Have you had a chance to watch the Avengers: Infinity War trailer yet? Judging by the numbers, I'm betting you have and probably more than once. The trailer for Joe and Anthony Russo's epic superhero team-up finally debuted yesterday, and in news that should come as a surprise to exactly no one, it's already racked up an insane amount of views. In fact, enough people have watched the trailer to shatter existing viewership records, landing Infinity War the title of most-viewed trailer of all time. Not too shabby.
According to Marvel, the much-hyped trailer earned 230 million views in its first 24 hours, blowing past the previous champion, Andy Muschietti's IT, which earned 197 million views when the first trailer dropped earlier this year. Before that, the title belonged to Fate of the Furious, which earned a single-day tally of 139 million views last year. So yeah, Avengers didn't just break the record, it Hulk-smashed it.
Scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (Captain America: Civil War) and directed by Joe & Anthony Russo, the film opens May 4, 2018, and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Don Cheadle, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Rudd, Tom Hiddleston, and Josh Brolin.For more on Avengers: Infinity War, check out our recent coverage in the links below.
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Here’s the official synopsis for Avengers: Infinity War:
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
