--- title: Compare the Old and New 'Beauty and the Beast' Trailers description: Watch an eerily similar side-by-side comparison of the 1991 and 2016 versions of the trailer for the Disney classic fairytale. canonical: https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-16T17:56:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:44.355Z og:title: Compare the Old and New 'Beauty and the Beast' Trailers og:description: Watch an eerily similar side-by-side comparison of the the Disney classic. og:url: https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Compare the Old and New 'Beauty and the Beast' Trailers twitter:description: Watch an eerily similar side-by-side comparison of the the Disney classic. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's Proof That the New _Beauty and the Beast_ Trailer Is Pretty Much the Same as the Original > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 16, 2016 5:56 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 16, 2016 5:56 PM UTC The lush new live-action [_Beauty and the Beast_ movie trailer,](http://time.com/4569615/beauty-and-the-beast-trailer/?iid=sr-link1) starring a wide-eyed [Emma Watson](http://time.com/4555055/emma-watson-beauty-and-the-beast-first-look/?iid=sr-link5) and CGI-enhanced Dan Stevens, has enthralled millions of eager fans awaiting the cartoon remake’s March release. The trailer has even officially topped the ranks as most-viewed trailer in 24 hours, snagging the crown from previous audience obsession _Fifty Shades Darker_, [according to Disney.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beauty-beast-viewed-trailer-24-hours-dethroning-fifty-shades-darker-947628) But despite the impressive technological achievement of the talking porcelain teapots, the remake’s trailer might not be all that different. In fact, as [Moviepilot.com](https://www.facebook.com/moviepilotdotcom/videos/1299548463416919/) has pointed out, it’s actually a shot-by-shot recreation of the original animated fairy tale’s trailer, which came out in 1991. Note for note, scene to scene, the new version sticks to the original’s winning formula. And for good reason; most fans of the 1991 classic will get a little chill at the haunting opening piano melody, the soaring moment when Belle enters the castle, and the ferocious roar that heralds the Beast’s entrance. It’s a trailer that foreshadows without giving everything away. Thanks to Moviepilot.com’s work, the comparison video has been viewed on Facebook a whopping 48 million times as of Wednesday—only adding to the advance excitement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/"},"headline":"Here's Proof That the New Beauty and the Beast Trailer Is Pretty Much the Same as the Original","datePublished":"2016-11-16T17:56:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:44.355Z","description":"If it ain't broke, don't fix it.","url":"https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4573300/old-new-beauty-and-the-beast-trailers/","name":"Here's Proof That the New Beauty and the Beast Trailer Is Pretty Much the Same as the Original"}}]}] ```