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

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

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Films

†This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. [1]
WeekWeekend End DateFilmTotal weekend gross
(Pound sterling)		Weekend openings in the Top 10Reference(s)
1–203 January 2021 – 16 May 2021British cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]
2123 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) [3]
2230 May 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It £2,708,455 Cruella (#3), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (#4) [4]
236 June 2021 A Quiet Place Part II £3,567,048 Dream Horse (#5) [5]
2413 June 2021£1,314,938 Nobody (#5), The Father (#6) [6]
2520 June 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard £1,636,128 In the Heights (#3), Monster Hunter (#9) [7]
2627 June 2021 Fast & Furious 9 £6,014,132 Supernova (#8), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (#9) [8]
274 July 2021£2,861,393 Freaky (#6), Another Round (#9) [9]
2811 July 2021 Black Widow £6,889,187 [10]
2918 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) [11]
3025 July 2021£1,410,288 Old (#4), Off the Rails (#10) [12]
311 August 2021 The Suicide Squad £3,252,028 Jungle Cruise (#2), Spirit Untamed (#6) [13]
328 August 2021£2,267,135 Stillwater (#7), The Last Letter from Your Lover (#9) [14]
3315 August 2021 Free Guy £2,477,891 PAW Patrol: The Movie (#2), Don't Breathe 2 (#7), The Courier (#8) [15]
3422 August 2021£2,267,660 People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (#3), Snake Eyes (#6), The Night House (#9) [16]
3529 August 2021£1,607,761 Candyman (#2), Andre Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#4) [17]
365 September 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings £5,759,504 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (#10) [18]
3712 September 2021£3,583,848 Respect (#3), Malignant (#5), Copshop (#7) [19]
3819 September 2021£2,362,692Small World (#10) [20]
3926 September 2021£1,558,002 The Many Saints of Newark (#2), Oasis Knebworth 1996 (#4), The Green Knight (#8) [21]
403 October 2021 No Time to Die †£25,916,476 Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6) [22]
4110 October 2021£15,235,947 The Addams Family 2 (#2), Deadly Cuts (#9) [23]
4217 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) [24]
4324 October 2021 Dune £5,876,892 The Boss Baby: Family Business (#4), The French Dispatch (#6), Dear Evan Hansen (#9) [25]
4431 October 2021No Time to Die †£3,514,308 Hary Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#6), Last Night in Soho (#8) [26]
457 November 2021 Eternals £5,456,577 Spencer (#6) [27]
4614 November 2021£2,918,586 [28]
4721 November 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife £4,314,263 King Richard (#5) [29]
4828 November 2021 House of Gucci £2,425,628 Encanto (#3), Anything Goes - The Musical (#7) [30]
495 December 2021£1,511,982Christmas with Andre (#4), Boxing Day (#7), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (#8), Dziewczyny Z Dubaju (#10) [31]
5012 December 2021 West Side Story £1,297,786 Clifford the Big Red Dog (#2), Home Alone (#7), Elf (#9), A Boy Called Christmas (#10) [32]
5119 December 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home £31,899,232 Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (#7), The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet 2021 (#10) [33]
5226 December 2021£4,619,518 The Matrix Resurrections (#2), 83 (#5) [34]

Highest-grossing films

In-Year Release

Highest-grossing films of 2021 by In-year release [1]
RankTitleDistributorU.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. 1 2 "U.K. Box Office in 2021". BFI. March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
    2. ↑ 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.
    3. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 21/05/2021 - 23/05/2021
    4. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 28/05/2021 - 30/05/2021
    5. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 04/06/2021 - 06/06/2021
    6. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/06/2021 - 13/06/2021
    7. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 18/06/2021 - 20/06/2021
    8. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 25/06/2021 - 27/06/2021
    9. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 02/07/2021 - 04/07/2021
    10. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 09/07/2021 - 11/07/2021
    11. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 16/07/2021 - 18/07/2021
    12. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 23/07/2021 - 25/07/2021
    13. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 30/07/2021 - 01/08/2021
    14. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 06/08/2021 - 08/08/2021
    15. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 13/08/2021 - 15/08/2021
    16. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 20/08/2021 - 22/08/2021
    17. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 27/08/2021 - 29/08/2021
    18. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/09/2021 - 05/09/2021
    19. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/09/2021 - 12/09/2021
    20. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/09/2021 - 19/09/2021
    21. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/09/2021 - 26/09/2021
    22. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 01/10/2021 - 03/10/2021
    23. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 08/10/2021 - 10/10/2021
    24. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 15/10/2021 - 17/10/2021
    25. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 22/10/2021 - 24/10/2021
    26. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 29/10/2021 - 31/10/2021
    27. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 5/11/2021 - 7/11/2021
    28. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 12/11/2021 - 14/11/2021
    29. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 19/11/2021 - 21/11/2021
    30. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 26/11/2021 - 28/11/2021
    31. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/12/2021 - 05/12/2021
    32. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/12/2021 - 12/12/2021
    33. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/12/2021 - 19/12/2021
    34. ↑ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/12/2021 - 26/12/2021
    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 . Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
    39. ↑ "Venom: Let There Be Carnage". BBFC . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
    40. ↑ "Halloween Kills". BBFC . Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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