Market Charts > 2021 > Genres > Action
Box Office Performance for Action Movies in 2021
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2021 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home |
Dec 17, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$572,984,769 |
56,340,685 |
| 2 |
Shang-Chi and the Legend of… |
Sep 3, 2021 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$224,543,292 |
22,078,986 |
| 3 |
Venom: Let There be Carnage |
Oct 1, 2021 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$212,609,036 |
20,905,510 |
| 4 |
Black Widow |
Jul 9, 2021 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$183,651,655 |
18,058,176 |
| 5 |
F9: The Fast Saga |
Jun 25, 2021 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$173,005,945 |
17,011,401 |
| 6 |
Eternals |
Nov 5, 2021 |
Walt Disney |
PG-13 |
$164,694,432 |
16,194,143 |
| 7 |
No Time to Die |
Oct 8, 2021 |
United Artists |
PG-13 |
$160,772,007 |
15,808,456 |
| 8 |
Free Guy |
Aug 13, 2021 |
20th Century Studios |
PG-13 |
$121,626,598 |
11,959,351 |
| 9 |
Dune |
Oct 22, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$107,176,143 |
10,538,460 |
| 10 |
Godzilla vs. Kong |
Mar 31, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$100,916,094 |
9,922,920 |
| 11 |
The Suicide Squad |
Aug 5, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$55,817,425 |
5,488,439 |
| 12 |
Mortal Kombat |
Apr 23, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$42,326,031 |
4,161,852 |
| 13 |
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins |
Jul 23, 2021 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$28,264,325 |
2,779,186 |
| 14 |
The Matrix Resurrections |
Dec 22, 2021 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$28,134,634 |
2,766,434 |
| 15 |
Wrath of Man |
May 7, 2021 |
United Artists |
R |
$27,466,489 |
2,700,736 |
| 16 |
Wonder Woman 1984 |
Dec 25, 2020 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$23,791,725 |
2,339,403 |
| 17 |
The King’s Man |
Dec 22, 2021 |
20th Century Studios |
R |
$16,258,724 |
1,598,695 |
| 18 |
The Marksman |
Jan 15, 2021 |
Open Road |
PG-13 |
$15,566,093 |
1,530,589 |
| 19 |
Chaos Walking |
Mar 5, 2021 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$13,287,908 |
1,306,579 |
| 20 |
Monster Hunter |
Dec 18, 2020 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$10,144,067 |
997,450 |
| 21 |
The Protégé |
Aug 20, 2021 |
Lionsgate |
R |
$7,446,823 |
732,234 |
| 22 |
CopShop |
Sep 17, 2021 |
Open Road |
R |
$5,213,243 |
512,609 |
| 23 |
Jurassic World |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$1,136,000 |
111,701 |
| 24 |
The Matrix |
Mar 31, 1999 |
Warner Bros. |
R |
$596,998 |
58,702 |
| 25 |
Tenet |
Sep 3, 2020 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$459,940 |
45,225 |
| 26 |
Top Gun |
May 16, 1986 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG |
$457,577 |
44,993 |
| 27 |
Nou fo |
Aug 13, 2021 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$385,305 |
37,886 |
| 28 |
Kôkaku kidôtai |
Mar 29, 1996 |
Palm Pictures |
Not Rated |
$373,169 |
36,693 |
| 29 |
World War Z |
Jun 21, 2013 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$347,000 |
34,119 |
| 30 |
Mogadisyu |
Aug 6, 2021 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$342,598 |
33,687 |
| 31 |
Chang jin hu |
Nov 19, 2021 |
CMC Pictures |
Not Rated |
$333,214 |
32,764 |
| 32 |
The Lady of Heaven |
Dec 10, 2021 |
Hannibal Media |
R |
$291,597 |
28,672 |
| 33 |
Doctor |
Oct 9, 2021 |
Hamsini |
Not Rated |
$220,000 |
21,632 |
| 34 |
SAS: Red Notice |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Vertical Entertai… |
R |
$146,329 |
14,388 |
| 35 |
Tadap |
Dec 3, 2021 |
20th Century Studios |
Not Rated |
$130,934 |
12,874 |
| 36 |
Shadow in the Cloud |
Dec 15, 2020 |
Vertical Entertai… |
R |
$117,815 |
11,584 |
| 37 |
The Paper Tigers |
May 7, 2021 |
Well Go USA |
PG-13 |
$112,691 |
11,080 |
| 38 |
Trigger Point |
Apr 16, 2021 |
Screen Media Films |
Not Rated |
$29,262 |
2,877 |
| 39 |
Prisoners of the Ghostland |
Aug 27, 2021 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$28,204 |
2,773 |
| 40 |
A Soldier’s Story 2: Return… |
Jun 22, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$21,543 |
2,118 |
| 41 |
Archenemy |
Dec 11, 2020 |
RLJ Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$20,282 |
1,994 |
| 42 |
Equal Standard |
May 7, 2021 |
Mutiny Pictures |
Not Rated |
$15,938 |
1,567 |
| 43 |
Average Joe |
Jan 8, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$9,176 |
902 |
| 44 |
No Place |
Mar 5, 2021 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$4,194 |
412 |
| 45 |
Marighella |
Apr 30, 2020 |
ArtMattan Films |
Not Rated |
$3,502 |
344 |
| 46 |
Tian Huo Wei Qing |
Jan 12, 2021 |
Screen Media Films |
Not Rated |
$1,105 |
108 |
| 47 |
Den blomstertid nu kommer |
May 7, 2021 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$974 |
95 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $2,301,282,805 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 226,281,484 |
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.
