Universal’s Jason Bourne proved that the franchise still packs a punch, even a decade and a half after launching, with a first place opening weekend estimated at $60.0 million. The new action film was not the highest opening for the series, but the return of Matt Damon as the title character for the beloved series was enough to dominate this weekend with more than double its second-place competitor.
Jason Bourne, the fifth installment and fourth starring Damon, had an opening ranking squarely in the middle among the series. The three Damon movies ended with progressive largely cumulative domestic totals from the first to the second to the third installments. Unless the new movie holds on much better than expected in the weeks to come, which seems unlikely given the film’s mixed reviews, Jason Bourne looks likely to break that streak with a total below that of the two most recent installments.
On the one hand, it came in 13.3 percent behind the series-best opening of 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum (about 31.1 percent behind after adjusting Ultimatum for inflation) and also 18.0 percent behind the inflation-adjusted opening of 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy. On the other hand, it opened 48.4 percent above the inflation-adjusted opening of 2002’s original The Bourne Identity and 57.3 percent above the opening of 2012’s spinoff The Bourne Legacy starring Jeremy Renner.
The audience for Jason Bourne was 55 percent male, 60 percent over age 35, and gave the film an A- CinemaScore. It started with $22.76 million on Friday (including $4.32 million from Thursday night shows), declined a very mild 8.4 percent to $20.83 million on Saturday, and is projected to drop another 21.2 percent to $16.41 million on Sunday. This places its opening weekend to Friday ratio at an estimated 2.63 to 1.
Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond fell a worrying 59.5 percent to an estimated $24.0 million but held onto second place from first place last weekend. That sharp drop was noticeably higher than the 46.9 and 42.8 second-weekend declines of 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness and 2009’s Star Trek. Combine the higher second-weekend drop with an opening weekend lower than for either of its two predecessors, and the result is Beyond‘s $105.72 million total through 10 days running 20.6 percent behind Into Darkness and 28.3 percent behind Star Trek through the same points.
Overseas Update:
Jason Bourne led the overseas box office as it did the domestic one, opening with $50.1 million overseas in 46 markets. It was led by $11.2 million in South Korea, $10.2 million in the United Kingdom, and $5.7 million in Australia. The film has now earned $110.1 million globally.
The Secret Life of Pets made $29.5 million overseas, up nearly triple over last weekend after opening in several major markets to 21 total, including $7.7 million in Mexico, $7.1 million in Germany, and $5.4 million in France. It’s now earned $99.0 million overseas and $395.2 million globally.
Finding Dory went up 21.0 percent to $23.6 million overseas in 46 markets. It’s now earned $361.5 million overseas and $830.5 million globally, led by $38.4 million in China, $35.5 million in Australia, $32.0 million in Brazil, and $30.9 million in Japan.
The Legend of Tarzan made $22.35 million overseas, down 50.0 percent, in 64 markets. The movie has earned $187.2 million overseas and $390.0 million globally, led by $43.1 million in China, $13.1 million in Mexico, and $11.6 million in the United Kingdom.
Ice Age: Collision Course earned $19.5 million overseas this weekend, down 63.1 percent, in 61 markets. It’s earned $211.6 million overseas and $253.7 million globally, led by $19.2 million in Brazil, $18.9 million in Germany, and $15.9 million in France. That gives it one of the highest ratios of international to domestic gross for any American film this year, with overseas accounting for 83.4 percent of its global total to date.
