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‘Jason Bourne’ Scores With $60 Million Debut, ‘Bad Moms’ Hits Big

Audiences turned out in force to see Matt Damon in “Jason Bourne,” pushing the spy sequel to a sterling $60 million debut.

The film marked the actor’s return to the action franchise after a nine-year hiatus, during which he repeatedly hinted that he might be done with his most popular role. He and director Paul Greengrass argued that 2007’s “The Bourne Ultimatum” had brought the character full circle by filling in him on the shadowy bureaucratic maneuvers that transformed him into a killing machine. What was left?

Be it creative spark or big paydays, the pair were somehow lured back to the series. That’s good news for Universal, which ran the risk of losing a Tiffany franchise without Damon’s involvement. In the interim, the studio had made an ill-conceived attempt at cinematic universe building with “The Bourne Legacy,” introducing Jeremy Renner as another amnesic ass-kicker dubbed Aaron Cross. The crowds didn’t exactly flock to see this sub-Bourne, and the film grossed about $150 million less than “The Bourne Ultimatum” globally.

“Jason Bourne” marks the series’ second highest opening, behind “The Bourne Ultimatum’s” $69.3 million debut. When adjusted for inflation, however, it trails all but “The Bourne Legacy’s” opening weekends. Universal spent $120 million to make the latest installment and released it in 4,026 theaters.

Even with Bourne’s resurgence commanding most of the attention, the weekend’s other major new wide releases managed to score a respectable debut. STX Entertainment’s “Bad Moms” opened to a healthy $23.4 million and a third place finish. That’s a strong return on the film’s $20 million production budget. It also gives STX Entertainment a much needed win after its other summer release, the Civil War drama “Free State of Jones” collapsed at multiplexes.

“Bad Moms” originally was set up at Paramount Pictures and was intended to star Leslie Mann with the actress’ husband and frequent collaborator Judd Apatow producing. But Mann dropped out and the project migrated to STX. It stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn as women who reject the pressure to be perfect parents, and instead indulge in hard partying and a more relaxed approach to child-rearing.

STX is the brainchild of Robert Simonds, the producer of “Cheaper by the Dozen” and “The Pink Panther” films. Armed with backing from the likes of TPG, Hony Capital and Huayi Brothers, the studio has ambitions to spend as much as $1.1 billion annually on producing, marketing and self-distributing its films by 2017. So far, its early efforts have been mixed. It scored with low-budget horror films such as “The Gift” and “The Boy,” but lost money on the thriller “The Secret in Their Eyes” and the point-of-view action film “Hardcore Henry.”

Lionsgate also fielded “Nerve,” a $20 million thriller about a digital truth or dare-style game that takes a deadly turn. The film stars Dave Franco and Emma Roberts. It opened Wednesday in order to get a jumpstart on the competition, earning $15 million over its first five days and $9 million over the weekend.

Among holdovers, Paramount’s “Star Trek Beyond” slipped roughly 60% in its second weekend to gross $24 million and nab second place. That brings the sci-fi sequel’s domestic haul to $105.7 million. With a hefty $185 million budget, the film needs to resonate overseas if it wants to make a profit.

Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets” continues to be one of the biggest hits of the summer. The animated offering took fourth place with $18.2 million. The look at what pets do when their owners are at work has earned $296.2 million and seems destined to inspire sequels.

“Lights Out,” a horror film from New Line, rounded out the top five, picking up $10.8 million to bring its total to $42.8 million after two weeks.

More to come…

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[ezekial45]

Damn, Star Trek deserved better.

This summer has been brutal.

 

[Alrus]

Damn Paramount really does have nothing but Transformers left heh? And that franchise is pretty much dead in the US too and I'm not sure it's going to do as well as it did before overseas either (similar to Ice Age).

 

[t-storm]

Damn, Star Trek deserved better.

This summer has been brutal.

I always wondered why they decided to release it so late in the summer. Why not May or even June.

End of July is getting into doldrum season.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Updated number for GB

Domestic: $106,171,471 67.1%
+ Foreign: $52,100,000 32.9%
= Worldwide: $158,271,471

It opens in 2 weeks in France, Japan, Spain, Germany and Mexico (Just after Suicide Squad)

 

[SArcher]

The general audience still loves Bourne after all these years.

