Endgame Encore is a one-off theatrical re-release of Avengers: Endgame, in cinemas from September 25, 2026, with new footage added that is set inside the Avengers: Doomsday story. The word Encore is Marvel’s own branding for it, not a subtitle from the film. Tickets are on sale now, and the run is deliberately short.
Updated September 10, 2026 with the confirmed runtime and format details. The original version of this post was written in July from pre-announcement reporting.
What Endgame Encore actually means
Think of it as Endgame with a frame around it. The 2019 film plays as you remember it, bookended by new material: a custom introduction, fresh footage, and a new end tag built to hand the story off to Doomsday.
The runtime is the clearest way to see the size of it. Endgame Encore runs 185 minutes against the original 181, so roughly four minutes of material has been added. Reporting in July suggested as much as seven minutes; the confirmed runtime difference is four, so treat the larger number as the rumour it was.
Co-director Joe Russo has been direct about what the new footage is. He describes it as footage “set in the Doomsday story that we have added to Avengers: Endgame”, and calls the result a critical companion story bridging the two films. This is not deleted scenes. It is new material shot to connect a 2019 film to a 2026 one.
The part that is only in IMAX
This is the detail most coverage buries, and it decides which ticket you buy.
On top of the four minutes built into every showing, screenings in IMAX and Infinity Vision carry an additional Doomsday sneak peek that standard screens do not get. Infinity Vision is Disney’s new premium large-format certification, covering screens that meet its standards for size, brightness and sound.
So there are effectively two versions of Endgame Encore. If the Doomsday footage is why you are going, the format is not optional.
Why Marvel is doing this
Three reasons, from most obvious to most clever.
First, money. Endgame made nearly 2.8 billion dollars, and a September re-release prints revenue in a quiet month.
Second, the calendar. September 25 lands twelve weeks before Doomsday opens on December 18, which is exactly when a marketing campaign wants its loudest beat.
Third, and smartest: Marvel is protecting its footage. Nothing screened at Hall H leaked online in watchable form, and the only legal way to see this next Doomsday material is a cinema seat. After years of trailers being dissected frame by frame within minutes, Marvel has made scarcity the marketing. As of today no third full Doomsday trailer has been dated, which makes Endgame Encore the only confirmed new footage before release.
What the new footage is likely to show
The Hall H footage, which we covered in full in our panel recap, centred on Doom’s history with the Fantastic Four, his clash with Thor, and an army of Sentinels under his control. We also described that footage shot by shot separately.
The Encore material reportedly extends Endgame’s final stretch to plant the multiverse collapse. Watch the original ending again with that in mind. Steve Rogers’ quiet retirement is exactly the thread Doomsday has picked up, and it is the centre of a theory we take seriously in the Peggy Carter theory.
The film it bridges into:
Should you actually go?
Go, and book IMAX or Infinity Vision, if you want the Doomsday material. The extra peek is format-exclusive and there is no announced plan to put it online.
Skip it if you only want to rewatch the film. You almost certainly own it already, and the four minutes will be described in detail online, including here, the weekend it opens.
One planning note: Endgame’s original release broke presale records, and a short-window event with exclusive footage is built for a fast sellout. Tickets are already on sale.
Will you be in a seat on September 25, or is a re-release with homework attached a bridge too far? Comments are open.
More on the film this leads into: our Avengers Doomsday release date and runtime guide, and the Avengers vs X-Men fight Marvel has already shown.
Sources: Marvel, Den of Geek, Men’s Journal, Gizmodo. Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Doomsday are Marvel Studios productions; all rights belong to Marvel Studios and Disney.
Image credits: trailer video (c) Marvel Studios / Disney, embedded for editorial commentary. Featured image (c) lazybatman.com.
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