WARNING! This article contains spoilers for Magic Mike's Last Dance!Magic Mike XXL, Mike heads to London with wealthy socialite Maxandra (Salma Hayek Pinault) to direct and choreograph a brand-new striptease show focused on female empowerment.
While Magic Mike 3 is situated as the end of Mike’s dancing career, the success of the show sets up a potential future for the franchise. Director Steven Soderbergh has also teased the possibility of creating a cinematic universe with Magic Mike spinoffs, perhaps with brand-new characters or returning dancers from the first three movies (via CBR). Therefore, viewers may be curious to know whether Magic Mike’s Last Dance features a post-credits scene setting up the franchise’s future.
No, Magic Mike's Last Dance Doesn't Have An End-Credits Scene
When the credits begin to roll, there’s no need to stick around for another teaser, as there is no post-credits scene after the end of Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Despite the fact that post-credits scenes have become increasingly popular for comedies and dramas today, Soderbergh doesn’t use the device in his trilogy-ending film. Since Magic Mike (2012) and Magic Mike XXL (2015) didn’t feature end-credits scenes, it’s not surprising that Magic Mike’s Last Dance lacks one as well.
However, Magic Mike 3 does feature a photograph of the new group of dancers in the end-credits. Still, the individual names that flash on the screen during the credits don’t clearly identify Magic Mike 3’s dancers, which is a mistake given the vast majority of them were nameless and without any identity as characters in the movie. Magic Mike’s Last Dance should have used the post-credits sequence to finally give more individuality to the new dancers in Max’s show, but they’re only given props in a wide shot of the entire group.
Why A Post-Credits Scene Would Have Been Better For Magic Mike 3
Post-credits scenes are more often being used by franchises to set up future storylines in sequels or spinoffs, which would have been a smart play for Magic Mike 3. With Soderbergh teasing potential spinoffs, Magic Mike’s Last Dance could have included another scene of the dancers from Max’s show or potentially a young guy like Adam from the first movie seeing the show and being inspired to become a dancer himself. Additionally, since Magic Mike’s Last Dance is the end of the main storyline with Mike and the Kings of Tampa, the post-credits scene could have been used to pay due tribute to the memorable dancers throughout Magic Mike’s trilogy.
Even if Magic Mike 3 avoided setting up any spinoffs or looking back on the franchise with the credits, it would have been incredibly fitting for a dance movie to include clips of cut dance sequences or new routines specifically for the credits. Although a post-credits scene for Magic Mike's Last Dance would have made sense, Steven Soderbergh’s movies haven’t caught onto the trend, whether anticipating a franchise future or not.
