Topic - Brad Pitt

He said it completed his “trilogy of idiots” that he’d played for the Coens, including “Intolerable Cruelty” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Warner Bros. expected “F1” to perform well overseas, where the sport is more popular than it is in the U.S. Jeffrey Goldstein, distribution chief for Warner Bros., said Pitt was the movie's “secret sauce.” The $144 million global launch is the actor's biggest opening weekend.

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