We already know that at the box office Peter Parker and his Spiderman have made No way home is the highest grossing film of 2021 globally, the cinematic phenomenon that definitely returned people to theaters (despite new enemies, such as the Omicron variant and new waves of contagion), but was that the only success? box office of this 2021?
Definitely not. In this list we make an alphabetical count of 15 films that, for your expectations (and in a pandemic environment) ended up being successes in their respective dimension.
In alphabetical order, the 2021 blockbusters are:
The Battle at Changjin Lake
$ 904.7 million global dollars
It postponed its summer release to the last weekend of September (National Day of the People’s Republic of China), and in the end it became the highest grossing Chinese film in history, and the first to exceed $ 900 million globally.
$ 173.6 million global (will end with + $ 200 million *)
In the US it is one of the 10 greatest successes of the Covid-Era, above Jungle Cruise Y Danube, and its territories with the best numbers were the United Kingdom and Mexico. In addition, it managed to get close to the numbers of the 2016 version of the game.
Chinese doctors
$ 206.1 million global
It is well known that China did not release Black Widow… But just on that date he released a counter-programming and decided to bring to theaters a tearful story about the heroes of this pandemic.
Danube: Parte 1
$ 392.9 MDD global (will end with +400 MDD *)
Finally, the celebrated science fiction novel had a dazzling film version with critical acclaim, which did not hold back in praise. Its good numbers (especially in the US and Europe) gave the green light to its sequel.
$ 721.0 MDD global
It finally happened: we went from tuned cars to space travel. The tenth installment of the franchise (yes, for Hobbs & Shaw) was the biggest Hollywood hit of a tough summer, helping the series reach $ 6,614 million globally.
$ 323.6 million global dollars
The movie was from 20th Century Fox, but… we already know the story. Disney released it at the end of the summer … and it became a small hit! In fact, it’s the highest grossing original story (not adaptation, sequel, prequel, spin-off) of 2021.
$ 467.8 million global dollars
At a critical moment of the pandemic (with an incipient global vaccination) the fourth installment of the Monsterverse can presume that it ‘returned’ us to the cinema to see a film event. Its biggest markets were China, the US, Russia and Mexico.
Hi, Mom / Detective Chinatown 3
$ 841.6 and $ 699.0 million global dollars
Together, the 7 Chinese New Year premieres added up to what all of Hollywood cinema did in 2020, and were headlined by a romantic comedy involving time travel and a wacky comedy that grows its box office with each installment.
A place in silence – Part II
$ 296.6 million global dollars
Its revenue was just 11% below its predecessor, despite delaying its release by almost a year and debuting in pandemic times. It is surprising that he had better numbers than The spell 3 The Halloween Kills.
No one
$ 57.2 million global
It was released at a height of the pandemic (March-April) and managed to be first place in the US, as well as in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and Russia, markets that loved the film with Bob Odenkirk and contributed with a third of its total revenues. .
Paw Patrol: The Movie
$ 135.0 million global
Some childhood hits (Clifford: The Big Red Dog, Peter Rabbit 2) had decent numbers, but this animation exceeded all expectations, with impressive numbers in the US, France and the UK and a place in the animated top 5 of 2021.
Shang-Chi and the legend of the seven rings
$ 418.0 million global dollars
Until before Spidey, it was the biggest hit in the US of the Covid-Era, although it debuted the last week of September. What helped you? Its exclusive theatrical release (without Disney +) and that is a different installment of the MCU. What didn’t help you? Its lack of premiere in China.
$ 774.0 million global dollars
Daniel Craig’s latest installment as 007 is the 3rd highest grossing film in history in the UK and also the third highest grossing globally in the long-lived saga, only behind Skyfall Y Spectre. Bonus: Ana de Armas, hilarious.
$ 587 million global in its 1st week (will end with +1,000 million *)
In its first week it grossed an impressive $ 587 million globally (20% more than the final box office of Venom 2), and before the end of the year it can claim to be the only film with 10 digits globally.
