The Lost Weekend
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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.
- Director
- Billy Wilder
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $11M
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Lost Weekend returned 8.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $11M
- Release date
- Nov 29, 1945
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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