This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2021.

Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Gross Notes 1 Wonder Woman 1984 $5,429,210 2 $2,960,015 3 The Marksman $3,104,204 4 $2,029,944 5 The Little Things $4,705,527 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. 6 $2,051,189 7 The Croods: A New Age $2,079,825 The Croods: A New Age reclaimed the #1 spot in its twelfth weekend of release after eight weekends out of the top spot, making it the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its twelfth weekend. It also became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for four weekends as well as the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office for four nonconsecutive weekends. 8 $1,718,455 The Croods: A New Age became the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its thirteenth weekend. It also became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for five weekends as well as the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office for five nonconsecutive weekends. 9 Tom & Jerry $14,112,629 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. 10 Raya and the Last Dragon $8,502,498 Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. 11 $5,706,633 During the weekend, Avatar ($2.83 billion) surpassed Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion) as the highest-grossing film worldwide of all time following its re-release in China. 12 $5,129,473 Raya and the Last Dragon became the first film in 2021 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. 13 Nobody $6,820,100 14 Godzilla vs. Kong $31,625,971 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. Godzilla vs. Kong was the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns to open in more than 3,000 locations. 15 $13,882,474 16 $7,847,227 17 Mortal Kombat $23,302,576 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. In second place, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Trains $21.1 million opening weekend broke Heros record ($17.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a foreign language film. 18 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train $6,412,933 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train reached #1 in its second weekend of release. It also became the first foreign language film since Hero and the first Japanese animated film since Pokémon: The First Movie to reach #1 at the box office. 19 Wrath of Man $8,309,007 20 Spiral $8,750,034 21 $4,595,320 22 A Quiet Place Part II $47,547,231 23 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $24,104,332 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. 24 A Quiet Place Part II $12,012,263 A Quiet Place Part II reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. This weekend, it became the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns in North America to surpass $100 million domestically. 25 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard $11,397,820 26 F9 $70,043,165 F9 was the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns to open in more than 4,000 locations. 27 $23,008,860 28 Black Widow $80,366,312 Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. 29 Space Jam: A New Legacy $31,053,362 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. Space Jam: A New Legacy broke Space Jams record ($27.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a basketball film. 30 Old $16,854,735 31 Jungle Cruise $35,018,731 Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. 32 The Suicide Squad $26,205,415 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. 33 Free Guy $28,365,416 34 $18,504,022 35 Candyman $22,001,750 Candyman director Nia DaCosta became the first black female director to top the domestic box office. 36 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $75,388,688 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings broke Halloweens record ($26.3 million) for the highest Labor Day weekend debut. 37 $34,701,070 38 $21,670,751 39 $13,031,411 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. During the week, it also became the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns in North America to surpass $200 million domestically. 40 Venom: Let There Be Carnage $90,033,210 41 No Time to Die $55,225,007 42 Halloween Kills $49,404,980 Simultaneously released on Peacock. 43 Dune $41,011,174 Simultaneously released on HBO Max. 44 $15,413,486 45 Eternals $71,297,219 46 $26,850,128 47 Ghostbusters: Afterlife $44,008,406 48 Encanto $27,206,494 49 $13,147,618 50 West Side Story $10,574,618 51 Spider-Man: No Way Home † $260,138,569 Spider-Man: No Way Home broke Black Panthers record ($202 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films. It also broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens records ($248 million) for the highest weekend debuts in December and for the holiday season. It was the first film of the COVID-19 pandemic to gross over $100 and $200 million in one weekend. It had the highest weekend debut of 2021. 52 $84,548,505 During the weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first film of the COVID-19 pandemic era to gross $1 billion worldwide. 53 $56,023,590

Highest-grossing films

Calendar gross Highest-grossing films of 2021 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Domestic Gross 1. Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire Jon Watts$572,984,7692.Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Walt Disney Studios Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng'er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley and Tony Leung Destin Daniel Cretton$224,543,2923.Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony Pictures Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham and Woody Harrelson Andy Serkis$212,527,5114.Black Widow Walt Disney Studios Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone and Rachel Weisz Cate Shortland$183,651,6555.F9 Universal Pictures Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron Justin Lin$173,005,9456.Eternals Walt Disney Studios Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie Chloé Zhao$164,855,1447.No Time To Die Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes Cary Joji Fukunaga$160,772,0078.A Quiet Place Part II Paramount Pictures Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou and John Krasinski John Krasinski$160,215,2619.Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sony Pictures Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver Jason Reitman$122,403,06010.Free Guy 20th Century Studios Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery and Taika Waititi Shawn Levy$121,626,598

In-year release + Highest-grossing films of 2021 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony $804,793,477 2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Disney $224,543,292 3. Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony $213,550,366 4. Black Widow Disney $183,651,655 5. F9 Universal $173,005,945 6. Eternals Disney $164,870,234 7. Sing 2 Universal $162,790,990 8. No Time To Die MGM $160,891,007 9. A Quiet Place Part II Paramount $160,215,261 10. Ghostbusters: Afterlife Sony $129,360,575

+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2021Box Office Performance for G-Rated Movies in 2021 The Numbers, Retrieved August 7, 2023 G Paw Patrol: The Movie PG Sing 2 PG-13 Spider-Man: No Way Home R Halloween Kills

See also Lists of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films

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