28 Years Later Trailer Was So Huge That 28 Days Later Is Making A Digital Comeback

Maybe the sheer amount of fans there was 28 years later trailer on replay to try and figure out if it’s Cillian Murphy playing a zombie (turned out not to be the case), but the spot has racked up an impressive number of views since its release last week. In fact, the numbers were so high for Danny Boyle-Alex Garland Tri Quel that it inspired Sony to give the original film in the series a big push in 2002. 28 days later.

According to Deadline“not only was it 28 years later trailer the most watched horror trailer of 2024 with 60.2 million global views, but is also the second biggest trailer of all time behind This is chapter two (96 million views, $91 million opening). At the moment, 28 years later the trailer garnered 146.1 million views worldwide.” That’s a lot of non-rotting eyes! The views don’t include TikTok, the commercial notes, because TikTok’s viewership numbers can be skewed by movie studio advertising — a bit of inside baseball, meaning that probably even more people watched the damn trailer even more times than reported.

In any case, Sony – which has 28 years later comes out under its umbrella in June 2025. – takes over the zombie zeitgeist and brings it back 28 days laterthe first in a series that also includes 2007 28 weeks later; the films are “released by the Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic labels, respectively, at the former 20th Century Fox,” per Deadline. Sony’s 28 days later edition will be available for purchase and rental on December 18th, a joyous day for zombie fans dying to revisit the long unavailable (physical 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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