Christopher Nolan's final Batman movie's trailer is the most watched one on iTunes with 12.5 million viewership in 24 hours.

It has smashed previous record set by the trailer for 'The Avengers', which had more than 10 million iTunes views.

Warner Bros Pictures announced that the new trailer for the highly anticipated superhero film has made an iTunes history, reported Aceshowbiz.

The trailer broke the record for most combined downloads through the iTunes Movie Trailers site and the iTunes Trailers iOS app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

'The Dark Knight Rises', which will be the final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, is set eight years after the events in 'The Dark Knight'.

Terrorist leader Bane arrives in Gotham City, pushing it and its police force to their limits. He also forces Batman to resurface after taking the fall for Harvey Dent's crimes.