 

[Ridley327]

Damn Paramount really does have nothing but Transformers left heh? And that franchise is pretty much dead in the US too and I'm not sure it's going to do as well as it did before overseas either (similar to Ice Age).

They also have Mission: Impossible, which is arguably a bigger deal for them since they own that property outright, unlike Transformers.

 

[TDLink]

I always wondered why they decided to release it so late in the summer. Why not May or even June.

End of July is getting into doldrum season.

Disagree. There have been some very profitable releases end of July/beginning of August. A couple years ago Guardians of the Galaxy did great and it's a very similar genre. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation just came out last year and also did great.

 

[Sean C]

Cue all the thinkpieces about how audiences really want new original material, even though the only mega-successful original films of the year are children's animated films.

 

[Ridley327]

Cue all the thinkpieces about how audiences really want new original material, even though the only mega-successful original films of the year are children's animated films.

Horror has been having a pretty damn good year, too. Nothing insane gross-wise, but just about everything that's hit wide release has been performing well.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Horror has been having a pretty damn good year, too. Nothing insane gross-wise, but just about everything that's hit wide release has been performing well.

Horror films are ridiculously profitable due to usually having low budgets.

 

[SJRB]

BFG is a catastrophe, holy shit.

 

[kswiston]

Worldwide Updates:

Jason Bourne - $110M
Finding Dory - $830M
Star Trek Beyond - $161M
Ghostbusters - $158M
The Secret Life of Pets - $395M
The Legend of Tarzan - $309M

 

[Mimosa97]

Damn, Star Trek deserved better.

This summer has been brutal.

Why ? The movie is mediocre.

 

[djplaeskool]

BFG is a catastrophe, holy shit.

Yeah, even with the global take, it's a legit financial disaster

 

[El Topo]

Yeah, even with the global take, it's a legit financial disaster

How bad can it be?
*looks at the global box office*
Holy shit.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

cue the "Is Spielberg washed up?" editorials

 

[wesleyshark]

The first image of the giant in BFG instantly killed any desire to watch it for me.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Why ? The movie is mediocre.

That's an insult to the word mediocre.

Fucking franchise has pulled a Skyfall and gone back to everything that made the last incarnation rubbish.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

The general audience still loves Bourne after all these years.

Well one of the main reasons why they made the film is because Damon was always getting approached from fans when he'll make another one.

 

[kswiston]

Given that it didn't show up in Thursday's theatre counts or in the weekend estimates, Warcraft might have been pulled from its last theatres before Zootopia was.

 

[Plasticine]

Worldwide Updates:
The Legend of Tarzan - $309M

This pleases me. Bring on the sequel.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I thought Jason Bourne was trash compared to the first 3.

Pretty disappointed and will prolly never see it again.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Well one of the main reasons why they made the film is because Damon was always getting approached from fans when he'll make another one.

I'm just annoyed it's called Jadon Bourne and the marketing is about us knowing his name but his name isn't Jason Bourne

 

[Anth0ny]

bfg bomba of the year?

 

[berzeli]

Damn Paramount really does have nothing but Transformers left heh? And that franchise is pretty much dead in the US too and I'm not sure it's going to do as well as it did before overseas either (similar to Ice Age).

I mean for all the shit Sony gets (and deservedly most of the time), Paramount is way worse off.
They haven't launched a successful franchise since How To Train Your Dragon in 2010.
Most of their ongoing franchises are offering diminishing returns.
And to top it off they are owned by Viacom which is currently embroiled in the funniest corporate civil war in a long time.

 

[Alrus]

I wonder who decided that trying to turn Dahl's book illustrations into realistic CG models was a good idea.

They also have Mission: Impossible, which is arguably a bigger deal for them since they own that property outright, unlike Transformers.

Ah forgot about MI yeah, wonder how long they have until Cruise decides he's done with it though.

 

[wesleyshark]

Definitely want to see Tarzan. Sleeper hit?

 

[Saucycarpdog]

I feel for you Star Trek.

 

[thehypocrite]

Look at those comedies making money, if only GB had a sensible budget.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Star Trek doing bad - :-(

GB, wow I had no idea it was this bad.

And wtf with BFG. Does Spielberg's name really mean that little now? I like to think there was once a time where have his name on top of the poster was enough to get asses into seats.

