Universal Pictures' Jason Bourne has clicked past $400M, making it the second-highest Bourne sequel after The Bourne Ultimatum ($442M) and the highest grossing title in the series overseas with $238.6M, beating Ultimatum‘s $215.4M. And the fifth Bourne movie isn’t done yet with Japan opening today. At the domestic…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU (with actuals): Summer is coming to an end in many markets around the world, but that didn't put a massive damper on the box office weekend internationally. Across the Top 10 titles, this frame saw a 46% increase versus last year, buoyed by the performances of Universal’s Jason Bourne and Fox’s Ice Ag…

Jason Bourne, Universal’s fifth film in the series, debuted Wednesday in China to the highest gross of all previous installments. But after only two days, audiences in the Middle Kingdom are speaking out about how they feel exploited (and some of them physically ill) over the fact the film was released primarily in…

Universal’s Jason Bourne had its Beijing premiere on August 16 with stars Matt Damon and Alicia Vikander on the red carpet. Today, the movie opened in the Middle Kingdom to an estimated $12.3 million. That makes it by far the biggest bow in the franchise’s history and puts it on track to best the lifetime total of The…

Universal Pictures has flown past the $1 billion mark overseas joining Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. which have already hit that mark earlier this year. Worldwide, including Universal and Focus Features’ stateside slates, the studio is at $2.19B. Broken down that’s $1.07B in foreign ticket sales, $1.1B in domestic…

FX continues to stock up its movie library with top box office performers. Some of the recent buys include Deadpool, X-Men Apocalypse, Jason Bourne, the Ghostbusters remake, Neighbors 2, The Secret Life of Pets, Independence Day: Resurgence, Ice Age: Collision Course, Nerve, Mike & Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Purge: E…

UPDATE, TUESDAY, WRITETHRU: Actuals for the international weekend have been updated with Warner Bros’ frame leader Suicide Squad posting a final $133.3M on 17,630 screens in 57 markets, according to the studio. That pushes the offshore debut $1.2M over that of comp Deadpool which bowed in February to $132.1M. This was…

5th UPDATE, Monday 2:10 PM: Jason Bourne, which opened day and date here and abroad, ended it’s three-day a little lighter than $60M domestically, but worldwide it still chased in a strong $109.9M. But expect this film and all  pictures in the marketplace to take a hit next weekend when Warner Bros.’ highly…

MONDAY UPDATE, WRITETHRU: After logging the biggest international opening day for the franchise as it began offshore rollout last week, Jason Bourne cracked the best offshore weekend launch ever in the series. The Universal action thriller landed $50.7M in 48 markets including Korea, the UK, and Australia, to best all…

Jason Bourne rode into 46 international markets last night to gross $22.8M, marking the biggest opening day abroad in the Bourne franchise history. Universal is estimating a weekend of $49M right now, which would also become the biggest debut internationally for any film in the Bourne series. Combined with the U.S…

2nd UPDATE, 11:44 AM: No surprises this weekend so far in early box office returns as Universal’s Jason Bourne may end the day with around $21M (that would include the $4.3M from last nights previews) and is on track for a $57M gross so far. It is very early yet so depending on this evening’s shows, it has a shot at…

Back in 2002, the perfect anti-hero for the new millennium came along in the form of a CIA ops renegade who lost his memory and went on the lam. The Bourne Identity became a hit action franchise, perfect for the times. It spawned several follow-ups including, as I say in my video review (click the link above to…