Lucky Numbers (2000): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Lucky Numbers is a 2000 crime comedy directed by Nora Ephron, starring John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow. It runs 1 hour 45 minutes and earned $10.9 million worldwide on a $63 million budget. Critics gave it 23% on Rotten Tomatoes and 31 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.1/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 45m (105 min)
- Director
- Nora Ephron
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $63M
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Lucky Numbers About?
The premise of Lucky Numbers without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
Facing financial ruin, TV weatherman Russ Richards teams up with Crystal, a lottery ball girl at the station, to rig the state lottery. Their scheme initially succeeds, but their newfound wealth brings unexpected and increasingly dangerous consequences as their plan unravels and the risks escalate beyond their control.
Lucky Numbers Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- lottery
- dark comedy
- crime gone awry
- financial crisis
- femme fatale
- title directed by woman
- murder investigation
- ineptitude
- scam
- 1980s
- murder
- voice over narration
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- blackmail
- snow
- harrisburg pennsylvania
- based on true story
- true crime
- local celebrity
- tv news
- strip club owner
- what happened to epilogue
- police officer
- englishman in united states of america
- motel
- snowmobile accident
- employer employee relationship
- extramarital affair
- blow up doll
- robbery
- corpse thrown into a river
- hit with a baseball bat
- death of cousin
- hospital room
- sports car
- breaking and entering
- profanity
- truck accident
- weatherman
- snowmobile
- waitress
- truck
- security guard
- press conference
- lottery ticket
- hospital
- cousin cousin relationship
- asthma spray
- strip club
- baseball bat
- asthma
Lucky Numbers Cast
John Travolta leads the cast, with Lisa Kudrow. Directed by Nora Ephron.
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Director Nora Ephron
More from Nora Ephron
More films directed by Nora Ephron, best-rated first: Sleepless in Seattle, Julie & Julia, You've Got Mail and Michael.
Lucky Numbers Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Lucky Numbers 23% on Rotten Tomatoes and 31 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.1/10.
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IMDb 5.1 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 23% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 19%
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Metacritic 31 Metascore
User score 8.5
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TMDB 51% User score
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Lucky Numbers Plot Summary
What happens in Lucky Numbers from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Russ Richards, a charming weatherman, enjoys the perks of local fame in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he relishes his reserved parking spot and a personalized omelet at Denny’s. However, beneath his cheerful demeanor, he faces a looming financial crisis: his snowmobile dealership teeters on the edge of failure due to an unusually warm winter. In a desperate bid to get rich quickly, his dubious friend Gig, a strip club owner, proposes an insurance scam that predictably spirals out of control, plunging Russ further into debt while attracting the ire of a relentless hitman, Dale.
Full summary
The whole story of Lucky Numbers, scene by scene
Lucky Numbers Box Office & Budget
Lucky Numbers grossed $10.9 million worldwide on a $63 million budget, 17% of what it cost. $10 million came from the US and Canada and $847,706 (8%) from the rest of the world.
Worldwide gross
$10.9M
17% of its budget back
- US & Canada
- $10M
- International
- $847.7K
- Budget
- $63M
Lucky Numbers Trailers & Videos
The trailer of Lucky Numbers.
How Well Do You Know Lucky Numbers?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
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- Question 10: not answered
What is Russ Richards' profession?
Cars in Lucky Numbers
37 cars on screen, including the 1973 Buick Riviera and the 1987 Chevrolet Caprice.
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International 8200 Important role
Lucky Numbers Also Known As
22 alternative titles, including “Lucky Numbers - Ein Wetterfrosch auf Abwegen” and “Magic Numbers”.
- Also known as
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- Lucky Numbers - Ein Wetterfrosch auf Abwegen
- Magic Numbers
- 头奖拍住抢
- 幸运数字
- Bilhete Premiado
- Le Bon Numéro
- Magic Numbers - Numeri fortunati
- Combinación ganadora
- Telitalálat
- Τυχεροί Αριθμοί
- מספרי מזל
- Combinaison gagnante
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- Счастливые номера
- Šťastná čísla
- Numer stulecia
- Щасливі номери
- 럭키 넘버
- Печелившата комбинация
- Held i spil
- 内神外鬼
- Šťastné čísla
- สุมหัวรวย ปล้นหวยล็อค
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Lucky Numbers FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, director, cast, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Lucky Numbers, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Lucky Numbers?
Lucky Numbers runs 1 hour 45 minutes (105 minutes).
When was Lucky Numbers released?
Lucky Numbers was released on October 27, 2000.
Who directed Lucky Numbers?
Lucky Numbers was directed by Nora Ephron.
More films by Nora Ephron Who is in the cast of Lucky Numbers?
Lucky Numbers stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow.
How much did Lucky Numbers make at the box office?
Lucky Numbers grossed $10.9 million worldwide ($10 million domestic, $847,706 international) on a budget of $63 million.
How is Lucky Numbers rated?
Lucky Numbers has 5.1/10 on IMDb, 23% on Rotten Tomatoes, 31 on Metacritic and 51% on TMDB.
Does Lucky Numbers have a post-credit scene?
No. Lucky Numbers has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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