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The Mummy is a media franchise based on films by Universal Pictures about a mummified ancient Egyptian priest who is accidentally resurrected, bringing with him a powerful curse, and the ensuing efforts of heroic archaeologists to stop him. The franchise was created by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer.
| Year | Film | The Mummy actor |
| 1932 | The Mummy | Boris Karloff |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Tom Tyler |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Lon Chaney Jr. |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Ghost | |
| The Mummy's Curse | ||
| 1955 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | Eddie Parker |
| Film | Critical | Public | |
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
| The Mummy | 63% (106 reviews) | 48 (34 reviews) | B |
| The Mummy Returns | 46% (141 reviews) | 48 (31 reviews) | A− |
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | 13% (176 reviews) | 31 (33 reviews) | B− |
| Continuity | Title | Release date | Director |
| Universal Classic Monsters | The Mummy | December 22, 1932 | Karl Freund |
| The Mummy's Hand | September 20, 1940 | Christy Cabanne | |
| The Mummy's Tomb | October 23, 1942 | Harold Young | |
| The Mummy's Ghost | July 7, 1944 | Reginald LeBorg | |
| The Mummy's Curse | December 22, 1944 | Leslie Goodwins | |
| Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy | April 16, 1955 | Charles Lamont | |
| Hammer series | The Mummy | September 25, 1959 | Terence Fisher |
| The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | October 18, 1964 | Michael Carreras | |
| The Mummy's Shroud | March 15, 1967 | John Gilling | |
| Blood from the Mummy's Tomb | October 14, 1971 | Seth Holt and Michael Carreras | |
| Direct-to-DVD | Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy | March 30, 1998 | Jeffrey Obrow |
| Dimension Films | Tale of the Mummy | July 10, 1998 | Russell Mulcahy |
| The Mummy remake series | The Mummy | May 7, 1999 | Stephen Sommers |
| The Mummy Returns | May 4, 2001 | ||
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | August 1, 2008 | Rob Cohen | |
| Untitled fourth film | October 15, 2027 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett | |
| Dark Universe | The Mummy | June 9, 2017 | Alex Kurtzman |
| New Line Cinema | Lee Cronin's The Mummy | April 17, 2026 | Lee Cronin |
| Character | Universal Classic Monsters | The Mummy remake series | Dark Universe | |||||||
| The Mummy | The Mummy's Hand | The Mummy's Tomb | The Mummy's Ghost | The Mummy's Curse | The Mummy | The Mummy Returns | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | The Mummy The Animated Series | The Mummy | |
| 1932 | 1940 | 1942 | 1944 | 1999 | 2001 | 2008 | 2001–2003 | 2017 | ||
| Imhotep The Mummy | Boris Karloff | Boris KarloffA | Arnold Vosloo | Jim CummingsV | ||||||
| Ankh-es-en-Amon / Anck-su-namun Helen Grosvenor / Meela Nais | Zita Johann | Patricia Velásquez | Lenore ZannV | |||||||
| Ardeth Bay | Oded Fehr | Nicholas GuestV | ||||||||
| Frank Whemple | David Manners | |||||||||
| Sir Joseph Whemple | Arthur Byron | |||||||||
| Ralph Norton | Bramwell Fletcher | |||||||||
| Dr. Muller | Edward Van Sloan | |||||||||
| Kharis The Mummy | Tom Tyler | Lon Chaney Jr. | ||||||||
| Steve Banning | Dick Foran | |||||||||
| Babe Hanson (née Jenson) | Wallace Ford | |||||||||
| Professor Andoheb / The High Priest | George Zucco | |||||||||
| Dr. Charles Petrie | Charles Trowbridge | |||||||||
| Marta Solvani | Peggy Moran | |||||||||
| The Great Solvani | Cecil Kellaway | |||||||||
| Mehemet Bey | Turhan Bey | |||||||||
| Dr. John Banning | John Hubbard | |||||||||
| Isobel Evans Banning | Elyse Knox | |||||||||
| Professor Norman | Frank Reicher | |||||||||
| Yousef Bey | John Carradine | |||||||||
| Tom Hervey | Robert Lowery | |||||||||
| Princess Ananka Amina Mansori | Ramsay Ames | Virginia Christine | ||||||||
