'F1' opens with $55 million, delivering Apple its biggest big-screen hit

NEW YORK – Apple has its archetypal box-office hit.

“F1 The Movie” debuted with $55.6 cardinal successful North American theaters and $144 cardinal globally implicit the weekend, according to workplace estimates Sunday, handing the tech institution easy its biggest opening yet.

Though Apple Original Films has had immoderate notable successes successful its six years successful Hollywood — including the 2021 Oscar-winner “CODA” — its theatrical results person been decidedly mixed. Misfires similar “Argylle” and “Fly Me to the Moon” and big-budget awards plays similar Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” and Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” person been amended astatine driving viewers to Apple TV+ than movie theaters.

But “F1” was Apple’s archetypal foray into summertime blockbuster territory. It won a bidding warfare for the task from overmuch of the accumulation squad down the 2022 box-office smash “Top Gun: Maverick.” Apple past partnered with Warner Bros. to distributed the movie starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris and Kerry Condon.

With a accumulation fund implicit $200 million, “F1” inactive has respective laps to spell to crook a profit. But for now, “F1” is afloat velocity ahead.

“‘F1 The Movie’ puts the pedal to the metallic successful an awesome overperformance for this archetypal summertime movie that had 1 of the astir broad and breathtaking selling blitzes successful caller representation and it paid disconnected large for the film,” said Paul Dergarabedian, elder media expert for information steadfast Comscore.

Car racing movies person often struggled successful theaters; crash-and-burn cases see Ron Howard’s “Rush” (2013) and Michael Mann’s “Ferrari” (2023). But “F1” built disconnected of the Formula 1 fandom stirred up by the fashionable bid “Formula 1: Drive to Survive.” And it leaned connected “Top Gun: Maverick” manager Joseph Kosinski and shaper Jerry Bruckheimer to present different adult-oriented enactment thrill ride.

Like they did successful “Top Gun: Maverick,” the filmmakers sought an adrenaline unreserved by placing IMAX cameras wrong the cockpit successful “F1.” IMAX and large-format screens accounted for 55% of successful its summons sales. IMAX, whose screens are overmuch sought-after successful the summer, has carved retired a three-week tally for the movie.

Reviews person been precise bully for “F1” and assemblage absorption (an “A” via CinemaScore) was adjacent better. That suggests “F1” could clasp up good successful the coming weeks contempt immoderate formidable coming contention successful Universal Pictures’ “Jurassic World Rebirth.”

Universal’s “M3gan 2.0” had been expected to airs a greater situation to “F1.” Instead, the robot doll sequel didn’t travel adjacent to matching the 2022 original’s box-office launch.

“M3gan 2.0” collected $10.2 cardinal successful 3,112 theaters. Memes and viral videos helped propel the archetypal “M3gan” to a $30.4 cardinal opening and a full haul of $180 million, each connected a $12 cardinal budget.

Still, the Blumhouse Productions fearfulness thriller could upwind up profitable. The film, written and directed by Gerald Johnstone, outgo a humble $25 cardinal to make. A spinoff titled “Soulm8te” is scheduled for merchandise adjacent year.

M3gan 2.0” ended up successful 4th place. The box-office person of the past 2 weekends, “How to Train Your Dragon,” slid to 2nd with $19.4 million. The DreamWorks Animation live-action deed from Universal Pictures has surpassed $200 cardinal domestically successful 3 weeks.

After a debut that marked a caller debased for Pixar, the studio’s “Elio” gathered up $10.7 cardinal successful income successful its 2nd weekend. That gives the Walt Disney Co. merchandise a disappointing two-week commencement of $42.2 million.

Top 10 movies by home container office

With last home figures being released Monday, this database factors successful the estimated summons income for Friday done Sunday astatine U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:

1. “F1 The Movie,” $55 million.

2. “How to Train Your Dragon,” $19.4 million.

3. “Elio,” $10.7 million.

4. “M3gan 2.0,” $10.2 million.

5. “28 Years Later,” $9.7 million.

6. “Lilo & Stitch,” $6.9 million.

7. “Mission: Impossible — Final Reckoning,” $4.2 million.

8. “Materialists,” $3 million.

9. “Ballerina,” $2.1 million.

10. “Karate Kid: Legends,” $1 million.

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