Maybe it was the large number of fans who played the trailer for 28 Years Later again and again to try and discern whether Cillian Murphy was playing a zombie (turns out he wasn’t), but the trailer has racked up an impressive number of views since its release last week. In fact, the numbers were so high for Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s third installment that they inspired Sony to give the original saga film a big push, 28 Days Later2002.
Breaking records
According to Deadline“it was not only the trailer for 28 Years Later The most viewed horror trailer of 2024 with 60.2 million global views, it is also the second biggest trailer of all time, behind It: Chapter 2 (96 million views and $91 million in its premiere). Currently, the trailer for 28 Years Later has reached 146.1 million global views.” That’s a lot of non-rotten eyes! Deadline He clarifies that the views do not include TikTok, as that platform’s figures can be distorted by advertising from movie studios, meaning that probably even more people have seen the trailer many more times than reported.
Either way, Sony—which will launch 28 Years Later under its wing in June 2025—is tapping into the zombie zeitgeist and bringing back 28 Days Laterthe first film in the saga, which also includes 28 Weeks Later 2007; both films were “respectively released by Searchlight Pictures and Fox Atomic under the former 20th Century Fox,” according to Deadline. Sony’s version of 28 Days Later will be available for purchase and rental on December 18, a day of jubilation for zombie fans who have been eager to revive this film, which has been difficult to obtain both physically and digitally.
Good news if you want to do double duty: you can watch 28 Weeks Later on various platforms, including Disney+ and Prime Video. 28 Years Later will hit theaters on June 20, 2025.
This article was translated from Gizmodo US by Lucas Handley. Here you can find the original version.
