''Jason Bourne'' is a 2016 American
action-thriller film
Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...
directed by
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras.
His early film ' ...
and written by Greengrass and
Christopher Rouse. It is the fifth installment of the
''Bourne'' film series and a direct
sequel
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to ''
The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007).
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...
reprises his role as the main character, former
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
assassin
Assassination is the murder of a prominent or VIP, important person, such as a head of state, head of government, politician, world leader, member of a royal family or CEO. The murder of a celebrity, activist, or artist, though they may not ha ...
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the title character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which was ...
. In addition, the film stars
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...
,
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
,
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in ''I'' ''Love Yo ...
,
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel (; ; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor.
He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled History of the Jews in France, French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film ''La Haine (Hate)'', for which he ...
,
Riz Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed (; ; born ) is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he has won an Emmy Award and has received nominations for a Golden Globe and three British Independent Film Awards, and as a rapper he has won an Academy Award for the short ...
,
Ato Essandoh
Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.
Early life
Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in ch ...
, and
Scott Shepherd.
The character Aaron Cross, from ''
The Bourne Legacy'' (2012), does not appear in the film because director Greengrass wanted to focus on the title character, and because actor
Jeremy Renner was unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts. In ''Jason Bourne'', Bourne remains on the run from CIA hit squads as he tries to uncover hidden truths about his father, while
CIA director
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is a statutory office () that functions as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which in turn is a part of the United States Intelligence Community.
Beginning February 2017, the D ...
Robert Dewey (Jones) orders the head of cyber-security Heather Lee (Vikander) to hunt him down.
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
on the film commenced on September 8, 2015.
''Jason Bourne'' premiered in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
on July 11, 2016, and was theatrically released in the U.S. by
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...
on July 29, 2016. A 3D version was also released in limited Asian countries, namely China, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The film received mixed reviews and grossed $415 million worldwide.
Plot
Twelve years after exposing Blackbriar, ex-
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
agent and
Treadstone
''Treadstone'' is an American action drama television series, connected to and based on the ''Bourne'' film series. A "special preview" of the pilot aired on USA Network on September 24, 2019, ahead of its October 15, 2019, premiere. The ser ...
operative
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the title character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which was ...
has finally recovered from his amnesia, isolating himself from the world and making a living as a
street fighter
, commonly abbreviated as ''SF'' or スト (''Suto''), is a Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting video and arcade games developed and published by Capcom. The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by six ...
in Greece. In
Reykjavík
Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...
, Treadstone technician Nicky Parsons, who has been collaborating with a
hacktivist group led by Christian Dassault, hacks into the CIA's server to expose its black ops programs. In the process, Parsons finds documentation concerning Bourne's recruitment into Treadstone and his father's role in the program. She travels to
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
to inform him.
Parson's information breach alerts Heather Lee, the CIA’s
cybersecurity
Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, the ...
operations division head, and
CIA Director
The director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) is a statutory office () that functions as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which in turn is a part of the United States Intelligence Community.
Beginning February 2017, the D ...
Robert Dewey. They send teams after Bourne and Parsons, who have arranged to meet in Greece at
Syntagma Square during an anti-government protest. Dewey also sends the Asset, an ex-Blackbriar operative who holds a grudge against Bourne for having been captured and tortured in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
as an unintentional consequence of Bourne's exposure of Blackbriar. Parsons is shot by the Asset, and passes Bourne the key to a locker which holds the CIA files before dying.
Seeking answers about his past and family, Bourne locates Dassault in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
. Decrypting Parsons's files, Bourne discovers that his father Richard Webb was a CIA analyst involved in the creation of the Treadstone program. A
malware
Malware (a portmanteau for ''malicious software'') is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, depri ...
program implanted in the files gives the CIA Bourne's location while Lee remotely erases the files. Dassault attacks Bourne, but is incapacitated. Lee alerts Bourne to the team closing in. She believes that he can be persuaded to return to the agency after seeing his behaviour report. Bourne tracks Malcolm Smith, an ex-Treadstone operative, in
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
and arranges to meet him in Paddington Plaza.
