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

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

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#Weekend end dateFilmWeekend
gross
Top 10 openings
13 January 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 NZ$653,823 The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6)
210 January 2021 The Croods: A New Age NZ$404,427 Promising Young Woman (#5)
317 January 2021NZ$237,031 Master (#6)
424 January 2021NZ$248,760Dawn Raid (#4), Penguin Bloom (#6), Wild Mountain Thyme (#8)
531 January 2021 The Marksman NZ$193,480
67 February 2021NZ$147,974 Shadow in the Cloud (#2)
714 February 2021 Detective Chinatown 3 NZ$148,606 A Writer's Odyssey (#4), Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (#5), Ammonite (#8)
821 February 2021 The Little Things NZ$130,868 Wrong Turn (#3), Never Too Late (#6)
928 February 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train NZ$342,107 Boss Level (#3), Endgame (#10)
107 March 2021CousinsNZ$286,916 Raya and the Last Dragon (#2), Chaos Walking (#3), Nomadland (#5)
1114 March 2021NZ$256,610 Roohi (#6), The Priest (#9), Jathi Ratnalu (#10)
1221 March 2021NZ$182,987 Crisis (#6), French Exit (#7), Mumbai Saga (#9)
1328 March 2021 Godzilla vs Kong NZ$1,402,326 Hi Mom(#4)
144 April 2021NZ$870,414 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), Nobody (#3), The Father (#4), The Courier (#5)
1511 April 2021NZ$394,898 Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Girls Can't Surf (#10)
1618 April 2021NZ$238,985 Tom and Jerry (#5)
1725 April 2021 Mortal Kombat NZ$571,045 Six Minutes to Midnight (#5)
182 May 2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway NZ$433,819 Wrath of Man (#2)
199 May 2021 Wrath of Man NZ$202,946James & Isey (#3)
2016 May 2021NZ$147,633 Those Who Wish Me Dead (#2), Spiral (#3),

Finding You (#6)

2123 May 2021NZ$107,465
2230 May 2021 A Quiet Place: Part II NZ$621,978 Cruella (#2), Poppy (#10)
236 June 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It NZ$625,565 Dream Horse (#4), Minamata (#10)
2413 June 2021NZ$306,765 Spirit Untamed (#2)
2520 June 2021 Fast and Furious 9 NZ$1,957,106 Herself (#7), Antoinette in the Cévennes (#9)
2627 June 2021NZ$900,785 The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In The Heights (#3)
274 July 2021NZ$434,694 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#4)
2811 July 2021 Black Widow NZ$1,280,633
2918 July 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy NZ$965,888 Gunpowder Milkshake (#8)
2925 July 2021NZ$673,653 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (#3), Old (#4)
301 August 2021 Jungle Cruise NZ$479,100 The Justice of Bunny King (#6), The Mistfits (#9)
318 August 2021 The Suicide Squad NZ$667,737 Tunka Tunka (#5), Queen Bees (#7), How to be a good wife (#10)
3215 August 2021 Free Guy NZ$665,018 Puaada (#5), Coming Home in the Dark (#6)
3322 August 2021New Zealand Cinemas closed due to the Covid-19 lockdown
3429 August 2021
355 September 2021
3612 September 2021 Free Guy NZ$140,768André Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#3)
3719 September 2021 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings NZ$514,383Effiel (#4)
3826 September 2021NZ$305,819 The Ice Road (#3), Ride the eagle (#5), Qismat 2 (#8)
393 October 2021NZ$192,167 The Boss Baby: Family Business (#2), Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Moosa Jatt (#9), Anibo: Amazon Princess (#10)
3910 October 2021 No Time to Die NZ$987,603 Paw Patrol (#4)
4017 October 2021NZ$681,264 Honsla Rakh (#6), The Alpinist (#8)
4124 October 2021NZ$494,882 The 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 2021 Eternals NZ$464,294 Sooryavanshi (#3), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9), Annaatthe (#10)
4414 November 2021NZ$312,632 Last Night in Soho (#5), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (#7), Fuffad Ji (#10)
4521 November 2021NZ$184,523 Falling for Figaro (#4), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#7), Kurup (#8), Warning (#10)
4628 November 2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage NZ$401,924 A Boy Called Christmas (#4), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#7), Antim: The Final Truth (#9)
475 December 2021 Dune NZ$600,998 Encanto (#5), André Rieu: Christmas with André 2021 (#6), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#8)
4812 December 2021NZ$451,335 The French Dispatch (#6), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#9)
4919 December 2021 Spider-man: No Way Home NZ$3,336,322 Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 (#9)
5026 DecemberNZ$1,109,346 The Matrix Ressurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), '83 (#4), West Side Story (#8)
512 January 2022NZ$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]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic 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]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1 Cousins Vendetta FilmsNZ$1,114,392
2James & IseyNZ$409,667
3Dawn RaidGeneral Film CorporationNZ$230,949
4JuniperSandy Lane ProductionsNZ$204,891
5 Shadow in the Cloud Four Knights, Endeavor, RheaNZ$190,297

Records

5 Biggest openings
RankTitleDistributorOpening 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
RankTitle2nd 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
RankTitle2nd Week Hold
1 Free Guy [Note 1] -100%
Best per Theater Opening
RankTitlePer Theater gross
1 Spider-man: No Way Home $30,057

Notes

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

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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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