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Marvel Reissues Avengers: Endgame as ‘Endgame: Encore’ with New Footage

The Sept. 25 theatrical re-release adds minutes of newly shot material to link Endgame to December’s Avengers: Doomsday and has produced strong early box‑office returns and industry debate over exclusive previews.

Overview

  • Marvel returned Avengers: Endgame to cinemas on Sept. 25 as Avengers: Endgame: Encore with several minutes of new footage and new post‑credits beats that the studio says connect the film to Avengers: Doomsday.
  • The rerelease opened front‑loaded worldwide, earning about $11.2 million in North America on day one (including $3.8 million in previews), roughly $7 million in China on day one, and ₹7.25 crore in India on day one followed by ₹7.65 crore on day two for a two‑day India net of about ₹14.9 crore.
  • Disney introduced a new Infinity Vision premium certification alongside IMAX to offer extended or exclusive Doomsday preview material in select auditoriums, a tiered approach that has drawn industry attention for creating unequal access to story‑relevant footage.
  • Early preview screenings produced unauthorized clips that leaked online, prompting public appeals from directors Anthony and Joe Russo asking audiences not to spoil the new scenes for other fans.
  • The Encore run has boosted Endgame’s lifetime tally to roughly $2.8–2.9 billion and functions as both a revenue event and a narrative marketing push designed to build momentum ahead of Avengers: Doomsday in December.