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

This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2021.

## Number-one films

| # | Weekend end date | Film | Gross | Notes |
| 1 | January 3, 2021 | Wonder Woman 1984 | $5,429,210 | |
| 2 | January 10, 2021 | Wonder Woman 1984 | $2,960,015 | |
| 3 | January 17, 2021 | The Marksman | $3,104,204 | |
| 4 | January 24, 2021 | The Marksman | $2,029,944 | |
| 5 | January 31, 2021 | The Little Things | $4,705,527 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |
| 6 | February 7, 2021 | The Little Things | $2,051,189 | |
| 7 | February 14, 2021 | The Croods: A New Age | $2,079,825 | The Croods: A New Age reclaimed the #1 spot in its twelfth weekend of release after eight weekends out of the top spot, making it the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its twelfth weekend. It also became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for four weekends as well as the first film since Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle to top the box office for four non-consecutive weekends. |
| 8 | February 21, 2021 | The Croods: A New Age | $1,718,455 | The Croods: A New Age became the first film since Titanic to top the box office in its thirteenth weekend. It also became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for five weekends as well as the first film since Forrest Gump to top the box office for five non-consecutive weekends. |
| 9 | February 28, 2021 | Tom & Jerry | $14,112,629 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |
| 10 | March 7, 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | $8,502,498 | Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. |
| 11 | March 14, 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | $5,706,633 | During the weekend, Avatar ($2.83 billion) surpassed Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion) as the highest-grossing film worldwide of all time following its re-release in China. |
| 12 | March 21, 2021 | Raya and the Last Dragon | $5,129,473 | Raya and the Last Dragon became the first film in 2021 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. |
| 13 | March 28, 2021 | Nobody | $6,820,100 | |
| 14 | April 4, 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $31,625,971 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. Godzilla vs. Kong was the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns to open in more than 3,000 locations. |
| 15 | April 11, 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $13,882,474 | |
| 16 | April 18, 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong | $7,847,227 | |
| 17 | April 25, 2021 | Mortal Kombat | $23,302,576 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. In second place, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train's $21.1 million opening weekend broke Hero's record ($17.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a foreign language film. |
| 18 | May 2, 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train | $6,412,933 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train reached #1 in its second weekend of release. It also became the first foreign language film since Hero and the first Japanese animated film since Pokémon: The First Movie to reach #1 at the box office. |
| 19 | May 9, 2021 | Wrath of Man | $8,309,007 | |
| 20 | May 16, 2021 | Spiral | $8,750,034 | |
| 21 | May 23, 2021 | Spiral | $4,595,320 | |
| 22 | May 30, 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | $47,547,231 | |
| 23 | June 6, 2021 | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It | $24,104,332 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |
| 24 | June 13, 2021 | A Quiet Place Part II | $12,012,263 | A Quiet Place Part II reclaimed the #1 spot in its third weekend of release. This weekend, it became the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns in North America to surpass $100 million domestically. |
| 25 | June 20, 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | $11,397,820 | |
| 26 | June 27, 2021 | F9 | $70,043,165 | F9 was the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns to open in more than 4,000 locations. |
| 27 | July 4, 2021 | F9 | $23,008,860 | |
| 28 | July 11, 2021 | Black Widow | $80,366,312 | Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. |
| 29 | July 18, 2021 | Space Jam: A New Legacy | $31,053,362 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. Space Jam: A New Legacy broke Space Jam's record ($27.5 million) for the highest weekend debut for a basketball film. |
| 30 | July 25, 2021 | Old | $16,854,735 | |
| 31 | August 1, 2021 | Jungle Cruise | $35,018,731 | Simultaneously released on Disney+ Premier Access. |
| 32 | August 8, 2021 | The Suicide Squad | $26,205,415 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |
| 33 | August 15, 2021 | Free Guy | $28,365,416 | |
| 34 | August 22, 2021 | Free Guy | $18,504,022 | |
| 35 | August 29, 2021 | Candyman | $22,001,750 | Candyman director Nia DaCosta became the first black female director to top the domestic box office. |
| 36 | September 5, 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $75,388,688 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings broke Halloween's record ($26.3 million) for the highest Labor Day weekend debut. |
| 37 | September 12, 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $34,701,070 | |
| 38 | September 19, 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $21,670,751 | |
| 39 | September 26, 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | $13,031,411 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings became the first film since Tenet to top the box office for four consecutive weekends. During the week, it also became the first film since the COVID-19 lockdowns in North America to surpass $200 million domestically. |
| 40 | October 3, 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | $90,033,210 | |
| 41 | October 10, 2021 | No Time to Die | $55,225,007 | |
| 42 | October 17, 2021 | Halloween Kills | $49,404,980 | Simultaneously released on Peacock. |
| 43 | October 24, 2021 | Dune | $41,011,174 | Simultaneously released on HBO Max. |
| 44 | October 31, 2021 | Dune | $15,413,486 | |
| 45 | November 7, 2021 | Eternals | $71,297,219 | |
| 46 | November 14, 2021 | Eternals | $26,850,128 | |
| 47 | November 21, 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | $44,008,406 | |
| 48 | November 28, 2021 | Encanto | $27,206,494 | |
| 49 | December 5, 2021 | Encanto | $13,147,618 | |
| 50 | December 12, 2021 | West Side Story | $10,574,618 | |
| 51 | December 19, 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $260,138,569 | Spider-Man: No Way Home broke Black Panther's record ($202 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe outside of the Avengers films. It also broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens' records ($248 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and for the holiday season. It was the first film of the COVID-19 pandemic to gross over $100 and $200 million in one weekend. It had the highest weekend debut of 2021. |
| 52 | December 26, 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $84,548,505 | During the weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home became the first film of the COVID-19 pandemic era to gross $1 billion worldwide. |
| 53 | January 2, 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $56,023,590 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar gross

