“Jason Bourne” Delivers Powerful Debut

Jason Bourne played his greatest hits in the latest installment of the Bourne franchise. The fifth chapter – and first with Matt Damon in nine years – opened with an estimated $60 million. That's below The Bourne Ultimatum, far and away the biggest film in the series, which opened with $69.2 million in August 2007, on its way to an impressive $227.4 million haul. This one will probably end up with only around $150 million.

Star Trek Beyond fell much more steeply than its predecessors. Its nearly 60 percent drop means it's in serious danger of failing to make back its $185 million budget stateside and potentially throwing the future of the franchise in jeopardy. In fact, less than $1 million separate it from Bad Moms, which only cost $20 million to make and played on fewer screens.

The Secret Life of Pets continued its impressive hold, though it should taper off pretty soon as kids start going back to school. It's about to become the seventh movie of 2016 to pass $300 million, and might even nip at Zootopia's heals by the time it exits theaters. Lights Out experienced the typical second-weekend slump that most horror movies have, but it's nearly made 10 times its budget already.

Outside the top 5:

• This Weekend's Indie Champ: Don't Think Twice made it twice in a row. Adding five screens, it still averaged a whopping $30,084 on each of its screens.
• Nerve, or David Fincher's The Game for Millennials as I like to call it, debuted decently for being a bit under-the-radar. Since opening Wednesday, it's taken in around $15 million.
• Indignation, the first of two Philip Roth adaptations this year, also had a strong debut. It took in $22,268 on its four screens.

Next week:

Did you know there's this movie called Suicide Squad coming out? It will absolutely be No. 1, but just how big? It's hard to tell exactly, but I think it's safe to guess $110 million. I also think Suicide Squad will stay No. 1 until Labor Day.