 

[ezekial45]

Why ? The movie is mediocre.

That's an insult to the word mediocre.

Fucking franchise has pulled a Skyfall and gone back to everything that made the last incarnation rubbish.

Woah, that's a bit harsh. I felt the movie was leaps and bounds better than the last one, which was letdown after ST 2009. It was a really fun movie.

If you really thought this movie was like Spectre, then all I can say is I do not agree one bit.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Is Star trek Beyond the Dreamcast of the Star TreK franchise?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

hideous drop for star trek

 

[kswiston]

bfg bomba of the year?

BFG's overseas weekend numbers haven't been updated, and it still has markets left to release in. Gods of Egypt is still winning.

However, I think that Alice deserves bomb of the summer status given its pedigree and sub $300M worldwide finish.

 

[Magilla]

Man, I loved the new Star Trek. Hopefully it still pulls a decent profit. Maybe they'll scale back the budget a bit and it will become even more Star Treky! /cry

 

[ezekial45]

bfg bomba of the year?

Not necessarily, but it's definitely the biggest bomb of Spielberg's career.

 

[kswiston]

More Worldwide Updates

Now You See Me 2 - $303M
Central Intelligence - $203M
TMNT: Out of the Shadows - $236M



The Jungle Book is now $850k away from passing Deadpool's domestic total

 

[Dash_Riprock]

More Worldwide Updates

Now You See Me 2 - $303M
Central Intelligence - $203M
TMNT: Out of the Shadows - $236M



The Jungle Book is now $850k away from passing Deadpool's domestic total

I didn't realize TMNT bombed that hard. Fully half of the last one's gross, ouch.

 

[jrush64]

Considering the way GAF was shitting on Tarzan. I'm glad it did alright.

 

[Ridley327]

Horror films are ridiculously profitable due to usually having low budgets.

Oh, I know. It's just nice to see a lot of them succeed when the quality is a lot better than it has been in the past.

 

[obijkenobi]

There is no way they can make a Ghostbusters 2 with the same cast and director right? :/

 

[Ridley327]

Not necessarily, but it's definitely the biggest bomb of Spielberg's career.

Finally, something he can use to wash off the stink of 1941!

Spoiler

Yes, I know that 1941 wasn't technically a flop, but it underwhelmed big time and it's also god-awful.

 

[kswiston]

I didn't realize TMNT bombed that hard. Fully half of the last one's gross, ouch.

Paramount is losing franchises faster than they can make them. I don't know what they plan on doing if/when the Transformers well dries up.

I don't think that old man Cruise has that many more Ethan Hunt performances left in him.

 

[Mimosa97]

That's an insult to the word mediocre.

Fucking franchise has pulled a Skyfall and gone back to everything that made the last incarnation rubbish.

Skyfall is a way waaaaaaaaay better movie than ST Beyond.

I get what you're saying though.

 

[CassSept]

And wtf with BFG. Does Spielberg's name really mean that little now? I like to think there was once a time where have his name on top of the poster was enough to get asses into seats.

There was nothing appealing about BFG marketing though. The trailers said nothing about the film's plot, the way the BFG spoke was weird and the CGI was creepy/off-putting. Absolute disaster.

 

[chadskin]

Updated number for GB

It opens in 2 weeks in France, Japan, Spain, Germany and Mexico (Just after Suicide Squad)

GB opens in Germany this Thursday, actually.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

I didn't realize TMNT bombed that hard. Fully half of the last one's gross, ouch.

Honestly I had no idea the sequel was out already.

 

[Ridley327]

Paramount is losing franchises faster than they can make them. I don't know what they plan on doing if/when the Transformers well dries up.

I don't think that old man Cruise has that many more Ethan Hunt performances left in him.

He can defy his age only for so long, Xenu or no Xenu. It's been smart in a sense that they've become more and more ensemble-based since M:I3, but Cruise's star power is going to be one hell of a thing to replace when that time comes.

 

[DeathyBoy]

Skyfall is a way waaaaaaaaay better movie than ST Beyond.

I get what you're saying though.

I hate that "it feels like an episode of TOS" is worthy of 3-4/5. We spent a near decade saying TNG were bad for making big budget eps and we've fucking time travelled back to those days.