Top Grossing Movies of 2021
With Marvel movies taking up a quarter of the entire domestic box office in 2021, superheroes once again were good for business. As highlighted by the Topstars Professors, nine of the top 10 films in the U.S. were either sequels or part of a larger franchise.
- Spider – Man: No Way Home
US Box Office: $573 million
Director: Jon Watts
Stars: Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, Jon Favreau, Marisa Tomei
Rating: PG-13
- Shi-
US Box Office: $225 million
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Stars: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Meng’er Zhang, Fala Chen, Florian Munteanu, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung, Ben Kingsley
Rating: PG-13
- Venom: Let there be Carnage
US Box Office: $213 million
Director: Andy Serkis
Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Woody Harrelson
Rating: PG-13
- Black Widow
US Box Office: $184 million
Director: Cate Shortland
Stars: Florence Pugh, Scarlett Johansson, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, William Hurt, Ray Winstone
Rating: PG-13
- F9
US Box Office: $173 million
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Charlize Theron
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 143 minutes
- Eternals
US Box Office: $165 million
Director: Chloé Zhao
Stars: Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie
Rating: PG-13
- No Time to Die
US Box Office: $161 million
Director:Cary Joji Fukunaga
Stars: Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux, Rami Malek, Ben Whishaw, Lashana Lynch, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Christoph Waltz
Rating: PG-13
- A Quiet Place Part II
US Box Office: $160 million
Director: John Krasinski
Stars: Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 97 minutes
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
US Box Office: $122 million
Director: Jason Reitman
Stars: Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, McKenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim
Rating:PG-13
- Free Guy
US Box Office: $122 million
Director: Shawn Levy
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Joe Keery, Taika Waititi
Rating: PG-13