Maybe it's the amount of fans there are 28 Years Later trailer again to try and figure out if Cillian Murphy is playing a zombie (done, no), but the spot has gotten a ton of views since its release last week. In fact, the numbers are too high for Danny Boyle-Alex Garland three-quel that it inspired Sony to give a big push to the original film of the series, 2002's 28 Days Later.

According to The deadline"not only the 28 Years Later trailer is the most watched horror trailer of 2024 at 60.2M views worldwide, but it is also the second biggest trailer of all time behind Chapter Two (96M views, $91M opening). Currently, the 28 Years Later The trailer got 146.1M views worldwide. That's a lot of incorruptible eyeballs! The views don't include TikTok, the company notes, because TikTok's viewership numbers can be skewed by movie-studio advertising—a little within the baseball which means probably more people watched the dang trailer even more times than reported.

Either way, Sony—which has 28 Years Later which will come out under its umbrella in June 2025 — seizing the zombie zeitgeist and bringing it back 28 Days Laterthe first in a series that also includes 2007's 28 Weeks Later; the films "were released individually by Searchlight Pictures and the former 20th Century Fox's Fox Atomic label," per Deadline. at Sony 28 Days Later The release will be available for purchase and rental on December 18, a happy day for zombie fans dying to visit the long-defunct (physically). or digital) title.

Good news if you want to make it a double feature: you can stream 28 Weeks Later on various platforms, including Disney+ and Prime Video. 28 Years Later hits theaters June 20, 2025.

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