of Anck-Su-Namun Oded Fehr as Ardeth Bay, a Medjai chieftain and warrior Patricia Velásquez as Meela Nais / Anck-su-namun, the mistress of Pharaoh Seti I, and secret lover of Imhotep Freddie Boath as Alex O'Connell, Rick and Evelyn's son Alun Armstrong as Baltus Hafez, the cult leader Dwayne Johnson as Mathayus of Akkad / The Scorpion King, an ancient warrior who sold his soul to Anubis Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Lock-Nah, a cult enforcer Shaun Parkes as Izzy Buttons, Rick's friend and a dirigible pilot Bruce Byron as Red Willits, a thief contracted by the cult to claim the Bracelet of Anubis Joe Dixon as Jacques, a thief contracted by the cult to claim the Bracelet of Anubis Tom Fisher as Spivey, a thief contracted by the cult to claim the Bracelet of Anubis Aharon Ipalé as Pharaoh Seti I, the Pharaoh of Egypt, whom Imhotep killed in 1290 BC Music The Mummy Returns: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on May 1, 2001 by Decca Records. It contains the score composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri as well as a version of the song "Forever May Not Be Long Enough" by the rock band Live, which slightly differs from the song's album version. A 2-CD expansion was released by Intrada Records in 2018. Reception Box office The Mummy Returns earned $23.4 million on its first day of release, then made $26.8 million the day after. This made it the highest Friday and Saturday grosses, surpassing both Toy Story 2 and The Lost World: Jurassic Park respectively. Later that year, those records were simultaneously given to Planet of the Apes and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. During its opening weekend, the film made $68.1 million, making it the then second highest opening weekend of all time, only behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Moreover, it surpassed Hannibal to have the highest opening weekend for a 2001 film, joining Monsters, Inc., Rush Hour 2 and Planet of the Apes to become one of the only four films of that year to make $60 million in their first three days of release. The film also became one of four consecutive Universal films of the year to cross the $40 million in an opening weekend, with the others being American Pie 2, The Fast and the Furious and Jurassic Park III. The Mummy Returns would remain in the number one spot at the