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Fight Club

1999 • R • 2h 19m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • 20th Century Fox

Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.

🍅 81% 96%

67

4.27

8.8

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$11M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$37M

Final

Worldwide Total

$100.8M

$63.8M international

Domestic Legs3.4x

Budget$65M

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Cast & Crew

Full Fincher filmography

David Fincher Director

Edward Norton Starring

Brad Pitt Starring

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter Starring

Jared Leto Starring

ScreenplayJim Uhls Produced byRoss Grayson Bell, Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson, John S. Dorsey CinematographyJeff Cronenweth Music byThe Dust Brothers (John King, Michael Simpson) Studio20th Century Fox

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Oct 15-17 1 $11.0M — 1,963 $5,622 $11.0M

2 Oct 22-24 3 $6.3M −42.6% 1,966 $3,223 $21.9M

3 Oct 29-31 7 $3.3M −48.0% 1,943 $1,696 $27.7M

4 Nov 5-7 10 $2.4M −26.5% 1,603 $1,512 $31.9M

5 Nov 12-14 18 $997.2K −58.8% 741 $1,346 $34.0M

6 Nov 19-21 22 $401.1K −59.8% 363 $1,105 $34.9M

7 Nov 26-28 29 $222.9K −44.4% 235 $948 $35.3M

8 Dec 3-5 22 $233.1K +4.6% 397 $587 $35.6M

9 Dec 10-12 23 $185.6K −20.4% 384 $483 $35.9M

10 Dec 17-19 26 $137.1K −26.2% 282 $486 $36.2M

11 Dec 24-26 44 $51.2K −62.7% 150 $341 $36.4M

12 Dec 31-Jan 2 43 $68.5K +33.8% 140 $489 $36.5M

13 Jan 7-9 47 $94.0K +37.3% 139 $677 $36.7M

14 Jan 14-16 49 $68.6K −27.1% 98 $700 $36.9M

15 Jan 21-23 56 $37.1K −45.9% 81 $458 $36.9M

16 Jan 28-30 71 $19.7K −46.9% 51 $386 $36.9M

17 Feb 4-6 75 $20.9K +6.1% 47 $444 $36.9M

18 Feb 11-13 74 $21.5K +2.9% 37 $580 $37.0M

19 Feb 18-20 78 $17.0K −20.9% 30 $566 $37.0M

20 Feb 25-27 81 $8.1K −52.5% 24 $336 $37.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Oct 15 #1 $3.8M — $3.8M 1,963 $1,928 1

Sat Oct 16 #2 $4.2M +10% $7.9M 1,963 $2,114 2

Sun Oct 17 #1 $3.1M −24% $11.0M 1,963 $1,605 3

Mon Oct 18 #1 $1.1M −64% $12.2M 1,963 $578 4

Tue Oct 19 #1 $1.2M +9% $13.4M 1,963 $628 5

Wed Oct 20 #1 $1.1M −9% $14.5M 1,963 $571 6

Thu Oct 21 #1 $1.0M −8% $15.6M 1,963 $526 7

Fri Oct 22 #3 $2.0M +98% −46% $17.6M 1,966 $1,040 8

Sat Oct 23 #3 $2.5M +20% −41% $20.1M 1,966 $1,246 9

Sun Oct 24 #2 $1.8M −27% −43% $21.9M 1,966 $916 10

Mon Oct 25 #2 $609.8K −66% −46% $22.5M 1,966 $310 11

Tue Oct 26 #1 $719.2K +18% −42% $23.2M 1,966 $366 12

Wed Oct 27 #2 $568.7K −21% −49% $23.8M 1,966 $289 13

Thu Oct 28 #2 $574.3K +1% −44% $24.4M 1,966 $292 14

Fri Oct 29 #5 $1.2M +101% −44% $25.5M 1,946 $594 15

Sat Oct 30 #9 $1.2M +6% −50% $26.7M 1,946 $632 16

Sun Oct 31 #5 $900.0K −27% −50% $27.7M 1,943 $463 17

Mon Nov 1 #3 $419.2K −53% −31% $28.1M 1,943 $216 18

Tue Nov 2 #2 $533.7K +27% −26% $28.6M 1,943 $275 19

Wed Nov 3 #2 $439.2K −18% −23% $29.1M 1,943 $226 20

Thu Nov 4 #2 $434.1K −1% −24% $29.5M 1,943 $223 21

Fri Nov 5 #10 $773.0K +78% −33% $30.3M 1,606 $481 22

Sat Nov 6 #10 $1.0M +31% −17% $31.3M 1,606 $632 23

Sun Nov 7 #10 $629.0K −38% −30% $31.9M 1,943 $324 24

Mon Nov 8 #8 $217.4K −65% −48% $32.1M 1,943 $112 25

Tue Nov 9 #7 $297.1K +37% −44% $32.4M 1,943 $153 26

Wed Nov 10 #12 $267.4K −10% −39% $32.7M 1,603 $167 27

Thu Nov 11 #13 $305.6K +14% −30% $33.0M 1,603 $191 28

Sun Nov 14 #16 $259.0K — −59% $34.0M 741 $350 31

Mon Nov 15 #15 $120.8K −53% −44% $34.1M 741 $163 32

Tue Nov 16 #15 $138.9K +15% −53% $34.3M 741 $187 33

Wed Nov 17 #16 $108.4K −22% −59% $34.4M 741 $146 34

Thu Nov 18 #16 $103.7K −4% −66% $34.5M 741 $140 35

Sun Nov 21 #18 $113.0K — −56% $34.9M 363 $311 38

Mon Nov 22 #18 $47.1K −58% −61% $34.9M 363 $130 39

Tue Nov 23 #18 $74.3K +58% −47% $35.0M 363 $205 40

Mon Nov 29 #20 $22.2K — −53% $35.3M 235 $94 46

Tue Nov 30 #20 $31.4K +42% −58% $35.4M 235 $134 47

Wed Dec 1 #20 $23.1K −26% $35.4M 235 $98 48

Thu Dec 2 #20 $24.4K +5% $35.4M 235 $104 49

Tue Dec 7 #19 $34.4K — +9% $35.7M 397 $87 54

Wed Dec 8 #19 $31.1K −10% +34% $35.7M 397 $78 55

Thu Dec 9 #19 $32.1K +3% +32% $35.8M 397 $81 56

Sun Dec 12 #20 $53.0K — $35.9M 384 $138 59

Mon Dec 13 #18 $24.4K −54% $36.0M 384 $64 60

Tue Dec 14 #16 $29.1K +19% −15% $36.0M 384 $76 61

Wed Dec 15 #18 $26.0K −11% −16% $36.0M 384 $68 62

Mon Dec 20 #20 $31.7K — +30% $36.2M 282 $112 67

Mon Jan 17 #43 $10.8K — $36.9M 98 $111 95

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$36.2M

Oct 15Oct 27Nov 8Nov 23Dec 20

Weekend grossWk 10 · $137.1K

$11.0M

$6.3M

$3.3M

$2.4M

$997.2K

$401.1K

$222.9K

$233.1K

$185.6K

$137.1K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 1,966 → 282 −85.7%

1,963 open282 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −26.2%

−42.6%

W1→2

−48.0%

W2→3

−26.5%

W3→4

−58.8%

W4→5

−59.8%

W5→6

−44.4%

W6→7

+4.6%

W7→8

−20.4%

W8→9

−26.2%

W9→10

Steepest −59.8%Biggest gain +4.6%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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