The Mummy Returns accounted for some 70% of the weekend's box office. The remaining movies in the top ten hardly got a look in, however, with Franchise Pictures' Driven falling over 50% to $6.1m in its second weekend at number two. On the back of The Mummy Returns, the box office for the weekend was up some 32% from the same weekend last year when Gladiator opened. Reviews were generally poor for the film, but this is one instance where a film is cheerily review-proof. Also starring is wrestling champion The Rock as The Scorpion King, a character which has already spawned a spin-off movie of its own. The Mummy opened with $43.4m in the same weekend opening slot in 1999 and went on to take over $400m worldwide, so the success of the second had been predicted and had merited the $100m lavished on its production budget, although quite such a big opening was not as easy to guess.Īgain directed by Stephen Sommers, The Mummy Returns pits Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz and John Hannah against the evil mummy Imhotep played by Arnold Vosloo. The film also broke records for biggest Friday and Saturday single day grosses of $23.4m and $26.8m respectively. Playing in 3,401 theatres, The Mummy Returns had a site average of $20,612, less than the $22,000 averaged by both The Lost World and The Phantom Menace which played in fewer theatres.
Only one film - Universal's own The Lost World: Jurassic Park - had a bigger three-day take of $72m in 1997 Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace took $64.8m in 1999 for third place. Universal Pictures celebrated the second biggest opening in cinema history at the North American box office this weekend, as its adventure sequel The Mummy Returns grossed a spectacular estimated $70.1m.
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