Marvel has rereleased Avengers: Endgame under the title Avengers Endgame: Encore, packing the theatrical run with brand-new post-credits scenes and a modified ending that directly sets up the multiversal chaos of Avengers: Doomsday ahead of its December premiere.
Avengers Endgame Encore Surpasses Avatar Box Office Total
The cinematic return of the 2019 blockbuster has already pushed its lifetime box office earnings higher. Avengers Endgame: Encore brought in another $126m worldwide by last weekend, lifting its cumulative global total to approximately $2.925bn. That figure edges it just ahead of Avatar’s $2.923bn total.
While Disney accountants celebrate the crown, the real draw for fans isn’t the ledger. Avengers: Endgame – Encore features additional footage woven into IMAX, Infinity Vision, and select standard screenings. These newly inserted scenes bridge the gap directly into the studio’s upcoming multiversal slate. For the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this exclusive presentation of the Infinity Saga closer serves as a genuinely major happening.
Loki Visits Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter
The original theatrical cut closed with Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers settling down in the 1940s to dance contentedly with Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter. The new version disrupts that hard-won retirement.
Tom Hiddleston’s Loki knocks on their door.
Loki may have recruited Steve Rogers to help stop the Incursions or Doom’s plan.
Doctor Doom Abducts Bruce Banner
Mid-credits sequences shift focus to Bruce Banner. His isolation is shattered when Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom materializes in the chamber. Stating his intent to collect
the researcher, Doom draws near the distressed scientist right before Bruce vanishes entirely, leaving behind a Latverian emblem etched into the floor of his quarters that suggests a potential abduction by the antagonist.
Based on the sequence depicting Bruce Banner’s abduction, it seems plausible that Doctor Doom might actually be gathering his very own squad of champions.
TVA Agents Track Collapsing Multiverse Incursions
A separate sequence shifts attention to the TVA as agents rush about trying to keep track of countless Incursions, while Ke Huy Quan portraying Ouroboros declares that the multiverse is collapsing.
Could the MCU version of Doctor Doom be responsible for triggering these Incursions, or is he genuinely attempting to preserve what remains of the multiverse? Book adaptations feature parallel planetary collisions playing out across the pages of Jonathan Hickman’s Avengers and New Avengers series, ultimately reaching their climax in the Time Runs Out narrative arc and paving the way for 2015’s Secret Wars crossover event. Following the ultimate destruction of both the primary Marvel and Ultimate realities, Doctor Doom gathers surviving fragments of shattered dimensions to construct the composite world of Battleworld. Could Doomsday feature the Fox franchise timeline, the vintage-futuristic dimension of the Fantastic Four, and the prime Marvel Cinematic Universe combined in a comparable fashion, with Doom crowning himself sovereign over whatever manages to endure?
Tony Stark’s Legacy and the Latverian Mask
As a reminder, the fifth installment in the Avengers franchise was initially planned as The Kang Dynasty prior to Jonathan Majors’ dismissal, which prompted the Multiverse Saga to pivot toward Doctor Doom.