

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
A new evil awakens.
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $145M
- Box office
- $403.4M
- Language
- English
- china
- sword
- pyramid
- mummy
- yeti
- sequel
- chinese emperor
- tomb
- great wall of china
- terracotta army
- 1940s
- 3rd century bc
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Produced in
United States of America, China, Germany
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1331 Jul 2008
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A6 Aug 2008
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM11 Sept 2008
CanadaCA
- TheatricalPG1 Aug 2008
BrazilBR
- Theatrical121 Aug 2008
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+31 Jul 2008
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical118 Aug 2008
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-138 Aug 2008
FranceFR
- Theatrical125 Aug 2008
- TV6ter14 May 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical127 Aug 2008
GreeceGR
- Theatrical139 Oct 2008
HungaryHU
- Theatrical121 Jul 2008
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was released on 1 July 2008.
Audience reviews
4- G3/10
Gimly
6/21/2017
From dumb fun to... regular dumb. It's hard to find a point where _Tomb of the Dragon Emperor_ wasn't hampered by itself. Or a point where it makes any sort of logical sense. Unfortunate that is was no good, lending credence to the need of a reboot, which we now have, but wish we didn't. _Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible._
- J4/10
John Chard
4/3/2019
Not the same Mummy twice, nor thrice for that matter. Well it's been pretty much universally panned has this third Brendan Fraser led instalment of the new age Mummy series. So lets not beat around the bush here, it's not very good, but it's hardly deserving of the 1/10 ratings it has been given by amateur on line reviewers. The plot (for what it's worth) sees young Alex O'Connell, now amazingly a grown man in …
- W6/10
Wuchak
12/8/2019
***High adventure in China, albeit totally overdone*** In 1946 Rick & Evy (Brendan Fraser & Maria Bello) are bored in their middle age in England and so take an assignment to China where they meet Evelyn's brother (John Hannah) and their son (Luke Ford) who has discovered the tomb of a tyrannical ancient emperor (Jet Li). Unfortunately, there’s a secret plot to resurrect the mummified remains of the Emperor and al…
- R7/10
r96sk
2/19/2025
<em>'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'</em> is the weakest of the trilogy, even if it does have arguably the best title of the three. I do think there is enough positive about it that it is worth watching, though admittedly the plot does feel threadbare - it's nowt enthralling either. I do appreciate the refresh of sorts we get, however. It doesn't feel connected much to the prior installments, which I guess …
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