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

This is a list of films which placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2021.
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Weekend gross | Top 10 openings |
| 1 | 3 January 2021 | Wonder Woman 1984 | NZ$653,823 | The Dry (#3), Monster Hunter (#4), Dragon Rider (#6) |
| 2 | 10 January 2021 | The Croods: A New Age | NZ$404,427 | Promising Young Woman (#5) |
| 3 | 17 January 2021 | The Croods: A New Age | NZ$237,031 | Master (#6) |
| 4 | 24 January 2021 | The Croods: A New Age | NZ$248,760 | Dawn Raid (#4), Penguin Bloom (#6), Wild Mountain Thyme (#8) |
| 5 | 31 January 2021 | The Marksman | NZ$193,480 | |
| 6 | 7 February 2021 | The Marksman | NZ$147,974 | Shadow in the Cloud (#2) |
| 7 | 14 February 2021 | Detective Chinatown 3 | NZ$148,606 | A Writer's Odyssey (#4), Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (#5), Ammonite (#8) |
| 8 | 21 February 2021 | The Little Things | NZ$130,868 | Wrong Turn (#3), Never Too Late (#6) |
| 9 | 28 February 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train | NZ$342,107 | Boss Level (#3), Endgame (#10) |
| 10 | 7 March 2021 | Cousins | NZ$286,916 | Raya and the Last Dragon (#2), Chaos Walking (#3), Nomadland (#5) |
| 11 | 14 March 2021 | Cousins | NZ$256,610 | Roohi (#6), The Priest (#9), Jathi Ratnalu (#10) |
| 12 | 21 March 2021 | Cousins | NZ$182,987 | Crisis (#6), French Exit (#7), Mumbai Saga (#9) |
| 13 | 28 March 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | NZ$1,402,326 | Hi Mom (#4) |
| 14 | 4 April 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | NZ$870,414 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (#2), Nobody (#3), The Father (#4), The Courier (#5) |
| 15 | 11 April 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | NZ$394,898 | Voyagers (#8), Vakeel Saab (#9), Girls Can't Surf (#10) |
| 16 | 18 April 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | NZ$238,985 | Tom and Jerry (#5) |
| 17 | 25 April 2021 | Mortal Kombat | NZ$571,045 | Six Minutes to Midnight (#5) |
| 18 | 2 May 2021 | Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway | NZ$433,819 | Wrath of Man (#2) |
| 19 | 9 May 2021 | Wrath of Man | NZ$202,946 | James & Isey (#3) |
| 20 | 16 May 2021 | Wrath of Man | NZ$147,633 | Those Who Wish Me Dead (#2), Spiral (#3), Finding You (#6) |
| 21 | 23 May 2021 | Wrath of Man | NZ$107,465 | |
| 22 | 30 May 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | NZ$621,978 | Cruella (#2), Poppy (#10) |
| 23 | 6 June 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | NZ$625,565 | Dream Horse (#4), Minamata (#10) |
| 24 | 13 June 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | NZ$306,765 | Spirit Untamed (#2) |
| 25 | 20 June 2021 | Fast and Furious 9 | NZ$1,957,106 | Herself (#7), Antoinette in the Cévennes (#9) |
| 26 | 27 June 2021 | Fast and Furious 9 | NZ$900,785 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (#2), In the Heights (#3) |
| 27 | 4 July 2021 | Fast and Furious 9 | NZ$434,694 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#4) |
| 28 | 11 July 2021 | Black Widow | NZ$1,280,633 | |
| 29 | 18 July 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | NZ$965,888 | Gunpowder Milkshake (#8) |
| 29 | 25 July 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | NZ$673,653 | Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins (#3), Old (#4) |
| 30 | 1 August 2021 | Jungle Cruise | NZ$479,100 | The Justice of Bunny King (#6), The Mistfits (#9) |
| 31 | 8 August 2021 | The Suicide Squad | NZ$667,737 | Tunka Tunka (#5), Queen Bees (#7), How to Be a Good Wife (#10) |
| 32 | 15 August 2021 | Free Guy | NZ$665,018 | Puaada (#5), Coming Home in the Dark (#6) |
