A Hollywood horror film storming past Rs. 21 crore in India is notable on its own. What makes Lee Cronin’s The Mummy even more intriguing is where that surge is coming from. The film has clicked hard in South India, turning what could have been a niche genre outing into one of the more striking recent box office stories for an international release in the market.
After adding Rs. 3 crore gross on its second Saturday, The Mummy reached Rs. 21.75 crore gross in India. The jump keeps the film firmly in play through its second weekend and underlines the kind of sustained theatrical pull that Hollywood horror titles do not often enjoy here.
South India Turns The Mummy Into A Surprise Box Office Force
Instead of leaning only on the usual metro-heavy English-language circuit, The Mummy has drawn standout support from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. In several centres, the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions have done better business than the English and Hindi versions, giving the film a wider commercial base and a stronger hold beyond opening weekend.
The day-wise trend shows that the film has maintained momentum. It opened with Rs. 2 crore on Friday, rose to Rs. 3 crore on Saturday, and hit Rs. 4 crore on Sunday. Through the weekdays, it stayed steady with Rs. 1.95 crore on Monday, Rs. 2.35 crore on Tuesday, Rs. 2.10 crore on Wednesday, and Rs. 1.60 crore on Thursday. Its second Friday brought in Rs. 1.75 crore, before the second Saturday once again delivered Rs. 3 crore.
That takes the cumulative gross to Rs. 21.75 crore in India. The film is now eyeing an Rs. 8 crore second weekend, which would take it close to the Rs. 25 crore mark. For a supernatural horror title, that is a solid result, especially with so much of the fuel coming from dubbed southern markets.
That response also ties into why the film has travelled so well theatrically, with franchise familiarity helping viewers step into a far darker and more intimate take on the material.
Lee Cronin’S Dark Reinvention Of The Mummy
The Mummy is a 2026 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. The cast includes Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, and Verónica Falcón. The film was produced by New Line Cinema, Atomic Monster, Blumhouse Productions, and Wicked/Good, with Warner Bros. Pictures handling distribution.
The story follows a family reunited with their long-missing mummified daughter, only to realise that something is deeply wrong. That premise gives Cronin room to shift the property away from action-adventure spectacle and into a more unsettling, emotionally charged horror zone, which has clearly found an audience in India.
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