The Bourne Supremacy 2004

The Bourne Supremacy is a 2004 American action thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Tony Gilroy. Loosely based on the novel of the same name and a sequel to The Bourne Identity (2002), the film stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a former CIA assassin suffering from psychogenic amnesia trying to learn more of his past when he is enveloped in a conspiracy involving the CIA and Treadstone. Joan Allen, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, and Gabriel Mann also star. Following the success of the first film, Greengrass was hired to replace Doug Liman as the director of the sequel after the producers were impressed by his work on Bloody Sunday (2002). The film premiered at ArcLight Hollywood on July 15, 2004, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 23 by Universal Pictures. It received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing $311 million on a $75–85 million budget. A sequel, The Bourne Ultimatum, was released in 2007.