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Endgame Encore' Scores Massive $86 Million Globally
Variety • • general
Key Points:
- “Avengers: Endgame” returned to theaters, grossing $86 million globally this weekend, bringing its total box office to $2.88 billion and placing it just $39 million behind “Avatar” as the highest-grossing film worldwide.
- The re-release, called “Avengers: Endgame Encore,” included new footage and introduced Disney’s “Infinity Vision” premium large format certification, aimed at building excitement for the upcoming “Avengers: Doomsday,” which opens in December.
- “Avengers: Endgame Encore” topped domestic and international box office charts, solidifying its status as the third-largest North American release ever with $884 million and the second film to surpass $2 billion internationally.
- New releases this weekend included Paramount’s wilderness thriller “The Heart of the Beast,” which earned $50.1 million globally but faces challenges recouping its $82 million budget, and Universal’s animated “Forgotten Island,” which underperformed with $20.6 million worldwide against an $80 million budget.
- Universal became the first studio to cross $5 billion worldwide in 2026, boosted by hits like Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” ($1.75 billion) and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” ($1 billion).
