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Avengers: Endgame Encore Boosts Endgame Toward Box‑Office Records

Short new scenes were filmed to lead into December's Avengers: Doomsday, testing a low‑cost theatrical re‑release model studios could copy.

Overview

  • Marvel reissued Avengers: Endgame as Endgame: Encore on Sept. 25 with roughly four to five minutes of new footage shown in premium Infinity Vision and IMAX screenings.
  • The re‑release has added about $90–100 million to Endgame’s run, lifting the film’s lifetime worldwide total to roughly $2.8 billion and its North American total to about $889.5 million.
  • Directors Anthony and Joe Russo said the Encore scenes were shot specifically to bridge storylines into Avengers: Doomsday and confirmed those exact shots will not appear unchanged in the new film.
  • In India the reissue earned 31.4 crore net in its first seven days, the biggest opening week ever for a re‑release there, showing strong demand in international markets.
  • Exhibitors and studios have noted the high margins from certified premium screenings, and trade outlets say the Encore run is being watched as a test case that could prompt similar low‑cost re‑releases for other tentpoles.