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Avengers: Endgame Encore and Primetime Eye Strong Previews This Weekend
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In Short: Avengers: Endgame Encore and Primetime are set to open with strong previews this weekend, with both films eyeing over $2 million in advance ticket sales.
Avengers: Endgame Encore, a re-release of the 2019 blockbuster, is set to hit theaters on September 15, 2026, with three minutes of never-before-seen footage that connects directly to the events of Avengers: Doomsday.
According to industry insiders, one of the new scenes in Avengers: Endgame Encore will feature Doctor Doom recruiting the Hulk just before the events of Avengers: Doomsday.
The Russo Brothers, directors of the original film, have deemed the re-release a 'must-watch,' stating, 'There's a natural progression from Endgame into Doomsday, which is also inclusive of all the other stories that have been playing out.
Avengers: Endgame Encore will be screened in around 3,000 theaters, including 1,300 premium large format screens and 390 Imax hubs, sharing Imax and PLFs with Resident Evil.
Meanwhile, A24's Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim, is also set to open this weekend, with previews chasing Avengers: Endgame Encore’s $3M+ previews with a figure between $2M-$3M.
Primetime, a R-rated film about Chris Hansen and his case gone wrong, has received positive reviews with an 86% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film is set to open in North America at 2,814 theaters, with a potential opening weekend box office of $20M, ahead of other recent releases like The Drama and Obsession.
Overseas, Avengers: Endgame Encore is expected to generate $25M in its opening weekend, contributing to a $50M worldwide total.
The new scenes in Avengers: Endgame Encore, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, address major questions left unanswered in the original film and set up plotlines for Avengers: Doomsday.
One of the new scenes features Doctor Doom crafting his mask, a moment that matches the metallic hammering heard in the Endgame credits.
These new scenes provide fans with additional context and excitement, encouraging them to revisit the beloved film.
The preview success of both films suggests a strong opening weekend, with Avengers: Endgame Encore potentially surpassing the $3.4M re-release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith.
What this adds
The new scenes in Avengers: Endgame Encore are set to connect the original film to the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday.
Primetime's strong preview performance is a positive indicator for its opening weekend box office potential.
What's confirmed
- Warning : This post contains potential spoilers for Avengers Endgame: Encore Warning : This post contains potential spoilers for Avengers Endgame: Encore After the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, all eyes immediately switched to the next Marvel Cinematic Universe film: Avengers: Doomsday.
What's still developing
- Back on Apr. 15, 2026, renowned scooper Alex Perez revealed that Marvel planned to bring back multiple characters (including Wanda Maximoff) as Doom's followers in Avengers: Doomsday.
- Incidentally, insider James Mack revealed all the way back in January 2026 that Avengers: Doomsda y would feature a group of several "Dooms," and that one of them looks like the Hulk.
- They watch two Earths start to collide in an incursion, which is what happens when two universes smash into each other.
- That confirms what filmmaker Robert Meyer Burnett said days ago, that Hulk and Doom share a new scene in Encore.
- A third scene plays during the credits and picks up with Bruce Banner after Spider-Man: Brand New Day, where Jean Grey took over his mind and Spider-Man had to take the Hulk down.
- But there are curveballs: It’s the year of Pattinson in The Drama and beggers getting out of here memes in The Odyssey, and though A24 is eyeing $12M-$16M for his latest movie Primetime about To Catch a Predator ‘s Chris Hansen and his case gone wrong, the $15M net production has a shot at a $20M opening in North America at 2,814 theaters.
- The A24 financed-by-foreign sales-movie is bowing abroad this weekend in France, Germany, Austria, Taiwan, Iceland, India, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- Previews began today for the PG-13 David Ayer directed movie at 2PM and we hear from sources they’re around $1.8M (that includes Monday Mystery screenings).
- Previews today stateside began at 2PM and are estimated between $800K-$1M, we hear.
- Those previews for Primetime are ahead of Pattinson pics The Drama ($1.7M, $14.3M opening), and possibly Mickey 17 ($2.5M, $19M opening), in addition to the Gen-Z summer horror surprise Obsession ($2.6M, $17.1M opening).
- The asterisk here is that sometimes these re-releases could be front-loaded, so we’ll see how Encore plays out.
- Overseas outlook for Encore is $25M in what’s bound to be a $50M WW weekend give or take.