"Eternals" is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 5, 2021. It was previously set for release on November 6, 2020, before it was shifted to February 12, 2021, and then to the November 2021 date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be part of Phase Four of the MCU. In May 2021, a Chinese state media report excluded "Eternals", as well as "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", from its list of upcoming MCU films releasing, which "Variety" noted "added to rumors" that the films would not be released in China, especially since Zhao had become "an unexpected "persona non grata"" in the country following her Oscar wins for "Nomadland". In September 2021, "Variety" reported that Disney was expected to use the box office performance of "Black Widow" and "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" to determine the release strategy for "Eternals", which Disney had been "curiously vague" about.