Market Charts > 2021 > Sources > Original Screenplay
Box Office Performance for Original Screenplay Movies in 2021
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2021 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
F9: The Fast Saga |
Jun 25, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$173,005,945 |
17,011,401 |
| 2 |
A Quiet Place: Part II |
May 28, 2021 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$160,215,764 |
15,753,762 |
| 3 |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$122,378,960 |
12,033,329 |
| 4 |
Free Guy |
Aug 13, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$121,626,598 |
11,959,351 |
| 5 |
Godzilla vs. Kong |
Mar 31, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$100,916,094 |
9,922,920 |
| 6 |
Halloween Kills |
Oct 15, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$92,002,155 |
9,046,426 |
| 7 |
Encanto |
Nov 24, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$90,628,329 |
8,911,340 |
| 8 |
Sing 2 |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Musical |
PG |
$76,483,155 |
7,520,468 |
| 9 |
Space Jam: A New Legacy |
Jul 16, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG |
$70,592,228 |
6,941,222 |
| 10 |
The Conjuring: The Devil Ma… |
Jun 4, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$65,631,050 |
6,453,397 |
| 11 |
Candyman |
Aug 26, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$61,186,570 |
6,016,379 |
| 12 |
Raya and the Last Dragon |
Mar 4, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$54,723,032 |
5,380,829 |
| 13 |
The Forever Purge |
Jul 2, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$44,539,245 |
4,379,473 |
| 14 |
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodygua… |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$38,014,727 |
3,737,928 |
| 15 |
Don’t Breathe 2 |
Aug 26, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$32,638,038 |
3,209,247 |
| 16 |
The Matrix Resurrections |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Action |
R |
$28,134,634 |
2,766,434 |
| 17 |
Nobody |
Mar 26, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$27,568,035 |
2,710,721 |
| 18 |
The Croods: A New Age |
Nov 25, 2020 |
Adventure |
PG |
$26,234,535 |
2,579,600 |
| 19 |
Escape Room: Tournament of … |
Jul 16, 2021 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$25,314,753 |
2,489,160 |
| 20 |
Spiral |
May 14, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$23,216,862 |
2,282,877 |
| 21 |
Ron’s Gone Wrong |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$23,009,270 |
2,262,465 |
| 22 |
The French Dispatch |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$15,976,770 |
1,570,971 |
| 23 |
The Marksman |
Jan 15, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$15,566,093 |
1,530,589 |
| 24 |
The Little Things |
Jan 29, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$15,342,746 |
1,508,628 |
| 25 |
Stillwater |
Dec 31, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$14,465,535 |
1,422,373 |
| 26 |
Malignant |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$13,391,791 |
1,316,794 |
| 27 |
Last Night in Soho |
Oct 29, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$10,127,625 |
995,833 |
| 28 |
Dazed and Confused |
Sep 24, 1993 |
Comedy |
R |
$7,961,889 |
782,879 |
| 29 |
The Protégé |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Action |
R |
$7,446,823 |
732,234 |
| 30 |
The Night House |
Oct 16, 2020 |
Horror |
R |
$7,100,581 |
698,188 |
| 31 |
Belfast |
Nov 12, 2021 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$6,885,925 |
677,082 |
| 32 |
Licorice Pizza |
Jan 7, 2022 |
Drama |
R |
$6,382,891 |
627,619 |
| 33 |
Promising Young Woman |
Jan 1, 2021 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$5,252,785 |
516,498 |
| 34 |
CopShop |
Sep 17, 2021 |
Action |
R |
$5,213,243 |
512,609 |
| 35 |
Separation |
Apr 30, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$4,509,143 |
443,376 |
| 36 |
Boogie |
Mar 5, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$4,178,620 |
