'jason Bourne' Wins With $60 Million, 'bad Moms' Scores

By LINDSEY BAHR, AP Film Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Sun, 07/31/2016 - 12:04pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Between the return of Matt Damon as super spy "Jason Bourne," the promise of laughing along with a few fed-up ladies in the raunchy comedy "Bad Moms" and the dark internet thriller "Nerve," all of which had strong debuts, there was something new for everyone in theaters this weekend. The Paul Greengrass-directed sequel raked in a healthy $60 million in its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. Not adjusted for inflation, it's the second highest opening of the series, behind "The Bourne Ultimatum's" $69.3 million debut in 2007 — the last time Damon appeared as the Robert Ludlum-created character. With a nine-year gap between films, Universal kept awareness high in the lead up to the release with airings of the Matt Damon "Bourne" trilogy on eight of NBCUniversal's networks. "In the exit polls, the No.

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