What Happens in Vegas...

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What Happens in Vegas...
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Directed by	Tom Vaughan
Produced by	Michael Aguilar Dean Georgaris
Written by	Dana Fox
Starring	Cameron Diaz Ashton Kutcher
Music by	Christophe Beck
Editing by	Matt Friedman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Regency Enterprises
Release date(s)	May 9, 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million
Gross revenue	$166 million
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What Happens in Vegas... is a 2008 romantic comedy film from 20th Century Fox starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Release
4 Critical reception
5 Box office performance
6 Leaked outtake
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Plot

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In New York, high-strung stockbroker Joy is dumped by her fiance, while laid-back carpenter Jack is fired from his job. Emotionally distraught, both travel to Las Vegas where they meet in a hotel room that's been double booked. After clearing up the mess, they proceed to engage in a night of partying and never ending fun, resulting in the two getting married in an inebriated ceremony. Soon after the fog lifts, they decide to divorce, at which time Jack takes a quarter from Joy and drops it into a slot machine as she walks away. As he is leaving with the slot machine still rolling, he hits a $3,000,000 triple-jackpot. They were supposed to go on their own way but due to the $3,000,000 won by Jack with the quarter of Joy, the two must figure out a way to share it since they are still legally married. Once back in New York, a judge declares that the couple cannot divorce until they attempt to co-exist for six months, while being monitored by a marriage counselor weekly. They will be permitted to keep half the winnings from Las Vegas if they cooperate. If either party does not, they won't see a dime of their fortune. As the newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine one another and keep the other's share, Jack and Joy ironically find themselves falling in love. ^[1].

[edit] Cast

Cameron Diaz as Joy McNally
Ashton Kutcher as Jack Fuller
Queen Latifah as Dr. Twitchell
Rob Corddry as Jeffrey "Hater" Lewis
Lake Bell as Toni "Tipper" Saxson
Treat Williams as Jack Fuller Sr.
Michelle Krusiec as Chong
Dennis Miller as Judge Whopper
Dennis Farina as Richard Banger
Jason Sudeikis as Mason
Zach Galifianakis as Dave the Bear

[edit] Release

The film had its world premiere at the Odeon in Leicester Square, London.^[2] It opened in wide release in the United States on May 9, 2008.

Big Brother 9 housemates Ryan and Sharon won a special screening of the film after winning a "luxury competition" in April. They were also awarded tickets to the May 1 Hollywood premiere.^[3]

[edit] Critical reception

The film received generally negative reviews from critics. As of May 11, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 27% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 95 reviews — with the consensus that the film "mostly settles for derivative romantic comedy conventions."^[4] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 36 out of 100, based on 31 reviews.^[5] The movie received an average score of 46.5% from 59 film critics according to Movie Tab.^[6]

[edit] Box office performance

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $20.1 million in 3,215 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #2 at the box office^[7], behind Iron Man, but ahead of the highly-anticipated Speed Racer.^[8] As of June 5, 2008, it has grossed a total of $165,889,072 worldwide — $68,830,093 in the United States and Canada and $97,058,979 in other territories.^[9]

[edit] Leaked outtake

An outtake was leaked on YouTube^[10] and shows a scene where the characters portrayed by Diaz and Kutcher are getting married while intoxicated. The two were actually intoxicated in order to make the scene look realistic, but their erratic behavior caused the scene to be filmed multiple times.