Highest-grossing films of 2021 by Calendar Gross
| Rank | Title | Studio(s) | Actor(s) | Director(s) | Domestic Gross |
| 1. | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony Pictures | Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire | Jon Watts | $572,984,769 |
| 2. | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Walt Disney Studios | Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng'er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Kingsley and Tony Leung | Destin Daniel Cretton | $224,543,292 |
| 3. | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony Pictures | Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham and Woody Harrelson | Andy Serkis | $212,527,511 |
| 4. | Black Widow | Walt Disney Studios | Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone and Rachel Weisz | Cate Shortland | $183,651,655 |
| 5. | F9 | Universal Pictures | Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Helen Mirren, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron | Justin Lin | $173,005,945 |
| 6. | Eternals | Walt Disney Studios | Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek and Angelina Jolie | Chloé Zhao | $164,855,144 |
| 7. | No Time To Die | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux, Lashana Lynch, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Jeffrey Wright, Christoph Waltz and Ralph Fiennes | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $160,772,007 |
| 8. | A Quiet Place Part II | Paramount Pictures | Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou and John Krasinski | John Krasinski | $160,215,261 |
| 9. | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Sony Pictures | Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Celeste O'Connor, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts and Sigourney Weaver | Jason Reitman | $122,403,060 |
| 10. | Free Guy | 20th Century Studios | Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery and Taika Waititi | Shawn Levy | $121,626,598 |

### In-year release

Highest-grossing films of 2021 by In-year release :
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Domestic gross |
| 1. | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Sony | $804,793,477 |
| 2. | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Disney | $224,543,292 |
| 3. | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Sony | $213,550,366 |
| 4. | Black Widow | Disney | $183,651,655 |
| 5. | F9 | Universal | $173,005,945 |
| 6. | Eternals | Disney | $164,870,234 |
| 7. | Sing 2 | Universal | $162,790,990 |
| 8. | No Time To Die | MGM | $160,891,007 |
| 9. | A Quiet Place Part II | Paramount | $160,215,261 |
| 10. | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Sony | $129,360,575 |
Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 2021 :
| G | PAW Patrol: The Movie |
| PG | Sing 2 |
| PG-13 | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| R | Halloween Kills |