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The Mummy Movie Watch Order in the correct order
How to watch the Mummy movies in order
Last updated: September 14 2026
Written by: ChronoAlice
The Mummy franchise blends adventure, horror, and comedy across Brendan Fraser's beloved trilogy and its Scorpion King spinoff. A watch order helps you navigate the sequels and the separate 2017 reboot.
The Mummy reinvented the classic Universal monster as a swashbuckling adventure, with Brendan Fraser's Rick O'Connell and Rachel Weisz's Evelyn racing to stop the resurrected priest Imhotep. The series grew into a globe-trotting saga, spun off The Scorpion King, and was later rebooted entirely.
π Release Order
Release order keeps the O'Connell family saga intact and shows how the spinoff and reboot arrived.
- The Mummy (1999)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- The Scorpion King (2002)
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
- The Mummy (2017, reboot)
The Scorpion King is a prequel spinoff set in ancient times, and the 2017 film is a completely separate continuity, so chronology reshuffles things.
π Story Chronology
By in-universe timeline, the ancient Scorpion King legend comes first, followed by the O'Connell adventures; the 2017 reboot stands on its own.
- The Scorpion King (2002) β set in ancient Gomorrah, thousands of years earlier
- The Mummy (1999) β set in 1926
- The Mummy Returns (2001) β set in 1933
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) β set in 1946
- The Mummy (2017) β a standalone modern-day reboot
Which Order Should You Choose?
First-timers should watch in release order and enjoy the O'Connell trilogy as the heart of the franchise. The Scorpion King works either as a fun prequel before the trilogy or as a standalone action romp. Skip the 2017 reboot unless you're curious β it belongs to a different, abandoned continuity and isn't required viewing.
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