List of 2021 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2021.

Films

Week Weekend End Date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling) 		Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1–20 3 January 2021 – 16 May 2021 British cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
21 23 May 2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway £4,605,673 Nomadland (#2), Godzilla vs. Kong (#3), Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (#4), The Unholy (#5), Mortal Kombat (#6), Those Who Wish Me Dead (#7), Raya and the Last Dragon (#8), Tom & Jerry (#9), Ammonite (#10) [2]
22 30 May 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It £2,708,455 Cruella (#3), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (#4) [3]
23 6 June 2021 A Quiet Place Part II £3,567,048 Dream Horse (#5) [4]
24 13 June 2021 £1,314,938 Nobody (#5), The Father (#6) [5]
25 20 June 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard £1,636,128 In the Heights (#3), Monster Hunter (#9) [6]
26 27 June 2021 Fast & Furious 9 £6,014,132 Supernova (#8), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (#9) [7]
27 4 July 2021 £2,861,393 Freaky (#6), Another Round (#9) [8]
28 11 July 2021 Black Widow £6,889,187 [9]
29 18 July 2021 £1,801,017 Space Jam: A New Legacy (#2), The Forever Purge (#3), The Croods: A New Age (#4), Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#6), Summer of Soul (#10) [10]
30 25 July 2021 £1,410,288 Old (#4), Off the Rails (#10) [11]
31 1 August 2021 The Suicide Squad £3,252,028 Jungle Cruise (#2), Spirit Untamed (#6) [12]
32 8 August 2021 £2,267,135 Stillwater (#7), The Last Letter from Your Lover (#9) [13]
33 15 August 2021 Free Guy £2,477,891 PAW Patrol: The Movie (#2), Don't Breathe 2 (#7), The Courier (#8) [14]
34 22 August 2021 £2,267,660 People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (#3), Snake Eyes (#6), The Night House (#9) [15]
35 29 August 2021 £1,607,761 Candyman (#2), Andre Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#4) [16]
36 5 September 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings £5,759,504 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (#10) [17]
37 12 September 2021 £3,583,848 Respect (#3), Malignant (#5), Copshop (#7) [18]
38 19 September 2021 £2,362,692 Small World (#10) [19]
39 26 September 2021 £1,558,002 The Many Saints of Newark (#2), Oasis Knebworth 1996 (#4), The Green Knight (#8) [20]
40 3 October 2021 No Time to Die £25,916,476 Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6) [21]
41 10 October 2021 £15,235,947 The Addams Family 2 (#2), Deadly Cuts (#9) [22]
42 17 October 2021 £8,404,165 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (#2), Halloween Kills (#3), Ron's Gone Wrong (#5), The Last Duel (#6), Honsla Rakh (#8), Arracht (#10) [23]
43 24 October 2021 Dune £5,876,892 The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (#4), The French Dispatch (#6), Dear Evan Hansen (#9) [24]
44 31 October 2021 No Time to Die £3,514,308 Hary Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#6), Last Night in Soho (#8) [25]
45 7 November 2021 Eternals £5,456,577 Spencer (#6) [26]
46 14 November 2021 £2,918,586 [27]
47 21 November 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife £4,314,263 King Richard (#5) [28]
48 28 November 2021 House of Gucci £2,425,628 Encanto (#3), Anything Goes - The Musical (#7) [29]
49 5 December 2021 £1,511,982 Christmas with Andre (#4), Boxing Day (#7), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (#8), Dziewczyny Z Dubaju (#10) [30]
50 12 December 2021 West Side Story £1,297,786 Clifford the Big Red Dog (#2), Home Alone (#7), Elf (#9), A Boy Called Christmas (#10) [31]
51 19 December 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home £31,899,232 Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (#7), The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet 2021 (#10) [32]
52 26 December 2021 £4,619,518 The Matrix Resurrections (#2), 83 (#5) [33]

Highest-grossing films

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2021 by In-year release[34]
Rank Title Distributor U.K. gross (£m)
1. No Time to Die Universal £97.9
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony £96.9[35]
3. Dune Warner Bros. £21.9
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Disney £21.9
5. Peter Rabbit 2 Sony £20.5
6. Black Widow Disney £18.8
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony £18.0
8. Free Guy Disney £16.9
9. Fast and Furious 9 Universal £16.5
10. Eternals Disney £14.9


Highest-grossing films by BBFC rating of 2021
U Peter Rabbit 2[36]
PG The Addams Family 2[37]
12A No Time to Die[38]
15 Venom: Let There Be Carnage[39]
18 Halloween Kills[40]

Notes

References

  1. ^ Pulver, Andrew (7 January 2021). "No UK box office as UK cinemas closed in lockdown, except 2 cinemas in Guernsey and Isle Of man". Salty Popcorn. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 21/05/2021 - 23/05/2021
  3. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 28/05/2021 - 30/05/2021
  4. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 04/06/2021 - 06/06/2021
  5. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/06/2021 - 13/06/2021
  6. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 18/06/2021 - 20/06/2021
  7. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 25/06/2021 - 27/06/2021
  8. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 02/07/2021 - 04/07/2021
  9. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 09/07/2021 - 11/07/2021
  10. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 16/07/2021 - 18/07/2021
  11. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 23/07/2021 - 25/07/2021
  12. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 30/07/2021 - 01/08/2021
  13. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 06/08/2021 - 08/08/2021
  14. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 13/08/2021 - 15/08/2021
  15. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 20/08/2021 - 22/08/2021
  16. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 27/08/2021 - 29/08/2021
  17. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/09/2021 - 05/09/2021
  18. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/09/2021 - 12/09/2021
  19. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/09/2021 - 19/09/2021
  20. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/09/2021 - 26/09/2021
  21. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 01/10/2021 - 03/10/2021
  22. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 08/10/2021 - 10/10/2021
  23. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 15/10/2021 - 17/10/2021
  24. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 22/10/2021 - 24/10/2021
  25. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 29/10/2021 - 31/10/2021
  26. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 5/11/2021 - 7/11/2021
  27. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 12/11/2021 - 14/11/2021
  28. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 19/11/2021 - 21/11/2021
  29. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 26/11/2021 - 28/11/2021
  30. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/12/2021 - 05/12/2021
  31. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/12/2021 - 12/12/2021
  32. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/12/2021 - 19/12/2021
  33. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/12/2021 - 26/12/2021
  34. ^ "U.K. Box Office in 2021". BFI. March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  35. ^ "U.K. Box Office 27 March 2022". 27 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  36. ^ "Peter Rabbit 2". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  37. ^ "The Addams Family 2". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  38. ^ "No Time to Die". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  39. ^ "Venom: Let There Be Carnage". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  40. ^ "Halloween Kills". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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