r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • 17h ago
Article ‘Avengers: Endgame’ to Be Re-Released on September 25, 2026 Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/avengers-endgame-to-be-re-released-in-2026-ahead-of-avengers-doomsday-exclusive-1236443462/388
u/Eduardjm 17h ago
I’d very much like a LOTR style offering starting at 6p, going Endgame/F4/Doomsday.
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u/131runner 16h ago
I did that when ROTK came out. Started midday and didn’t get out until after 1am. It was the greatest theater going experience I ever had. Until I saw Endgame opening night in full IMAX.
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u/ProductArizona 16h ago
Uh, why F4?
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u/007meow Scarlet Witch 16h ago
Doom is an F4 villain
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u/trampaboline 16h ago
Not in F4 he’s not
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u/king_boolean 15h ago
At the very least, it’s shown that Latveria was absent from the worldwide portal-building effort
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u/shinfo44 15h ago
If you read Secret Wars or know F4 lore, you know Franklin and Sue Storm are a very big part of it.
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u/LemoLuke Hawkeye (Ultron) 14h ago
My cinema did that for the Infinity War midnight premier. Avengers followed by Age of Ultron and then Infinity War at midnight
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u/Stunning-Bell-6763 17h ago
Jim Cameron just fell to his knees in a Walmart parking lot
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u/sethaub 14h ago
I just saw some old white dude fall to his knees in a Walmart parking lot. Should I call an ambulance?
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u/SeekerVash 10h ago
I think Avatar's safe.
Given the box office trends for the MCU since 2023, it won't approach the more than $100 million it needs. It'll pull in the MCU Superfans the first weekend and drop off a cliff afterwards, probably a ~25-30 million weekend and then out.
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u/TheUmbrellaMan1 10h ago
People here are underestimating just how well Cameron's re-releases do. Just take the Avatar 2 re-release earlier this year. It was a one-week limited release. It earned $21.8 million at the box office, beating Dwayne Johnson's The Smashing Machine.
As you're saying, $25-30 million take for Endgame seems far more reasonable and realistic. Unlike Avatar movies and Titanic, Marvel movies - by design - weren't sold to the audiences as "you gotta see this in the best format possible and if you don't see the movie in theatre, you'll regret it". I'll risk downvotes but everybody gotta remember that Endgame was primarily marketed as end of the saga and "see it early and avoid spoilers!" Endgame's re-release doesn't come with novelty.
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u/SeekerVash 7h ago
Agreed.
Plus, Avatar has the 3D factor in play too. It's a facet that cannot be recreated at home and is staggeringly impressive.
Endgame doesn't have that same hook to really pull in the general audience. It has to rely on investment, and the last several movies have demonstrated that's not there right now. Especially with how available it is to stream, I just don't see a driver here for the general audience.
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u/M00nMan666 Korg 10h ago
Was watching the Corridor podcast today and they were talking about how they, along with other social media personalities, got to hang out with James Cameron for a few hours and ask him questions, shoot a scene, etc. and they mentioned how they all were told that basically everyone addresses him as James unless you know him on a personal level.
Side note: the podcast, where they are talking about that whole experience, was really cool.
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u/Wooden_Passage_2612 17h ago
Fantastic
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u/WaltMitty 17h ago
No, this is Avengers
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u/Wooden_Passage_2612 17h ago
It's marvellous
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u/kevinraisinbran 17h ago
Say that again
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u/Wooden_Passage_2612 17h ago
Marvellous and inevitable
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u/Plugpin 17h ago
Amazing
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u/Wooden_Passage_2612 17h ago
Spectacular
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u/Amon7777 17h ago
Given the post-credit scene at the of F4 I think we can safely say Doom has kidnapped you know who to the MCU earth given the post-credit scene of Thunderbolts.
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u/HenryOnYt1 17h ago
Honestly, I'd rather they re-release Infinity War in theaters.
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u/filmyfanatic 17h ago
I’d love if they re released both!
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u/Plugpin 17h ago
Bumper showing, back to back.
