The Lucky One

2012 | Drama, Mystery, Romance, War

Synopsis

A Marine travels to Louisiana after serving three tours in Iraq and searches for the unknown woman he believes was his good luck charm during the war.

Scores

Overall Score
79.7
Popularity Percentile (Year)
86.4%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
89.4%
Review Aggregate
47.5

Critic Consensus

19.9% Fresh • 146 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely negative, with 20% of 146 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize romantic, thin plot, emotional. Many reviews cite thin plot as the main reasons it falls short.

romanticthin plotemotionalvisually strikinglightheartedcharacter-drivencoming of agestylizeddarkscary

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Zac Efron2012$2,034,000$2,779,000(est)
Taylor Schilling2012$1,252,000$1,711,000(est)
Jay R. Ferguson2012$943,000$1,288,000(est)
Blythe Danner2012$771,000$1,053,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score20.0
RT critic review count146
Rotten Tomatoes audience score67.0
RT audience rating count100,000
IMDb rating6.4
IMDb votes117,062

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2012$60,457,138$82,601,935
International2012$38,900,000$53,148,650
Worldwide2012$99,357,138$135,750,584

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 Revenue2012$45,788,569$62,560,427
Digital Rentals ?2012$4,722,000$6,451,618
Digital Purchases ?2012$2,123,000$2,900,632
Physical Rentals ?2012$7,484,000$10,225,308
Physical Purchases ?2012$18,489,000$25,261,321
TV & Streaming Revenue2012$15,114,284$20,650,484
Total Revenues2012$93,720,854$128,049,790
Expenses
Budget ?2012$25,000,000$34,157,230
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2012$31,250,000 (est)$42,696,537 (est)
Participations2012$7,498,000$10,244,436
Residuals ?2012$2,896,000$3,956,774
Interest & Overhead2012$4,250,000$5,806,729
Total Expenses2012$70,894,000$96,861,706
Movie Net Profit or Loss2012$22,826,854$31,188,083

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