Los Angeles: Action movie 'The Bourne Legacy,' with new star Jeremy Renner, raced to the No 1 spot on U.S. and Canadian box office charts with an estimated $40.3 million in ticket sales over the weekend.
New adult comedy 'The Campaign' debuted in second place, winning $27.4 million at domestic theaters. The two new movies knocked three-time box office champion 'The Dark Knight Rises' to third place.
'Bourne Legacy' is the fourth movie in the spy franchise that previously starred Matt Damon and has grossed nearly $1 billion around the world. Damon played a CIA assassin with memory loss who tried to discover his true identity while evading the CIA's attempts to kill him.
Universal cast Renner in the new movie in an effort to reboot the series for future sequels. Renner plays agent Aaron Cross, who tries to escape his CIA pursuers with the help of genetic scientist Marta Shearing, played by Rachel Weisz....
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06:21 PM, Aug 14, 2012
Johnny Depp's ex, Vanessa Paradis opens up ever so slightly about her recent breakup to a French magazine. ...
10:57 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Rajeev Masand reviews 'Gangs of Wasseypur II' and 'The Bourne Legacy'. ...
11:50 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen, Oscar Isaac Dirtector: Tony Gilroy The fundamental problem with 'The Bourne Legacy' is that it contains too much talking and very little action. Its a far cry from the earlier Bourne films, particularly Supremacy and Ultimatum, both directed by Paul Greengrass whose frenetic shaky-camera shooting style and breathless direction turned those films into smart, realistic action-thrillers. Tony Gilroy, whos co-written and...
11:12 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Masand says 'The Bourne Legacy' lacks pace. What do you think? Write your review and win prizes.
10:01 PM, Aug 10, 2012
The fourth installment of the Bourne franchise, 'The Bourne Legacy', hits screens on Friday. Also on offer is Bollywood potboiler 'Gangs Of Wasseypur 2' that released on Wednesday. ...
10:21 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Los Angeles: Film franchises have seen prequels and sequels but when Matt Damon decided not to return for a fourth stint as rogue CIA agent Jason Bourne, producers opted for something different - the same time-quel. 'The Bourne Legacy,' the latest installment of the lucrative action franchise, opens in theaters on August 10, starring 'Hurt Locker' actor Jeremy Renner. Renner plays an entirely new character, agent Aaron Cross, whose own...
03:52 PM, Aug 09, 2012
'The Bourne Legacy' is an upcoming 2012 American action spy film and the fourth installment in the Bourne film series, which is based on Robert Ludlum's 'Jason Bourne' novels. ...
01:07 PM, Jul 26, 2012
Beijing: Stan Lee, the 89-year-old creator of 'Spider-Man', 'The Hulk', 'X-Men' and 'Iron Man', is now creating a Chinese superhero called 'The Annihilator' in cooperation with Chinese filmmakers. 'The Annihilator' will tell the story of a Chinese superhero's battle to save the world. This was announced at the Shanghai International Film Festival, the Shanghai Daily reported. Hollywood writer Dan Gilroy, of 'Real Steel' and 'The Bourne Legacy' fame, is also...
04:13 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Bourne franchise, back with it's fourth chapter 'The Bourne Legacy', introduces new hero played by Jeremy Renner. ...
07:39 PM, Feb 16, 2012
