Tonight on TV: Tom Cruise’s worst movie

In 1999, Tom Cruise auditioned to play the lead character in The Mummy franchise. If the role ends up going to Brendan Fraser, it’s just a delay. Indeed, the reboot of the saga began in 2017, and this time the actor lends his qualities to the hero. So he meets a formidable antagonist, played by Sofia Boutella, for results… that turn out to be disastrous. Tom Cruise must collect the disappointed hopes of the studios.

Indeed, since Dracula in 2014, Universal is also playing with the idea of ​​having an extended universe: a dark world featuring famous characters such as Frankenstein’s monster, the werewolf, the strange creature of the Black Lake, the Invisible Man or Van Helsing. But the failure of The Mummy changes all the cards. To top off this connected world, namely Russell Crowe’s portrayal of Dr. Jekyll in a mask, the film grossed “only” $409 million worldwide on a $125 million shooting budget (not including a marketing budget of at least $100 million). .

With an average viewer rating of 2.4 out of 5, mummy The lowest rated feature film in Tom Cruise’s filmography by AlloCiné internet users. A bad and distant memory as the actress currently has a beach! Out on May 25, Top Gun: Maverick, which he headlines, continues to break records. Across the Atlantic, it recently reached a milestone by overtaking James Cameron’s Titanic to gross $7 million.

mummy Alex Kurtzman with Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Annabelle Wallis…

from the age of 10

Tonight on TF1 at 21:10.