What Happens in Vegas

2008 | Comedy, Romance, Las Vegas, Nevada, North America, Romantic Comedy, USA

Synopsis

A man and a woman are compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

Scores

Overall Score
83.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
93.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
95.3%
Review Aggregate
40.6

Critic Consensus

25.6% Fresh • 129 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 26% of 129 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, funny. Many reviews cite pacing issues, thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotfunnycharacter-drivenpacing issuesfamily-friendlysuspensefullighthearted

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Cameron Diaz2008$2,516,000$3,666,000(est)
Ashton Kutcher2008$1,549,000$2,257,000(est)
Rob Corddry2008$1,166,000$1,699,000(est)
Treat Williams2008$953,000$1,389,000(est)
Dennis Miller2008$816,000$1,188,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score25.0
RT critic review count131
Rotten Tomatoes audience score44.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.1
IMDb votes193,139

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2008$80,277,646$116,967,476
International2008$139,097,916$202,670,768
Worldwide2008$219,375,562$319,638,243

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2008$95,777,989$139,552,045
Digital Rentals ?2008$1,855,000$2,702,803
Digital Purchases ?2008$661,000$963,101
Physical Rentals ?2008$15,374,000$22,400,482
Physical Purchases ?2008$31,854,000$46,412,447
TV & Streaming Revenue2008$20,069,412$29,241,869
Total Revenues2008$165,591,401$241,272,747
Expenses
Budget ?2008$35,000,000$50,996,284
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2008$33,956,000 (est)$49,475,138 (est)
Participations2008$13,247,000$19,301,365
Residuals ?2008$4,548,000$6,626,603
Interest & Overhead2008$5,950,000$8,669,368
Total Expenses2008$92,701,000$135,068,758
Movie Net Profit or Loss2008$72,890,401$106,203,989

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