Lee persuades Dewey's boss, Edwin Russell, the
National Intelligence Director, to allow her to contact Bourne in person and attempt to bring him back in. Dewey, who opposes her plan, secretly instructs the Asset to eliminate her team and kill Bourne. Bourne confronts Smith, who confesses that Webb was not just an analyst for Treadstone but played a significant role in creating it. After finding out that the agency was trying to recruit his son, he threatened to expose the program, not wanting his son to become one of their assassins. The Asset killed Webb under Dewey's orders in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, framing it as a terrorist attack to incentivize Bourne to join Treadstone. The Asset interrupts and kills Smith, but Bourne escapes. He locates Lee, who admits she is uncomfortable with Dewey's methods and directs Bourne to a convention in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
.
Dewey is scheduled to attend for a public debate with Aaron Kalloor, CEO of
social media
Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...
giant Deep Dream. Kalloor is the public face of
corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...
in the Internet age, but was secretly funded by Dewey in the startup stage. Dewey intends to use Deep Dream for real-time
mass surveillance
Mass surveillance is the intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population in order to monitor that group of citizens. The surveillance is often carried out by local and federal governments or governmental organizati ...
alongside the latest incarnation of the CIA's targeted assassination "Beta" program, a more ruthless version of Blackbriar in which the assassin can murder anyone to get to the target. However Kalloor starts having second thoughts about giving the CIA access to Deep Dream. Dewey authorizes the Asset to assassinate Kalloor and Lee, having discovered that she is helping Bourne. Bourne thwarts the assassinations and confronts Dewey in his suite. Dewey attempts to stage an ambush, but is killed by Lee. Bourne pursues the Asset, and the pair ends up crashing into the
Riviera
''Riviera'' () is an Italian word which means "coastline", ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form ''Riviera ligure'', then shortened in English. The two areas ...
casino. Bourne chases the Asset down into the sewers and engage in a fight that ends with Bourne killing the Asset.
Lee, whose involvement in Dewey's death was covered, offers herself as the new CIA director and Russell's eyes and ears within the CIA. She outlines her plan to bring Bourne back to the agency, but is prepared to kill him if he refuses. Lee meets with Bourne, who says he will consider the offer. Lee returns only to realize Bourne had her and Russell's conversation recorded, indicating he was aware of her true intentions. He then disappears again.
Cast
*
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...
as David Webb /
Jason Bourne
Jason Bourne () is the title character and the protagonist in a series of novels and subsequent film adaptations. The character was created by novelist Robert Ludlum. He first appeared in the novel '' The Bourne Identity'' (1980), which was ...
, a former CIA assassin who disappeared after publicizing details of the CIA's targeted assassination programs.
*
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...
as Robert Dewey, the current director of the CIA and leader of the Iron Hand program who intends to take down Bourne after the exposure of Blackbriar
*
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
as Heather Lee, head of the CIA Cyber Ops Division.
*
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel (; ; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor.
He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled History of the Jews in France, French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film ''La Haine (Hate)'', for which he ...
as The Asset, a Blackbriar assassin working for the Iron Hand program. The Asset was captured in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
while undercover and tortured as a result of Bourne's
actions
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fi ...
and harbours resentment toward him because of it.
*
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in ''I'' ''Love Yo ...
as Nicolette "Nicky" Parsons, Bourne's former Treadstone contact in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
.
*
Riz Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed (; ; born ) is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he has won an Emmy Award and has received nominations for a Golden Globe and three British Independent Film Awards, and as a rapper he has won an Academy Award for the short ...
as Aaron Kalloor, CEO of Deep Dream.
*
Ato Essandoh
Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.
Early life
Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in ch ...
as Craig Jeffers, a CIA agent and Dewey's right-hand man.
