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

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United Kingdom during 2021.

Films

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Week Weekend End Date Film Total weekend gross
(Pound sterling)
Weekend openings in the Top 10 Reference(s)
1–20 3 January 202116 May 2021 British cinemas closed and box office reporting suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]
21 23 May 2021 Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway £4,605,673 Nomadland (#2), Godzilla vs. Kong (#3), Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (#4), The Unholy (#5), Mortal Kombat (#6), Those Who Wish Me Dead (#7), Raya and the Last Dragon (#8), Tom & Jerry (#9), Ammonite (#10) [2]
22 30 May 2021 The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It £2,708,455 Cruella (#3), Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (#4) [3]
23 6 June 2021 A Quiet Place Part II £3,567,048 Dream Horse (#5) [4]
24 13 June 2021 £1,314,938 Nobody (#5), The Father (#6) [5]
25 20 June 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard £1,636,128 In the Heights (#3), Monster Hunter (#9) [6]
26 27 June 2021 Fast & Furious 9 £6,014,132 Supernova (#8), Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (#9) [7]
27 4 July 2021 £2,861,393 Freaky (#6), Another Round (#9) [8]
28 11 July 2021 Black Widow £6,889,187 [9]
29 18 July 2021 £1,801,017 Space Jam: A New Legacy (#2), The Forever Purge (#3), The Croods: A New Age (#4), Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (#6), Summer of Soul (#10) [10]
30 25 July 2021 £1,410,288 Old (#4), Off the Rails (#10) [11]
31 1 August 2021 The Suicide Squad £3,252,028 Jungle Cruise (#2), Spirit Untamed (#6) [12]
32 8 August 2021 £2,267,135 Stillwater (#7), The Last Letter from Your Lover (#9) [13]
33 15 August 2021 Free Guy £2,477,891 PAW Patrol: The Movie (#2), Don't Breathe 2 (#7), The Courier (#8) [14]
34 22 August 2021 £2,267,660 People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (#3), Snake Eyes (#6), The Night House (#9) [15]
35 29 August 2021 £1,607,761 Candyman (#2), Andre Rieu’s 2021 Summer Concert: Together Again (#4) [16]
36 5 September 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings £5,759,504 Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (#10) [17]
37 12 September 2021 £3,583,848 Respect (#3), Malignant (#5), Copshop (#7) [18]
38 19 September 2021 £2,362,692 Small World (#10) [19]
39 26 September 2021 £1,558,002 The Many Saints of Newark (#2), Oasis Knebworth 1996 (#4), The Green Knight (#8) [20]
40 3 October 2021 No Time to Die £25,916,476 Chal Mera Putt 3 (#6) [21]
41 10 October 2021 £15,235,947 The Addams Family 2 (#2), Deadly Cuts (#9) [22]
42 17 October 2021 £8,404,165 Venom: Let There Be Carnage (#2), Halloween Kills (#3), Ron's Gone Wrong (#5), The Last Duel (#6), Honsla Rakh (#8), Arracht (#10) [23]
43 24 October 2021 Dune £5,876,892 The Boss Baby 2: Family Business (#4), The French Dispatch (#6), Dear Evan Hansen (#9) [24]
44 31 October 2021 No Time to Die £3,514,308 Hary Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#6), Last Night in Soho (#8) [25]
45 7 November 2021 Eternals £5,456,577 Spencer (#6) [26]
46 14 November 2021 £2,918,586 [27]
47 21 November 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife £4,314,263 King Richard (#5) [28]
48 28 November 2021 House of Gucci £2,425,628 Encanto (#3), Anything Goes - The Musical (#7) [29]
49 5 December 2021 £1,511,982 Christmas with Andre (#4), Boxing Day (#7), Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (#8), Dziewczyny Z Dubaju (#10) [30]
50 12 December 2021 West Side Story £1,297,786 Clifford the Big Red Dog (#2), Home Alone (#7), Elf (#9), A Boy Called Christmas (#10) [31]
51 19 December 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home £31,899,232 Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (#7), The Nutcracker - Bolshoi Ballet 2021 (#10) [32]
52 26 December 2021 £4,619,518 The Matrix Resurrections (#2), 83 (#5) [33]

Highest-grossing films

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In-Year Release

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Highest-grossing films of 2021 by In-year release[34]
Rank Title Distributor U.K. gross (£m)
1. No Time to Die Universal £97.9
2. Spider-Man: No Way Home Sony £96.9[35]
3. Dune Warner Bros. £21.9
4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Disney £21.9
5. Peter Rabbit 2 Sony £20.5
6. Black Widow Disney £18.8
7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage Sony £18.0
8. Free Guy Disney £16.9
9. Fast and Furious 9 Universal £16.5
10. Eternals Disney £14.9


Highest-grossing films by BBFC rating of 2021
U Peter Rabbit 2[36]
PG The Addams Family 2[37]
12A No Time to Die[38]
15 Venom: Let There Be Carnage[39]
18 Halloween Kills[40]

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Pulver, Andrew (7 January 2021). "No UK box office as UK cinemas closed in lockdown, except 2 cinemas in Guernsey and Isle Of man". Salty Popcorn. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 21/05/2021 - 23/05/2021
  3. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 28/05/2021 - 30/05/2021
  4. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 04/06/2021 - 06/06/2021
  5. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 11/06/2021 - 13/06/2021
  6. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 18/06/2021 - 20/06/2021
  7. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 25/06/2021 - 27/06/2021
  8. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 02/07/2021 - 04/07/2021
  9. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 09/07/2021 - 11/07/2021
  10. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 16/07/2021 - 18/07/2021
  11. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 23/07/2021 - 25/07/2021
  12. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 30/07/2021 - 01/08/2021
  13. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 06/08/2021 - 08/08/2021
  14. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 13/08/2021 - 15/08/2021
  15. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 20/08/2021 - 22/08/2021
  16. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 27/08/2021 - 29/08/2021
  17. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/09/2021 - 05/09/2021
  18. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/09/2021 - 12/09/2021
  19. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/09/2021 - 19/09/2021
  20. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/09/2021 - 26/09/2021
  21. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 01/10/2021 - 03/10/2021
  22. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 08/10/2021 - 10/10/2021
  23. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 15/10/2021 - 17/10/2021
  24. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 22/10/2021 - 24/10/2021
  25. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 29/10/2021 - 31/10/2021
  26. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 5/11/2021 - 7/11/2021
  27. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 12/11/2021 - 14/11/2021
  28. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 19/11/2021 - 21/11/2021
  29. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 26/11/2021 - 28/11/2021
  30. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 03/12/2021 - 05/12/2021
  31. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 10/12/2021 - 12/12/2021
  32. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 17/12/2021 - 19/12/2021
  33. ^ BFI Weekend Box Office 24/12/2021 - 26/12/2021
  34. ^ "U.K. Box Office in 2021". BFI. March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  35. ^ "U.K. Box Office 27 March 2022". 27 March 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  36. ^ "Peter Rabbit 2". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  37. ^ "The Addams Family 2". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  38. ^ "No Time to Die". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  39. ^ "Venom: Let There Be Carnage". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  40. ^ "Halloween Kills". BBFC. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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