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The Lucky OneFollow

2012 • PG-13 • 1h 21m • Drama, Mystery, Romance • Warner Bros.

🍅 20% 67%

39

2.7

6.4

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$22.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$60.50M

Final

Worldwide total

$96.60M

$36.20M international

Domestic legs2.7x

Budget$25M

2012 rank#53

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Cast & crew

Directed byScott Hicks ScreenplayWill Fetters Produced byDenise Di Novi, Kevin McCormick CinematographyAlar Kivilo MusicMark Isham Prod. DesignBarbara Ling StarringZac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Jay R. Ferguson, Riley Thomas Stewart, Joe Chrest StudioWarner Bros.

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Apr 20-22 2 $22.5M — 3,155 $7,137 $22.5M

2 Apr 27-29 4 $10.8M −52.0% 3,175 $3,404 $39.4M

3 May 4-6 5 $5.4M −50.3% 3,005 $1,786 $47.8M

4 May 11-13 5 $4.1M −23.5% 2,839 $1,447 $53.8M

5 May 18-20 9 $1.8M −56.7% 2,005 $887 $56.9M

6 May 25-27 14 $566.8K −68.1% 615 $922 $58.3M

7 Jun 1-3 20 $323.2K −43.0% 404 $800 $59.0M

8 Jun 8-10 17 $355.9K +10.1% 402 $885 $59.5M

9 Jun 15-17 22 $213.3K −40.1% 350 $610 $59.9M

10 Jun 22-24 33 $121.5K −43.0% 202 $602 $60.2M

11 Jun 29-Jul 1 40 $65.4K −46.2% 115 $569 $60.3M

12 Jul 6-8 41 $44.7K −31.6% 72 $621 $60.4M

13 Jul 13-15 49 $20.9K −53.4% 41 $509 $60.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Apr 20 #2 $9.1M — $9.1M 3,155 $2,886 1

