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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998 • R • 1h 59m • Adventure, Comedy, Drama • Universal Pictures

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🍅 50% 89% MC 41 LB 3.76 IMDb 7.4

Box office summary

Opening Weekend
$3.3M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$10.7M
Final
Worldwide Total
$13.7M
$3M international
Domestic Legs3.2x
Budget$18.5M
1998 Rank#126
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Cast & Crew

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ScreenplayTerry Gilliam, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies, Alex Cox Produced byLaila Nabulsi, Patrick Cassavetti, Stephen Nemeth CinematographyNicola Pecorini Music byRay Cooper StudioUniversal Pictures
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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 May 22-25 6 $4.3M — 1,126 $3,850 $4.3M
2 May 29-31 10 $1.8M −59.3% 1,130 $1,560 $7.3M
3 Jun 5-7 14 $738.0K −58.1% 1,118 $660 $9.0M
4 Jun 12-14 18 $294.7K −60.1% 425 $693 $9.8M
5 Jun 19-21 29 $118.3K −59.9% 217 $545 $10.2M
6 Jun 26-28 37 $71.3K −39.7% 116 $615 $10.4M
7 Jul 3-5 44 $48.5K −32.0% 77 $630 $10.5M
8 Jul 10-12 53 $28.6K −41.0% 43 $666 $10.5M
9 Jul 17-19 58 $17.7K −38.2% 31 $571 $10.6M
Cumulative total$8.3M
May 22May 25May 28Jun 1Jun 4
Weekend grossWk 9 · $17.7K
$4.3M
$1.8M
$738.0K
$294.7K
$118.3K
$71.3K
$48.5K
$28.6K
$17.7K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9
Theater countPeak 3,107 → 1,130 −63.6%
3,107 open1,130 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −38.2%
−59.3%
W1→2
−58.1%
W2→3
−60.1%
W3→4
−59.9%
W4→5
−39.7%
W5→6
−32.0%
W6→7
−41.0%
W7→8
−38.2%
W8→9
Steepest −60.1%Best hold −32.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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