Sony’s ‘Spider-Man,’ and Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Top 2021’s Box Office Charts

With only a couple of days left of 2021, we thought it was a good time to check out the numbers on the year’s theatrical box office to see which movies fared well despite the ongoing Covid pandemic and competition from streaming services. Not surprisingly, Sony’s mega blockbuster Spider-Man: No Way Home is sitting high and triumphant on top of the charts with a nice $$572,621,855  in the U.S. and a smashing worldwide take of $1,161,332,000 even though it was only released on December 17.  On the animation side, Disney’s Colombian musical extravaganza Encanto danced it way into the hearts of audiences, bringing in $90,642,581 in the U.S. and a total of $194,840,032 worldwide. Universal/Illumination’s Sing 2 is also doing very well both stateside and globally, landing in the number two spot with $$74,900,785 in the U.S. and a worldwide $79,721, 124 cume, even though it only premiered stateside on Dec. 22.

Check out how your other live-action, animated and hybrid movies fared over the past year:

2021’s Top 10 at the Box Office

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home  (Sony)                      $572,621,855
2. Shang-Chi & Legend of the Ten Rings (Disney)   $224,543,292
3. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sony)                   $212,527,511
4. Black Widow (Disney)                                             $183,651,655
5. F9: The First Saga (Universal)                               $173,202,780
6. Eternals (Disney)                                                   $164,509,137
7. No Time to Die (MGM)                                         $160,772,007
8. A Quiet Place Part II (Paramount)                        $160,072,261
9. Free Guy (20^th Century)                                        $121,626,598
10. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony)                              $121,188,000

Top 16 Animated & Hybrid Movies

1. Encanto (Disney)                                                   $90,642,581
2. Sing 2 (Universal)                                                   $74,900,785
3. Space Jam: A New Legacy (Warner Bros.)         $70,528,072
4. Boss Baby: Family Business (Universal)              $57,524,360
5. The Addams Family 2 (United Artists)                 $56,489,153
6. Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)                      $54,723,032
7. Clifford the Big Red Dog                                        $48,947,356
8. Tom and Jerry (Warner Bros.)                              $45,822,87
9. Peter Rabbit: The Runaway (Sony)                       $40,336,536
10. Paw Patrol: The Movie (Paramount)                    $40,127,371
11. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (Funimation)           $47,700,000
12. The Croods: A New Age (Universal)                     $58,568,815
13. Ron’s Gone Wrong (20^th Century)                        $23,009,270
14. Spirit Untamed (Universal)                                   $17,635,215
15. My Hero Academia: World Heroes (Funimation) $9,767,647

Charts courtesy of Boxofficemojo.com, Dec. 31, 2021

Update: Numbers were adjusted on Dec. 31, 2021.