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The Best Cult Classic Fantasy Hit of the 2000s Is a Streaming Hit After Sequel News
Of the many actors to find success in this decade, the world seems most pleased about the recent triumph of Brendan Fraser. Lovingly dubbed the “Brennaissance” by his millions of fans, Fraser finally reached the summit of his emotional return to Hollywood in 2023, when he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, in his first nomination no less, for his starring turn in The Whale. Not one to rest on his laurels, Fraser has since turned in several great performances, including an underrated tearjerker in Rental Family.
Now, he is capping this incredible few years off with a return to the franchise that proved a breakthrough for him as a blockbuster leading star. Returning alongside Rachel Weisz and John Hannah, Fraser will star in a new installment in the cult classic The Mummy franchise. Directed by Radio Silence duo Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, the pair behind 2024’s Abigail, the film is scheduled for a May 19, 2028, release date. It will serve as a sequel to 2001’s The Mummy Returns, and will ignore 2008’s The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
With excitement running high as fans guess what another Mummy movie might involve, it seems many are returning to the film that started it all to get them in the mood. At the time of writing, 1999’s The Mummy is one of the most-watched movies on Hulu in the U.S. Directed by Stephen Sommers, this fast-paced fantasy adventure drew a mixed response from critics at the time, illustrated by a middling 63% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus on the site reading, “It’s difficult to make a persuasive argument for The Mummy as any kind of meaningful cinematic achievement, but it’s undeniably fun to watch.”
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Was ‘The Mummy’ a Box Office Hit?
Against a reported budget of $80 million, The Mummy defied a mixed critical reception with a huge global haul of $418 million. Split between $157 million in domestic revenue and a further $261 million from overseas markets, the film recently added to its total in 2024, when it returned to theaters for its 25th anniversary. A synopsis reads:
“The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.”
The Mummy is streaming on Hulu. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for more streaming news.
- Release Date
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May 7, 1999
- Runtime
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124 minutes
- Producers
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James Jacks, Sean Daniel
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