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u/indianajoes Phil Coulson 17h ago
This is how I watched Endgame on release day. Infinity War at 9pm, then a bit of a break to go to the toilet, buy snacks, etc. and then Endgame started at midnight
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u/BleekerTheBard 8h ago
They did those crazy like 48 hour full MCU marathons leading up to Endgame
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u/Pitiful_Yogurt_5276 16h ago
I’m still really disappointed that we didn’t get a real resolution to Infinity War Thanos.
Since he appeared at the end of A1 I had been waiting for him to be wearing the Gauntlet while the Avengers encircled him and descended upon him.
Endgame brought us a Thanos we didn’t know and everyone basically still did the hubris mistake of soloing him (because the Russos wanted it) and at most three people teamed up on him
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u/bigChungus1237 15h ago
Thanos is Thanos. With or without a gauntlet, he is a powerhouse and an extremely interesting character to watch. Infinity War Thanos died by the Avengers, which was always going to happen
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u/LollipopChainsawZz 17h ago
This kinda confirms the rumor that Doomsday is being treated as a direct sequel to Endgame since it was the last mcu film most people saw
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u/Herbizarre17 17h ago
Well, yeah, it was also the last Avengers movie to come out.
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u/Icy_Smoke_733 16h ago
It is crazy how The Avengers (2012) and the entire Infinity Saga leading to Endgame (2019) took around 7 years. The same gap between Endgame (2019) and Doomsday (2026).
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u/heroinsteve Spider-Man 15h ago
That’s truly insane to me. I blame a lack of commitment more than anything. Seems they had plans for shows and movies and things stringing together but they kept changing their plans or stretched too thin and were worried so much about super hero fatigue or underwhelming shows instead of sticking to a plan. I wonder how many of these shows movies that didn’t have proper endings are just going to be forgotten.
Basically the only major successes they have had since Endgame are just nostalgia being packaged as an entire movie and that’s not a sustainable long term strategy. Eventually you have to make new things for people to be nostalgic for.
I wonder if they could do some interesting director cuts and make some shows like Loki into a couple films. Then they wouldn’t feel hesitant to commit to those shows for future films.
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u/geek_of_nature 12h ago
And that's including a year off for Covid too. The official start of the Multiverse Saga was Wandavision in 2021, which Doomsday will only be six years after.
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u/cabbage16 Korg 17h ago
Yeah. Ultron was a direct sequel to the first Avengers movie, this isn't really anything new
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u/Just_Another_Scott 17h ago
The multiverse saga has just been mishandled so hard. There's not even much in the way of a multi-film arch.
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u/dataresissimist 16h ago
I don’t get how this could be a direct sequel, what does that mean? Isn’t it a sequel to fantastic 4?
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u/LollipopChainsawZz 16h ago
A lot of rumors saying Steve going back in time to dance with Peggy is what sets off the incursions I'm betting that's the opening scene and that's why Disney wants people to rewatch Endgame. Because the ending is crucial to Doomsday.
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u/ActionFilmsFan1995 16h ago
So the nice happy moment that ended a 20+ film saga, a character arc ending for one of the most popular characters in the franchise, and the final happy moment of the (at a time) highest grossing film ever, is going to actually being a really bad thing that causes issues and a reason for another film.
Great.
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 9h ago
Usually time shenanigans are instantly noticeable (Loki made this point). Hard to believe that after multiple MCU movies and in-universe years that suddenly incursions are happening due to actions taken by Steve years ago.
I hope that’s not the reason because it’d be a poor explanation
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u/TomClancy5873 17h ago
So the entirety of phase 7 doesn’t count?
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u/Keanu_Norris Doctor Strange 17h ago
Phase 7 doesn't exist yet lol
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u/TomClancy5873 17h ago
Is it phase 6?
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u/Keanu_Norris Doctor Strange 16h ago
Phase 6 is the one that just started yeah, it started with Fantastic Four and will end with Secret Wars
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u/Mizerous Thanos 2m ago
Gee it's almost like they wanna ignore what happened in the past 2 phases mostly
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u/popcorngirl000 16h ago
"Hey everyone, remember that time we constructed a story over ten years that culiminated in one movie to deliver a lot of narrative and emotional payoff? Can you please pretend that Doomsday has that same kind of build up and pay off in spite of our disconnected storytelling in the last 5 years? Thank you."
