New ‘Spider-Man’ Trailer Shatters Records, Is the Most Watched Preview Ever
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The trailer to Spider-Man: Now Way Home became the most watched trailer ever in the first 24 hours of its debut, shattering a record previously set by Avengers: Endgame. Tom Holland noted the figure on Instagram, hinting that much more craziness is to come in the final film.
The trailer was viewed 355.5 million times in its first 24 hours online, breaking the record previously held by Avengers: Endgame by over 60 million views. Screenrant: Even with that, and with all the exciting rumors about Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire returning as their versions of Spider-Man, the response to the No Way Home Trailer has been shocking.
Holland himself has now responded to the trailer’s record-breaking success with a post on Instagram, in which he shared a screenshot of a Variety article discussing the trailer’s popularity. In the caption, Holland promised that “It only gets crazier.” Check out Holland’s reaction below:
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GQ: Since at least June, fans have been rabidly awaiting the first trailer for December’s Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer—so much so that the movie’s official Twitter account has commented on the situation multiple times over. For those not plugged into the MCU hype cycle, there’s a very good reason that Tom Holland’s third solo Spidey flick is receiving so much attention: the movie has long been rumored to feature the return of several villains—Jamie Foxx’s Electro and Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, among others—who first appeared in the Spider-Man films that starred Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. Oh, and if the rumors are to be believed, those two Spider-Men will also appear to help Holland’s version of the character. It all sounded crazy—and then Loki introduced the famous-from-the-comic-books idea of the “multiverse,” or multiple realities, into the MCU.
These particular story beats—Spidey uses illicit magic to mess with the universe—seem to draw inspiration from the One More Day and One Moment in Time storyline in the Spider-Man comics. One More Day, in 2007, saw Peter cut a deal with Mephisto, Marvel’s version of the devil, to save Aunt May—but also made it so that Mary Jane and Peter had never married. 2010’s One Moment in Time features Peter asking Strange to cast a spell to make people forget he’s Spider-Man.
The events of One More Day/One Moment in Time remain some of the mostcontroversial publishing decisions Marvel ever made—primarily because fans loved the dynamic between married Peter and MJ. However, in true MCU fashion, it looks like One More Day will serve as inspiration for No Way Home, rather than being a true one-to-one adaptation.
Back to the trailer: Peter, suited up as Spider-Man, falls through the sky as Strange talks about time, space, and the multiverse. The whole bit feels much more like the Inception-influenced Doctor Strange than it does a Spider-Man movie.
Watch the trailer below.
