Avengers: Secret Wars opened to $368 million globally in its first weekend in June 2026, the third-largest opening weekend in cinema history behind Avengers:

Endgame ($357 million domestic, $1.2 billion global in 2019) and Avatar: The Way of Water.

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Key Developments

The domestic opening of $195 million set a new June record, surpassing Jurassic World’s $208 million adjusted total.

Disney and Marvel projected Secret Wars would become the first film since Endgame to cross $2 billion worldwide, based on first-weekend tracking models.

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Background and Context

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The film, directed by the Russo Brothers returning after a seven-year absence from the MCU, runs 3 hours and 22 minutes and serves as

What Experts Are Saying

the conclusion of the Multiverse Saga that began with Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021.

Avengers: Secret Wars holds an 88 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes from 214 reviews, with critics calling it “an emotionally satisfying conclusion” that “redeems

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the mixed Multiverse Saga.” The Audience Score stands at 96 percent from over 45,000 ratings.

The film reunites cast members from across the MCU and brings back characters from Fox-era X-Men and Sony Spider-Man films through the multiverse premise.

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Multiple major character deaths occur, which reviewers have described as genuinely surprising.

CinemaScore gave the film an A+, only the twelfth film in CinemaScore history to receive that grade and the highest grade possible.

Avengers: Endgame also received an A+, making Secret Wars the second MCU film to achieve the top rating.

Analysts at Box Office Pro project Secret Wars will finish with $850 million domestically and $2.1-2.4 billion worldwide, which would rank it among the five highest-grossing films in history.

The film faces no major competition through July 4th weekend.

IMAX screens, which sold out in most markets through the second weekend before opening, account for 28 percent of domestic ticket revenue despite representing fewer than 5 percent of screens.

IMAX gross through Sunday exceeded $54 million.

Marvel Studios recommends watching Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2025) and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as minimum preparation.

For full context, the Disney+ series Loki, What If…?, and Agatha All Along introduce key characters and plot threads that appear in Secret Wars.

Avengers: Secret Wars has a runtime of 3 hours and 22 minutes, making it the longest MCU film to date.

Avengers: Endgame was the previous record holder at 3 hours and 2 minutes. The film contains two post-credits scenes.

Avengers: Secret Wars concludes the Multiverse Saga that has been the overarching narrative of the MCU since 2021.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has confirmed the MCU will continue with a new saga to be announced. Several sequel projects are already in various stages of development.

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