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Fight Club was directed by David Fincher and released in the United States on the 15th of October 1999 by 20th Century Fox. It had its world premiere at the 56th Venice International Film Festival on the 10th of September 1999.
The final production budget for Fight Club was $63-65 million. It earned $11 million in its opening weekend and grossed $37 million in North America, falling well below studio expectations. The worldwide total reached $100.9 million, and the film ultimately generated a $10 million profit for the studio largely due to its highly successful DVD release.
Fight Club is based on the 1996 novel by Chuck Palahniuk. Laura Ziskin of Fox 2000 Pictures purchased the film rights from Palahniuk for $10,000 after a recording of script readings was sent to her.
For Tyler Durden, producer Ross Bell had met with Russell Crowe before Brad Pitt was signed for $17.5 million. For Marla Singer, Fincher's first choice was Janeane Garofalo; Courtney Love, Winona Ryder, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus were all considered before Helena Bonham Carter was cast.
Fight Club was originally scheduled for July 1999 and moved first to the 6th of August 1999, then again to autumn. The studio cited a crowded summer schedule and an incomplete post-production process. Outside observers attributed the delays in part to the Columbine High School massacre earlier in 1999.
The Fight Club DVD, released on the 6th of June 2000, sold more than 6 million copies in its first ten years and generated over $55 million in video and DVD rentals, making it one of the largest-selling home media titles in 20th Century Fox's history. It won the Online Film Critics Society awards for Best DVD, Best DVD Commentary, and Best DVD Special Features in 2000.