Stephen Sommers' 1999 feature was an enjoyable, if overlong, romp recounting the struggles of an adventurer and his companions to stop the apocalyptic agenda of an ancient Egyptian priest. The other, a prequel called The Scorpion King, will be released either later this year or next year, depending on how Universal arranges its release schedule. The Mummy Returns, which re-unites nearly the entire cast from the 1999 movie, is the first of these two productions.
However, long before the worldwide gross crept close to $400 million, Universal had already put two additional Mummy films into the hopper, awarding the series the "franchise" label. The studio had expected it to be profitable, but not that profitable. The 1999 remake of the horror classic The Mummy surprised Universal Pictures with its box office success.
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