We have some great movie news today with a rundown of the biggest films of 2021 so far and that Wonder Woman 1984 is the biggest film of 2021 so far, Official Charts Company data has revealed.
The film tops out the year-to-date chart, which lays out the Top 40 biggest films in the UK across disc and digital sales of the first six months of 2021.
Wonder Woman 1984 has racked up 216,000 sales over the first six months of the year, with 67% of its total made up of physical copies across DVD, Blu-ray and 4k UHD, and the other 33% on digital download. The DC films production starring Gal Gadot spent six consecutive weeks at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart, and 18 weeks in the Top 10.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League lands at Number 2, though it’s closely followed by Godzilla vs. Kong at 3, with just 1,600 sales between the two films which have each spent several weeks each at Number 1 on the Official Film Chart.
Other brand-new releases for 2021 include Roald Dahl’s The Witches (7), Bill & Ted Face The Music (9), Raya & The Last Dragon (15) and The Secret Garden (17).
The biggest film not released this year is Spider-Man: Far From Home, which lands at Number 4, and Tenet is at Number 5. Still one of the UK’s most successful films more than three years post-release, The Greatest Showman comfortably lands a placing in the year-to-date Top 10 at Number 6.
While animated films such as Trolls World Tour (14), Sing (20), Soul (24) and SCOOB! (25) are among the most popular of the last six months, several features where real life and animation collide are also performing well in 2021, with Tom & Jerry: The Movie at Number 13, Sonic The Hedgehog speeding in at 16, Peter Rabbit hopping to Number 27 and Pokemon: Detective Pikachu landing at Number 37.
The UK’s Official Top 10 biggest films of 2021 so far
| Pos | Title |
| 1 | WONDER WOMAN 1984 |
| 2 | ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE |
| 3 | GODZILLA VS KONG |
| 4 | SPIDER-MAN – FAR FROM HOME |
| 5 | TENET |
| 6 | THE GREATEST SHOWMAN |
| 7 | ROALD DAHL’S THE WITCHES |
| 8 | JOKER |
| 9 | BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC |
| 10 | GODZILLA – KING OF THE MONSTERS |
© Official Charts Company 2021
Check out the full Top 40 at www.officialcharts.com/p/33625
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
