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The Mummy—yes, our favorite bandaged overlord of universal angst—is having what in Hollywood would generously be called “a moment.” And I know, you’re thinking: “Marc, haven’t we unwrapped this guy enough times?” But apparently, you can’t keep a good mummy down, or a mediocre one off HBO Max’s Top 10.

Let’s rip off a few layers of recent action because October 2025 is, somehow, all about The Mummy—both the monster and the movies. The biggest headline? Tom Cruise’s 2017 franchise fumble—the film that was supposed to conjure a whole “Dark Universe” but instead entombed it right next to Dracula Untold—got its own second coming this week. HBO Max watchers have apparently turned this box office bandage into streaming gold, shoving The Mummy to Number 10 in the US streaming charts. That’s right: eight years of memes, ridicule, and “remember when Russell Crowe was Dr. Jekyll?”—and now, folks are binge-watching as if ancient Egypt had WiFi. According to Slash Film and ScreenRant, this resurgence might even climb higher, probably on the power of nostalgia, Halloween inertia, or just the internet’s love of good disaster cinema.

Not to be outdone by Tom Cruise’s intense running face, whispers out of Universal suggest some execs haven’t abandoned all hope for a lighter, more tongue-in-cheek return—potentially with Brendan Fraser. ComicBookMovie.com swears Lee Cronin, the director who knows his way around demonic possession, will helm a fresh take set for 2026. Insiders are tossing around Brendan Fraser’s name along with enough nostalgia to fill a sarcophagus, but nothing has surfaced that would make Rick O’Connell dust off his shotgun just yet.

And while Twitter continues to churn out memes about The Mummy’s various love interests (personal favorite: “If my ex came back after 3,000 years I’d probably still ghost them”), this Halloween is also seeing a marketing tie-in. The 19 Crimes wine label just dropped a new “Mummy” vintage for all your “wine and whine about past lives” needs, hoping to capitalize on monster chic at your next costume party.

Oh, and for the TV nerds, CBS’s sitcom “Ghosts” is doing an episode literally titled “Halloween 5: The Mummy,” landing October 30th. Because nothing says “prime-time comedy” like ancient undead family drama.

So, there you have it: box office flops becoming streaming faves, rumblings of yet another reboot, novelty booze, and sitcom cameos. If you’re keeping a mummy diary—which you should be—this week is weirdly loaded for our linen-wrapped legend.

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