Highest-grossing films of 2021

 2021 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. 

Avatar retook the title of highest-grossing film of all time from Avengers: Endgame after a re-release in China increased its worldwide gross past $2.8 billion.

1	Hi, Mom	Lian Ray Pictures	$829,120,000[1]
2	Detective Chinatown 3	Wanda Pictures	$693,400,000[2]
3	Godzilla vs. Kong	Warner Bros. / Toho	$393,675,844[3][4]
4	A Writer's Odyssey	CMC Productions	$159,000,000[2]
5	Endgame	Enlight Pictures	$116,850,000[2]
6	Sister	Beijing New Film Association	$111,820,000[1]
7	Raya and the Last Dragon	Disney	$110,234,069[5][6]
8	Tom & Jerry	Warner Bros.	$105,377,000[7]
9	Boonie Bears: The Wild Life	Huaqiang Fangte Pictures	$90,940,000[8]
10	New Gods: Nezha Reborn	Bona Film	$69,740,000[8]

Box Office Number one Films 2021 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_box_office_number-one_films#2021

Notable deaths of famous actors see below:

January	1	Mark Eden	92	English	Actor	The L-Shaped Room Heavens Above!
	4	Tanya Roberts	65	American	Actress	Sheena A View to a Kill
	4	Barbara Shelley	88	English	Actress	Dracula: Prince of Darkness The Gorgon
	4	Gregory Sierra	83	American	Actor	Papillon The Towering Inferno
	4	Karl-Heinz Vosgerau	93	German	Actor	The Man in Pyjamas The Roaring Fifties
	5	James Greene	89	Northern Irish	Actor	Brothers of the Head Empire of the Sun
	5	John Richardson	86	English	Actor	She One Million Years B.C.
	6	Antonio Sabàto Sr.	77	Italian-American	Actor	One Dollar Too Many Shoot Twice
	7	Michael Apted	79	English	Director	Coal Miner's Daughter Nell
	7	Thomas Gumpert	68	German	Actor	Lotte in Weimar Coming Out
	7	Marion Ramsey	73	American	Actress, Singer	Police Academy Return to Babylon
	8	Steve Carver	75	American	Director	An Eye for an Eye Lone Wolf McQuade
	8	Mike Henry	84	American	Actor	Smokey and the Bandit The Green Berets
	8	Diana Millay	85	American	Actress	Street of Sinners Night of Dark Shadows
	9	John Reilly	86	American	Actor	Deal of the Century Touch and Go
	11	Tord Peterson	94	Swedish	Actor	Grisjakten Echoes from the Dead
	11	Stacy Title	56	American	Director	The Last Supper The Bye Bye Man
	14	Peter Mark Richman	93	American	Actor	The Black Orchid Friendly Persuasion
	15	Dale Baer	70	American	Animator	The Lion King Who Framed Roger Rabbit
	16	Charlotte Cornwell	71	English	Actress	The Saint White Hunter Black Heart
	17	Jacques Bral	72	French	Director, Screenwriter	Street of No Return Black Really Suits You
	18	Jean-Pierre Bacri	69	French	Actor, Screenwriter	Subway Smoking/No Smoking
	18	Perry Botkin Jr.	87	American	Composer	Skyjacked Tarzan, the Ape Man
	18	Juan Carlos Tabío	77	Cuban	Director, Screenwriter	Strawberry and Chocolate 7 Days in Havana
	20	Mira Furlan	65	Croatian	Actress	The Abandoned With Mum
	21	Nathalie Delon	79	French	Actress	Le Samouraï Bluebeard
	21	Rémy Julienne	90	French	Stuntman	The Italian Job Violent City
	23	Walter Bernstein	101	American	Screenwriter, Director	The Front Paris Blues
	23	Tony Ferrer	86	Filipino	Actor	Blind Rage The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
	23	Alberto Grimaldi	95	Italian	Producer	Gangs of New York Last Tango in Paris
	23	Hal Holbrook	95	American	Actor	Into the Wild All the President's Men
	23	Trisha Noble	76	Australian	Actress, Singer	Carry On Camping The Private Eyes
	23	Sumiko Sakamoto	84	Japanese	Actress, Singer	The Ballad of Narayama The Pornographers
	24	Bruce Kirby	95	American	Actor	Crash Stand by Me
	24	Gunnel Lindblom	89	Swedish	Actress	The Virgin Spring The Seventh Seal
	27	Cloris Leachman	94	American	Actress	Young Frankenstein The Last Picture Show
	28	Vasily Lanovoy	87	Russian	Actor	Soldiers of Freedom The Three Musketeers
	28	Cicely Tyson	96	American	Actress	Sounder The Help
	30	Allan Burns	85	American	Screenwriter, Producer	A Little Romance Just the Way You Are
February	1	Jonas Gricius	92	Lithuanian	Cinematographer	Hamlet The Blue Bird
	1	Robert C. Jones	84	American	Film Editor, Screenwriter	Coming Home Bound for Glory
	3	Haya Harareet	89	Israeli	Actress	Ben-Hur The Interns
	5	Isa Bellini	98	Italian	Actress, Singer	Love and Anarchy The Happy Ghost
	5	Christopher Plummer	91	Canadian	Actor	Beginners The Sound of Music
