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The UK box office came to a grinding halt in January of 2021 as the global pandemic took full grip of the country so there was no chart until the middle of May.

Once cinemas opened it was a slow start Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway coming out on top for the first few weeks, it wasn't until late June when Fast & Furious 9 was released that things started to hot up, then things started to go from strength to strength.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movie of 2021 at the UK box office.

No Time To Die

The much delayed 25th movie in the Bond series finally got released at the very end of September 2021 and after a massive debut weekend where it took nearly £26 Million the movie managed to do what Tenet the previous year couldn't, it got people mack in cinemas.

The movie, which is still on general release got mixed reviews from critics, and has an ending with split Bond fans, but to date the movie has taken £96.4 Million over 12 weeks of release and is the third highest grossing movie of all time in the UK.

Spider Man: No Way Home

The last movie from the MCU universe to be released in a year when Marvel/Disney/Sony had a fantastic return to cinemas, and after all the hype and rumours about what the multiverse would bring the movie took a massive &pond;31.9 Million on its debut in the UK.

The film was released in mid December so it still raking in the cash as your local multiplex, and will most likely overtake No Time To Die with its total gross as well as be only the third movie in history to gross over £100 Million.

A year where cinema had a difficult start and was dominated by movies from China as their cinema industry flourished ended with Bond, Superhero movies (as usual), a Chinese mega hit movie and was seen out by the first $1 Billion movie in almost 2 years.

Here is a breakdown of the top 5 movie of 2021 at the global box office.

Last weekend saw West Side Story at the top of the UK box office, with 2 new release this weekend Spider-Man: No Way Home will have a record breaking weekend and take over at the top.

Here are this weeks new releases

• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• The Lost Daughter

Last weekend saw House of Gucci at the top of the UK box office, with 6 new releases can any of them do enough to top the box office chart this weekend?

Here are this weeks new releases

• West Side Story
• Being the Ricardos
• Back to the Outback
• Clifford the Big Red Dog
• Lamb
• Don't Look Up

West Side Story

• The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg, it is the directors 36th movie.
• Steven Spielberg also directed A.I.: Artificial Intelligence in 2001 which grossed £8 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Ansel Elgort who also starred in The Divergnt Series: Allegiant (2016).
• The film also stars Rachel Zegler who is making a feature film debut.
• UK box office prediction: 1

Being the Ricardos

• The movie is directed by Aaron Sorkin, it is the directors 3rd movie.
• Aaron Sorkin also directed The Trial of the Chicago 7 in 2020.
• It stars Nicole Kidman who also starred in Australia (2008).
• The film also stars Javier Bardem who last appeared in Dune (2021).

Back to the Outback

• The movie is from director Harry Cripps and Clare Knight
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Isla Fisher who also starred in Blithe Spirit (2020).
• The film also stars Tim Minchin who last appeared in Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021).

Clifford the Big Red Dog

• The movie is directed by Walt Becker, it is the directors 6th movie.
• Walt Becker also directed Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip in 2016 which grossed £16.6 Mil. in the UK and grossed $234.8 Mil. globally.
• It stars Darby Camp who also starred in Dreamland (2019).
• The film also stars Jack Whitehall who last appeared in Jungle Cruise (2021).
• UK box office prediction: 2

Lamb

• The movie is from director Valdimar Johannsson
• This movie is a directorial debut.
• It stars Noomi Rapace who also starred in Daisy Diamond (2007).
• The film also stars Hilmir Snaer Gudnason who is making a feature film debut.
• UK box office prediction: 9

Don't Look Up

• The movie is directed by Adam McKay, it is the directors 10th movie.
• Adam McKay also directed Vice in 2018 which grossed £3.2 Mil. in the UK.
• It stars Timothee Chalamet who also starred in Little Women (2019).
• The film also stars Leonardo DiCaprio who last appeared in Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood (2019).

Check back on Monday to see what new movies made it onto the Weekend Box Office Chart.

Next week there is 1 new movie

• Spider-Man: No Way Home - Wednesday, 15th December

Disney's Encanto remains at the top of the global box office this weekend despite a fairly hefty drop over its debut weekend gross.

Highest new entry of the weekend is Schemes In Antiques, a Chinese action movie only released in its native country and yet beats out most of the other movies released worldwide.

Global box office Quickview

• Number 1 - Encanto (2nd weekend)
• Highest debut - Schemes In Antiques (@2)
• Longest run - Dune (10 weeks)
• Highest total gross - Venom: Let There Be Carnage ($483.2 Million)

Global box office top 5 breakdown 3rd - 5th December 2021

Encanto

A second weekend at the top for the Disney animated movie as it takes $33.4 Million from 50 countries, a 41% drop over last weekend.

This puts the movies total gross globally at $116 Million which despite the favourable reviews is low for a Disney movie.

Schemes In Antiques

Making its debut at number 2 this weekend is the Chinese action movie which is only release in it's native China at the moment.

The movie takes a very impressive $25.4 Million on its debut and could follow in the footsteps of Be Somebody and The Battle At Lake Changjin as massive Chinese hits that turn into global blockbusters.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Ghostbusters sequel movie falls to number 3 this weekend with a gross of $23.4 million from 54 countries, a 29% drop over last weekend.

This gives the film a total global gross of $145 Million over 3 weeks of release.

House of Gucci

Director Ridley Scott's true story movie falls to number 4 on its second weekend of release with a $21.5 Million gross from a massive 61 countries, a 20% drop over last weekend, giving the movie a $67 Million total after 2 weeks.

Be Somebody

The Chinese movie falls to number 5 this weekend with $13.3 Million from just 1 country, a 39% drop, giving the film a total global gross of $117 Million after 4 weeks.