The first trailer for Tom Holland’s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has made history, becoming the fastest to cross the 500 million views mark within 24 hours of release.Within hours of its release, early industry estimates indicate that the film’s trailer has crossed the record views previously held by the game ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’. As per reports, GTA set a new benchmark when its trailer amassed 475 million views in 24 hours. However, Holland’s ‘Spider-Man’ has reportedly crossed those numbers and shot past the 500 million mark within the same timeframe.Official figures are expected to be confirmed by Sony on Thursday.This comes following the massive success of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ which crossed USD 1 billion at the box office, becoming the highest grossing ‘Spider-Man’ film. Interestingly, these numbers are also remarkable as the film’s trailer was leaked not once, but twice over the past months. Although the official trailer launch gave fans a 4K look at the superhero in action, along with his new costume, introduction of new characters, villains and more, the clip offered little new content than what was previously leaked online in highly pixilated clips. Early this year, a recorded version of the trailer was leaked online on fan handles. The clip not only gave fans a glimpse of the action, but also glimpses of Sadie Sink’s character, Mark Ruffalo’s the Hulk, Jon Bernthal’s Punisher and the villainous group The Hand. While at first, the clip was brushed aside as an AI creation, Marvel and Sony’s move to take down the videos online, fuelled speculation that the trailer was authentic. ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ marks a significant shift in Peter Parker’s journey. Set four years after the events of ‘No Way Home’, the film follows Peter as an adult living in isolation, having erased himself from everyone’s memories, including those of the Avengers and ones he loved.The official synopsis reads “Crime-fighting in a New York that no longer knows his name, he’s devoted himself entirely to protecting his city – a full-time Spider-Man – but as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he has ever faced.”The trailer also teased a darker twist to the story with Peter rumoured to become ‘Man-Spider’ as he also faces an internal battle with himself. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Tom Holland returns as Spider-Man alongside Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Mando and Tramell Tillman in pivotal roles.The film will release in theatres on 31st July in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam across all premium formats.
