List of 2021 box office number-one films in New Zealand

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2021.[1]

# Weekend end date Film Weekend
gross
Top 10 openings
1 3 January 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 NZ$653,823 The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6)
2 10 January 2021 The Croods: A New Age NZ$404,427 Promising Young Woman (#5)
3 17 January 2021 NZ$237,031 Master (#6)
4 24 January 2021 NZ$248,760 Dawn Raid (#4), Penguin Bloom (#6), Wild Mountain Thyme (#8)
5 31 January 2021 The Marksman NZ$193,480
6 7 February 2021 NZ$147,974 Shadow in the Cloud (#2)
7 14 February 2021 Detective Chinatown 3 NZ$148,606 A Writer's Odyssey (#4), Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (#5), Ammonite (#8)
8 21 February 2021 The Little Things NZ$130,868 Wrong Turn (#3), Never Too Late (#6)
9 28 February 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train NZ$342,107 Boss Level (#3), Endgame (#10)
10 7 March 2021 Cousins NZ$286,916 Raya and the Last Dragon (#2), Chaos Walking (#3), Nomadland (#5)
11 14 March 2021 NZ$256,610 Roohi (#6), The Priest (#9), Jathi Ratnalu (#10)
12 21 March 2021 NZ$182,987 Crisis (#6), French Exit (#7), Mumbai Saga (#9)
13 28 March 2021 Godzilla vs Kong NZ$1,402,326 Hi Mom(#4)
14 4 April 2021 NZ$870,414 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), Nobody (#3), The Father (#4), The Courier (#5)
15 11 April 2021 NZ$394,898 Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Girls Can't Surf (#10)
16 18 April 2021 NZ$238,985 Tom and Jerry (#5)
17 25 April 2021 Mortal Kombat NZ$571,045 Six Minutes to Midnight (#5)
18 2 May 2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway NZ$433,819 Wrath of Man (#2)
19 9 May 2021 Wrath of Man NZ$202,946 James & Isey (#3)
20 16 May 2021 NZ$147,633 Those Who Wish Me Dead (#2), Spiral (#3),

Finding You (#6)

21 23 May 2021 NZ$107,465
22 30 May 2021 A Quiet Place: Part II NZ$621,978 Cruella (#2), Poppy (#10)
23 6 June 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It NZ$625,565 Dream Horse (#4), Minamata (#10)
24 13 June 2021 NZ$306,765 Spirit Untamed (#2)
25 20 June 2021 Fast and Furious 9 NZ$1,957,106 Herself (#7), Antoinette in the Cévennes (#9)
26 27 June 2021 NZ$900,785 The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In The Heights (#3)
27 4 July 2021 NZ$434,694 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#4)
28 11 July 2021 Black Widow NZ$1,280,633
29 18 July 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy NZ$965,888 Gunpowder Milkshake (#8)
29 25 July 2021 NZ$673,653 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (#3), Old (#4)
30 1 August 2021 Jungle Cruise NZ$479,100 The Justice of Bunny King (#6), The Mistfits (#9)
31 8 August 2021 The Suicide Squad NZ$667,737 Tunka Tunka (#5), Queen Bees (#7), How to be a good wife (#10)
32 15 August 2021 Free Guy NZ$665,018 Puaada (#5), Coming Home in the Dark (#6)
33 22 August 2021 New Zealand Cinemas closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown
34 29 August 2021
35 5 September 2021
36 12 September 2021 Free Guy NZ$140,768 André Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#3)
37 19 September 2021 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings NZ$514,383 Effiel (#4)
38 26 September 2021 NZ$305,819 The Ice Road (#3), Ride the eagle (#5), Qismat 2 (#8)
39 3 October 2021 NZ$192,167 The Boss Baby: Family Business (#2), Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Moosa Jatt (#9), Anibo: Amazon Princess (#10)
39 10 October 2021 No Time to Die NZ$987,603 Paw Patrol (#4)
40 17 October 2021 NZ$681,264 Honsla Rakh (#6), The Alpinist (#8)
41 24 October 2021 NZ$494,882 The Last Duel (#2), Julia (#9)
42 31 October 2021 NZ$270,746 Juniper (#2), Halloween Kills (#3), Ron's Gone Wrong (#4), Antlers (#7), NZ Opera: Semele (#9)
43 7 November 2021 Eternals NZ$464,294 Sooryavanshi (#3), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9), Annaatthe (#10)
44 14 November 2021 NZ$312,632 Last Night in Soho (#5), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (#7), Fuffad Ji (#10)
45 21 November 2021 NZ$184,523 Falling for Figaro (#4), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#7), Kurup (#8), Warning (#10)
46 28 November 2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage NZ$401,924 A Boy Called Christmas (#4), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#7), Antim: The Final Truth (#9)
47 5 December 2021 Dune NZ$600,998 Encanto (#5), André Rieu: Christmas with André 2021 (#6), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#8)
48 12 December 2021 NZ$451,335 The French Dispatch (#6), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#9)
49 19 December 2021 Spider-man: No Way Home NZ$3,336,322 Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 (#9)
50 26 December NZ$1,109,346 The Matrix Ressurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), '83 (#4), West Side Story (#8)
51 2 January 2022 NZ$915,681 Ghostbusters: Afterlife (#4), House of Gucci (#5), Clifford the Big Red Dog (#9)

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2021[2][3]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony Pictures NZ$11,880,770
2 No Time to Die MGM / Universal NZ$5,713,446
3 Fast and Furious 9 Universal Pictures NZ$4,808,879
4 Godzilla vs Kong Warner Bros NZ$4,665,692
5 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Sony Pictures NZ$4,076,424
6 Black Widow Disney NZ$3,919,191
7 Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner Bros NZ$3,362,266
8 Sing 2 Universal Pictures NZ$3,054,747
9 A Quiet Place: Part II Paramount Pictures NZ$2,662,806
10 Dune Warner Bros NZ$2,645,599
Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2021[4][5]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Cousins Vendetta Films NZ$1,114,392
2 James & Isey NZ$409,667
3 Dawn Raid General Film Corporation NZ$230,949
4 Juniper Sandy Lane Productions NZ$204,891
5 Shadow in the Cloud Four Knights, Endeavor, Rhea NZ$190,297

Records

5 Biggest openings
Rank Title Distributor Opening Weekend
1 Spider-man: No Way Home Sony Pictures NZ$3,336,322
2 Fast and Furious 9 Universal Pictures NZ$1,957,106
3 Godzilla vs Kong Warner Bros NZ$1,402,326
4 Black Widow Disney NZ$1,280,633
5 No Time to Die United Pictures NZ$987,603
5 Best Second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 80 theatres
Rank Title 2nd Week Hold
1 Sing 2 173%
2 The Boss Baby: Family Business 170%
3 Tom and Jerry 120%
4 The Matrix Ressurrections 16%
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[Note 1] -100%
Best per Theater Opening
Rank Title Per Theater gross
1 Spider-man: No Way Home $30,057

Notes

  1. ^ Cinemas shut during Free Guy's 2nd Weekend

References

  1. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/by-year/?area=NZ on Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2021". The Numbers. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 New Zealand Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ^ "Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2021". The Numbers. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 New Zealand Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo.

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