List of 2021 box office number-one films in Australia
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This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in Australia during 2021.[1]
Number-one films
| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[2] |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Weekend gross |
Top 20 openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 January 2021 | Wonder Woman 1984 | US$3,197,811 | The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6), Another Round (#14) |
| 2 | 10 January 2021 | The Dry | US$1,584,417 | Promising Young Woman (#5), Buddy Games (#8), Dreambuilders (#10), Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb (#11), Summerland (#12), Warm Hug (#15), Krack (#19) |
| 3 | 17 January 2021 | US$1,456,939 | Master (#6), Shadow in the Cloud (#8), Music (#9), Ammonite (#14), My Salinger Year (#17), Red (#18) | |
| 4 | 24 January 2021 | Penguin Bloom | US$1,164,605 | The Marksman (#4) |
| 5 | 31 January 2021 | The Dry | US$1,093,682 | High Ground (#5), Occupation: Rainfall (#9), Pixie (#13) |
| 6 | 7 February 2021 | Promising Young Woman | US$239,241 | The Nest (#2) |
| 7 | 14 February 2021 | A Writer's Odyssey | US$147,026 | |
| 8 | 21 February 2021 | The Little Things | US$1,400,000 | New Gods: Nezha Reborn (#3) |
| 9 | 28 February 2021 | US$742,000 | ||
| 10 | 7 March 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | US$1,110,130 | |
| 11 | 14 March 2021 | US$1,078,300 | ||
| 12 | 21 March 2021 | US$1,119,496 | Chaos Walking (#2), Nomadland (#3), Crisis (#4), Hi, Mom (#6), French Exit (#8), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train (#9), Minari (#10), Jathi Ratnalu (#12), Judas and the Black Messiah (#15), Mumbai Saga (#16), Girls Can't Surf (#18), Boss Level (#19), Cosmic Sin (#20) | |
| 13 | 28 March 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | US$5,864,961 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), The Father (#8), Rang De (#15), Mick Fleetwood & Friends celebrate the music of Peter Green (#16), The Last Vermeer (#18) |
| 14 | 4 April 2021 | US$3,574,555 | Nobody (#3), Tom & Jerry (#4), The Courier (#5), Sulthan (#11), One (#19), Wild Dog (#20) | |
| 15 | 11 April 2021 | US$2,591,125 | Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Ascendant (#10), Karnan (#12), My Donkey, My Lover & I (#13) | |
| 16 | 18 April 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | US$2,229,479 | The Unholy (#5), Supernova (#9), Nayattu (#17) |
| 17 | 25 April 2021 | Mortal Kombat | US$2,806,014 | Six Minutes to Midnight (#5), Every Breath You Take (#11), The United States vs. Billie Holiday (#15) |
| 18 | 2 May 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | US$99,688 | |
| 19 | 9 May 2021 | Wrath of Man | US$979,092 | June Again (#3), Fatale (#6), Locked Down (#9), Cliff Walkers (#14), My Love (#17), De Gaulle (#18) |
| 20 | 16 May 2021 | Those Who Wish Me Dead | US$871,811 | Spiral (#3), Radhe (#7), Finding You (#10), Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (#20) |
| 21 | 23 May 2021 | Wrath of Man | US$556,295 | Death of a Ladies' Man (#14), Mama Weed (#18), Songbird (#20) |
| 22 | 30 May 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | US$4,000,000 | Cruella (#2), My Name is Gulpilil (#12) |
| 23 | 6 June 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | US$2,236,187 | Breaking News in Yuba County (#9), Minamata (#11), Love Will Tear Us Apart (#20) |
| 24 | 13 June 2021 | US$1,713,157 | Dream Horse (#4), Spirit Untamed (#5), Bon Jovi From Encore Nights (#9), Heroic Losers (#14) | |
| 25 | 20 June 2021 | F9 | US$6,695,630 | Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story (#10), From the Vine (#11), The Mole Agent (#13) |
| 26 | 27 June 2021 | US$2,845,619 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In the Heights (#3), Buckley's Chance (#9), Monster Zone (#10), Moonbound (#11) | |
| 27 | 4 July 2021 | US$1,449,051 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#6), Herself (#14), Perfumes (#16), Werewolves Within (#20) | |
| 28 | 11 July 2021 | Black Widow | US$4,596,798 | Leonardo: The Works (#18) |
| 29 | 18 July 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | US$1,695,375 | Nine Days (#9), Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In (#20) |
| 30 | 25 July 2021 | US$584,481 | Old (#3), Rosa's Wedding (#12) | |
