‘28 Years Later’ is the most-watched horror trailer of 2024 and second most-watched of all time

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28 Years Later is the most-watched horror trailer of 2024 and the second most-watched of all time, it’s been revealed.The 28 Years Later trailer, which dropped on December 10, amassed an impressive 60.2million global views in its first 24 hours, and 141.6million global views altogether.

This makes it the second-biggest trailer of all time, after It Chapter Two, which amassed almost 100million global views in the first 24 hours.The 28 Years Later trailer beat out the trailers for huge movies including The Nun, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Halloween, and from this year, Smile 2 and Nosferatu.Deadline has reported that, as a result, Sony is releasing the original 2002 movie 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, for purchase and rental tomorrow (December 18).The movie’s development began back in 2007, and after multiple delays, it’s set for release on June 20, 2025.

It was shot on iPhones back-to-back with another sequel, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, which will be produced by Boyle but directed by Nia DaCosta.While there will have been an almost 20-year gap between the second and third movies, there’s set to be a 28 Years Later trilogy – as producer Andrew Macdonald revealed in August.

After The Bone Temple, there’s going to be a third movie.28 Years Later is the third movie in the main series following the 2002 movie and its 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, and Cillian Murphy will be returning after his role in the original film.