Leaving Las Vegas
“I love you... The way you are.”
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Genres
Drama, Romance
Studio
Initial Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Leaving Las Vegas performed
Budget
$3.6M
Worldwide Gross
$49.8M
Gross Profit
$46.2M
Return
13.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Ben Sanderson
Nicolas Cage
Ben Sanderson
Sera
Elisabeth Shue
Sera
Yuri
Julian Sands
Yuri
Peter
Richard Lewis
Peter
Marc Nussbaum
Steven Weber
Marc Nussbaum
Sheila
Kim Adams
Sheila
Debbie
Emily Procter
Debbie
Man At Bar
Stuart Regen
Man At Bar
Terri
Valeria Golino
Terri
L.A. Bartender
Graham Beckel
L.A. Bartender
Man at Strip Bar
Albert Henderson
Man at Strip Bar
Hispanic Prostitute
Shashi Bhatia
Hispanic Prostitute
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