# List of 2020 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 2020.
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Weekend gross | Top 10 openings |
| 1 | 5 January 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | US$700,287 | Little Women (#3), The Gentlemen (#4), Spies in Disguise (#6) |
| 2 | 12 January 2020 | 1917 | US$452,113 | Playing with Fire (#8), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (#9), Darbar (#10) |
| 3 | 19 January 2020 | 1917 | US$314,601 | Bad Boys for Life (#2), Dolittle (#3), Bombshell (#7) |
| 4 | 26 January 2020 | 1917 | US$218,540 | Street Dancer 3D (#6), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (#7) |
| 5 | 2 February 2020 | 1917 | US$170,332 | Midway (#4), The Grudge (#8) |
| 6 | 9 February 2020 | Birds of Prey | US$299,885 | André Rieu: 70 Years Young (#3) |
| 7 | 16 February 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | US$332,643 | Emma (#3), Love Aaj Kal (#9) |
| 8 | 23 February 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog | US$280,209 | The Call of the Wild (#3), The Legend of Baron To'a (#9), Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (#10) |
| 9 | 1 March 2020 | The Invisible Man | US$179,746 | Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (#8), The Current War (#10) |
| 10 | 8 March 2020 | The Invisible Man | US$152,682 | Baaghi 3 (#3), Dark Waters (#6), Fleabag (#7) |
| 11 | 15 March 2020 | Bloodshot | US$130,840 | Chal Mera Putt 2 (#4), Military Wives (#5), I Still Believe (#6), My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising (#7) |
| 12 | 22 March 2020 | Bloodshot | US$42,581 | |
| 13 | 29 March 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 14 | 5 April 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 15 | 12 April 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 16 | 19 April 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 17 | 26 April 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 18 | 3 May 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 19 | 10 May 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 20 | 17 May 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 21 | 24 May 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 22 | 31 May 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 23 | 7 June 2020 | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic | New Zealand cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 24 | 14 June 2020 | The Trip to Greece | US$38,234 | Love Sarah (#2), The Assistant (#4), Resistance (#6) |
| 25 | 21 June 2020 | Love Sarah | US$77,638 | |
| 26 | 28 June 2020 | Love Sarah | US$79,177 | Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (#5), The Booksellers (#9) |
| 27 | 5 July 2020 | Trolls World Tour | US$149,060 | The High Note (#3), The Burnt Orange Heresy (#5) |
| 28 | 12 July 2020 | Trolls World Tour | US$284,461 | A Bump Along the Way (#10) |
| 29 | 19 July 2020 | Trolls World Tour | US$303,314 | The Personal History of David Copperfield (#2), The King of Staten Island (#4), Radioactive (#5) |
| 30 | 26 July 2020 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | US$91,054 | The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (#5), No Escape (#6), Shirley (#10) |
| 31 | 2 August 2020 | Unhinged | US$101,146 | The Secret: Dare to Dream (#2), Where'd You Go, Bernadette (#5) |
| 32 | 9 August 2020 | This Town | US$127,463 | Peninsula (#5) |
| 33 | 16 August 2020 | This Town | US$60,710 | 23 Walks (#6) |
| 34 | 23 August 2020 | This Town | US$59,448 | Lowdown Dirty Criminals (#2) |
| 35 | 30 August 2020 | Tenet | US$249,960 | Bill & Ted Face the Music (#6), The Eight Hundred (#9) |
| 36 | 6 September 2020 | Tenet | US$346,594 | The New Mutants (#2), Mulan (#7) |
| 37 | 13 September 2020 | Tenet | US$235,389 | Break the Silence: The Movie (#4), After We Collided (#6) |
| 38 | 20 September 2020 | Savage | US$201,587 | A Night at the Louvre: Leonardo da Vinci (#9) |
| 39 | 27 September 2020 | Savage | US$122,748 | The War with Grandpa (#3), Hope Gap (#5), Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite! (#6), PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue (#7) |
| 40 | 4 October 2020 | The War with Grandpa | US$140,900 | Jiang Ziya: Legend of Deification (#6) |
| 41 | 11 October 2020 | Greenland | US$183,565 | My People, My Homeland (#9) |
| 42 | 18 October 2020 | Greenland | US$129,557 | André Rieu: Magical Maastricht (#2) |
| 43 | 25 October 2020 | Honest Thief | US$117,654 | Baby Done (#2) |
| 44 | 1 November 2020 | Honest Thief | US$92,505 | The Craft: Legacy (#4), The Empty Man (#6) |
| 45 | 8 November 2020 | The Empty Man | US$11,449 | |
| 46 | 15 November 2020 | Rams | US$103,038 | Freaky (#3), Laxmii (#4), I Am Woman (#6), Made in Italy (#8) |
| 47 | 22 November 2020 | Rams | US$125,410 | Fatman (#8), Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari (#9), Gekijouban Fate/Stay Night: Heaven's Feel: - III. Spring Song (#10) |
| 48 | 29 November 2020 | SIX60: Till the Lights Go Out | US$95,457 | Happiest Season (#2), Let Him Go (#6) |
| 49 | 6 December 2020 | SIX60: Till the Lights Go Out | US$60,887 | Violet Evergarden: The Movie (#9) |
| 50 | 13 December 2020 | The Witches | US$115,769 | Mama's Music Box (#6), Words on Bathroom Walls (#7), The End of the Storm (#9) |
| 51 | 20 December 2020 | The Witches | US$89,324 | Superintelligence (#2) |
| 52 | 27 December 2020 | Wonder Woman 1984 | US$632,723 | The Croods: A New Age (#2), Blithe Spirit (#4), Shock Wave 2 (#7) |

## Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2020 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Warner Bros. | $7,449,329 |
| 2 | Finding Dory | Disney | $4,626,743 |
| 3 | A Star Is Born | Warner Bros. | $4,041,740 |
| 4 | Jumanji: The Next Level | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $2,591,975 |
| 5 | 1917 | Universal | $2,330,268 |
| 6 | Tenet | Warner Bros. | $2,018,998 |
| 7 | Little Women | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $1,742,415 |
| 8 | Trolls World Tour | Universal | $1,592,670 |
| 9 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Paramount | $1,476,010 |
| 10 | Bad Boys for Life | Sony Pictures / Columbia | $1,327,861 |
Highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2020 :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Warner Bros. | $7,449,329 |
| 2 | Savage | POP, Avalon | $1,099,400 |
| 3 | Jojo Rabbit | Fox Searchlight, TSG, Defender, Piki | $598,008 |
| 4 | This Town | South Pacific, White Balance | $491,386 |
| 5 | Baby Done | Piki | $390,248 |