Avengers Endgame: Encore, Marvel Studios’ updated cut of the 2019 film, is streaming on Disney+ as of Friday, November 13. The Disney+ version carries the new color grading and the added scenes that tie the movie into Avengers: Doomsday, which opens in theaters December 18.
Encore adds roughly four minutes of footage to Endgame. The new material comes at the end of the movie and through the credits: an extended ending plus additional scenes that the Russo brothers filmed during production on Doomsday. The new scenes feature Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter, Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner, along with the TVA and Robert Downey Jr. The Russos have said this footage will not appear in Doomsday itself.
Disney+ is also slotting the cut into its “Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday” collection, a lineup of earlier Marvel films and series meant to get viewers caught up before December.
How the Theatrical Run Went
Encore opened in theaters on September 25 and was the first release to use Disney’s Infinity Vision certification for premium large-format screens. IMAX and Infinity Vision showings carried additional exclusive footage beyond the new scenes.
The re-release did well enough to change the all-time chart. Endgame passed Avatar on October 4 to become the highest-grossing movie ever again, reaching about $2.9255 billion worldwide against Avatar’s $2.9237 billion. Endgame first took that title in 2019, then lost it when Avatar was re-released in China in 2021.
Encore opened to $26 million domestically, the third-best opening for a re-release behind the 1997 return of Star Wars and the 2011 3D re-release of The Lion King. It added $60 million internationally that same weekend. The re-release has since grossed about $142.9 million worldwide.
The Road to Doomsday
Encore is the latest piece of Marvel’s build-up to Doomsday, which brings Robert Downey Jr. back to the MCU as Victor Von Doom. Anthony and Joe Russo direct both Doomsday and its follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars, set for December 17, 2027. Encore lands on Disney+ the same week VisionQuest wrapped up with a post-credit scene confirming Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff for Doomsday.
Sources: Disney+ | Deadline | Good Morning America | The Statesman | TVLine
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