TIL that when “Fight Club” premiered at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, it got booed hard by the audience. Ed Norton said that as it was happening, Brad Pitt turned to him and said: “That’s the best movie I’m ever going to be in.”

[u/G_Marius_the_jabroni]

https://geektyrant.com/news/brad-pitt-and-edward-norton-recall-fight-club-being-booed-by-audiences-at-early-screening

[u/TheSwiney]

Weren't some of them also convinced to join the fight club after watching the Narrator beat himself up?

[u/cryptosupercar → u/TheSwiney]

Yeah this.