| 33 | 22 August 2021 | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown |
| 34 | 29 August 2021 | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown |
| 35 | 5 September 2021 | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown | New Zealand cinemas closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown |
| 36 | 12 September 2021 | Free Guy | NZ$140,768 | André Rieu's 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#3) |
| 37 | 19 September 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | NZ$514,383 | Effiel (#4) |
| 38 | 26 September 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | NZ$305,819 | The Ice Road (#3), Ride the Eagle (#5), Qismat 2 (#8) |
| 39 | 3 October 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | NZ$192,167 | The Boss Baby: Family Business (#2), Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6), Moosa Jatt (#9), Anibo: Amazon Princess (#10) |
| 39 | 10 October 2021 | No Time to Die | NZ$987,603 | Paw Patrol (#4) |
| 40 | 17 October 2021 | No Time to Die | NZ$681,264 | Honsla Rakh (#6), The Alpinist (#8) |
| 41 | 24 October 2021 | No Time to Die | NZ$494,882 | The Last Duel (#2), Julia (#9) |
| 42 | 31 October 2021 | No Time to Die | NZ$270,746 | Juniper (#2), Halloween Kills (#3), Ron's Gone Wrong (#4), Antlers (#7), NZ Opera: Semele (#9) |
| 43 | 7 November 2021 | Eternals | NZ$464,294 | Sooryavanshi (#3), The Many Saints of Newark (#6), Paani Ch Madhaani (#9), Annaatthe (#10) |
| 44 | 14 November 2021 | Eternals | NZ$312,632 | Last Night in Soho (#5), My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (#7), Fuffad Ji (#10) |
| 45 | 21 November 2021 | Eternals | NZ$184,523 | Falling for Figaro (#4), Bunty Aur Babli 2 (#7), Kurup (#8), Warning (#10) |
| 46 | 28 November 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | NZ$401,924 | A Boy Called Christmas (#4), Satyameva Jayate 2 (#7), Antim: The Final Truth (#9) |
| 47 | 5 December 2021 | Dune | NZ$600,998 | Encanto (#5), André Rieu: Christmas with André 2021 (#6), Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (#8) |
| 48 | 12 December 2021 | Dune | NZ$451,335 | The French Dispatch (#6), Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui (#9) |
| 49 | 19 December 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | NZ$3,336,322 | Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 (#9) |
| 50 | 26 December | Spider-Man: No Way Home | NZ$1,109,346 | The Matrix Resurrections (#2), Sing 2 (#3), 83 (#4), West Side Story (#8) |
| 51 | 2 January 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | NZ$915,681 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife (#4), House of Gucci (#5), Clifford the Big Red Dog (#9) |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2021 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic 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 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1 | Cousins | Vendetta Films | NZ$1,114,392 |
| 2 | James & Isey | | NZ$409,667 |
| 3 | Dawn Raid | General Film Corporation | NZ$230,949 |
| 4 | Juniper | Sandy Lane Productions | NZ$204,891 |
| 5 | Shadow in the Cloud | Four Knights, Endeavor, Rhea | NZ$190,297 |

## Records

5 biggest openings :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Opening 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 :
| Rank | Title | 2nd week hold |
| 1 | Sing 2 | 173% |
| 2 | The Boss Baby: Family Business | 170% |
| 3 | Tom and Jerry | 120% |
| 4 | The Matrix Resurrections | 16% |
| 5 | Ron's Gone Wrong | 8% |
Worst second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 80 theatres :
| Rank | Title | 2nd week hold |
| 1 | Free Guy | -100% |
Best per theater opening :
| Rank | Title | Per theater gross |
| 1 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $30,057 |