A Good Old Fashioned Orgy rights to release the film. The film premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 29, 2011. The US West coast premiere occurred at the ArcLight Hollywood cinema in Hollywood, California on August 25, 2011. "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" received a limited release in the United States on September 2, 2011 across 143 theaters. During its opening day, the film accrued a total of $117,564, an average of $822 per theater. The film ultimately earned $200,227 domestically and $1,178,720 internationally for a total of $1,378,947. "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" received mixed reviews from
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 32%, based on 63 reviews, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Its titillating title promises ribald laughs, but the lazily written, indifferently acted, and only sporadically funny "A Good Old Fashioned Orgy" fails to consummate." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 44 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". John Defore of "The Hollywood Reporter" compared the film favorably to "'80s summer romp-romances", describing it as a "solidly commercial picture". DeFore appreciated the "witty banter" delivered by the