It grossed over $51 million and received mixed reviews, with critics praising Union's performance but describing the film as having "thinly sketched characters and a slapdash plot.

"[5] After her father Isaac's murder, Shaun Russell travels with her two children, Jasmine and Glover, to the house where she grew up.

Unknown to the family, four offenders – Peter, Sam, Duncan, and crime boss Eddie – were already in the house burglarizing it.

Duncan, the most mentally unstable member of the group suggests torturing the children for the location of the safe but is objected by Eddie and Sam.

Eddie tells her they only came for the safe and the $4 million inside; Isaac was under investigation by both the FBI and the District Attorney and liquidated his assets.

The offenders have only ninety minutes from when they sever the phone lines before the security company contacts authorities, so they want to find it and leave quickly.

When Maggie turns to leave, Duncan ambushes her and slits her throat, which outrages Eddie, as it means Shaun will not be as controllable.

She hears a gunshot go off inside the house jumps, and pushes Sam off to his death, saving herself with the rope she tied to the roof.

However, Duncan appears and stabs Eddie to death, but instead of fleeing with the money, he goes after Shaun and threatens to rape her and Jasmine out of sadism.

Shaun replies that he "broke into the wrong house", before swiping Duncan's knife from his pocket and using it to stab him to death.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Breaking In is proof that Gabrielle Union deserves more leading roles — particularly in films that offer more than this rote, disposable action thriller.