Release: Heist Society

 

Heist Society

Genre: Comedy/Heist

Director: James Gunn

Writer: Dawson Edwards

Based on the novel by Ally Carter

Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Joe Keery, Yara Shahidi, Jharrel Jerome, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Jupe, Jack Dylan Grazer, Walton Goggins, Giancarlo Esposito

Budget: $40,000,000

Domestic Box Office: $21,980,490

Foreign Box Office: $11,129,402

Total Profit: -$31,000,600

Reaction: Two rounds into Season 34 and the studio has already suffered through its second major financial flop. 

"James Gunn and Dawson Edwards pieced together an entertaining adaptation of Ally Carter's Heist Society: What if High School was Ocean's Eleven and it does enough to stick to landing. Shipka is a confident leader, but Yara Shahidi understood her assignment and stole every scene she was in. While at times it felt busy with a lot going on with plot threads, the overall film was fun, fresh and I could see it getting second installment." - Dexter Quinn, Cinematic Observer Newsletter

"This movie is hot criminal nonsense and I loved every second of it. Imagine The Bling Ring filtered through Now You See Me and a CW teen drama, and you’ve got Heist Society. Kiernan Shipka owns the screen. It’s not that deep—but it doesn’t want to be. It’s slick, stylish, and way too fun for its own good." - Cal Crowe, Washington Globe

"Heist Society wants to be a sleek, Gen Z Ocean’s Eleven, but belly-flops on that effort. The film’s slick visuals and globe-trotting vibe can’t distract from its glaring flaws: thin character development, implausible plot twists, and a miscast ensemble that often looks more like a cast of TikTok influencers than convincing international thieves. Kiernan Shipka tries her best, but the script gives her little to work with beyond quips and plot-driving exposition. Worst of all, the film constantly leans on contrived conveniences: security systems that fail at just the right time, villains who monologue like comic book rejects, and a world where INTERPOL apparently runs entirely on teen drama logic. It's colorful, sure, but rarely clever. It's biggest sin of all is that it is a comedy that just very funny." - Dave Manning, Ridgefield Press

Rated PG-13 for language, violence, suggestive material, and thematic elements