Summary

"28 Years Later" breaks records as the best horror ticket pre-seller of 2025.
The film's trailer received 60.2 million global views in 24 hours.
The movie is set to be released on June 20, 2025, with a budget of $75 million.

Director Danny Boyle's soon-to-be-released film 28 Years Later's pre-ticket sales have set an incredible record for the highly anticipated sequel, even overtaking popular movies like Nosferatu and Sinners. Written by Oscar-nominee Alex Garland with Boyle steering the ship, the upcoming third installment in the zombie film trilogy initially began with 28 Days Later in 2002 and was then continued by its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, five years after. Hosting talented and returning cast members, 28 Years Later will star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, Jack O'Connell, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, and Edvin Ryding. For those hoping to see Cillian Murphy, Boyle previously stated that Murphy’s character Jim will be in parts two and three of the new trilogy.

28 Years Later focuses on a young boy who needs to find a doctor to help his dying mother, but to do so, he needs to journey through the hills and forests of the northern English countryside. However, due to the Rage Virus returning yet again, infected lie in wait within these locations, causing chaos and terror. So far, not a great deal is known about the ins and outs of 28 Years Later' s plot, other than a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by the infected, but fans do know that it's "almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist among the infected", according to the film's synopsis.

28 Years Later Teases New Harrowing Image and Fans Think It Includes One Gruesome Detail

Fans think that a new image from the 28 Years Later movie might include one horrifying detail about a character.

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28 Years Later Becomes the Best Horror Ticket Pre-Seller of 2025

According to Deadline, 28 Years Later has sold more pre-sale tickets during its 24 hours of advanced ticket sales than other big horror films like Sinners, Final Destination Bloodlines, and Nosferatu, making the zombie film the best horror ticket pre-seller in 2025. And now, due to the pre-sale tickets being gobbled up so fast, the long-awaited sequel could see its domestic opening weekend ranging around $30 million.

However, the post-apocalyptic horror could very well range closer to $50 million since it's one of the most anticipated movies of 2025, as well as its first trailer gaining 60.2 million global views in its first 24 hours, becoming the biggest horror trailer launch of 2024. Ryan Coogler's Sinners debuted to $48 million while Final Destination: Bloodlines had a franchise-best opening of $51.6 million, so all eyes are on 28 Years Later's release.

Even though 28 Years Later might have previously felt like a sequel to the franchise had passed its expiration, it seems to be back in full glory as it looks to terrify its fans once again. As fans may have heard in the film's first trailer, its unsettling vibe was heightened by the haunting narration of Taylor Holmes' recording of Rudyard Kipling’s war poem, Boots, which is certainly an eerie indicator of what Boyle has planned for his audience. With a budget of $75 million, 28 Years Later is the biggest film to be created on an iPhone, and if its trailer is anything to go by, it looks as though the 17-year wait could be very much worth it after all.

28 Years Later will premiere in theaters on June 20, 2025. Its sequel, The Bone Temple, meanwhile, arrives less than a year later on January 16, 2026.