While it was released in the year 1999, the original Mummy movie was set in the year 1923, starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, while the 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns, was set a decade later in 1933.
The 2008 film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was set in 1946, shifting the action to China.
The Brendan Fraser version of The Mummy opened with $43.3 million back in 1999, en route to a domestic haul of $155.3 million and $415.9 million worldwide, from an $80 million budget.
Universal’s history with The Mummy goes all the way back to 1932, with the Boris Karloff classic that spawned numerous movies throughout the 1940s.