The Lost Weekend
“The screen dares to open the strange and savage pages of a shocking bestseller!”
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lost Weekend performed
Budget
$1.3M
Worldwide Gross
$11.0M
Gross Profit
$9.8M
Return
8.8× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
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
Don Birnam
Ray Milland
Don Birnam
Helen St. James
Jane Wyman
Helen St. James
Wick Birnam
Phillip Terry
Wick Birnam
Nat the Bartender
Howard Da Silva
Nat the Bartender
Gloria
Doris Dowling
Gloria
'Bim' Nolan
Frank Faylen
'Bim' Nolan
Mrs. Deveridge
Mary Young
Mrs. Deveridge
Mrs. Foley
Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Foley
Mrs. Charles St. James
Lilian Fontaine
Mrs. Charles St. James
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Frank Orth
Opera Cloak Room Attendant
Charles St. James
Lewis L. Russell
Charles St. James
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Andy Andrews
Alcoholic (uncredited)
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