List of 2021 box office number-one films in South Korea

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The following is a list of 2021 box office number-one films in South Korea . When the number-one film in gross is not the same as the number-one film in admissions, both are listed.

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#DateFilmGrossRef.
1January 3, 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 $599,498 [1]
2January 10, 2021$231,544 [2]
3January 17, 2021$133,169 [3]
4January 24, 2021 Soul $2,581,160 [4]
5January 31, 2021$2,322,301 [5]
6February 7, 2021$1,728,495 [6]
7February 14, 2021$1,842,091 [7]
8February 21, 2021 Mission: Possible $1,102,142 [8]
9February 28, 2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train $745,938 [9]
10March 7, 2021 Minari $1,676,807 [10]
11March 14, 2021$1,089,782 [11]
12March 21, 2021$1,095,606 [12]
13March 28, 2021 Godzilla vs. Kong $2,469,206 [13]
13April 4, 2021$1,304,425 [14]
14April 11, 2021 The Book of Fish $449,858 [15]
15April 18, 2021 Seo Bok $1,803,438 [16]
16April 25, 2021 Recalled $1,097,642 [17]
17May 2, 2021 Waiting for Rain $1,402,942 [18]
18May 9, 2021 The Croods: A New Age $1,305,125 [19]
19May 16, 2021 Spiral: From the Book of Saw $782,444 [20]
20May 23, 2021 Fast & Furious 9 THE FAST SAGA $9,833,610 [21]
21May 30, 2021$15,188,664 [22]
22June 6, 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $3,126,611 [23]
23June 13, 2021 Cruella $8,286,922 [24]
24June 20, 2021 A Quiet Place Part II $3,355,361 [25]
25June 27, 2021 Hard Hit $2,979,025 [26]
26July 4, 2021$6,151,898 [27]
27July 11, 2021 Black Widow $12,104,742 [28]
28July 18, 2021$19,027,461 [29]
29July 25, 2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business $2,829,313 [30]
30August 1, 2021 Escape from Mogadishu $6,525,098 [31]
31August 8, 2021$14,466,386 [32]
32August 15, 2021 Sinkhole $7,771,401 [33]
33August 22, 2021 Hostage: Missing Celebrity $5,407,561 [34]
34August 29, 2021$9,533,413 [35]
35September 5, 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $6,630,248 [36]
36September 12, 2021$10,629,324 [37]
37September 19, 2021 On the Line $2,917,364 [38]
38September 26, 2021$7,983,339 [39]
39October 3, 2021 No Time to Die $4,550,023 [40]
40October 10, 2021$8,013,364 [41]
41October 17, 2021 Venom: Let There Be Carnage $9,241,421 [42]
42October 24, 2021$14,014,916 [43]
43October 31, 2021 Dune $6,841,301 [44]
44November 7, 2021 Eternals $14,311,287 [45]
45November 14, 2021$21,935,423 [46]
46November 21, 2021 Perhaps Love $2,874,128 [47]
47November 28, 2021 Spiritwalker $2,959,958 [48]
48December 5, 2021$5,186,779 [49]
49December 12, 2021 Romance Without Love $4,575,880 [50]
50December 19, 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home $23,522,733 [51]
51December 26, 2021$41,057,785 [52]
52January 2, 2022$51,217,511 [53]

Highest-grossing films

  International film  South Korean film

Highest-grossing films of 2021 [54]
RankTitleDistributorDomestic gross
1 Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony US$46,648,679
2 Escape from Mogadishu Lotte Entertainment $28,955,409
3 Eternals Disney $26,583,111
4 Black Widow $25,132,866
5 F9 Universal Pictures $18,483,157
6 Sinkhole Showbox $17,777,858
7 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train Toho $17,163,308
8 Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony $17,545,295
9 Soul Disney $15,816,298
10 Cruella $15,997,401

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