	7	Giuseppe Rotunno	97	Italian	Cinematographer	All That Jazz The Leopard
	7	Moufida Tlatli	73	Tunisian	Director, Film Editor	The Season of Men Sama
	8	Jean-Claude Carrière	89	French	Screenwriter, Actor	Belle de Jour Taking Off
	9	John Hora	80	American	Cinematographer	Gremlins The Howling
	11	Joan Weldon	90	American	Actress, Singer	Them! Day of the Badman
	12	Antonio Giménez-Rico	82	Spanish	Director, Screenwriter	Family Portrait The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo
	12	Christopher Pennock	76	American	Actor	Night of Dark Shadows Frances
	12	Lynn Stalmaster	93	American	Casting Director	Judgment at Nuremberg Superman
	15	Sandro Dori	82	Italian	Actor	Be Sick... It's Free Brancaleone at the Crusades
	15	Lucía Guilmáin	83	Mexican	Actress	Length of War Darker Than Night
	17	Martha Stewart	98	American	Actress, Singer	Are You with It? In a Lonely Place
	18	Andrey Myagkov	82	Russian	Actor	The Brothers Karamazov Vertical Race
	22	Giancarlo Santi	81	Italian	Director	The Grand Duel Quando c'era lui... caro lei!
	24	Alan Robert Murray	66	American	Sound Editor	Letters from Iwo Jima American Sniper
	24	Ronald Pickup	80	English	Actor	The Mission Darkest Hour
	27	Ng Man-tat	70	Hong Kong	Actor	Shaolin Soccer A Moment of Romance
March	1	Enrique San Francisco	65	Spanish	Actor	Navajeros Colegas
	2	Gil Rogers	87	American	Actor	The Children Eddie Macon's Run
	3	Katharina Matz	85	German	Actress	The Man Who Sold Himself The Wonderful Years
	3	Nicola Pagett	75	Egyptian-English	Actress	Anne of the Thousand Days The Viking Queen
	4	Tony Hendra	79	English	Screenwriter	The Missing Link The Great White Hype
	5	David Bailie	83	South African	Actor	Pirates of the Caribbean The Timber
	8	Leon Gast	85	American	Documentarian	When We Were Kings Smash His Camera
	8	Trevor Peacock	89	English	Actor	Hamlet Quartet
	9	Isela Vega	81	Mexican	Actress	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia Barbarosa
	11	Isidore Mankofsky	89	American	Cinematographer	The Muppet Movie Skin Deep
	11	Peter Patzak	76	Austrian	Director, Screenwriter	The Unicorn Tramps
	11	Norman J. Warren	78	English	Director	Satan's Slave Terror
	14	Henry Darrow	87	American	Actor	The Hitcher Runaway Jury
	15	Yaphet Kotto	81	American	Actor	Live and Let Die Alien
	17	Antón García Abril	87	Spanish	Composer	Texas, Adios Pancho Villa
	18	Richard Gilliland	71	American	Actor	Bug Star Kid
	22	Susana Canales	87	Spanish	Actress	Black Sky John Paul Jones
	22	Pierick Houdy	92	French	Composer	License to Kill Vincent and Me
	23	George Segal	87	American	Actor	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Touch of Class
	24	Kunie Tanaka	88	Japanese	Actor	Kwaidan Sanjuro
	24	Jessica Walter	80	American	Actress	Grand Prix Play Misty for Me
	25	Larry McMurtry	84	American	Screenwriter	The Last Picture Show Brokeback Mountain
	25	Bertrand Tavernier	79	French	Director, Screenwriter	Round Midnight Death Watch
April	1	Lee Aaker	77	American	Actor	Jeopardy Hondo
	1	Biff McGuire	94	American	Actor	Serpico The Thomas Crown Affair
	3	Gloria Henry	98	American	Actress	Miss Grant Takes Richmond Rancho Notorious
	4	Zygmunt Malanowicz	83	Polish	Actor	Knife in the Water Landscape After the Battle
	5	Robert Fletcher	98	American	Costume Designer	Star Trek: The Motion Picture Fright Night
	5	Paul Ritter	55	English	Actor	Quantum of Solace The Eagle
	6	Walter Olkewicz	72	American	Actor	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1941
	7	James Hampton	84	American	Actor	Teen Wolf Sling Blade
	8	Richard Rush	91	American	Director, Screenwriter	The Stunt Man Color of Night
	9	DMX	50	American	Actor, Singer	Romeo Must Die Exit Wounds
	11	Giannetto De Rossi	78	Italian	Make-Up Artist	The Beyond Dune
	11	Enzo Sciotti	76	Italian	Poster Artist	The Beyond Demons
	11	Joseph Siravo	66	American	Actor	Carlito's Way The Report
	16	Helen McCrory	52	English	Actress	Harry Potter Hugo
	16	Anthony Powell	85	English	Costume Designer	Travels with My Aunt Death on the Nile
	16	Mari Törőcsik	85	Hungarian	Actress	Music Box Sunshine
	16	Felix Silla	84	Italian-American	Stuntman	Return of the Jedi The Towering Inferno
	20	Monte Hellman	91	American	Director, Screenwriter	The Shooting Ride in the Whirlwind
	21	Thomas Fritsch	77	German	Actor	Legend of a Gunfighter Uncle Tom's Cabin