![]() "The Mummy" isn't a tent-pole either, the term for a franchise that holds up the studio, like "Harry Potter." "The Mummy" is a would-be universe. "The Mummy" isn't meant as a self-contained horror thriller or even to launch a, quote, "franchise," a word I put in quotes because when I grew up, franchises were Burger Kings and mobile stations. What no one could have guessed is that it would feel so uninvolving. It's everything its studio wanted it to be. "The Mummy" isn't bad because it misses its marks. So the studio Universal has announced plans to make more like it, which is scarier than anything in the movie itself. It did better overseas where its star, Tom Cruise, is more popular. ![]() ![]() Although, some analysts say that figure is too low. Film critic David Edelstein has these thoughts on the movie and what its release says about the current movie industry.ĭAVID EDELSTEIN, BYLINE: The most important bad movie of the year is "The Mummy," which opened June 9 and made around $30 million in the U.S., which sounds like a lot but not when your budget is reported to be $125 million. to generally poor reviews and is widely regarded as a flop. "The Mummy," which stars Tom Cruise as a soldier who accidentally uncovers the tomb of an evil Egyptian princess, opened last week in the U.S. ![]()
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