Avengers: Endgame Encore Faces One of History’s Biggest Box Office Nosedives

Avengers: Endgame Encore opened at $86 million worldwide, including $26 million domestically. However, the second-weekend collection plummeted significantly at the domestic box office. On Friday, September 25, the re-release debuted in 3,060 theaters, grossing $11.29 million (via Box Office Mojo). However, on the second Friday, October 2, the movie earned about $1.1 million, which is a substantial drop from its opening-day domestic collection. Although the second-weekend box office collection is still being updated, the 90% drop suggests Avengers: Endgame is still behind Avatar this time as well.

The Marvel movie remains the second-highest-grossing flick ever, with a current total of about $2.89 billion (via Box Office Mojo), including its 2026 Encore re-release. Meanwhile, James Cameron’s Avatar remains at the top as the highest-grossing movie ever, with a lifetime worldwide collection of $2.924 billion.

Avengers: Endgame Encore Box Office Breakdown So Far

Still of Avengers Endgame Final Battle | Credit: Marvel Studios

On September 25, Avengers: Endgame re-release opened in 3,060 North American locations and was able to gross $31.83 million (via Box Office Mojo) for the first 7 days. Here’s a quick box office breakdown for Avengers: Endgame Encore.

According to Box Office Mojo, Avengers: Endgame Encore has grossed about $32.9 million at the domestic box office, while grossing about $59.68 million internationally, bringing the current worldwide total to $91.5 million. The re-release has pushed Avengers: Endgame‘s lifetime worldwide earnings to an estimated $2.89 billion, a notable leap from the $2.799 billion earned through the movie’s original 2019 theatrical run.

Why Was Avengers: Endgame Re-released in Theaters?

A Still from Avengers: Endgame | Credit: Marvel Studios

Not that we don’t absolutely love that the movie is back in theaters, but the bigger question is, why did Marvel re-release it after 7 years at all? Well, it doesn’t appear to be a simple gamble against Avatar; rather, the 2026 Encore is connected to Avengers: Doomsday. Yes, Marvel is currently gearing up for its biggest and boldest movie ever, and Avengers: Endgame Encore is a direct marketing hook before Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026.

The Russo brothers have directly explained the reasoning themselves. According to Disney, Anthony Russo said, “Many years later, as we started to conceive a road forward that would evolve into Doomsday, it just begged of us: ‘You really need to pick the story up from where you left it in Endgame.'” In a Fandango interview, Joe Russo weighed in that the re-release is going to connect the story of the two movies: Endgame and Doomsday. Of course, there’s also the nostalgia bit. So, overall, the Encore gave Marvel a real chance to bring fans back into the MCU before Doomsday arrives this December.

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