*
Scott Shepherd as Edwin Russell,
Director of National Intelligence
The director of national intelligence (DNI) is a senior, cabinet-level United States government official, required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to serve as executive head of the United States Intelligence Commu ...
.
*
Bill Camp
Bill Camp (born 1963/1964) is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in many films such as ''Lincoln'' (2012), ''Compliance'' (2012), '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013), '' Love & Mercy'' (2015), ''Loving'' (2016), ''Molly's Game'' (2017), ...
as Malcolm Smith, a former CIA analyst who retired to the private sector.
*
Vinzenz Kiefer
Vinzenz Kiefer (born January 29, 1979) is a German actor. He is known for playing the role of police detective Alexander Brandt in the crime series ''Alarm für Cobra 11'', Christian Dassault in ''Jason Bourne'', as well as playing Peter-Jürgen ...
as Christian Dassault, a hacker, whistleblower, and the leader of a group of privacy activists.
*
Stephen Kunken as Baumen, a Deep Dream employee who is Kalloor's assistant.
*
Gregg Henry
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American character actor and rock, blues and country musician.
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the made-for-television film '' The Hunt for the BTK Killer'', and f ...
as Richard Webb, Jason Bourne's father and creator of the original Treadstone program, who was murdered by the Asset.
Production
Development
In May 2007, prior to the release of ''The Bourne Ultimatum'',
Matt Damon
Matthew Paige Damon (; born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. Ranked among ''Forbes'' most bankable stars, the films in which he has appeared have collectively earned over $3.88 billion at the North Americ ...
stated that he would not be interested in returning for a fourth ''Bourne'' film, remarking of his participation in the ''Bourne'' franchise: "We have ridden that horse as far as we can." Damon said in August 2007:
Instead ''
The Bourne Legacy'' was released in the U.S. on August 10, 2012 with
Jeremy Renner replacing Damon as the star. Despite getting mixed reviews Universal noted that they planned to continue with the series, with Damon and
Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras.
His early film ' ...
later expressing interest in returning.
On September 15, 2014, it was announced that Damon and Greengrass would indeed return for the next ''Bourne'' film. In November 2014, Damon confirmed that he and Greengrass would return, with a script from themselves, with
Christopher Rouse editing. On May 23, 2015, ''
Deadline Hollywood
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'' reported that
Alicia Vikander
Alicia Amanda Vikander (, ; born 3 October 1988) is a Swedish actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as receiving nominations for ...
was in talks to star with Damon in the fifth film. On June 19, 2015, ''Deadline'' reported that
Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in ''I'' ''Love Yo ...
had confirmed she would be reprising the role of Nicky Parsons in the film, a character she had previously played in the first three films.
Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. R (; born October 20, 1958) is an American actor, writer, director, producer, musician, and multimedia artist. Born and raised in the State of New York to a Danish father and American mother, he also lived in Argent ...
was in talks to play the villain role. On June 23, 2015, Vikander was confirmed to star in the sequel, while she was also in talks for the ''
Assassin's Creed
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'' film, which she passed on.
On July 28, 2015,
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and film director. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film '' The ...
joined the film's cast to play a senior CIA officer.
On September 1, 2015,
Vincent Cassel
Vincent Cassel (; ; born 23 November 1966) is a French actor.
He first achieved recognition for his performance as a troubled History of the Jews in France, French Jewish youth in Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 film ''La Haine (Hate)'', for which he ...
was cast in the film as an assassin who tracks Bourne.
On September 15, 2015, ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' confirmed that actor
Ato Essandoh
Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.
Early life
Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in ch ...
was cast in the film as an unspecified character.
On October 20, 2015,
Scott Shepherd was added to the cast to play the deputy director of the CIA.
On November 4, 2015, ''Variety'' confirmed that
Riz Ahmed
Rizwan Ahmed (; ; born ) is a British actor and rapper. As an actor, he has won an Emmy Award and has received nominations for a Golden Globe and three British Independent Film Awards, and as a rapper he has won an Academy Award for the short ...
had signed on to play the role of a tech specialist working with the CIA.
