The visual effects were provided Industrial Light & Magic, who blended film and compute generated imagery to create the titular Mummy Jerry Goldsmith provided the orchestral score The Mummy opened on May 7, 1999, and grossed $43 million in 3,210 during its opening weekend in the United States; the movie went on To gross $416 million worldwide. The box-office success led to the 2001 sequel, The Mummy Returns The Mummy: The Animated Series, and the spin-off film The Scorpion King. Seven years later, the third installment .