AMC Theatres has given Avengers: Endgame Encore tickets a new hook: the official logo for the re-release is now out ahead of the movie’s September 25 return to theaters. The move makes the campaign feel less like a simple replay and more like a timed bridge to Marvel Studios’ next chapter.
The new version carries four extra minutes of footage and runs 3 hours and 5 minutes, which pushes it past the original 3 hours and 1 minute cut. That makes the re-release the longest movie in MCU history, a distinction that matters because this is not a standard return engagement; it is a longer cut built to pull audiences back in for one more theater run.
Anthony Russo in Late June 2019
Late June 2019 was the last time Endgame returned to theaters, and Anthony Russo introduced that version. That re-release also included an unfinished deleted scene centered on Mark Ruffalo’s Smart Hulk rescuing people from a burning building, a tribute to Stan Lee, and a sneak peek at Spider-Man: Far From Home. The new push is using a different playbook: less one-off event, more sequel-minded positioning.
Marvel Studios and Doomsday
Joe and Anthony Russo said the new footage will directly tie the events of Endgame to what fans will see three months later in Avengers: Doomsday, which opens on December 18. That gives the extra footage a business function as much as a creative one, because the re-release is designed to point ticket buyers toward the next film instead of just reopening a past hit.
The complication is the footage itself. The new material is being described as a bridge to Avengers: Doomsday, yet no specifics have been given on what the four extra minutes include, and the original Endgame is one of only two MCU movies without a post-credits scene, alongside The Incredible Hulk. If the added material lands inside the main story, it changes how this return plays in theaters; if it arrives as a separate button, it changes the rhythm of the re-release without altering the film’s core structure.
Endgame Encore at San Diego Comic-Con
The logo was also shown at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, but the final version is slimmer and lighter purple than that earlier design. It keeps the same purple Avengers logo as the original title card, adds slanted light-purple text for the Endgame Encore portion, and replaces the A in Endgame with the Avengers logo. The bright purple light between Endgame and Encore and the glint in the O were both toned down in the final version.
For moviegoers, the practical read is simple: September 25 brings a longer cut, a new logo, and a re-release built to connect Endgame to what comes after it. If the extra four minutes are the selling point, the footage is the one piece Marvel Studios has still left off the board.
