<P> The film was released in the United States on September 30, 2016 . The film was previously scheduled to be released on August 19, 2015, a date which, in July 2015, Relativity rescheduled to October 9, 2015 . The company pushed back the date because it was facing a financial crisis . The film was pulled from the October 9, 2015 release date before being released on September 30, 2016 . </P> <P> Masterminds has grossed $30.9 million worldwide against a $25 million budget . </P> <P> The film was released in North America on September 30, 2016 . The film was projected to gross $10 million from 3,042 theaters in its opening weekend . The film made $2,325,546 on its first day . It went on to gross $6,541,205 in its opening weekend, finishing 6th at the box office . </P> <P> Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 34% of 89 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 4.6 / 10 . The site's critical consensus reads, "Mastermind's great cast and stranger - than - fiction true story are largely wasted on a scattershot comedy with a handful of funny moments and far too much wackiness ." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 47 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B --" on an A+ to F scale . </P>

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