Avengers, assemble — one more time, from your couch. Marvel and Disney+ announced today that Avengers: Endgame Encore, the extended cut of the 2019 blockbuster, hits Disney+ this Friday, November 13. If you skipped the theatrical re-release back in September, this is your shot at the four new scenes that turn the end of the Infinity Saga into a launchpad for Avengers: Doomsday.
So what actually changed? Encore adds roughly four minutes of footage, bringing the runtime to 185 minutes, and every single second of it is pointed squarely at December. Here is what is waiting for you in the new material:
- The extended ending: Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter are visited by a version of Loki, who promises to help them — a pretty big hint about why Captain America is back in the mix for Doomsday.
- A TVA scene: the multiverse keeps collapsing, and the Time Variance Authority is right in the middle of it.
- Doctor Doom meets Bruce Banner: yes, Doom pays the Hulk's human half a visit. What that means for the big green guy in December is anybody's guess.
- The final post-credits sting: that hammering sound you hear over the credits? It is Doctor Doom forging his mask. Chills.
The scenes were shot by the Russo brothers during the making of Doomsday itself, which is why they feel less like deleted scenes and more like the opening chapter of the next movie smuggled into the end of the last one.
The September 25 theatrical re-release proved fans were hungry for exactly this: Encore opened to about $26 million domestically and $86 million worldwide, per Variety, and Polygon reports the re-release ultimately grossed $142.9 million — pushing Endgame's lifetime worldwide total to roughly $2.925 billion. Disney+ is also rolling out a "Countdown to Avengers: Doomsday" collection, so you can do a full catch-up run before the big day.
And the big day is closer than it feels. Avengers: Doomsday storms into theaters on December 18 — the very same day as Dune: Part Three, setting up one of the wildest box office showdowns in years. Thirty-five days from now, Doctor Doom arrives. Friday's homework: rewatch the ending that started it all, with four new reasons to be nervous.
Avengers: Endgame Encore streams exclusively on Disney+ starting Friday, November 13. Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters December 18.



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