Filming
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as actor ...
on the film commenced on September 8, 2015. In late November 2015, filming took place in
Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg () is a district of Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte. During the Cold War era, it was one of the poorest areas of West Berlin, but since German reunification in 1990 it ha ...
,
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
. In early December 2015, filming started in
Washington, D.C.
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
, where shooting took place at
Constitution Gardens
Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. The park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitu ...
. Filming in
Las Vegas
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
, Nevada was scheduled to begin on January 14, 2016, lasting until January 21. Filming also took place at stages F and H at Leavesden Studios. The Leavesden set was used as the CIA hub space in the film. Production on the film concluded on February 1, 2016.
Release
On January 6, 2015, Universal set the film's United States release date as July 29, 2016. The first trailer for the film was aired on February 7, 2016, during
Super Bowl 50
Super Bowl 50 was an American football game to determine the champion of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2015 season. The American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) cha ...
and revealed the title of the film.
The film was released in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2016. It was released in 2D and IMAX 3D in select international territories only, using
DMR.
Home media
''Jason Bourne'' was released on Digital HD and on Blu-ray/DVD October 25, 2016, by
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to ''Jason Bourne'', as composed by
John Powell and
David Buckley
David Buckley (born 7 June 1976) is a British composer of film and television scores, based in Santa Monica, California.
Career
Born in London in 1976, Buckley's first involvement with film music was as a cathedral choirboy performing on Pe ...
, and additional music by Batu Sener, was released digitally on July 29, 2016, by Back Lot Music. A new version of
Moby
Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, singer, producer, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the ...
's "
Extreme Ways
"Extreme Ways" is a song by American electronica musician Moby. It was released as the second single from his sixth studio album '' 18'' on .
The track is notably used at the conclusion of all five of the ''Bourne'' films. New versions of th ...
", entitled "Extreme Ways (Jason Bourne)", was recorded for the film's end credits.
;Track listing
# "I Remember Everything" – 2:04
# "Backdoor Breach" – 3:50
# "Converging in Athens" – 4:13
# "Motorcycle Chase" – 6:53
# "A Key to the Past" – 2:37
# "Berlin" – 2:02
# "Decrypted" – 5:34
# "Flat Assault" – 2:39
# "Paddington Plaza" – 6:46
# "White Van Plan" – 2:49
# "Las Vegas" – 3:48
# "Following the Target" – 3:29
# "Strip Chase" – 4:59
# "An Interesting Proposal" – 2:13
# "Let Me Think About It" – 2:24
# "
Extreme Ways (Jason Bourne)" by
Moby
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– 4:56
Reception
Box office
''Jason Bourne'' became a commercial success, with a modest budget compared to its final gross.
The film grossed $162.4 million in the United States and Canada and $253.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $415.5 million, against a production budget of $120 million.
The film passed the $400 million threshold on October 7, making it the second film in the ''Bourne'' franchise to reach this milestone and the second highest-grossing film in the series behind ''The Bourne Ultimatum''.
Worldwide, the film opened at number one in 50 markets, scoring the biggest debut in the franchise in 53 markets. In 51 territories, ''Jason Bourne'' is the highest-grossing film in the franchise.
It is the third highest-grossing film of 2016 (behind ''
Warcraft
''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chao ...
'' and ''
The Mermaid'') that is not about comic book superheroes or
anthropomorphic
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Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics t ...
animals (including ''
The Jungle Book
''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, ...
'').
United States and Canada
In the United States and Canada, ''Jason Bourne'' was projected to gross $50–60 million in its opening weekend. It made $4.2 million from Thursday night previews at 2,928 theaters which began at 7:00pm, becoming the first film in the series to earn above $1 million from previews, although the other four films' screenings began at midnight. On its opening day it grossed $22.8 million, which is the second biggest opening day of the series behind ''
The Bourne Ultimatum'' ($24.6 million). It topped the box office in its opening weekend as expected with a $59.2 million opening, making it one of the few franchise titles from 2016 to open on par with its predecessor. It is the second biggest opening for the franchise as well as for Damon, just behind the $69 million debut of ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' in 2007.