| 31 | 1 August 2021 | Jungle Cruise | US$1,151,788 | The Misfits (#9), Shiva Baby (#16) |
| 32 | 8 August 2021 | The Suicide Squad | US$1,039,880 | Tunka Tunka (#6), The Rose Maker (#8), Blackpink: The Movie (#10) |
| 33 | 15 August 2021 | US$925,724 | Free Guy (#2), The Ice Road (#5), Puaada (#8) | |
| 34 | 22 August 2021 | Free Guy | US$816,563 | Respect (#3), The Night House (#5), Reminiscence (#7), Raging Fire (#10), The Cave (#14) |
| 35 | 29 August 2021 | US$648,895 | Don't Breathe 2 (#4), Candyman (#5), Annette (#15) | |
| 36 | 5 September 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | US$1,452,428 | Eiffel (#10), Summer of Soul (#12) |
| 37 | 12 September 2021 | US$1,032,571 | Respect (#2), Ride the Eagle (#11), Love in Bright Landscapes (#15), Yaar Anmulle Returns (#20) | |
| 38 | 19 September 2021 | US$833,951 | PAW Patrol: The Movie (#3), Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (#6), Pig (#12), Die in a Gunfight (#14), The Killing of Two Lovers (#17), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (#18), Thana Sadar (#20) | |
| 39 | 26 September 2021 | US$648,573 | Joe Bell (#7), Time Is Up (#10), Oasis Knebworth 1996 (#11), Qismat 2 (#12), Flashback (#15), Love Story (#16) | |
| 40 | 3 October 2021 | US$697,872 | Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Nitram (#10), Riders of Justice (#19) | |
| 41 | 10 October 2021 | US$394,571 | My Country, My Parents (#11), Doctor (#13), Love Is Love Is Love (#14), A Fire Inside (#18) | |
| 42 | 17 October 2021 | US$1,057,862 | Honsla Rakh (#3), Most Eligible Bachelor (#17) | |
| 43 | 24 October 2021 | US$847,579 | The Last Duel (#2), Malignant (#3), Yes I am Student (#13), Love You Like That (#15), Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (#18) | |
| 44 | 31 October 2021 | US$1,217,156 | Ron's Gone Wrong (#3), Antlers (#4) | |
| 45 | 7 November 2021 | Eternals | US$4,864,865 | Sooryavanshi (#5), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Annaatthe (#7), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9) |
| 46 | 14 November 2021 | No Time to Die | US$8,247,000 | Anita (#6) |
| 47 | 21 November 2021 | US$4,802,326 | Last Night in Soho (#3), Kurup (#7), Warning (#8), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#10), Zola (#16), Fuffad Ji (#17), Railway Heroes (#18), Songs for While I'm Away (#19) | |
| 48 | 28 November 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | US$4,613,339 | A Boy Called Christmas (#5), Antim: The Final Truth (#8), Maanaadu (#10), Cliff Richard: The Great 80 Tour (#11), Best Sellers (#12), Cry Macho (#15), Titane (#17), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#18) |
| 49 | 5 December 2021 | Dune | US$3,379,160 | Encanto (#4), André Rieu: Christmas with André (#6), Akhanda (#8), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#10), The Battle at Lake Changjin (#11), Delicious (#13), The Lost Leonardo (#17), Tadap (#20) |
| 50 | 12 December 2021 | US$1,986,931 | The French Dispatch (#5), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (#7), Dear Evan Hansen (#8), Teeja Punjab (#11), Sword Art Online: Progressive - Aria of a Starless Night (#12), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#13), Monsta X: The Dreaming (#16) | |
| 51 | 19 December 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home † | US$18,657,220 | Pushpa: The Rise (#6), Shava Ni Girdhari Lal (#17) |
| 52 | 26 December 2021 | US$5,172,553 | The Matrix Resurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), 83 (#4), West Side Story (#8), Shyam Singha Roy (#13), Licorice Pizza (#14), Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker (#19) |
Highest-grossing films
International film Australian film
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony | $37,912,478 |
| 2 | Godzilla vs. Kong | Warner Bros. | $21,069,498 |
| 3 | F9 | Universal | $15,822,678 |
| 4 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | Sony | $15,645,480 |
| 5 | The Dry | Roadshow Films | $15,016,162 |
| 6 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Disney | $12,522,238 |
| 7 | Eternals | $10,877,919 | |
| 8 | Wonder Woman 1984 | Warner Bros. | $10,746,283 |
| 9 | The Croods: A New Age | Universal | $10,679,106 |
| 10 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony | $10,343,071 |
See also
- List of Australian films – Australian films by year
- 2021 in film