List of 2024 box office number-one films in New Zealand

Last updated October 09, 2024

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2024.

Number-one films

#	Weekend end date	Film	Weekend gross	Top 10 openings
1^[1]	7 January 2024	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	NZ$547,937	Ferrari (#6), Night Swim (#8), The Boys in the Boat (#10)
2^[2]	14 January 2024	Wonka	NZ$306,298	The Beekeeper (#2), The Holdovers (#10)
3^[3]	21 January 2024	Mean Girls	NZ$318,451
4^[4]	28 January 2024	Fighter	NZ$322,129	The Iron Claw (#9)
5	4 February 2024	Argylle	NZ$334,557	Priscilla (#6)
6	11 February 2024	Argylle	NZ$173,479	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (#2), Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (#3), Pegasus 2 (#10)
7	18 February 2024	Bob Marley: One Love	NZ$574,585	Madame Web (#2), Bramayugam (#9)
8	25 February 2024	Bob Marley: One Love	NZ$427,358	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training (#2), The Zone of Interest (#5), Baghead (#6)
9	3 March 2024	Dune: Part Two	NZ$1,684,930	Manjummel Boys (#3)
10	10 March 2024		NZ$1,100,908	The Great Escaper (#2), YOLO (#4), Shaitaan (#5), Imaginary (#6)
11	17 March 2024		NZ$761,946	The Convert (#2), Exhuma (#4), Yodha (#6)
12	24 March 2024		NZ$439,845	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (#2), Wicked Little Letters (#3), Immaculate (#7)
13	31 March 2024	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	NZ$1,254,830	Crew (#5), The Mountain (#6), Aadujeevitham (#7)
14	7 April 2024	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	NZ$472,412	Kung Fu Panda 4 (#2), Monkey Man (#6), The First Omen (#9), Love Lies Bleeding (#10)
15	14 April 2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	NZ$386,725	Civil War (#3), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (#6), Aavesham (#9)
16	21 April 2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	NZ$722,582	Challengers (#4), Abigail (#9), Varshangalkku Shesham (#10)
17	28 April 2024	The Fall Guy	NZ$589,879	The Roundup: Punishment (#10)
18	5 May 2024	The Fall Guy	NZ$330,589	Back to Black (#2), Golda (#7)
19	12 May 2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	NZ$786,415	Shinda Shinda No Papa (#8)
20	19 May 2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	NZ$527,782	IF (#2), The Way, My Way (#5), The Strangers: Chapter One (#8), Joika (#10)
21	26 May 2024	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga	NZ$521,933	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (#7)
22	2 June 2024	The Garfield Movie	NZ$442,263	Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle (#6), Unsung Hero (#7), Freud's Last Session (#8), Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (#10)
23	9 June 2024	Bad Boys: Ride or Die	NZ$423,702
24	16 June 2024	Bad Boys: Ride or Die	NZ$327,187	The Watchers (#5)
25	23 June 2024	Despicable Me 4	NZ$1,406,626	The Road to Patagonia (#7)
26	30 June 2024	Inside Out 2	NZ$2,031,479	A Quiet Place: Day One (#3), Ka Whawhai Tonu (#4), Jatt & Juliet 3 (#5), Kalki 2898 AD (#6), The Taste of Things (#8)
27	7 July 2024		NZ$939,524	The Bikeriders (#5)
28	14 July 2024		NZ$1,100,000	Twisters (#4)
29	21 July 2024		NZ$1,050,813	Longlegs (#4), Bad Newz (#7), Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One (#9)
30	28 July 2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	NZ$2,334.416
31	4 August 2024		NZ$1,607,130	Trap (#3), Daaru Na Peenda Hove (#6), The Fabulous Four (#8), Successor (#9)
32	11 August 2024		NZ$894,315	It Ends With Us (#2), Borderlands (#4), Bookworm (#5)
33	18 August 2024	It Ends With Us	NZ$700,824	Alien: Romulus (#3), Stree 2 (#4), Coraline: 15th Anniversary (#8), Khel Khel Mein (#10)
34	25 August 2024	It Ends With Us	NZ$398,091	We Were Dangerous (#4), Blink Twice (#6), Un/Happy for You (#10)
35	1 September 2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	NZ$283,497	Andre Rieu's 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love (#2), The Forge (#7)
36	8 September 2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	NZ$697,147	The Greatest of All Time (#4), Thelma (#6)
37	15 September 2024		NZ$467,737	Ardaas Sarbat De Bhalle Di (#5), Ajayante Randam Moshanam A.R.M (#7)
38	22 September 2024		NZ$270,649	The Substance (#3), KishKindha Kaandam (#8)
39	29 September 2024	The Wild Robot	NZ$268,826	Transformers One (#2), Devara Part 1 (#4), Harold and the Purple Crayon (#7), Megalopolis (#10)
40	6 October 2024	The Wild Robot	NZ$565,464	Joker: Folie a Deux (#2), Runt (#6)

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2024^[5]
Rank	Title	Distributor^[6]	Domestic gross (NZ$)
1	Inside Out 2	Disney	NZ$9,085,724
2	Deadpool & Wolverine	Disney	NZ$8,517,956
3	Despicable Me 4	Universal	NZ$6,581,663
4	Dune: Part Two	Universal	NZ$6,405,142
5	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	NZ$4,249,365
6	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Universal	NZ$3,972,423
7	It Ends with Us	StudioCanal	NZ$3,453,686
8	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Disney	NZ$2,996,377
9	Bob Marley: One Love	Paramount	NZ$2,286,270
10	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Universal	NZ$2,268,044

5 Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2024^[5]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1	Ka Whawhai Tonu	Transmission	NZ$883,997
2	The Mountain	Piki, Madman	NZ$737,618
3	The Convert	Kismet	NZ$573,750
4	We Were Dangerous	Madman	NZ$544,407
5	Bookworm	Rialto	NZ$453,099

Records

5 Biggest openings
Rank	Title	Distributor	Opening Weekend
1	Deadpool & Wolverine	Disney	NZ$2,334.416
2	Inside Out 2	Disney	NZ$2,031,479
3	Dune: Part Two	Universal	NZ$1,684,930
4	Despicable Me 4	Universal	NZ$1,406,626
5	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Universal	NZ$1,254,830

5 Best Second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 70 theatres
Rank	Title	2nd Week Hold
1	Wicked Little Letters	-2%
2	Kung Fu Panda 4	-3%
3	The Beekeeper	-20%
4	The Great Escaper	-22%
5	Bob Marley: One Love	-26%

Worst Second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 70 theatres
Rank	Title	2nd Week Hold
1	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	-62%

Best per Theater Opening
Rank	Title	Per Theater gross
1	Deadpool & Wolverine	$20,659

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