Vin Diesel-starrer 'Fast and Furious 8' trailer breaks a record, garners 139 million views in one day

It's been just six days since Universal Pictures released the trailer of their much talked about movie 'Fast and Furious 8', and it has got the world talking about it.

While everyone is all praises about the trailer, it has created a huge record with in a day of its release.

The trailer has garnered 139 million views from around the world in just 24 hours.

Interestingly, 'Fast and Furious 8' has beaten the record of Disney’s 'Beauty and the Beast' which had received 127.6 million views on first day.
'Fast and Furious 8' happens to be the eighth installment of the popular franchise which also starred late actor Paul Walker.

The makers had released the trailer on December 11 in a grand event held at Times Square in New York. It was attended by the lead cast of the movie including Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Michelle Rodriguez, Nathalie Emmanuel and director F Gary Gray.

Indeed the team is ecstatic about the achievement. In fact, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges who is seen playing a key role in the movie took it to Instagram to share the news with his fans.

He posted a picture on his Instagram account which stated "We Made History". 

WORLD RECORD FOR A FUCKIN TRAILER! CLICK THE LINK IN MY BIO! LETS DOUBLE THE WORLD RECORD! #f8

A photo posted by @ludacris on Dec 13, 2016 at 4:57pm PST

 

The media reports suggest that the trailer around 38.8 million views in North America, while over 49.5 million were attained from Facebook and Youtube from across the world. Third party sources accounted for 18.5 million views, with talent social accounting for 32 million views.

'Fast and Furious 8' is slated to release on April 14 next year in India.