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At the time of its release,Avengers:Infinity Warwas the most anticipated film of the year. It was the beginning of the end for the MCU’s Infinity Saga, which began withIron Manin 2008. When the trailer of the biggest crossover film in cinema history dropped, it broke many records.
The trailer earned a whopping 230 million views in a single day on YouTube, which was broken only by its follow-up filmAvengers: Endgame, which clocked in 289 million views. Now, influencer Frank LaPenna, who is known for his sketches involving his character, ‘bubble-butt Frankie’ has broken the record of Marvel films. However, the influencer claims that he only earned a meager $1,900 for it.
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The Hype AroundAvengers: Infinity War
Prospects of a huge team-up event film started early in the MCU when Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury appeared in the post-credits scene of theRobert Downey Jr.starrerIron Man. As multiple entries to the MCU began with solo films of Hulk, Thor, and Captain America, a team-up was eventually going to happen. Joss Whedon directedThe Avengersin 2012 and teased the appearance of Thanos in the post-credits scene.
After the release ofAvengers: Age of Ultron, Kevin Feige announced that the sequel to the film would be a two-part epicAvengers: Infinity War Part 1andPart 2. He revealed thatCaptain America: The Winter Soldierdirectors Joe and Anthony Russo would be directing the films and that they would be shot back-to-back. The film was set to finally include Thanos as the primary antagonist and would take inspiration from the famed ‘The Infinity Gauntlet’ storyline from the comics.
Amidst the hype of seeing Thanos and most of the MCU characters in a single film, the trailer for the first part of the seriesAvengers: Infinity Warwas released. After being shown at the 2017 International Comic Con San Diego and the D23 Expo, the trailer was released online and earned over 230 million views in the first 24 hours, creating a new record. The record was only broken by the trailer of its follow-up filmAvengers: Endgame.
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How Did Frank LaPenna Break The Record OfInfinity War?
Since its debut in 2018, the trailer ofAvengers; Infinity Warright now has 260 million views on YouTube. Many videos have surpassed the view count, including a YouTube short by an emerging influencer Frank LaPenna.
LaPenna is a cinematographer, content creator, and influencer who is known as the green screenman. He went viral during the COVID-19 lockdown when he used a green screen during Zoom meetings to make creative backgrounds. He is also known for his sketches on social media, most of which include the character ‘bubble-butt Frankie’. The character sees Frankie LaPenna doing many antics while sporting an oversized rear.
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The creator posted a video in August 2022, where he is in an MMA fight and gets knocked out instantly. Titled ‘World’s quickest knockout’, the YouTube short amassed over 390 million views, surpassingAvengers: Infinity War’s trailer view count. However, despite a large number of views, the creator claimed that he has earned little money from it. In a separate short, LaPenna mentioned that,
“I posted this video roughly 300 days ago on YouTube shorts. [It got] 1.2 million hours of watch time…that is fifty thousand days humans have spent watching this video…this video made me $1,900. Not even enough to pay rent on an apartment for a month. If you thought that us, short-form video creators were raking in millions of dollars from views, guess again! Because we ain’t!”
While Frank LaPenna’s video did go viral and broke the record for the trailer ofAvengers: Infinity War, the views have not converted to money. However,Infinity Warcollected more than $2 billion at the global box office.
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Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
