe this was not the case with a different director behind the scenes.

"F1" is now in cinemas.