List of 2021 box office number-one films in Australia

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

# Weekend end date Film Weekend
gross 		Top 20 openings
1 3 January 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 US$3,197,811 The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6), Another Round (#14)
2 10 January 2021 The Dry US$1,584,417 Promising Young Woman (#5), Buddy Games (#8), Dreambuilders (#10), Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb (#11), Summerland (#12), Warm Hug (#15), Krack (#19)
3 17 January 2021 US$1,456,939 Master (#6), Shadow in the Cloud (#8), Music (#9), Ammonite (#14), My Salinger Year (#17), Red (#18)
4 24 January 2021 Penguin Bloom US$1,164,605 The Marksman (#4)
5 31 January 2021 The Dry US$1,093,682 High Ground (#5), Occupation: Rainfall (#9), Pixie (#13)
6 7 February 2021 Promising Young Woman US$239,241 The Nest (#2)
7 14 February 2021 A Writer's Odyssey US$147,026
8 21 February 2021 The Little Things US$1,400,000 New Gods: Nezha Reborn (#3)
9 28 February 2021 US$742,000
10 7 March 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon US$1,110,130
11 14 March 2021 US$1,078,300
12 21 March 2021 US$1,119,496 Chaos Walking (#2), Nomadland (#3), Crisis (#4), Hi, Mom (#6), French Exit (#8), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train (#9), Minari (#10), Jathi Ratnalu (#12), Judas and the Black Messiah (#15), Mumbai Saga (#16), Girls Can't Surf (#18), Boss Level (#19), Cosmic Sin (#20)
13 28 March 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong US$5,864,961 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), The Father (#8), Rang De (#15), Mick Fleetwood & Friends celebrate the music of Peter Green (#16), The Last Vermeer (#18)
14 4 April 2021 US$3,574,555 Nobody (#3), Tom & Jerry (#4), The Courier (#5), Sulthan (#11), One (#19), Wild Dog (#20)
15 11 April 2021 US$2,591,125 Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Ascendant (#10), Karnan (#12), My Donkey, My Lover & I (#13)
16 18 April 2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway US$2,229,479 The Unholy (#5), Supernova (#9), Nayattu (#17)
17 25 April 2021 Mortal Kombat US$2,806,014 Six Minutes to Midnight (#5), Every Breath You Take (#11), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (#15)
18 2 May 2021 Raya and the Last Dragon US$99,688
19 9 May 2021 Wrath of Man US$979,092 June Again (#3), Fatale (#6), Locked Down (#9), Cliff Walkers (#14), My Love (#17), De Gaulle (#18)
20 16 May 2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead US$871,811 Spiral (#3), Radhe (#7), Finding You (#10), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (#20)
21 23 May 2021 Wrath of Man US$556,295 Death of a Ladies' Man (#14), Mama Weed (#18), Songbird (#20)
22 30 May 2021 A Quiet Place Part II US$4,000,000 Cruella (#2), My Name is Gulpilil (#12)
23 6 June 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It US$2,236,187 Breaking News in Yuba County (#9), Minamata (#11), Love Will Tear Us Apart (#20)
24 13 June 2021 US$1,713,157 Dream Horse (#4), Spirit Untamed (#5), Bon Jovi From Encore Nights (#9), Heroic Losers (#14)
25 20 June 2021 F9 US$6,695,630 Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story (#10), From the Vine (#11), The Mole Agent (#13)
26 27 June 2021 US$2,845,619 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In the Heights (#3), Buckley's Chance (#9), Monster Zone (#10), Moonbound (#11)
27 4 July 2021 US$1,449,051 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#6), Herself (#14), Perfumes (#16), Werewolves Within (#20)
28 11 July 2021 Black Widow US$4,596,798 Leonardo: The Works (#18)
29 18 July 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy US$1,695,375 Nine Days (#9), Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (#20)
30 25 July 2021 US$584,481 Old (#3), Rosa's Wedding (#12)
31 1 August 2021 Jungle Cruise US$1,151,788 The Misfits (#9), Shiva Baby (#16)
32 8 August 2021 The Suicide Squad US$1,039,880 Tunka Tunka (#6), The Rose Maker (#8), Blackpink: The Movie (#10)
