Brad Pitt’s New Thriller Hits Major Box Office Milestone After Being Removed From 1,200 Theaters

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Published Oct 27, 2026, 8:45 PM EDT

Rohan Naahar is a News Writer for Collider. From Francois Ozon to David Fincher, he'll watch anything once.

He has covered everything from Marvel to the Oscars, and Marvel at the Oscars. He also writes obsessively about the box office, charting the many hits and misses that are released weekly, and how their commercial performance shapes public perception. In his time at Collider, he has also helped drive diversity by writing stories about the multiple Indian film industries, with a goal of introducing audiences to a whole new world of cinema.

With a handful of flashy new titles delivering solid box-office hauls in recent weeks, let's take a moment to highlight the textbook counter-programming that Brad Pitt's new movie has offered. Much like the Prime Video series The Terminal List, which, according to star Chris Pratt, is targeted toward an underserved demographic, Pitt's new movie is also a thriller featuring a military service member. While mainstream audiences have been talking about recent releases such as Verity, Other Mommy, and Primetime, Pitt's film has handily outperformed them all. In fact, it has grossed more than 10 times as much as Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning.

While Sony pulled Sorkin's movie from 2,000 theaters following a disappointing two-week run, Pitt's movie was pulled from only 100-odd locations after two weeks. Having spent over a month in release, its total theater count has fallen from around 3,400 to around 2,200. Its stellar holds can be attributed to a "Verified Hot" 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, making it director David Ayer's third movie in a row to be embraced by audiences this wholeheartedly, after The Beekeeper and A Working Man. Pitt is also coming off a crowd-pleaser for the ages, the sports drama F1, which emerged as his highest-grossing hit with a $630 million global haul on the back of a near-perfect 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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We're talking, of course, about Heart of the Beast, which has so far grossed more than $170 million globally against a reported budget of around $80 million. Ayer and Pitt's previous movie together, the fan-favorite WWII drama Fury, grossed more than $210 million worldwide against a similar budget. Heart of the Beast is co-produced by the Oscar-winning Damien Chazelle, and it reportedly underwent a tense post-production with Pitt and Ayer not seeing eye to eye over the final cut. Ayer famously had a similarly intense experience on Suicide Squad. However, Heart of the Beast has emerged as a universally loved hit, and is all set to amass an even larger audience when it debuts on the PVOD market. Pitt will soon be seen in The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, which is set for an IMAX run before its Netflix debut this December. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.