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The Mummy Returns

2001 PG-13 2h 10m Action, Adventure, Fantasy Universal Pictures

Adventure is reborn.

Box office summary
Opening Weekend
$68.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$202M
Final
Worldwide Total
$433M
$231M international
Domestic Legs2.96x
Budget$98.0M
2001 Rank#6
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
May 4-6 1 $68.1M $68.1M 3,401 $20K 1
May 11-13 1 $33.7M -50.5% $118.0M 3,410 $10K 2
May 18-20 2 $20.4M -39.4% $146.5M 3,452 $6K 3
May 25-27 3 $15.1M -25.9% $166.7M 3,553 $4K 4
Jun 1-3 6 $7.8M -48.8% $181.2M 3,206 $2K 5
Jun 8-10 8 $4.7M -39.4% $188.7M 2,540 $2K 6
Jun 15-17 10 $2.7M -42.5% $193.5M 1,777 $2K 7
Jun 22-24 11 $1.6M -41.8% $196.2M 1,135 $1K 8
Jun 29-Jul 1 14 $1.1M -27.2% $198.1M 992 $1K 9
Jul 6-8 16 $709K -38.0% $199.4M 709 $999 10
Jul 13-15 19 $460K -35.2% $200.2M 593 $775 11
Jul 20-22 25 $223K -51.6% $200.7M 387 $575 12
Jul 27-29 30 $126K -43.3% $200.9M 250 $505 13
Aug 3-5 35 $94K -25.5% $201.1M 214 $439 14
Aug 10-12 38 $88K -6.6% $201.3M 202 $435 15
Aug 17-19 39 $81K -7.4% $201.4M 236 $344 16
Aug 24-26 40 $76K -6.4% $201.5M 227 $335 17
Aug 31-Sep 2 19 $88K +15.2% $201.7M 209 $420 18
Sep 7-9 49 $68K -22.0% $201.8M 185 $370 19
Sep 14-16 54 $58K -15.2% $201.9M 168 $345 20
Sep 21-23 58 $49K -15.0% $202.0M 143 $345 21

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byStephen Sommers
ScreenplayStephen Sommers
Produced bySean Daniel, James Jacks
CinematographyAdrian Biddle
MusicAlan Silvestri
StarringBrendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Patricia Velásquez, Freddie Boath
StudioUniversal Pictures