Mad Money is a 2008 crime comedy film starring Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes, and directed by Callie Khouri.

Tipped off, that night Bridget and her accomplices begin trying to get rid of all the loot stashed in their houses, but the cops move in before all the evidence is destroyed.

[4] Khouri and Cohen worked for five years to bring a deliberately Americanized version of Hot Money to the screen using various writers.

Both Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah were attached early on to the project and writers began designing the characters specifically around the two actresses.

[5] The film debuted in fifth place at the box office on its opening day in the United States, with a return of US$2.3 million from 2,470 screens.

[9][10] Writing for Rotten Tomatoes, Gitesh Pandya noted that the opening weekend per theater revenue "averaged a not-so-impressive $3,126.

[12][14] The film also did not fare well in its release in other countries, and Conor Bresnan of Box Office Mojo reported that "Mad Money bombed in its first two markets" overseas.

[17] Roger Ebert gave the film a rating of one and a half stars, and wrote, "The bottom line is, some girls will like it, the men not so much.

"[19] The film received three stars in Newsday, and Jan Stuart wrote:"Mad Money is no Rififi, but Khouri and Gers invest it with an individuality and generosity of spirit that lift it into the realm of guiltless pleasure.

"[20] Bill Wine of All Headline News gave the film two and a half stars, writing "Mad Money is a light and lively, likable low-tech lark.

"[24][25] In an article in the Boston Herald titled "Don't waste your Mad Money on poor comedy", Stephen Schaefer gave the film a rating of "C", writing "Even with the legendary Diane Keaton center stage, Mad Money fails to hit the stratosphere of giddy, intoxicating comedy.