The film dropped by 71% on its second Friday ($6.5 million) as a result of the release of the superhero film ''
Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...
''. By comparison, the last four ''Bourne'' movies all dropped (respectively) 46%, 59%, 57% and 61% on their second Fridays. In its second weekend the film grossed $22.7 million (a drop of 61.6%), finishing second at the box office.
Other territories
Internationally, ''Jason Bourne'' is the highest-grossing film of the series
and has secured a release in a total of 78 countries.
The film opened day-and-date in conjuncture with its North American release across 46 territories, including Australia, Brazil, South Korea and the U.K. and Ireland.
It grossed $22.8 million on its opening day, marking the biggest international opening day for the franchise. It had No. 1 opening days in 28 markets and recorded the biggest opening day for the franchise in the United Kingdom and Ireland ($5.2 million). Through Sunday, July 31, it had an opening weekend total of $50.7 million easily topping the box office as well as debuting at first place in 27 of the 48 markets and scored the best international opening for the franchise.
After three weeks of fluctuating up and down the charts, it rose back to the top spot in its fourth weekend after a strong debut in China.
It recorded the biggest opening for the franchise in South Korea ($11.3 million), the United Kingdom ($10.2 million), Australia ($5.8 million) Japan ($4.4 million) and Russia ($2.1 million) and had number one openings in France ($3.4 million), Australia, Taiwan ($2 million), Spain ($1.9 million), Indonesia ($1.7 million), the Philippines ($1.5 million) the Netherlands ($1.5 million), Mexico ($1.5 million), the UAE ($1.2 million), Sweden ($1.1 million) and Singapore ($1.1 million).
Brazil was one of the markets that did not open in first place, instead opening in fourth place with $1.4 million. South Korea posted the biggest opening among all other countries and although it faced stiff competition from local titles – ''
Operation Chromite
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'' and ''
Train to Busan
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'' – debuted in third place. Its opening figure is nevertheless a franchise milestone and comes ahead of competitions like ''
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'' and ''
Furious 7
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''.
Similarly, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it finished in second place after facing competition with the animated ''
Finding Dory
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''. It had a £7.6 million ($10 million) debut including £2.29 million ($3 million) worth of previews from 563 theaters, a new record for the franchise. However, based on pure Friday to Sunday earnings with the exclusion of previews, the film's £5.31 ($6.98 million) is more or less at par with ''The Bourne Ultimatum''s £5.31 million ($7 million).
In just 10 days, it became the second highest-grossing film in the series there. In India, it debuted in second place for a non-local film behind ''
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'' with $1.1 million.
In China, the film was released on Tuesday, August 23, alongside the animated ''
Ice Age: Collision Course'' and received an exclusive
3D version.
It grossed an estimated $12.3 million on its opening day to record the franchise's best opening day there (other Chinese sources had it at $11.8 million
). By comparison, ''The Bourne Legacy'' made $12.7 there in four days.
In three days, it earned $25.1 million.
In total, it delivered a six-day opening weekend total of an estimated $49.1 million – and a Friday to Sunday total of $23.9 million – to record the biggest opening for the franchise there. Its opening numbers alone surpassed the lifetime total of all other ''Jason Bourne'' films there.
While it had a robust opening, compared to other Hollywood films that also opened on a Tuesday, such as ''
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation'' (Friday +18%, Saturday +68%) and ''
Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (Friday +37%, Saturday +88%), ''Jason Bourne''s box office jumps on its first Friday and Saturday were just 13% and 43% respectively.
Following a first-place finish, it fell precipitously by 92% in its second weekend, earning $3.8 million.
China Film Insider projected that the film will end its run with a total of around $82 million, and also pointed out that had Universal not scheduled its release with ''Ice Age: Collision Course'', the film could've grossed over $100 million.
