Moviegoers who bought standard tickets to Avengers: Endgame Encore are warning fellow fans that Disney quietly reserved one of the re-release's four new bonus sequences for Imax and Infinity Vision screenings only. The result: many viewers left theaters having seen three of the four added scenes, and only learned what they missed after checking social media.
The re-release of Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga conclusion drew crowds in its opening weekend, with fans turning out to relive the film's biggest moments and catch early teases for Avengers: Doomsday. The four new sequences, running a combined total of roughly four minutes, are widely treated as the main selling point of the Encore run. They include an extended ending for Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter, a meeting between Bruce Banner and Doctor Doom, a chaotic sequence at the Time Variance Authority, and brief frames that appear to show the forging of Victor von Doom's mask.
It is the TVA scene that standard-format audiences did not get. The sequence, which appears to be drawn directly from Doomsday material, brings back Loki series regulars including Mobius, played by Owen Wilson, and OB, played by Ke Huy Quan. It depicts the Time Variance Authority in disarray as the multiverse begins to collapse, and it is believed to be the longest of the four additions. Director Joe Russo had previously teased the scene, but nothing in the public marketing made clear that it would be withheld from regular screenings.
Disney announced in late August that new Doomsday teases would be exclusive to Imax and Infinity Vision formats. The announcement was low-key, and based on online reactions it did not reach nearly as many viewers as the studio might have expected. The original wording promised only «an additional sneak peek,» leaving audiences with no clear picture of what the exclusive footage contained until the re-release opened on September 25.
Frustration surfaced quickly on Reddit and other platforms. One viewer who attended a standard 2D screening wrote that it was «completely unknown» to the audience that they would not receive the full cut with all the new footage, adding that the situation «still feels so scummy.» The same fan noted that many Marvel followers deliberately avoid social media before a release to dodge spoilers, which meant they had no chance to learn about the format exclusivity in advance.
Other reactions followed a similar pattern. «It's a pretty scummy way Disney did this,» one fan wrote, while another questioned the logic of the re-release itself: «That's weird I thought the point of the rerelease was to add the new scenes.» The phrase «cash grab» has become a recurring label among MCU fans aware of the strategy, and some viewers said they were only discovering the restriction as they left their local theaters. One commenter noted that a trailer screened before another Imax film said nothing about new footage being exclusive to that format.
Practical barriers compound the complaint. Not every moviegoer lives near a theater equipped for Imax or Infinity Vision, and premium formats typically carry higher ticket prices. For those viewers, seeing every Doomsday tease would require both travel and extra spending, a trade-off several fans said they were unwilling to make for a few minutes of added footage.
The Encore run has been a commercial success regardless. The re-release pulled in an estimated $86 million at the box office during its opening weekend, a strong result that suggests it will remain in theaters for some time, though no end date has been announced. Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled to arrive on December 18, 2026, launching the final chapter of the Multiverse Saga and following up on the teases planted in the Encore footage.
For now, the takeaway for fans is straightforward: those who want to see all four new sequences, including the TVA scene, will need to find an Imax or Infinity Vision screening of Avengers: Endgame Encore rather than a standard one.