‘Avengers: Endgame’ Snapping Up $26M at Box Office Amid Crowded Weekend

Avengers: Endgame looks to make a heroic return to the box office during a crowded frame that sees Resident Evil still carrying bite in its second week.

Marvel Studios‘ 2019 blockbuster heads back to 3,060 North American screens with Avengers Endgame: Encore, which grossed around $11.2 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, and is expected to open at the top of the domestic chart with $26 million. Disney’s rerelease includes an exclusive look at footage from Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday, set to hit theaters Dec. 18.

During its initial run, Joe and Anthony Russo’s Endgame launched in April 2019 to a record-setting opening weekend of $1.2 billion globally. It went on to claim No. 2 on the all-time worldwide chart with a total run of $2.7 billion.

Sony’s Resident Evil still has teeth at second place with $6.9 million on Friday as it looks to collect $23.5 million domestically in its sophomore frame. Starring Austin Abrams, director Zach Cregger’s reboot of the video game property is set to decline around 60 percent to bring its North American sum to $103.6 million.

Robert Pattinson stars as journalist Chris Hansen in A24’s Primetime, which collected around $8.4 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, to eye roughly $20.5 million from 2,800 North American theaters. Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers also star in director Lance Oppenheim’s feature that has a $15 million production budget and holds an 87 percent approval rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. In his review for The Hollywood Reporter, chief film critic David Rooney called it a “peak Sleaze TV rerun, for whoever wants it.”

Starring Brad Pitt as a Special Forces officer stranded with his combat dog in the wilderness, Paramount Pictures’ Heart of the Beast notched $7.4 million on Friday, including previews, and is expected to gross around $20 million domestically for the weekend from 3,400 North American locations. Carrying an $82 million production budget, director David Ayer’s movie stands at an 87 score from Rotten Tomatoes reviewers. THR critic Frank Scheck wrote that it “packs a surprising emotional punch.”

Rounding out the top five is DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island, with the Universal Pictures release expected to scoop up around $11.5 million domestically for the weekend after bringing in $4.3 million on Friday, including Thursday previews and other advance screenings.

With a budget of $80 million, the film focuses on two friends magically transported to an island rooted in Philippine mythology. Featuring the voices of H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Dave Franco, Forgotten Island holds a 94 percent critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Scheck writing for THR that it is “an exciting original.”

During the week, Universal Pictures became the first studio to surpass $5 billion at the 2026 global box office. The Odyssey, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael were among the hits helping Universal to reach this milestone for the first time since 2017.

More to come.