Avengers: Endgame Encore Heads to Disney+ on Nov. 13, Ahead of Doomsday

Disney's extended version of Avengers: Endgame starts streaming on Disney+ on Friday, Nov. 13. The new cut, called Endgame Encore, adds four scenes tied into Avengers: Doomsday, which opens in theaters on Dec. 18, Variety reports.

The film first returned to cinemas in its extended form. Its theatrical return opened with $26 million in the United States and Canada, known in the trade as domestic, and $86 million worldwide. The re-release also pushed Endgame back to the top of the all-time box office charts, with $2.925 billion, ahead of Avatar.

The studio is also preparing a new way to see Doomsday on the big screen. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige first described the premium format, called Infinity Vision, at CinemaCon, the cinema owners' convention, earlier this year. Premium formats are special ways of showing a film in selected venues. Disney is now converting existing screens at premium theaters into Infinity Vision screenings, Variety says.

Doomsday will also share its release date with another large film. Warner Bros.' Dune: Part 3 is set for Dec. 18 as well. It has taken every Imax screen for three weeks. Imax is a large-screen system with its own premium auditoriums, so the two films will compete for the same big rooms in the same weeks.

For viewers who have not yet seen the film, the streaming release gives them a chance to watch the original story before the new scenes arrive. Those four additions connect the earlier film to the next chapter, which is the point of the extended cut. The December calendar will show how much of the big-screen audience each film takes.