"F1" Becomes Brad Pitt's Highest-Grossing Film of His Career

In the film, the actor portrays former Formula One driver Sonny Hayes, who returns to racing after a lengthy hiatus.

As Deadline reports, the sports drama's global box office has reached $545.6 million against a budget of $200-300 million. Previously, Pitt's biggest box office hit was the thriller "World War Z." The zombie apocalypse film was released in 2013 and earned $540 million worldwide.

Damson Idris and Brad Pitt in the film "F1" — F1 film earns over $545 million at the box office

The zoomboola.com editorial team wants to note that just recently, "F1" became the highest-grossing film on the Apple TV platform. The movie beat out serious competitors like Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" and Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon." As mentioned above, "F1" tells the story of a racer who stepped away from competition in the 1990s after a serious crash, but returns to the sport in modern times and becomes a mentor to racing prodigy Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris. Legendary driver Lewis Hamilton served as one of the film's producers, while Joseph Kosinski took on directing duties.