‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Scores Massive $86 Million Globally, Brad Pitt’s ‘Heart of the Beast’ Launches to $50 Million Worldwide — SkimNews
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- Avengers: Endgame Encore re-release debuted to $86 million globally — $26 million in North America and $60 million overseas — topping weekend charts and beating all new releases
- The re-release lifted Endgame's cumulative total to $2.88 billion worldwide, narrowing the gap to 2009's Avatar ($2.9 billion) to just $39 million
- Disney and Marvel staged the reissue to build hype for 'Avengers: Doomsday' (December), which reunites the MCU's heroes and reintroduces Robert Downey Jr. as the villain Doctor Doom
- The encore featured new footage and previewed Disney's new 'Infinity Vision' premium large-format certification, though Doomsday will lose Imax to Dune: Part III for three weeks
- Brad Pitt's 'Heart of the Beast' opened to $50.1 million globally ($30.1M international, $20M domestic) against an $82 million budget, with an 87% Rotten Tomatoes score and an A- CinemaScore
- Universal and DreamWorks' 'Forgotten Island' stumbled with just $20.6 million globally on its $80 million budget, opening softer than expected domestically at $12.8 million
- Universal became the first studio to cross $5 billion worldwide in 2026, fueled by Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey ($1.75B) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ($1B)
Why it matters: Endgame's re-release gap to Avatar narrowed to $39 million in a single weekend — putting the 2019 film within striking distance of the all-time worldwide record without a traditional marketing push. Disney is essentially using a six-year-old film as a Doomsday hype machine, turning a $26M domestic reissue into a free promotional vehicle for December's tentpole.
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