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Fight Club(1999)
Released
1999 · FILM

Fight Club

A disillusioned office worker, haunted by sleep disorders and a hollow existence, finds unexpected freedom—and dangerous chaos—when he meets Tyler Durden, a charismatic soap salesman who challenges everything he believes about life, identity, and control.

“Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.”

Directed by
David Fincher
Written by
Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
139 min
CrimeDramaThriller
Streaming on
  • Fubo

Synopsis

A sleepless insomniac and a charismatic soap salesman explore raw male aggression through an unconventional form of therapy, leading to the rise of underground "fight clubs" across the country. Their movement gains momentum until an unpredictable individual disrupts their dynamic, triggering a chain reaction that spirals beyond their control.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 89+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by James HaygoodShot by Jeff CronenwethScored by Dust BrothersDesigned by Alex Mcdowell

Box Office

1999 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$100.9M

Budget$63.0M
Worldwide gross$100.9M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $37.0M — 37% of worldwide · International: $63.8M (63%)

Opening weekend: $11.0M — 30% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $15.6M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,963 theaters

Re-release box office

20261,625 theaters
$1.2M($1.2M today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • workprint· 151 min

Also known as

  • (Bosnian)Borilački klub
  • El club de la luchaes
  • El club de la peleaes
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • ItalySep 10, 1999
  • United StatesSep 21, 1999
  • CanadaOct 15, 1999
  • IndiaOct 15, 1999

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