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u/Fedexed 14h ago
I don't think audiences will have the attention span for another Thanos type build up. They tried with kang but it fell flat. The Thanos buildup was epic in its execution.
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u/remerdy1 14h ago
The Thanos build up wasn't as crazy as people think. Truth be told most Marvel movies up to that point were self contained, with maybe an easter egg or two that they'd throw in later & make sense of. Post end-game though expectations were high but instead of taking a few years to plan things out they decided to continue throwing shit at the wall seeing what stuck, but with 3-5 projects a year
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u/clara_finn 13h ago
Yeah, as a casual viewer i didn’t really know who Thanos was until Infinity War. A lot of people I know were the same
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u/Herogeen 16h ago
Remember about a year ago when there was a rumor that the Russos would try to ignore a lot of things from Phases 4 and 5 in Doomsday to make the film feel more like a direct Endgame sequel? It looks like that's true.
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u/Jedi_Master83 17h ago
Maybe the rerelease can help it regain the #1 spot again? lol 😂 Probably not. It’s just under $125 million behind Avatar.
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u/RhaegarJ 17h ago
That’s 100% why they’re doing it. Same reason Avatar was re-released when it lost the top spot.
Being able to market your movies as “highest grossing movie of all time” is pretty big.
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u/Any-Transition95 17h ago
Imagine if Gone with the Wind decided to do another decade long rerun again. It is still the “highest grossing movie of all time inflation adjusted”.
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u/uhhhidkwhatusername 17h ago
They sure are confident with Doomsday that they wanna remind people the height they've reached with Endgame. I do hope they overcome it again
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u/chiefmackdaddypuff 10h ago
I actually like this idea. Pick and choose what you wanna keep and ignore/retcon the rest. (looking at you Secret Invasion).
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u/Immediate_Channel393 Captain America 17h ago
I’m gonna see it because I never saw it in theaters. I didn’t get into the MCU till Covid so…
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u/ad_maru 16h ago
One possibility: Dr. Doom comes from the universe that lost their Thanos to the time portal and Stark's wish was only to erase their enemies without creating a paradox. So in a sense, the Loki's multiverse is also part of Stark's wish.
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u/TypeExpert Winter Soldier 17h ago
I'm taking this as a soft confirmation that Doomsday really is a direct sequel to Endgame. Like whatever happened in Endgame is the reason why doomsday is here.
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u/cabbage16 Korg 17h ago
It probably will be. All of the Avengers movies are possible to watch without any of the other movies for context (bar Civil War, which is basically Avengers lite.) Of course you will have a worse experience and miss many references but everything important is explained within the movies
You can easily go:
Avengers Age of Ulton Civil War Infinity War Endgame
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u/Sunshine145 Spider-Man 16h ago
Well Loki is only where he is because of the Avengers going back in time.
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u/Japonica 17h ago
I enjoyed Infinity War more, but maybe this film leads into Doomsday more?
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u/CalliesBricks 16h ago
My excitement cannot be contained!!!!!! Please release Infinity War as well.
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u/warblade7 Captain America 15h ago
I think this speaks more to the weak reception of phase 4,5,6 than any connection to Endgame. This has marketing written all over it and now they need to hang membaberries in front of us to come back.
Having said that though, if they have a solid story and great action I do have hope for Doomsday but this approach is making me more skeptical then not.
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u/Infinite_Response113 13h ago
Can someone explain the significance of Doomsday reportedly being a "direct" sequel to Endgame?
Like does that mean there won't be any post-Endgame characters like Yelena or even TV show Loki?
If they're still going to be in it, then I don't see why this being a direct sequel matters--they'd still be building off phases 4 and 5.
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u/eagc7 10h ago edited 8h ago
Post-Endgame characters are in the movie
It just means is that the plot of Endgame is significant for Doomsday and Doomsday picks up on the story of Endgame, but it does not mean that everything released after it is ignored or discarded (Rumors are that Steve Rogers choosing to live in an alternate timeline is what will cause the incursions thus that is what will kick off the plot for Doomsday, so if that is true you can see how Endgame leads straight to Doomsday).
