Avengers: Endgame Encore achieved a significant box office performance this past weekend, grossing an estimated $26 million domestically. This success, despite being a re-release with limited new footage, highlights a strong audience appetite for the Avengers franchise leading into the upcoming film, Avengers: Doomsday.
Weekend Box Office Performance
The re-release outperformed several new theatrical releases, including the Resident Evil adaptation, Primetime, and The Heart of the Beast. According to Deadline, the top ten highest-grossing films for the weekend were:
- Avengers: Endgame Encore - $26 million
- Resident Evil - $23.3 million
- Heart of the Beast - $20 million
- Primetime - $19.1 million
- Forgotten Island - $12.8 million
- Practical Magic 2 - $5.4 million
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day - $4.15 million
- The Odyssey - $3.7 million
- Coyote vs. ACME - $1.7 million
- Daniel and the Fiery Furnace - $1.514 million
This weekend's performance brings the total domestic gross for Avengers: Endgame to $884.3 million, solidifying its place among the highest-grossing films domestically, alongside titles like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
The successful re-release of Endgame, which includes new post-credit scenes directly setting up the next film, suggests a potentially strong performance for Avengers: Doomsday. The movie is scheduled to premiere on December 18.