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Thriller box office · Week 29 · Jul 11–17, 2021

Thriller Box Office, Week 29 of 2021: Thriller Releases of Jul 11–17

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) is the highest-grossing thriller movie released in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17), with $65.8M worldwide, ahead of Pig (2021) at $3.9M and Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) at $1M. 6 thriller films released that week report a worldwide gross, $71.4M in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. That is 44.9 times the total of Week 28, 2021, whose releases took $1.6M. By language, English leads with $71.4M across 6 thriller releases.

week 29 releases with a gross
6
combined worldwide
$71.4M
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021), the #1
$65.8M
vs Week 28, 2021
×44.9
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Thriller Hits of Week 29 of 2021?

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) leads with $65.8M, 92% of the total. The top 5 together took $71.4M, almost all of what the 6 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) movie poster Number 1
    $65.8M Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021)
    $25.3M US & Canada · 38% $40.5M elsewhere · 62%
  2. Pig (2021) movie poster Number 2
    $3.9M Pig (2021)
    $3.2M US & Canada · 82% $702.8K elsewhere · 18%
  3. Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) movie poster Number 3
    $1M Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  4. Great White (2021) movie poster Number 4
    $635.1K Great White (2021)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Out of Death (2021) movie poster Number 5
    $95.8K Out of Death (2021)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Thriller Release of Week 29 of 2021, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17).

  1. 1 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) movie poster
    Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) Jul 16, 2021 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $65.8M worldwide
    Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: $25.3M Rest of the world: $40.5M Worldwide: $65.8M
  2. 2 Pig (2021) movie poster
    Pig (2021) Jul 16, 2021 · English · Drama, Thriller $3.9M worldwide
    Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: $3.2M Rest of the world: $702.8K Worldwide: $3.9M
  3. 3 Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) movie poster
    Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) Jul 14, 2021 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $1M worldwide
    Jul 14, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1M
  4. 4 Great White (2021) movie poster
    Great White (2021) Jul 16, 2021 · English · Thriller, Horror $635.1K worldwide
    Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $635.1K
  5. 5 Out of Death (2021) movie poster
    Out of Death (2021) Jul 16, 2021 · English · Thriller, Crime $95.8K worldwide
    Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95.8K
  6. 6 Terror Trips (2021) movie poster
    Terror Trips (2021) Jul 16, 2021 · English · Thriller, Horror $6.1K worldwide
    Jul 16, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K
Earlier years

How Does Week 29 of 2021 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 29, 2012 earned the most: $1.1B from 2 films, led by The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Week 29, 2021 took $71.4M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 29, 2012 Jul 15–21 2 films 2 $1.1B – The Dark Knight Rises (2012) $1.1B
Week 29, 2013 Jul 14–20 10 films · −54% 10 $513.4M −54% The Conjuring (2013) $320.4M
Week 29, 2014 Jul 13–19 8 films · −76% 8 $125.6M −76% The Purge: Anarchy (2014) $111.9M
Week 29, 2015 Jul 12–18 5 films · +336% 5 $547M +336% Ant-Man (2015) $519.3M
Week 29, 2016 Jul 10–16 4 films · −94% 4 $32.7M −94% The Infiltrator (2016) $21M
Week 29, 2017 Jul 16–22 8 films · +1534% 8 $534.9M +1534% Dunkirk (2017) $533.7M
Week 29, 2018 Jul 15–21 5 films · −64% 5 $190.9M −64% The Equalizer 2 (2018) $190.4M
Week 29, 2019 Jul 14–20 8 films · −100% 8 $932.2K −100% Kadaram Kondan (2019) $417.9K
Week 29, 2020 Jul 12–18 2 films · +4517% 2 $43M +4517% Peninsula (2020) $42.7M
Week 29, 2021 Jul 11–17 6 films · +66% 6 $71.4M +66% Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) $65.8M
FAQ

Thriller Box Office Week 29 of 2021: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 6 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing thriller movie in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17)?

Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021) leads with $65.8M worldwide, $25.3M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Pig (2021) at $3.9M and Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) at $1M.

How much did thriller movies released in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17) earn?

6 thriller films released in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17) report a worldwide gross, $71.4M in all, or $11.9M per film on average. Week 28, 2021 releases took $1.6M.

How many thriller movies released in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions (2021), earned $65.8M.

How much of the Week 29, 2021 Thriller box office came from the US and Canada?

$28.5M of the $71.4M total, or 40%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 4 films of the 6 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 29, 2021 thriller box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 29 of 2021 (Jul 11–17). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 29, 2021 thriller box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.