410,877 |
| 37 |
Reminiscence |
Aug 25, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$3,900,193 |
383,500 |
| 38 |
Fatale |
Dec 18, 2020 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$3,217,203 |
316,342 |
| 39 |
Pig |
Jul 16, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$3,186,667 |
313,339 |
| 40 |
The Girl Who Believes In Mi… |
Apr 2, 2021 |
Drama |
PG |
$3,163,362 |
311,048 |
| 41 |
Voyagers |
Apr 9, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$3,149,935 |
309,728 |
| 42 |
Minari |
Dec 11, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$2,964,816 |
291,525 |
| 43 |
The Card Counter |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$2,652,315 |
260,798 |
| 44 |
Land |
Feb 12, 2021 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$2,577,830 |
253,474 |
| 45 |
Titane |
Jul 14, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$1,442,988 |
141,886 |
| 46 |
Together Together |
Apr 23, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$1,436,324 |
141,231 |
| 47 |
Back to the Future |
Jul 3, 1985 |
Adventure |
PG |
$1,430,000 |
140,610 |
| 48 |
God’s Not Dead: We the Peop… |
Oct 4, 2021 |
Drama |
PG |
$1,170,387 |
115,082 |
| 49 |
In the Earth |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$1,113,722 |
109,510 |
| 50 |
Long Weekend |
Mar 12, 2021 |
Romantic Comedy |
R |
$1,018,532 |
100,151 |
| 51 |
Un rescate de huevitos |
Aug 12, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG |
$927,154 |
91,166 |
| 52 |
Blue Bayou |
Sep 17, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$788,675 |
77,549 |
| 53 |
French Exit |
Feb 12, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$741,895 |
72,949 |
| 54 |
Red Rocket |
Dec 10, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$709,460 |
69,760 |
| 55 |
Nine Days |
Jul 30, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$694,849 |
68,323 |
| 56 |
The Matrix |
Mar 31, 1999 |
Action |
R |
$596,998 |
58,702 |
| 57 |
Ghostbusters |
Jun 8, 1984 |
Comedy |
PG |
$504,855 |
49,642 |
| 58 |
Courageous |
Sep 30, 2011 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$495,002 |
48,672 |
| 59 |
For the Love of Money |
Nov 24, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$480,774 |
47,273 |
| 60 |
Tenet |
Sep 3, 2020 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$459,940 |
45,225 |
| 61 |
Top Gun |
May 16, 1986 |
Action |
PG |
$457,577 |
44,993 |
| 62 |
Dreamland |
Feb 25, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$409,363 |
40,252 |
| 63 |
The Water Man |
May 7, 2021 |
Drama |
PG |
$354,087 |
34,816 |
| 64 |
The Emperor's New Groove |
Dec 15, 2000 |
Adventure |
G |
$334,000 |
32,841 |
| 65 |
Freaky |
Nov 13, 2020 |
Horror |
R |
$328,795 |
32,330 |
| 66 |
Nuevo Orden |
Oct 23, 2020 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$304,167 |
29,908 |
| 67 |
The Lady of Heaven |
Jun 3, 2022 |
Action |
R |
$291,597 |
28,672 |
| 68 |
India Sweets and Spices |
Nov 19, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$288,714 |
28,388 |
| 69 |
American Skin |
Jan 15, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$282,332 |
27,761 |
| 70 |
I’m Your Man |
Nov 5, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$275,158 |
27,055 |
| 71 |
Weathering with You (天気の子)… |
Jan 15, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$257,933 |
25,362 |
| 72 |
Murder in the Woods |
Aug 14, 2020 |
Horror |
R |
$241,906 |
23,786 |
| 73 |
Supernova |
Jun 25, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$234,220 |
23,030 |
| 74 |
Half Brothers |
Dec 4, 2020 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$225,830 |
22,206 |
| 75 |
Limbo |
Jul 30, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$224,405 |
22,065 |
| 76 |
Promare |
May 24, 2019 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$215,318 |
21,171 |
| 77 |
Together |
Aug 27, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$214,390 |
21,080 |
| 78 |
Groundhog Day |
Feb 12, 1993 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG |
