Six years after getting into entertainment, Apple lags behind its peers in streaming subscribers and mainstream appeal, despite lavish spending on A-list stars.

Brad Pitt stars in "F1 @ The Movie" as an aging driver racing to prove himself. Director Joseph Kosinski also helmed "Top Gun: Maverick." It shows.

The similarities between Pitt’s F1 and Tom Cruise’s 1990 summer hit “Days of Thunder” are all over the track. Veteran Hollywood mogul Jerry Bruckheimer is a producer of both, and the movies are loaded with cameos from the prominent personalities of both leagues.