In Mexico it was the best pandemic debut, with $ 367 million from Friday to Sunday, and the 4th best in history, behind Avengers: Endgame ($ 603 million), Avengers: Infinity War ($ 462 million) and Toy Story 4 ($ 455 million), and in front of Captain America: Civil War ($ 251 million). In the US it made $ 253.0 million and became the highest grossing of all 2021 in just 3.5 days (counting the previews of Thursday, where it made $ 50 million), leaving behind Shang-Chi ($ 224.5 million) and Venom: Carnage released ($ 212.0 million).
Venom: Carnage released
$ 498.1 million global (will end with + $ 500 million *)
Its predecessor added $ 853 million globally ($ 270 million courtesy of China) and this would not have been far in revenue had it premiered in the Asian giant, which decided to accommodate little Hollywood cinema. In the US and Mexico it is the 3rd biggest hit of the year.
Plus. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
$ 503 million global (premiere in 2020)
It was the highest grossing movie of 2020 globally (we actually talked about it in our previous annual roundup) but the phenomenon continued this year. After conquering Japan and various markets in Southeast Asia and Oceania last year, in April 2021 it finally reached the US, Latin America and Spain, where it had excellent results. In Mexico, it slipped into the top 5 highest grossing animated films.
* Figures as of December 19, 2021 (the weekend after the premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home). Eventually, movies marked with * will approach their forecast here estimated.
** Sources: ComScore.com, The-Numbers.com, Boxofficemojo.com, Deadline.com
Top 10 global 2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony) + $ 1 billion
- The Battle at Changjin Lake (Good Film) $ 904 billion
- Hi, Mom (China Film) $841 mdd
- No time to die (MGM, Universal) $ 771 mdd
- F9: Fast and Furious 9 (Universal) $ 721 million
- Detective Chinatown 3 (Wanda Media) $ 699 million
- Venom: Carnage released (Sony) $ 493 million
- Godzilla vs Kong (WB) $ 467 mdd
- Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings (Disney) $ 418 million
- Eternals (Disney) $ 400 million
* Figures as of December 19, 2021 (the weekend after the premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home).
Duna and Black Widow were left out of the top 10.
** Sources: ComScore.com, The-Numbers.com, Boxofficemojo.com, Deadline.com
Corollary: those that were almost successes
- The ‘Disney Brand’ products that were honorably defended:
- Eternals, + $ 400 million global, despite having the worst reviews of the MCU.
- Black Widow, $ 375.4 million global, despite a theatrical and streaming premiere.
- Cruella, $ 228.5 million global dollars… and it already has a confirmed sequel.
- Jungle Cruise, $ 210.3 million global dollars… and it already has a confirmed sequel.
- Charm, It will make + $ 200 million globally… and it’s Disney’s biggest animated hit of 2021.
- The sequels that did quite well:
- The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It, $ 200.2 million global dollars (and top 4 box office of Mexico in 2021)
- Peter Rabbit 2: Rabbit in Distress, $ 152.5 million global dollars.
- Space Jam 2: A New Era, $ 143.5 million global dollars (and Mexico’s top 10 in 2021).
- Halloween Kills, $ 130.8 million global (and top 15 in the US in 2021).
- The crazy Addams 2, $ 110.2 million global dollars (and top 5 global animations).
- The brave ones who reached the end of the Second Wave (February-March) and made, in a difficult moment, + $ 100 million global dollars:
- Raya and the last dragon, $ 116.9 million global dollars.
- Tom & Jerry, the movie, $ 132.0 million global dollars.
- Play with me. $ 31.7 million pesos. Even if The waiter was the highest grossing Mexican film of the year ($ 64.8 million), this little horror movie courtesy of Lemonster lasted two whole months in the top 10 at the box office
Edgar Apanco Fan-from-hell of cinema numbers. He was an editor of business magazines (no, that’s not where his love for numbers comes from). Today he is an expert in box office reports and content marketing (happy marketing … #OkNo).
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