28 Years Later currently beats Together 57–43
Franchise return edges out the 2025 original — Boyle's infected still run.
The Verdict Class of 2025
Boyle's formal signature in the 28 Days franchise — the handheld urgency, the desaturated palette, the way the infected move through the frame like something the camera can barely track — gives 28 Years Later a visual identity that's immediately recognizable and distinct from the rest of 2025's horror output. Shanks's Together is building its own identity without that inherited vocabulary. The lead says inherited vocabulary still converts when the director who invented it is the one extending it. Boyle isn't borrowing from himself. He's continuing a sentence he started in 2002, and the audience remembers the beginning.
The Numbers
| 28 Years Later | Together | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 57% | 43% |
| Overall Win Rate | 58% | 36% |
| Championships | 11 | 2 |
| Avg Decision | 1.5s | 1.5s |
| Budget | $60M | $17M |
| Box Office | $151M | $35M |
Where This Matchup Sits
In Horror on BingeBracket: 28 Years Later at #10 and Together is in the bottom quarter, out of 38 films.
When facing other films on the platform, 28 Years Later handles The Ugly Stepsister without much trouble — but Together doesn't. That shared opponent is one of the clearest places where these two films diverge.
By TMDB ratings, Together should have the edge. Head-to-head, it doesn't. Whatever 28 Years Later does for voters in a direct comparison, it doesn't show up in aggregate scores.
28 Years Later earned $151M on a $60M budget while Together made $35M on $17M. The bracket result tracks the money — 28 Years Later wins both.
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