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Leaving Las VegasFollow

1995 • R • 1h 51m • Drama, Romance • MGM

I love you... The way you are.

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$71K
Limited · 7 theaters
Domestic total
$32.00M
Final
Worldwide total
$49.80M
$17.80M international
Domestic legs9.8x from $3.3M first wide weekend
Budget$4.0M

Cast & crew

Full Figgis filmography
Mike Figgis Mike Figgis Director Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage Starring Elisabeth Shue Elisabeth Shue Starring Julian Sands Julian Sands Starring Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
ScreenplayMike Figgis Produced byLila Cazès, Annie Stewart CinematographyDeclan Quinn Music byMike Figgis StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Oct 27-29 48 $70.9K — 7 $10,123 $70.9K
2 Nov 3-5 43 $92.7K +30.8% 8 $11,589 $212.9K
3 Nov 10-12 32 $169.2K +82.5% 16 $10,573 $429.2K
4 Nov 17-19 31 $127.9K −24.4% 17 $7,522 $632.1K
5 Nov 24-26 22 $264.3K +106.7% 54 $4,894 $991.8K
6 Dec 1-3 23 $213.8K −19.1% 55 $3,888 $1.3M
7 Dec 8-10 20 $181.0K −15.4% 64 $2,828 $1.6M
8 Dec 15-17 22 $156.5K −13.5% 55 $2,846 $1.8M
9 Dec 22-25 Christmas 25 $190.7K +21.8% 36 $5,296 $2.1M
10 Dec 29-Jan 1 New Year's 25 $457.0K +139.7% 47 $9,724 $2.7M
11 Jan 5-7 20 $409.9K −10.3% 48 $8,540 $3.3M
12 Jan 12-15 MLK Day 18 $1.7M +303.0% 167 $9,892 $5.1M
13 Jan 19-21 18 $1.4M −14.8% 206 $6,830 $6.9M
14 Jan 26-28 15 $1.7M +23.7% 314 $5,545 $9.2M
15 Feb 2-4 13 $1.6M −7.3% 340 $4,749 $11.5M
16 Feb 9-11 5 $3.3M +101.5% 1,310 $2,483 $15.4M
17 Feb 16-19 Presidents' Day 8 $3.6M +11.4% 1,310 $2,768 $20.5M
18 Feb 23-25 13 $1.9M −47.6% 1,013 $1,876 $23.2M
19 Mar 1-3 13 $1.3M −30.9% 871 $1,508 $25.2M
20 Mar 8-10 15 $739.1K −43.7% 691 $1,070 $26.4M
21 Mar 15-17 18 $510.9K −30.9% 507 $1,008 $27.2M
22 Mar 22-24 20 $583.5K +14.2% 486 $1,201 $28.1M
23 Mar 29-31 17 $713.5K +22.3% 527 $1,354 $29.1M
24 Apr 5-7 21 $484.8K −32.1% 511 $949 $29.9M
25 Apr 12-14 24 $330.6K −31.8% 377 $877 $30.5M
26 Apr 19-21 27 $225.4K −31.8% 254 $888 $30.8M
27 Apr 26-28 32 $150.2K −33.4% 210 $715 $31.1M
28 May 3-5 30 $190.7K +27.0% 248 $769 $31.4M
29 May 10-12 36 $140.8K −26.2% 245 $575 $31.6M
30 May 17-19 44 $72.6K −48.4% 148 $491 $31.7M
31 May 24-26 48 $86.2K +18.7% 92 $937 $31.9M
32 May 31-Jun 2 50 $36.3K −57.9% 56 $649 $31.9M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $457.0K
$70.9K
$92.7K
$169.2K
$127.9K
$264.3K
$213.8K
$181.0K
$156.5K
$190.7K
$457.0K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · +139.7%
+30.8%
W1→2
+82.5%
W2→3
−24.4%
W3→4
+106.7%
W4→5
−19.1%
W5→6
−15.4%
W6→7
−13.5%
W7→8
+21.8%
W8→9
+139.7%
W9→10
Steepest −24.4%Biggest gain +139.7%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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