#1 of 30 2021 · Drama, Romance
$76M worldwide · 59% of the chart's total
West Side Story (2021) is the highest-grossing movie released in week 50 of 2021 (Dec 5–11), with $76M worldwide, ahead of Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021) at $16.5M and The Duke (2021) at $14.2M. 30 films released that week report a worldwide gross, $129.6M in all, 32% of it from the US & Canada. That is 3.8 times the total of Week 49, 2021, whose releases took $34.1M. By genre, Drama leads with $96.5M across 16 releases.
#1 of 30 2021 · Drama, Romance
$76M worldwide · 59% of the chart's total
West Side Story (2021) leads with $76M, 59% of the total. The top 5 together took $118.2M, 91% of what all 30 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Number 5 US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world
Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 50 of 2021 (Dec 5–11).
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $38.5M Rest of the world: $37.5M Worldwide: $76M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.5M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $12.7M Worldwide: $14.2M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.1M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $1.3M Worldwide: $2.3M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $5.6K Rest of the world: $1.5M Worldwide: $1.6M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5M
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $49.3K Rest of the world: $1.3M Worldwide: $1.3M
Dec 7, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $816.6K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $791.9K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $773.2K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $291.6K Rest of the world: $224.3K Worldwide: $515.9K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $2.1K Rest of the world: $504K Worldwide: $506.1K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: $475.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $475.5K
Dec 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $211.6K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $179.9K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $144.2K
Dec 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $121.6K
Dec 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.1K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.5K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K
Dec 7, 2021 US and Canada: $7.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.4K
Dec 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.4K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $955
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $332
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54 Of the top 10, West Side Story (2021) earned the biggest share at home (51% in the US & Canada), while The Hating Game (2021) made 100% of its gross abroad. Across all 30 films, $41.9M (32%) came from the US & Canada. 5 films of the top 10 report no US & Canada figure.
None of the 30 films reached $100M. 27 films, 90% of the list, earned under $10M. Each band shows its films and its share of the $129.6M total.
Week 50 releases took $129.6M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 51 (Dec 12–18) with $2B, led by Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Of these 10 years, Week 50, 2017 earned the most: $2B from 23 films, led by Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). Week 50, 2021 took $129.6M.
| Week | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 50, 2012 Dec 9–15 16 films | 16 | $1.2B | – | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) $1B |
| Week 50, 2013 Dec 8–14 26 films · +22% | 26 | $1.5B | +22% | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) $959.1M |
| Week 50, 2014 Dec 7–13 27 films · −76% | 27 | $352.5M | −76% | Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) $268.2M |
| Week 50, 2015 Dec 6–12 29 films · −12% | 29 | $310M | −12% | The Big Short (2015) $133.4M |
| Week 50, 2016 Dec 4–10 30 films · +147% | 30 | $764.3M | +147% | La La Land (2016) $509.2M |
| Week 50, 2017 Dec 10–16 23 films · +159% | 23 | $2B | +159% | Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) $1.3B |
| Week 50, 2018 Dec 9–15 21 films · −60% | 21 | $782.9M | −60% | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) $393.6M |
| Week 50, 2019 Dec 8–14 38 films · +64% | 38 | $1.3B | +64% | Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) $801.7M |
| Week 50, 2020 Dec 6–12 30 films · −93% | 30 | $94.8M | −93% | The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020) $36.7M |
| Week 50, 2021 Dec 5–11 30 films · +37% | 30 | $129.6M | +37% | West Side Story (2021) $76M |
Drama took $96.5M across 16 films, 74% of the total, ahead of Musical ($83.1M) and Romance ($77.7M). A film counts once for each of its genres. English-language films took $104.5M across 15 films, 81% of the total, ahead of Japanese-language films ($16.5M) and Spanish-language films ($4.5M).
53 weeks of 2021 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 51 (Dec 12–18) with $2B, led by Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 30 films as the chart.
West Side Story (2021) leads with $76M worldwide, $38.5M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Your Turn to Kill: The Movie (2021) at $16.5M and The Duke (2021) at $14.2M.
30 films released in week 50 of 2021 (Dec 5–11) report a worldwide gross, $129.6M in all, or $4.3M per film on average. Week 49, 2021 releases took $34.1M.
None. The biggest, West Side Story (2021), earned $76M.
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 50 of 2021 (Dec 5–11). 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.
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.