Avengers: Endgame Encore drove overwhelming trader consensus at 96.4% implied probability by delivering a dominant $26 million domestic opening as a re-release, comfortably ahead of Resident Evil’s $23 million second weekend and new entries like Heart of the Beast and Primetime. The Marvel title benefited from nostalgia appeal, added post-credits footage teasing Avengers: Doomsday, and robust theater counts that capitalized on a crowded September frame. New wide releases split audience interest without any single film generating enough presales or word-of-mouth to challenge the frontrunner. An upset would require final reported figures to shift dramatically or an unprecedented hold from one of the newcomers, both highly unlikely given the reported gap and historical re-release patterns.