‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Trailer Views Near Half a Billion

The subsequent installment within the Grand Theft Auto franchise may be pushed till 2026, however players are consuming up each morsel of element that developer Rockstar Video games is releasing to the general public.

Living proof: Rockstar launched the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI on Tuesday, and the corporate tells The Hollywood Reporter that it has acquired over 475 million views throughout platforms.

For comparability, the primary trailer for the sport, which was launched all the best way again in 2023, noticed a comparatively modest 93 million views in the identical window (that trailer was a YouTube unique, and the largest non-music video launch on the time on the platform). The corporate claims that the trailer launch is the largest video launch of all time. Within the movie house, the Deadpool & Wolverine trailer debuted to 365 million views in its first 24 hours, whereas The Improbable 4: First Steps debuted to greater than 200 million.

The response to the trailer within the type of almost half a billion views underscores the demand for the open world sport, a sequel to Grand Theft Auto V, which was launched in 2013.

And that demand extends to the soundtrack. The trailer’s featured track was “Hot Together” by The Pointer Sisters (written by Sharon Robinson), and Spotify says that streams of the track soared by 182,000 p.c since its launch (no, that isn’t a typo). GTA video games characteristic music closely by way of the in-game radio stations, on missions and in lower scenes.

“Grand Theft Auto cuts through popular culture like almost nothing else,” Sulinna Ong, Spotify’s international head of editorial, stated in an announcement. “Music has been synonymous with the series since the very beginning, so it’s great to see fans both new and established connecting with an iconic track in this way.”

GTA VI is by far the largest sport on the calendar over the subsequent yr, with a launch date of Might 26, 2026 (it was initially introduced with a 2025 launch). Rockstar Video games (which is owned by Strauss Zelnick’s Take-Two Interactive) has been growing the sport for years, and confirmed that it was within the works again in 2022.

The corporate is believed to have spent north of $1 billion on its growth. That stated, GTA V is estimated to have grossed almost $10 billion since its launch over a decade in the past, because of frequent updates and new missions.

GTA VI is ready in Vice Metropolis, the GTA universe’s model of Miami.

You’ll be able to see the trailer beneath: