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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
ScreenplayMike Figgis Produced byLila Cazès, Annie Stewart CinematographyDeclan Quinn Music byMike Figgis StudioMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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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