But the film ended up making $66.3 million.
Following North America and China, the U.K. is the film's top earning international market with $30.4 million, followed by South Korea with $19.1 million and Australia with $16.7 million and France with $11.6 million.
Critical response
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gave the film an approval rating of 54% based on 324 reviews, with a weighted average score of 5.80/10. The website's critical consensus states, "''Jason Bourne'' delivers fans of the franchise more of what they've come to expect – which is this sequel's biggest selling point as well as its greatest flaw."
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gave the film a normalized score of 58 out of 100, based on 50 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
Audiences polled by
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Ed Mintz founded Ci ...
gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.
Mike Ryan of ''
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'' gave the film a mixed review, writing: "''Jason Bourne'' is a completely unnecessary sequel that barely moves along the plot from the third movie. And after what a Big Deal it was in ''
The Bourne Legacy'' that no one could find Jason Bourne, it does feel a bit weird that the return of Jason Bourne seems so anticlimactic." Chris Tilly of ''
IGN
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'' gave the film 7/10, saying: "''Jason Bourne'' has a passable plot and a couple of pulsating sequences, which already makes it better than the majority of action movies. But in the context of its predecessors, that isn't good enough, the new movie never fully escaping the shadow of that previous trilogy, and making you question the wisdom of drawing Bourne back out of the shadows at all."
A. O. Scott of ''
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'' described Damon's performance as being "as subdued as ever" and said: "
is is perhaps the most striking feature of ''Jason Bourne'': Virtually all the major characters—good, bad and in-between—work for the same organization, at least on a consulting basis. There are dark whispers about external threats, and invocations of the tension between security and privacy in the digital age, but geopolitics and technology are scaffolding for what is essentially a movie about human resources challenges in a large bureaucracy." Peter Debruge of ''
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'' said, "
many ways, ''Jason Bourne'' is the most unsettling movie in the series, seeing as it points to a vast conspiracy directed at the American people, and Greengrass's style—rendered visceral via the marriage of Barry Ackroyd's on-the-fly lensing, a tense techno score, and Rouse's cutting-room trickery—lends itself nicely to an era in which shadow forces rely on such tools as satellite surveillance and
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." He went on by saying, "just as the initial Damon-driven trilogy wrapped up Bourne's business but left us wanting more, this sequel offers closure even as it entices us with the possibility of his return."
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of the ''
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'' gave the film three and a half out of four stars, describing Damon's performance as being, "outstanding as the tightly wound, perpetually restless and conflicted Jason Bourne, who is practically a superhero when it comes to fighting but is utterly lost the rest of the time", and said: "''Jason Bourne'' is the best action thriller of the year so far, with a half-dozen terrific chase sequences and fight scenes. At one point the action swings to Vegas, and while some of what transpires is almost cartoonishly over-the-top, it's great fun."
Todd McCarthy
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of ''
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'' found the film's conclusion and the characters distasteful, writing: "unfortunately, then, the film ends on a flat, unimpressive note, as well as with the realization that, no matter how much time we've spent with them, the characters remain utterly one-dimensional", but went on by saying, "technically and logistically, Greengrass delivers everything you expect from him; there's no one better when it comes to staging complex, chaotic action amid the real life of big cities. As before, cinematographer Barry Ackroyd is a great asset in this regard, and all production and effects hands join seamlessly in the achieved goal of physical verisimilitude."
Accolades
Future
Frank Marshall said Universal Pictures is hoping to plan a sequel to ''Jason Bourne'', making it the sixth Bourne film. He also stated that an upcoming film would expand the Bourne universe. However, in March 2017,
Matt Damon
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cast doubt upon a sequel, hinting that people "might be done" with the character, but previously stated he would be up to work with
Jeremy Renner on a Bourne film, "If they could find a way". In September 2019, Ben Smith, the producer of the ''
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'' television series, confirmed that another movie was "definitely" in the works and that it would be in the same universe as the TV show.
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