Studio Weekend Estimates for Friday, July 29 – Sunday, July 31, 2016:
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Jason Bourne | $60,000,000 | — | 4,026 | — | $14,903 | $60,000,000 | 1 | Universal |
2 | Star Trek Beyond | $24,000,000 | -59% | 3,928 | 0 | $6,110 | $105,720,378 | 2 | Paramount |
3 | Bad Moms | $23,400,000 | — | 3,215 | — | $7,278 | $23,400,000 | 1 | STX Entertainment |
4 | The Secret Life of Pets | $18,210,000 | -38% | 3,677 | -371 | $4,952 | $296,177,745 | 4 | Universal |
5 | Lights Out | $10,810,000 | -50% | 2,835 | 17 | $3,813 | $42,877,032 | 2 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
6 | Ice Age: Collision Course | $10,500,000 | -51% | 3,997 | 5 | $2,627 | $42,109,623 | 2 | Fox |
7 | Ghostbusters (2016) | $9,800,000 | -53% | 3,052 | -911 | $3,211 | $106,171,471 | 3 | Sony / Columbia |
8 | Nerve | $9,000,000 | — | 2,538 | — | $3,546 | $15,051,287 | 1 | Lionsgate |
9 | Finding Dory | $4,220,000 | -42% | 1,733 | -843 | $2,435 | $469,012,930 | 7 | Disney |
10 | The Legend of Tarzan | $2,405,000 | -63% | 1,503 | -1341 | $1,600 | $121,856,210 | 5 | Warner Bros. |
11 | Hillary’s America – The Secret History of the Democratic Party | $2,382,000 | -40% | 1,066 | -151 | $2,235 | $8,672,384 | 3 | D’Souza EntertainmentQuality Flix |
12 | Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates | $1,450,000 | -67% | 1,070 | -1067 | $1,355 | $43,987,112 | 4 | Fox |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Cafe Society | $2,250,000 | 165% | 565 | 515 | $3,982 | $3,906,960 | 3 | Lionsgate / Amazon |
2 | Captain Fantastic | $1,008,556 | 69% | 550 | 446 | $1,834 | $2,408,957 | 4 | Bleecker Street |
3 | Central Intelligence | $910,000 | -68% | 652 | -950 | $1,396 | $125,303,013 | 7 | Warner Bros. / New Line |
4 | The Infiltrator | $817,608 | -75% | 650 | -887 | $1,258 | $14,348,509 | 3 | Broad Green Pictures |
5 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | $800,000 | -57% | 355 | 42 | $2,254 | $3,366,568 | 2 | Fox Searchlight |
6 | The Purge: Election Year | $703,000 | -70% | 510 | -1191 | $1,378 | $78,356,070 | 5 | Universal |
7 | The BFG | $416,000 | -59% | 273 | -413 | $1,524 | $52,104,285 | 5 | Disney / DreamWorks |
8 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople | $350,170 | -40% | 174 | -26 | $2,012 | $2,924,230 | 6 | The Orchard |
9 | The Jungle Book (2016) | $318,000 | -22% | 225 | -8 | $1,413 | $362,228,909 | 16 | Disney |
10 | Independence Day: Resurgence | $280,000 | -69% | 227 | -503 | $1,233 | $101,950,640 | 6 | Fox |
11 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | $200,000 | 78% | 170 | 56 | $1,176 | $81,356,022 | 9 | Paramount |
12 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | $135,000 | 168% | 146 | 68 | $925 | $76,635,747 | 10 | Disney |
13 | Now You See Me 2 | $115,000 | -60% | 135 | -122 | $852 | $64,557,015 | 8 | Lionsgate / Summit |
# | TITLE | WEEKEND | LOCATIONS | AVG. | TOTAL | WKS. | DIST. | ||
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1 | Train To Busan | $228,800 | -20% | 29 | 2 | $7,890 | $716,768 | 2 | Inc. Well Go USA |
2 | Gleason | $129,223 | — | 9 | — | $14,358 | $129,223 | 1 | Open Road / Amazon |
3 | Indignation | $89,072 | — | 4 | — | $22,268 | $89,072 | 1 | Roadside / Summit |
4 | Equity | $80,729 | — | 4 | — | $20,182 | $80,729 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics |
5 | Captain America: Civil War | $74,000 | -29% | 85 | -31 | $871 | $406,939,223 | 13 | Disney |
6 | The Innocents | $69,500 | -45% | 50 | -11 | $1,390 | $741,125 | 5 | Music Box Films |
7 | Love & Friendship | $60,550 | -47% | 52 | -36 | $1,164 | $13,805,383 | 12 | Roadside / Amazon |
8 | The Music of Strangers | $36,275 | -56% | 50 | -31 | $726 | $1,000,058 | 8 | |
9 | Our Kind of Traitor | $22,900 | -76% | 33 | -55 | $694 | $3,087,086 | 5 | Roadside Attractions |
10 | Weiner | $20,000 | 9% | 10 | -3 | $2,000 | $1,614,521 | 11 | IFC Films / Sundance Selects |
11 | Life, Animated | $15,683 | -36% | 23 | -2 | $682 | $163,002 | 5 | The Orchard |
12 | Hieronymus Bosch: Touched By The Devil | $12,502 | — | 1 | — | $12,502 | $19,514 | 1 | Kino Lorber |
13 | The Land | $12,040 | — | 2 | — | $6,020 | $12,040 | 1 | IFC Films |
14 | Miss Sharon Jones! | $12,000 | — | 1 | — | $12,000 | $12,000 | 1 | Starz Digital |
15 | Zootopia | $8,000 | -77% | 24 | -60 | $333 | $341,265,194 | 22 | Disney |
16 | The Witness (2016) | $2,600 | -1% | 2 | -1 | $1,300 | $140,865 | 9 | FilmRise |
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