- With Star Trek Beyond (VIA -2.5%, VIAB -2.7%) dropping off in its second weekend, the box-office lead was open for a grab from Matt Damon thriller Jason Bourne (CMCSA +0.5%), which led films with $60M in grosses.
- The latest Star Trek film dropped nearly 60% of its first week total to finish No. 2 with $24M, just edging the other key newcomer, STX's Bad Moms ($23.4M). Another debut, Nerve, came up shorter for Lions Gate (LGF -0.9%) with $9M in the No. 8 slot.
- Jason Bourne got the second-highest opening in that franchise's history with Matt Damon returning to the title role for the first time in nine years.
- Among some high-grossing successes still in the top 10: The Secret Life of Pets (NASDAQ:CMCSA) was fourth-highest this weekend with $18.2M, bringing its cumulative gross to $296.2M; Ghostbusters (SNE -2.8%) hit $106.2M cumulative ($158.3M worldwide) in its third weekend, settling in at No. 7; Finding Dory (DIS -0.5%) was No. 9 with $4.2M, running its cumulative gross to $469M domestic (and $830.5M total worldwide).