The Lucky One (film)

The Lucky One
Theatrical release poster
Directed byScott Hicks
Screenplay byWill Fetters
Based onThe Lucky One
by Nicholas Sparks
Produced byDenise Di Novi
Kevin McCormick
StarringZac Efron
Taylor Schilling
Jay R. Ferguson
Blythe Danner
CinematographyAlar Kivilo
Edited byScott Gray
Music byMark Isham
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Roadshow Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)[1]
Release date
  • April 20, 2012 (2012-04-20)
Running time
100 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[3]
Box office$99.4 million[4]

The Lucky One is a 2012 American romantic drama film directed by Scott Hicks and released in April 2012. It is an adaptation of Nicholas Sparks2008 novel of the same name.

The film stars Zac Efron as Logan Thibault, a US Marine who finds a photograph of a young woman while serving in Iraq, carries it around as a good luck charm, and later tracks down the woman, with whom he begins a relationship.

The movie received negative reviews but grossed over $99.4 million.

  1. ^ "Film Distribution – Village Roadshow Limited". Village Roadshow Pictures. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  2. ^ "The Lucky One". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  3. ^ Kaufman, Amy (19 April 2012). "Movie Projector: Zac Efron or Steve Harvey will beat 'The Hunger Games'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  4. ^ "The Lucky One (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 30 July 2012.