In the lead-up to the Dec. 18, 2026 release of Avengers: Doomsday, and to hype up the audiences and fans, Marvel Studios will re-release Avengers: Endgame.
The beloved Avengers feature will be re-released in theaters on Sept. 25, 2026. It is unclear how long the window will be.
Doomsday is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Endgame and marks the return to Marvel of actor Robert Downey Jr., who famously played Tony Stark/Iron Man over the course of numerous Marvel films. In Doomsday, however, he is playing classic villain Doctor Doom. Releasing Endgame will be a potent reminder of the creative power of the trio, as well as the power of popular actors assembling. The casts of movies such as Thunderbolts*, Fantastic Four: First Steps, X-Men, among others, are slated to appear in the new movie.
Endgame was the second part of an epic story involving the villain Thanos and the culmination of Marvel’s Phase three of its movie release slate.
It is hard to underscore how big a pop culture event the movie became as it won over critics and fans alike. But the numbers help tell the story. First released on April 26, 2019, Endgame is now the second highest grossing film of all-time domestically with $858 million, behind only Star Wars: Force Awakens, which grossed $937 million.
It is the second highest grossing U.S. film of all-time internationally with $1.941 billion, behind only Avatar’s $2.138 billion. (The Chinese movie Ne Zha 2 is also $2 billion-plus player.) It is the second highest grossing film of all-time globally with $2.799 million, behind only Avatar, whose tally is $2.924 million. And it also had the biggest opening weekend of all time globally, with a $1.2 billion debut.
Phew.
Endgame’s re-release is likely to goose up the box office and is in line with the company’s emphasis on theatrical, especially in a time when some companies are looking to potentially limit releases. (The news comes hours after Netflix confirmed an agreement to buy Warner Bros.)
“We make movies for movie theaters because that’s where movies belong,” said Marvel head Kevin Feige at a CinemaCon presentation in April 2024. “That’s all we’ve ever done and that’s all I hope we ever do.”