Leaving Las Vegas

Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Grosses

Domestic (100%)
$32,029,928
Summary Details
DistributorMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Opening$70,864
7 theaters
Release Date (Wide)Oct 27, 1995 (Feb 9, 1996)
MPAAR
Running Time1 hr 51 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release432 days/61 weeks
Widest Release1,310 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Oct 27-2920$70,864-7-$10,123$70,8641
Nov 3-519$92,715+30.8%8+1$11,589$212,8872
Nov 10-1215$169,174+82.5%16+8$10,573$429,1663
Jan 12-1418$1,385,962-167-$8,299$4,843,27212
Jan 12-15
MLK wknd
18$1,652,002-167-$9,892$5,109,312-
Jan 19-2118$1,406,996+1.5%206+39$6,830$6,905,46013
Jan 26-2815$1,741,124+23.7%314+108$5,544$9,202,55814
Feb 2-413$1,614,681-7.3%340+26$4,749$11,524,11415
Feb 9-115$3,253,158+101.5%1,310+970$2,483$15,375,88616
Feb 16-188$3,111,682-4.3%1,310-$2,375$19,948,67117
Feb 16-19
Presidents' Day wknd
8$3,625,471-1,310-$2,767$20,462,460-
Feb 23-2513$1,900,024-38.9%1,013-297$1,875$23,176,76218
Mar 1-313$1,313,740-30.9%871-142$1,508$25,151,74819