| Inspector Walgreen | Barton MacLane | |||||||||
| Sheriff Elwood | Harry Shannon | |||||||||
| Dr. James HalseyDr. Jenny Halsey | Dennis Moore | Annabelle Wallis | ||||||||
| Betty Walsh | Kay Harding | |||||||||
| Pat Walsh | Addison Richards | |||||||||
| Dr. Ilzor Zandaab | Peter Coe | |||||||||
| Ragheb | Martin Kosleck | |||||||||
| Cajun Joe | Kurt Katch | |||||||||
| Rick O'Connell | Brendan Fraser | John SchneiderV | ||||||||
| Evelyn Carnahan O'Connell / Princess Nefertiri | Rachel Weisz | Maria Bello | Grey DeLisleV | |||||||
| Jonathan Carnahan | John Hannah | Tom KennyV | ||||||||
| Pharaoh Seti I | Aharon Ipalé | |||||||||
| Beni Gabor | Kevin J. O'Connor | |||||||||
| Dr. Allen Chamberlain | Jonathan Hyde | |||||||||
| Dr. Terrance Bey | Erick Avari | |||||||||
| Isaac Henderson | Stephen Dunham | |||||||||
| David Daniels | Corey Johnson | |||||||||
| Bernard Burns | Tuc Watkins | |||||||||
| Warden Gad Hassan | Omid Djalili | |||||||||
| Captain Winston Havlock | Bernard Fox | |||||||||
| Alexander "Alex" Rupert O'Connell | Freddie Boath | Luke Ford | Chris MarquetteV | |||||||
| Mathayus The Scorpion King | Dwayne Johnson | |||||||||
| Baltus Hafez | Alun Armstrong | |||||||||
| Lock-Nah | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | |||||||||
| Izzy Buttons | Shaun Parkes | |||||||||
| Red Willits | Bruce Byron | |||||||||
| Crew / detail | Film | |||||||||
| Universal Classic Monsters | The Mummy remake series | Dark Universe | New Line Cinema | |||||||
| The Mummy | The Mummy's Hand | The Mummy's Tomb | The Mummy's Ghost | The Mummy's Curse | The Mummy | The Mummy Returns | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | The Mummy | Lee Cronin's The Mummy | |
| 1932 | 1940 | 1942 | 1944 | 1999 | 2001 | 2008 | 2017 | 2026 | ||
| Director | Karl Freund | Christy Cabanne | Harold Young | Reginald LeBorg | Leslie Goodwins | Stephen Sommers | Rob Cohen | Alex Kurtzman | Lee Cronin | |
| Producer(s) | Carl Laemmle Jr. | Ben Pivar | Oliver Drake Ben Pivar | Sean Daniel James Jacks | Sean Daniel James Jacks Bob Ducsay Stephen Sommers | Sean Daniel Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Chris Morgan | Lee Cronin James Wan Jason Blum John Keville | |||
| Writer(s) | Screenplay: John L. Balderston Story: Nina Wilcox Putnam & Richard Schayer | Griffen Jay Maxwell Shane | Story: Neil P. Varnick | Griffin Jay Henry Sucher | Leon Abrams Dwight V. Babcock | Screenplay: Stephen SommersStory: Stephen Sommers, Lloyd Fonvielle & Kevin Jarre | Stephen Sommers | Alfred Gough Miles Millar | Screenplay: David Koepp Christopher McQuarrie Dylan KussmanStory: Jon Spaihts Alex Kurtzman Jenny Lumet | Lee Cronin |
| Composer(s) | James Dietrich | Frank Skinner Hans J. Salter | —N/a | Frank Skinner (uncredited) | William Lava Paul Sawtell | Jerry Goldsmith | Alan Silvestri | Randy Edelman | Brian Tyler | Stephen McKeon |
| Editor(s) | Milton Carruth | Philip Cahn | Milton Carruth | Saul A. Goodkind | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. | Bob Ducsay | Bob Ducsay Kelly Matsumoto | Joel Negron Kelly Matsumoto | Paul Hirsch | Bryan Shaw |
| Cinematographer | Charles J. Stumar | Elwood Bredell | George Robinson | William Sickner | Virgil Miller | Adrian Biddle | Simon Duggan | Ben Seresin | Dave Garbett | |
| Production companies | Universal Pictures | Alphaville Films | Relativity Media Sommers Company Alphaville Films | K/O Paper Products Sean Daniel Company | New Line Cinema Blumhouse Productions Atomic Monster Wicked/Good | |||||
| Distributor | Universal Pictures | Warner Bros. Pictures | ||||||||
| Runtime | 1 hour, 13 minutes | 1 hour, 7 minutes | 1 hour, 1 minute | 1 hour, 1 minute | 1 hour, 2 minutes | 2 hours, 5 minutes | 2 hours, 10 minutes | 1 hour, 51 minutes | 1 hour, 50 minutes | 2 hours, 13 minutes |
| Release date | December 22, 1932 | September 20, 1940 | October 23, 1942 | July 7, 1944 | December 22, 1944 | May 7, 1999 | May 4, 2001 | August 1, 2008 | June 9, 2017 | April 17, 2026 |