Avengers: Endgame returns to theaters next weekend as Avengers Endgame: Encore, and it seems the movie will once again break North American box office records.
According to Global Box Office, the blockbuster is tracking to open with between $22 million and £27 million. If it ends the weekend on the higher end, then it will beat Titanic 3D ($25.6 million) to score the biggest opening weekend of all time for a re-release.
As a reminder, there's a $124.27 million difference between Avengers: Endgame ($2,799,439,100) and Avatar ($2,923,710,708) at the worldwide box office. Can the MCU movie dethrone James Cameron's sci-fi epic? It's a big ask, but certainly not impossible depending on international audiences.
A new poster has also been released for Avengers Endgame: Encore, illustrated by Doaly. It's an awesome piece that assembles the original Avengers as Thanos looms large above them.
The re-release will feature a new look at December's Avengers: Doomsday and will be presented in Disney's newly launched "Infinity Vision" format.
While IMAX has dismissed it as a gimmick, it's been officially described as a new certification for Premium Large Format (PLF) theaters that guarantees moviegoers an exceptional film presentation with big screens, bright images and outstanding sound.
Joe Russo previously described Avengers Endgame: Encore as "required viewing" because it connects "the story of [Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Doomsday" together.
"There’s a natural progression from Endgame into Doomsday, which is also inclusive of all the other stories that have been playing out," the filmmaker continued. "But I think it’s important to see Endgame again in theaters for two reasons: One, you’re going to have a lot of fun... and two, I think it’s required viewing for following the story in Doomsday."
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers' ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, Avengers: Endgame.
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the movie features an epic ensemble which includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
"Avengers: Endgame is a masterpiece which not only delivers on every expectation you had but exceeds ones you didn't even think about. This isn't just a movie; it's an experience," we wrote in our 2019 review of the movie.
Avengers Endgame: Encore arrives in theaters on September 25.