Fox Movie Boss Says Execs Thought ‘X-Men’ Was a ‘Disaster’ and Rupert Murdoch Flipped Out Over ‘Fight Club’: ‘What Kind of Sick F—ing Human Would Make This?’

Bill Mechanic, the former CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, recently spoke to Business Insider to mark the upcoming 4K re-release of David Fincher’s “Fight Club,” the dismal box office for which in fall 1999 set the stage for Mechanic’s exit. He served as Fox’s studio boss from 1994-2000 and oversaw box office hits such as […]

By Zack Sharf