This is a list of films which placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2021.https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/by-year/?area=NZ on Box Office Mojo
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. # Weekend end date Film Weekendgross Top 10 openings 1 Wonder Woman 1984 NZ$653,823 The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6) 2 The Croods: A New Age NZ$404,427 Promising Young Woman (#5) 3 NZ$237,031 Master (#6) 4 NZ$248,760 Dawn Raid (#4), Penguin Bloom (#6), Wild Mountain Thyme (#8) 5 The Marksman NZ$193,480 6 NZ$147,974 Shadow in the Cloud (#2) 7 Detective Chinatown 3 NZ$148,606 A Writer's Odyssey (#4), Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (#5), Ammonite (#8) 8 The Little Things NZ$130,868 Wrong Turn (#3), Never Too Late (#6) 9 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train NZ$342,107 Boss Level (#3), Endgame (#10) 10 Cousins NZ$286,916 Raya and the Last Dragon (#2), Chaos Walking (#3), Nomadland (#5) 11 NZ$256,610 Roohi (#6), The Priest (#9), Jathi Ratnalu (#10) 12 NZ$182,987 Crisis (#6), French Exit (#7), Mumbai Saga (#9) 13 Godzilla vs. Kong NZ$1,402,326 Hi Mom (#4)144 April 2021NZ$870,414Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), Nobody (#3), The Father (#4), The Courier (#5)1511 April 2021NZ$394,898Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Girls Can't Surf (#10)1618 April 2021NZ$238,985Tom and Jerry (#5)1725 April 2021Mortal KombatNZ$571,045Six Minutes to Midnight (#5)182 May 2021Peter Rabbit 2: The RunawayNZ$433,819Wrath of Man (#2)199 May 2021Wrath of ManNZ$202,946James & Isey (#3)2016 May 2021NZ$147,633Those Who Wish Me Dead (#2), Spiral (#3), Finding You (#6)2123 May 2021NZ$107,4652230 May 2021A Quiet Place Part IINZ$621,978Cruella (#2), Poppy (#10)236 June 2021The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do ItNZ$625,565Dream Horse (#4), Minamata (#10)2413 June 2021NZ$306,765Spirit Untamed (#2)2520 June 2021Fast and Furious 9NZ$1,957,106Herself (#7), Antoinette in the Cévennes (#9)2627 June 2021NZ$900,785Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In the Heights (#3)274 July 2021NZ$434,694Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#4)2811 July 2021Black WidowNZ$1,280,6332918 July 2021Space Jam: A New LegacyNZ$965,888Gunpowder Milkshake (#8)2925 July 2021NZ$673,653Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (#3), Old (#4)301 August 2021Jungle CruiseNZ$479,100The Justice of Bunny King (#6), The Mistfits (#9)318 August 2021The Suicide SquadNZ$667,737Tunka Tunka (#5), Queen Bees (#7), How to Be a Good Wife (#10)3215 August 2021Free GuyNZ$665,018Puaada (#5), Coming Home in the Dark (#6)3322 August 2021New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown3429 August 2021355 September 20213612 September 2021Free GuyNZ$140,768André Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#3)3719 September 2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsNZ$514,383Effiel (#4)3826 September 2021NZ$305,819The Ice Road (#3), Ride the Eagle (#5), Qismat 2 (#8)393 October 2021NZ$192,167The Boss Baby: Family Business (#2), Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Moosa Jatt (#9), Anibo: Amazon Princess (#10)3910 October 2021No Time to DieNZ$987,603Paw Patrol (#4)4017 October 2021NZ$681,264Honsla Rakh (#6), The Alpinist (#8)4124 October 2021NZ$494,882The Last Duel (#2), Julia (#9)4231 October 2021NZ$270,746Juniper (#2), Halloween Kills (#3), Ron's Gone Wrong (#4), Antlers (#7), NZ Opera: Semele (#9)437 November 2021EternalsNZ$464,294Sooryavanshi (#3), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9), Annaatthe (#10)4414 November 2021NZ$312,632Last Night in Soho (#5), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (#7), Fuffad Ji (#10)4521 November 2021NZ$184,523Falling for Figaro (#4), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#7), Kurup (#8), Warning (#10)4628 November 2021Venom: Let There Be CarnageNZ$401,924A Boy Called Christmas (#4), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#7), Antim: The Final Truth (#9)475 December 2021DuneNZ$600,998Encanto (#5), André Rieu: Christmas with André 2021 (#6), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#8)4812 December 2021NZ$451,335The French Dispatch (#6), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#9)4919 December 2021Spider-Man: No Way Home †NZ$3,336,322Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 (#9)5026 DecemberNZ$1,109,346The Matrix Resurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), 83 (#4), West Side Story (#8)512 January 2022NZ$915,681Ghostbusters: Afterlife (#4), House of Gucci (#5), Clifford the Big Red Dog (#9)
Highest-grossing films + Highest-grossing films of 2021 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony PicturesNZ$11,880,770 2 No Time to Die MGM / UniversalNZ$5,713,446 3 Fast and Furious 9 Universal PicturesNZ$4,808,879 4 Godzilla vs Kong Warner BrosNZ$4,665,692 5 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Sony PicturesNZ$4,076,424 6 Black Widow DisneyNZ$3,919,191 7 Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner BrosNZ$3,362,266 8 Sing 2 Universal PicturesNZ$3,054,747 9 A Quiet Place Part II Paramount PicturesNZ$2,662,806 10 Dune Warner BrosNZ$2,645,599
+ Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2021 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Cousins Vendetta FilmsNZ$1,114,392 2 James & Isey NZ$409,667 3 Dawn Raid General Film CorporationNZ$230,949 4 Juniper Sandy Lane ProductionsNZ$204,891 5 Shadow in the Cloud Four Knights, Endeavor, RheaNZ$190,297
Records + 5 biggest openings Rank Title Distributor Opening weekend 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony PicturesNZ$3,336,322 2 Fast and Furious 9 Universal PicturesNZ$1,957,106 3 Godzilla vs. Kong Warner BrosNZ$1,402,326 4 Black Widow DisneyNZ$1,280,633 5 No Time to Die United PicturesNZ$987,603
+ 5 best second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 80 theatres Rank Title 2nd week hold 1 Sing 2173% 2 The Boss Baby: Family Business170% 3 Tom and Jerry120% 4 The Matrix Resurrections16% 5 Ron's Gone Wrong 8%
+ Worst second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 80 theatres Rank Title 2nd week hold 1 Free Guy -100%
+ Best per theater opening Rank Title Per theater gross 1 Spider-Man: No Way Home $30,057
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See also List of New Zealand films – New Zealand films by year 2021 in film