Imax Corporation Announces Outized Opening Weekend for Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Pictures' F1: the Movie

Published: 2025-06-30 14:36:33 ET IMAX

Published on 06/30/2025 at 14:36

IMAX Corporation announced an outsized opening weekend for Apple Original Films and Warner Bros. Films' "F1®?: The Movie" -- delivering a $28 million global debut. Filmed for IMAX and presented entirely in IMAX-exclusive expanded aspect ratio, "F1®?: the Movie" vastly outperformed in IMAX, with the IMAX network accounting for 23% of the film's North American bow and over 19% of its global debut, the fourth-best global result ever.

In North America, IMAX delivered a $13 million opening weekend, good for 23% of overall Domestic debut for "F1®?:The Movie." Internationally, the IMAX network generated over $11 million in box office for "F1®?): The Movie," delivering more than 12% of the weekend total in a diverse collection of markets including the UK, Japan, and South Korea. "F1®?:the Movie" also delivered nearly $4 million across IMAX screens in China -- a whopping 43% of the overall nationwide debut -- where IMAX presented an exclusive live broadcast of the F1®? Spanish Grand Prix across select locations last month.

The 2025 summer blockbuster season is highlighted by an unprecedented run of eight consecutive Filmed for IMAX Hollywood releases, which have yielded strong results to date: Through the debut of "F1®?: THE Movie," IMAX has delivered 10% or better of the North American opening weekend box office on the first six of those releases. IMAX has delivered 20% or better of the domestic debut on eight films in history, with three having come in recent months - "Sinners," "Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning," and now "F1®?.