$200,989 |
19,763 |
| 79 |
Wolf |
Dec 3, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$147,595 |
14,513 |
| 80 |
Bergman Island |
Jul 14, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$145,191 |
14,276 |
| 81 |
Mass |
Oct 8, 2021 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$145,175 |
14,274 |
| 82 |
No Man’s Land |
Jan 22, 2021 |
Western |
PG-13 |
$139,221 |
13,689 |
| 83 |
Gaia |
Jun 18, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$126,126 |
12,401 |
| 84 |
The Djinn |
May 14, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$124,649 |
12,256 |
| 85 |
Shadow in the Cloud |
Jan 1, 2021 |
Action |
R |
$117,815 |
11,584 |
| 86 |
Gunda |
Apr 8, 2021 |
Documentary |
G |
$113,591 |
11,169 |
| 87 |
The Paper Tigers |
May 7, 2021 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$112,691 |
11,080 |
| 88 |
Tango Shalom |
Sep 3, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$102,651 |
10,093 |
| 89 |
The Misfits |
Jun 11, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$100,671 |
9,899 |
| 90 |
Madres paralelas |
Oct 8, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$99,975 |
9,830 |
| 91 |
The Souvenir Part II |
Feb 4, 2022 |
Drama |
R |
$98,929 |
9,727 |
| 92 |
Abominable |
Sep 27, 2019 |
Adventure |
PG |
$82,125 |
8,075 |
| 93 |
The Killing of Two Lovers |
May 14, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$72,110 |
7,090 |
| 94 |
Demonic |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Horror |
R |
$71,334 |
7,014 |
| 95 |
Alien |
May 25, 1979 |
Horror |
R |
$60,000 |
5,899 |
| 96 |
Christmas Vs The Walters |
Nov 5, 2021 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$54,827 |
5,391 |
| 97 |
Ema |
Feb 20, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$53,437 |
5,254 |
| 98 |
Always & Forever |
Nov 20, 2020 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$53,302 |
5,241 |
| 99 |
Dara iz Jasenovca |
Feb 5, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$52,786 |
5,190 |
| 100 |
My Zoe |
Feb 26, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$52,733 |
5,185 |
| 101 |
The Vigil |
Oct 9, 2020 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$50,439 |
4,959 |
| 102 |
Last Call |
Mar 19, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$48,144 |
4,733 |
| 103 |
Bloody Hell |
Oct 8, 2020 |
Horror |
R |
$33,170 |
3,261 |
| 104 |
Monday |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$30,932 |
3,041 |
| 105 |
The Ladykillers |
Dec 8, 1955 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$23,213 |
2,282 |
| 106 |
Gully |
Jun 4, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$22,517 |
2,214 |
| 107 |
Dating & New York |
Sep 10, 2021 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$21,515 |
2,115 |
| 108 |
The Nights of Cabiria |
Jul 1, 1998 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$21,148 |
2,079 |
| 109 |
The Novice |
Dec 17, 2021 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$20,520 |
2,017 |
| 110 |
Halloween |
Oct 26, 2018 |
Horror |
R |
$19,000 |
1,868 |
| 111 |
How It Ends |
Jul 20, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$16,104 |
1,583 |
| 112 |
The Laws Of The Universe — … |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$15,750 |
1,548 |
| 113 |
Even in Dreams |
Aug 6, 2021 |
Drama |
PG |
$15,671 |
1,540 |
| 114 |
Counter Column |
Oct 16, 2020 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$15,269 |
1,501 |
| 115 |
Things Don’t Stay Fixed |
Mar 26, 2021 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$4,905 |
482 |
| 116 |
Jockey |
Dec 29, 2021 |
Drama |
R |
$1,999 |
196 |
| 117 |
Descarrilados |
Dec 3, 2021 |
Comedy |
R |
$462 |
45 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $1,644,314,788 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 161,682,837 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2021.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2021.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.
Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
