Avengers: Endgame Encore is within $35 million of becoming the highest-grossing film of all time. That’s not a typo. The MCU’s 2019 finale, re-released with new footage and fan-pleasing edits, has pushed its global cume to $2.89 billion. Avatar still holds the top spot at $2.9 billion — but only just. The gap? Shrinking fast. By the second weekend of the Encore run, it’s likely to close for good. Not even James Cameron’s sci-fi epic could’ve predicted this. Not in 2009. Not in 2010. Not even in 2024. The numbers don’t lie. And they’re screaming. 400 million admissions worldwide. First film in half a century to hit that mark. Titanic’s company. A feat no other movie has matched since. Even as the Encore version slows down in North America, now outside the top three. It’s still pulling in strong domestic numbers. $29.9 million in the US alone after one week. Monday saw a 23.5% jump. Tuesday brought $2.1 million on discount day. Below The Lion King and Revenge of the Sith, yes. But still solid. Still relevant. Still alive. The world isn’t done with Endgame. It never was. The final battle wasn’t the end. It was a reset. A reboot. A resurrection. And now, in 2026, it’s back, not to reclaim the throne, but to take it. Again. The question isn’t if it will pass Avatar. It’s when. And what happens next. Because once it does, the record won’t be a number. It’ll be a moment. A cultural pivot. A reckoning. The MCU’s longest-running story finally outgrows its own legacy. And the world’s watching. One more time.