33 15 August 2021 US$925,724 Free Guy (#2), The Ice Road (#5), Puaada (#8)
34 22 August 2021 Free Guy US$816,563 Respect (#3), The Night House (#5), Reminiscence (#7), Raging Fire (#10), The Cave (#14)
35 29 August 2021 US$648,895 Don't Breathe 2 (#4), Candyman (#5), Annette (#15)
36 5 September 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings US$1,452,428 Eiffel (#10), Summer of Soul (#12)
37 12 September 2021 US$1,032,571 Respect (#2), Ride the Eagle (#11), Love in Bright Landscapes (#15), Yaar Anmulle Returns (#20)
38 19 September 2021 US$833,951 PAW Patrol: The Movie (#3), Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (#6), Pig (#12), Die in a Gunfight (#14), The Killing of Two Lovers (#17), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (#18), Thana Sadar (#20)
39 26 September 2021 US$648,573 Joe Bell (#7), Time Is Up (#10), Oasis Knebworth 1996 (#11), Qismat 2 (#12), Flashback (#15), Love Story (#16)
40 3 October 2021 US$697,872 Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Nitram (#10), Riders of Justice (#19)
41 10 October 2021 US$394,571 My Country, My Parents (#11), Doctor (#13), Love Is Love Is Love (#14), A Fire Inside (#18)
42 17 October 2021 US$1,057,862 Honsla Rakh (#3), Most Eligible Bachelor (#17)
43 24 October 2021 US$847,579 The Last Duel (#2), Malignant (#3), Yes I am Student (#13), Love You Like That (#15), Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (#18)
44 31 October 2021 US$1,217,156 Ron's Gone Wrong (#3), Antlers (#4)
45 7 November 2021 Eternals US$4,864,865 Sooryavanshi (#5), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Annaatthe (#7), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9)
46 14 November 2021 No Time to Die US$8,247,000 Anita (#6)
47 21 November 2021 US$4,802,326 Last Night in Soho (#3), Kurup (#7), Warning (#8), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#10), Zola (#16), Fuffad Ji (#17), Railway Heroes (#18), Songs for While I'm Away (#19)
48 28 November 2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage US$4,613,339 A Boy Called Christmas (#5), Antim: The Final Truth (#8), Maanaadu (#10), Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour (#11), Best Sellers (#12), Cry Macho (#15), Titane (#17), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#18)
49 5 December 2021 Dune US$3,379,160 Encanto (#4), André Rieu: Christmas with André (#6), Akhanda (#8), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#10), The Battle at Lake Changjin (#11), Delicious (#13), The Lost Leonardo (#17), Tadap (#20)
50 12 December 2021 US$1,986,931 The French Dispatch (#5), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (#7), Dear Evan Hansen (#8), Teeja Punjab (#11), Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (#12), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#13), Monsta X: The Dreaming (#16)
51 19 December 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home US$18,657,220 Pushpa: The Rise (#6), Shava Ni Girdhari Lal (#17)
52 26 December 2021 US$5,172,553 The Matrix Resurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), 83 (#4), West Side Story (#8), Shyam Singha Roy (#13), Licorice Pizza (#14), Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (#19)

Highest-grossing films

  International film   Australian film

Highest-grossing films of 2021[2]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony $37,912,478
2 Godzilla vs. Kong Warner Bros. $21,069,498
3 F9 Universal $15,822,678
4 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway Sony $15,645,480
5 The Dry Roadshow Films $15,016,162
6 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Disney $12,522,238
7 Eternals $10,877,919
8 Wonder Woman 1984 Warner Bros. $10,746,283
9 The Croods: A New Age Universal $10,679,106
10 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony $10,343,071

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Box Office Weekends For 2021 on Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "2021 Australian Yearly Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo.
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