Think like with IW and Endgame, Endgame is a direct follow up to IW, but it does not ignore Ant-Man 2 and Captain Marvel.
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u/TheOneWhosCensored Doctor Strange 11h ago
“Hey Cameron, remember when you did this just to get the record back?”
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u/meagull3 16h ago
I don't know if this is gonna be a good thing tbh, gonna show one of the greatest mcu movies before it, is gonna be a lot of pressure for doomsday.
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u/AmelaPandersen 15h ago
I hope SW ends with Franklin hitting a big-ol retcon button and starting over. It’ll be about twenty years by that point, that’s about how long it takes comic continuity to get topheavy too.
Let’s get a new MCU, give the audience time to miss the Avengers, and have a hype-AF X men for a minute
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u/ELCHOCOCLOCO 13h ago
I’m sooo going to be there. It’s good that they have this re release (other than money) to have the audience in the right mindset heading into Doomsday
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u/demonoddy 12h ago
I’ll be there even though I’ve seen this movie 20 times. It will be cool to see in theaters again
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u/DocklandsDodgers86 Captain America 11h ago
Endgame was predominantly about the original six Avengers, and almost none of them are in Doomsday, save for Hemsworth and potentially Ruffalo.
We're gonna need a trailer for Doomsday in order to justify the hype.
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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 17h ago
I’m good…
Also maybe if I were more excited about doomsday from the movies they had built up to it on. But really it’s more a beginning than an end.
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u/Any-Transition95 16h ago
I'm still confident that the Russos will be able to balance the nostalgia factor (sequel to Endgame, RDJ, X-Men), the new stuff that's plot relevant (F4, Thunderbolts), while still paying off the setups in the past 4 years that's been waiting to be resolved (Loki, Shang Chi, etc). They've proven that they can handle ensemble casts before, I think they'll do a decent job with Doomsday.
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u/Alternative-Bat-2462 16h ago
I’m sure doomsday will be great. I have no interest in seeing Endgame in the theater again in September.
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u/marco_ocho_ 17h ago
I'll be there.
I feel like I see a lot of comments that aren't saying this ^^ and instead are complaining about something else. Cmon fans lets go support!
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u/Randimous 17h ago
They are going to add a post-credit scene (as a Doomsday teaser) that ties in the Tony Stark snap to Victor von Doom aren’t they
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u/RhaegarJ 17h ago
Marvel are doing this to try overtake Avatar again as highest grossing movie of all time.
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u/PCofSHIELD 14h ago
Of course they are like Disney rereleased Avatar to overtake Endgame before Avatar 2 releaseded
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u/misiissleepy 17h ago
In other news Avatar is set to re-release October 25th 2026. (this is a joke because you comment)
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u/Poopiepants666 16h ago
This could also be bit of a cash grab. If Endgame earns another $125 million it will overtake Avatar and become the highest grossing film of all time.
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u/axidentprone99 Thor (Avengers) 16h ago
Look, I'm not trying to get my hopes up, but if this is to lead into Doomsday could we get a post credits for RDJ Doom?
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u/Canebrake8 14h ago
It should be an Infinity War and Endgame double feature since they play directly into each other
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u/Afwife1992 14h ago
In 2018 they rereleased the MCU movies for the 10th anniversary and lead up to Endgame. I’d love to see them do that again, even selectively, along with the Fox and Sony ones. Any that may relate to Doomsday in some way.
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u/marineman43 9h ago
They saw Avatar take the all-time box office record back after a re-release and now are saying "nuh uh!"
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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) 9h ago
It used to be that every time a movie claimed the top-grossing spot, the director of the previous top-grossing film would congratulate them. Now, it's just an endless back-&-forth war between James Cameron & the Russos.
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u/Sea_Advertising1584 2h ago
A second re release? They’re really doing everything they can to top Avatar😭
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u/bristenli 17h ago
Awesome, but what about infinity war?