The 28 Years Later trailer was so huge, 28 Days Later is making a digital comeback

Maybe it was the large amount of fans they had 28 years later trailers on repeat to try to discern whether or not it was Cillian Murphy playing a zombie (turns out, it wasn’t), but the spot has racked up a staggering number of views since its release last week. In fact, the numbers were so high for the Danny Boyle-Alex Garland three-quel which inspired Sony to give a major push to the original film in the series, 2002 28 days later.

According to due date“not only was the 28 years later trailer the most watched horror trailer in 2024 at 60.2 million global views, but it is also the second biggest trailer of all time. It’s Chapter Two (96M views, $91M opening). Currently, the 28 years later trailer amassed 146.1 million global views.” That’s a lot of eyeballs that wouldn’t rot! Views don’t include TikTok, commercial notes, as TikTok’s viewership numbers may be skewed by the advertising the studio film – a bit of inside baseball that means probably even more people have seen the dang trailer even more times than has been reported.

In any case, Sony – that has 28 years later coming out under his umbrella in June 2025 – he is leaning on the zombie zeitgeist and bringing back 28 days laterthe first in the series that also includes 2007 28 weeks later; the films were “published respectively by Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic labels at the former 20th Century Fox”, according to Deadline. by Sony 28 days later release will be available for purchase and rental on December 18, a joyous day for zombie fans dying to revisit the long (physically) unavailable. o digital) title.

Good news if you want to do double duty: you can stream 28 weeks later on a variety of platforms, including Disney+ and Prime Video. 28 years later hits theaters June 20, 2025.

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