‘The Mummy’ Unwraps $34M Globally Amid Crowded Box Office

Warner Bros.’ own take on The Mummy survived an extremely crowded box office by unwrapping a solid $34M global opening,

Directed by Evil Dead Rise‘s Lee Cronin, The Mummy opened in third place domestically with an estimated $13.5 million, making up some ground overseas with $17.5 million in ticket sales, reports THR.

The site notes that the film has divided critics and earned a C+ CinemaScore. Plus, it had to share IMAX screens with Hail Mary and follow Super Mario Galaxy in its second week. Next week: Michael. Ouch.

Even with all the competition, The Mummy still outgrossed last year’s Wolf Man, which opened to $11M and ended its run at $34M globally. For the $22M pricetag, The Mummy is looking pretty good. Maybe we will get a sequel? Director Lee Cronin has ideas.

In The Mummy, a journalist’s young daughter disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Laia Costa (“The Wheel of Time”), May Calamawy (“Moon Knight”), Natalie Grace (“1923”), and Veronica Falcón (“Ozark”) star.

In his review of The Mummy, Dread’s Josh Korngut wrote, “The film attempts to build an emotional spine strong enough to make its brutality really string, and not just shock, by centering the ghoulish story on a young girl and her grieving, all-American nuclear family. But that never lands. While the same gonzo nastiness that worked so well in  bleeds through, that violence registers as simply gross rather than actually painful without any characters to actually care about.”