Sat Apr 21 #2 $8.6M −6.0% $17.7M 3,155 $2,714 2

Sun Apr 22 #2 $4.9M −43.3% $22.5M 3,155 $1,538 3

Mon Apr 23 #2 $1.4M −70.1% $24.0M 3,155 $459 4

Tue Apr 24 #2 $1.9M +29.0% $25.8M 3,155 $592 5

Wed Apr 25 #2 $1.4M −27.0% $27.2M 3,155 $432 6

Thu Apr 26 #2 $1.4M +3.0% $28.6M 3,155 $445 7

Fri Apr 27 #2 $3.9M +178.0% −57.2% $32.5M 3,175 $1,229 8

Sat Apr 28 #4 $4.6M +18.5% −46.0% $37.1M 3,175 $1,456 9

Sun Apr 29 #5 $2.3M −50.6% −52.9% $39.4M 3,175 $719 10

Mon Apr 30 #4 $683.3K −70.1% −52.8% $40.1M 3,175 $215 11

Tue May 1 #3 $958.2K +40.2% −48.7% $41.1M 3,175 $302 12

Wed May 2 #4 $684.5K −28.6% −49.8% $41.7M 3,175 $216 13

Thu May 3 #4 $671.2K −1.9% −52.2% $42.4M 3,175 $211 14

Fri May 4 #3 $1.9M +189.9% −50.1% $44.4M 3,005 $648 15

Sat May 5 #5 $2.2M +13.6% −52.2% $46.6M 3,005 $736 16

Sun May 6 #6 $1.2M −45.2% −47.0% $47.8M 3,005 $403 17

Mon May 7 #5 $419.0K −65.4% −38.7% $48.2M 3,005 $139 18

Tue May 8 #4 $588.4K +40.4% −38.6% $48.8M 3,005 $196 19

Wed May 9 #5 $457.2K −22.3% −33.2% $49.2M 3,005 $152 20

Thu May 10 #5 $441.1K −3.5% −34.3% $49.7M 3,005 $147 21

Fri May 11 #4 $1.3M +194.8% −33.2% $51.0M 2,839 $458 22

Sat May 12 #5 $1.6M +25.0% −26.5% $52.6M 2,839 $573 23

Sun May 13 #5 $1.2M −27.3% −2.4% $53.8M 2,839 $416 24

Mon May 14 #6 $316.1K −73.2% −24.6% $54.1M 2,839 $111 25

Tue May 15 #6 $431.2K +36.4% −26.7% $54.5M 2,839 $152 26

Wed May 16 #7 $311.5K −27.8% −31.9% $54.8M 2,839 $110 27

Thu May 17 #6 $309.2K −0.7% −29.9% $55.2M 2,839 $109 28

Fri May 18 #9 $598.0K +93.4% −54.0% $55.8M 2,005 $298 29

Sat May 19 #9 $733.0K +22.6% −54.9% $56.5M 2,005 $366 30

Sun May 20 #10 $447.5K −39.0% −62.1% $56.9M 2,005 $223 31

Mon May 21 #10 $188.3K −57.9% −40.4% $57.1M 2,005 $94 32

Tue May 22 #9 $210.4K +11.7% −51.2% $57.3M 2,005 $105 33

Wed May 23 #9 $173.5K −17.5% −44.3% $57.5M 2,005 $87 34

Thu May 24 #9 $206.1K +18.8% −33.3% $57.7M 2,005 $103 35

Fri May 25 — $171.7K −16.7% −71.3% $57.9M 615 $279 36

Sat May 26 — $213.0K +24.0% −70.9% $58.1M 615 $346 37

Sun May 27 — $182.2K −14.5% −59.3% $58.3M 615 $296 38

Mon May 28 — $137.4K −24.5% −27.0% $58.4M 615 $223 39

Tue May 29 — $78.4K −42.9% −62.7% $58.5M 615 $128 40

Wed May 30 — $68.2K −13.0% −60.7% $58.6M 615 $111 41

Thu May 31 — $82.1K +20.3% −60.2% $58.6M 615 $134 42

Fri Jun 1 — $100.3K +22.1% −41.6% $58.7M 404 $248 43

Sat Jun 2 — $145.4K +45.0% −31.7% $58.9M 404 $360 44

Sun Jun 3 — $77.5K −46.7% −57.4% $59.0M 404 $192 45

Mon Jun 4 — $36.4K −53.1% −73.5% $59.0M 404 $90 46

Tue Jun 5 — $40.5K +11.3% −48.4% $59.0M 404 $100 47

Wed Jun 6 — $36.8K −9.0% −46.0% $59.1M 404 $91 48

Thu Jun 7 — $39.1K +6.0% −52.4% $59.1M 404 $97 49

Fri Jun 8 — $108.2K +176.9% +7.9% $59.2M 402 $269 50

Sat Jun 9 — $148.3K +37.1% +2.0% $59.4M 402 $369 51

Sun Jun 10 — $99.5K −32.9% +28.3% $59.5M 402 $248 52

Mon Jun 11 — $48.7K −51.1% +33.8% $59.5M 402 $121 53

Tue Jun 12 — $53.0K +8.9% +31.0% $59.6M 402 $132 54

Wed Jun 13 — $49.8K −6.0% +35.3% $59.6M 402 $124 55

Thu Jun 14 — $47.8K −4.0% +22.5% $59.7M 402 $119 56

Fri Jun 15 — $78.4K +63.8% −27.5% $59.8M 350 $224 57

Sat Jun 16 — $82.4K +5.1% −44.4% $59.8M 350 $235 58

Sun Jun 17 — $52.6K −36.2% −47.2% $59.9M 350 $150 59

Mon Jun 18 — $35.1K −33.3% −28.0% $59.9M 350 $100 60

Tue Jun 19 — $37.4K +6.6% −29.5% $60.0M 350 $107 61

Wed Jun 20 — $34.2K −8.4% −31.3% $60.0M 350 $98 62

Thu Jun 21 — $35.5K +3.6% −25.9% $60.0M 350 $101 63

Fri Jun 22 — $41.2K +16.1% −47.5% $60.1M 202 $204 64

Sat Jun 23 — $47.6K +15.7% −42.2% $60.1M 202 $236 65

Sun Jun 24 — $32.8K −31.2% −37.7% $60.2M 202 $162 66

Mon Jun 25 — $19.3K −40.9% −44.8% $60.2M 202 $96 67

Tue Jun 26 — $23.9K +23.3% −36.2% $60.2M 202 $118 68

Wed Jun 27 — $20.8K −12.9% −39.3% $60.2M 202 $103 69

Thu Jun 28 — $20.4K −2.0% −42.6% $60.2M 202 $101 70

Fri Jun 29 — $22.5K +10.3% −45.4% $60.3M 115 $195 71

Sat Jun 30 — $25.2K +12.2% −47.1% $60.3M 115 $219 72

Sun Jul 1 — $17.7K −29.6% −45.8% $60.3M 115 $154 73

Mon Jul 2 — $10.4K −41.6% −46.5% $60.3M 115 $90 74

Tue Jul 3 — $11.8K +13.8% −50.6% $60.3M 115 $103 75

Wed Jul 4 — $12.2K +3.3% −41.4% $60.3M 115 $106 76

Thu Jul 5 — $12.5K +2.6% −38.6% $60.4M 115 $109 77

Fri Jul 6 — $16.4K +31.3% −27.0% $60.4M 72 $228 78

Sat Jul 7 — $18.2K +10.8% −27.9% $60.4M 72 $253 79

Sun Jul 8 — $10.1K −44.3% −42.9% $60.4M 72 $141 80

Mon Jul 9 — $5.8K −42.5% −43.8% $60.4M 72 $81 81

Tue Jul 10 — $6.3K +8.1% −46.7% $60.4M 72 $87 82

Wed Jul 11 — $6.7K +7.1% −44.7% $60.4M 72 $94 83

Thu Jul 12 — $8.0K +19.0% −35.8% $60.4M 72 $111 84

Fri Jul 13 — $7.0K −12.7% −57.3% $60.4M 41 $171 85

Sat Jul 14 — $8.7K +24.8% −52.0% $60.4M 41 $213 86

Sun Jul 15 — $5.1K −41.4% −49.5% $60.4M 41 $125 87

Mon Jul 16 — $2.9K −43.9% −50.6% $60.4M 41 $70 88

Tue Jul 17 — $3.7K +30.0% −40.7% $60.4M 41 $91 89

Wed Jul 18 — $3.5K −6.0% −47.9% $60.5M 41 $86 90

Thu Jul 19 — $3.8K +8.0% −52.7% $60.5M 41 $92 91

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$60.2M

Apr 20May 7May 25Jun 11Jun 28

Weekend grossWk 10 · $121.5K

$22.5M

$10.8M

$5.4M

$4.1M

$1.8M

$566.8K

$323.2K

$355.9K

$213.3K

$121.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,175 → 202 −93.6%

3,155 open202 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −43.0%

−52.0%

W1→2

−50.3%

W2→3

−23.5%

W3→4

−56.7%

W4→5

−68.1%

W5→6

−43.0%

W6→7

+10.1%

W7→8

−40.1%

W8→9

−43.0%

W9→10

Steepest −68.1%Biggest gain +10.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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