Avengers: Endgame Reclaims Top Box Office Spot From Avatar — SkimNews
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- Avengers: Endgame has reclaimed the all-time box office crown at $2.9255 billion worldwide, narrowly edging Avatar's $2.9237 billion — a flip driven by the 'Endgame Encore' re-release tied to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
- Endgame Encore opened domestically at $26.1 million but cratered 81% to $4.4 million in its second weekend, bringing the re-release's global cume to $126 million ($36.2M domestic, $89.8M international).
- The re-release's parent Avengers: Doomsday opens Dec. 18 against Paramount/Warner Bros/Legendary's Dune: Part Three, a clash the trade characterizes as a potential 'Barbenheimer-like' weekend.
- Endgame's lifetime domestic cume now stands at $894.6 million (No. 3 all-time, behind Spider-Man: Brand New Day's $954.4M and Star Wars: Force Awakens's $936.6M), while its foreign cume of $2.03 billion ranks No. 2 on the all-time MPA chart.
- Endgame Encore was the top non-local film in China with $21.3 million and became the highest-grossing re-release in Latin America, topping markets including Mexico ($6.1M), Brazil ($3.1M), Colombia, Peru, and Paraguay, as well as Malaysia, India ($3.8M), and Indonesia.
- Endgame first held the all-time record in 2019, when Comic-Con announced it had beaten Cameron's Na'vi film — only to be overtaken when Avatar was re-released.
Why it matters: The crown was reclaimed not by a new release but by a nostalgia-staged re-release, underscoring how Disney is weaponizing its catalog to juice MCU momentum ahead of the Dec. 18 Doomsday vs. Dune: Part Three showdown. The 81% second-weekend collapse shows that re-release upside is real but front-loaded, making the December tentpole clash the next real test of Marvel's theatrical pull.
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