<P> The film premiered in New York City on May 21, 2013 before its official release in the United States on May 31, 2013 by Summit Entertainment . The film received mixed reviews from critics but became a box office success, grossing $351.7 million worldwide against a budget of $75 million . The film won the Favorite Thriller Movie at the People's Choice Awards in 2014 and also received nominations for the Empire Award for Best Thriller and the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film and Best Music . A sequel was released on June 10, 2016 . </P> <P> Four stage magicians, J. Daniel "Danny" Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), are each given a tarot card that leads them to the same empty New York City apartment where they find information from an unknown benefactor . </P> <P> A year later, the four have their first major performance as the Four Horsemen in an elaborate Las Vegas show funded by insurance magnate Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine). Their final trick appears to transport one of the audience members to the vault of his bank, the Crédit Républicain in Paris, where stacks of new euro bills are stored . At the magicians' command, the fans in the vault activate, drawing the bills into the vents and then showering the Las Vegas crowd with them . The euros are shown to be real, and the vault in Paris is found to be empty of its recent shipment of euros . FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo), and Interpol agent Alma Dray (Mélanie Laurent), are then partnered to investigate the Horsemen . The two question the magicians but have no evidence to hold them . Dylan and Alma turn to Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), a former magician who now makes money by explaining the tricks behind magic acts . Thaddeus demonstrates how the Horsemen used a mock vault under the Las Vegas stage and says that the group must have stolen the money in Paris before it arrived at the bank, replacing it with flash paper that left no evidence . </P> <P> Dylan, Alma, and Thaddeus follow the Horsemen to their next show in New Orleans, where their final trick appears to transfer millions of dollars from Tressler's private accounts to those in the audience, made up of people that were denied insurance claims by Tressler's company in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . Dylan and Alma attempt to apprehend the four, but the magicians elude arrest . Tressler hires Thaddeus to expose the Horsemen in revenge for the loss of his money . Alma investigates the Horsemen and determines they are connected to a group called the Eye, a small group of magicians that claim to have access to real magic . She finds out one of the Eye's members, Lionel Shrike, had previously been exposed by Thaddeus but died in a locked - safe escape trick he was performing in an attempt to regain his standing . Alma suspects a fifth person is aiding the Horsemen . </P>

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