List of 2024 box office number-one films in New Zealand

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the box office in New Zealand during 2024.

Number-one films

#	Weekend end date	Film	Weekend gross	Top 10 openings
1[1]	7 January 2024	Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	NZ$547,937	Ferrari (#6), Night Swim (#8), The Boys in the Boat (#10)
2[2]	14 January 2024	Wonka	NZ$306,298	The Beekeeper (#2), The Holdovers (#10)
3[3]	21 January 2024	Mean Girls	NZ$318,451
4[4]	28 January 2024	Fighter	NZ$322,129	The Iron Claw (#9)
5	4 February 2024	Argylle	NZ$334,557	Priscilla (#6)
6	11 February 2024		NZ$173,479	Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya (#2), Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (#3), Pegasus 2 (#10)
7	18 February 2024	Bob Marley: One Love	NZ$574,585	Madame Web (#2), Bramayugam (#9)
8	25 February 2024		NZ$427,358	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Hashira Training (#2), The Zone of Interest (#5), Baghead (#6)
9	3 March 2024	Dune: Part Two	NZ$1,684,930	Manjummel Boys (#3)
10	10 March 2024		NZ$1,100,908	The Great Escaper (#2), YOLO (#4), Shaitaan (#5), Imaginary (#6)
11	17 March 2024		NZ$761,946	The Convert (#2), Exhuma (#4), Yodha (#6)
12	24 March 2024		NZ$439,845	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (#2), Wicked Little Letters (#3), Immaculate (#7)
13	31 March 2024	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	NZ$1,254,830	Crew (#5), The Mountain (#6), Aadujeevitham (#7)
14	7 April 2024		NZ$472,412	Kung Fu Panda 4 (#2), Monkey Man (#6), The First Omen (#9), Love Lies Bleeding (#10)
15	14 April 2024	Kung Fu Panda 4	NZ$386,725	Civil War (#3), Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (#6), Aavesham (#9)
16	21 April 2024		NZ$722,582	Challengers (#4), Abigail (#9), Varshangalkku Shesham (#10)
17	28 April 2024	The Fall Guy	NZ$589,879	The Roundup: Punishment (#10)
18	5 May 2024		NZ$330,589	Back to Black (#2), Golda (#7)
19	12 May 2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	NZ$786,415	Shinda Shinda No Papa (#8)
20	19 May 2024		NZ$527,782	IF (#2), The Way, My Way (#5), The Strangers: Chapter One (#8), Joika (#10)
21	26 May 2024	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga	NZ$521,933	Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (#7)
22	2 June 2024	The Garfield Movie	NZ$442,263	Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle (#6), Unsung Hero (#7), Freud's Last Session (#8), Mr. & Mrs. Mahi (#10)
23	9 June 2024	Bad Boys: Ride or Die	NZ$423,702
24	16 June 2024		NZ$327,187	The Watchers (#5)
25	23 June 2024	Despicable Me 4	NZ$1,406,626	The Road to Patagonia (#7)
26	30 June 2024	Inside Out 2	NZ$2,031,479	A Quiet Place: Day One (#3), Ka Whawhai Tonu (#4), Jatt & Juliet 3 (#5), Kalki 2898 AD (#6), The Taste of Things (#8)
27	7 July 2024		NZ$939,524	The Bikeriders (#5)
28	14 July 2024		NZ$1,100,000	Twisters (#4)
29	21 July 2024		NZ$1,050,813	Longlegs (#4), Bad Newz (#7), Horizon: An American Saga Chapter One (#9)
30	28 July 2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	NZ$2,334.416
31	4 August 2024		NZ$1,607,130	Trap (#3), Daaru Na Peenda Hove (#6), The Fabulous Four (#8), Successor (#9)
32	11 August 2024		NZ$894,315	It Ends With Us (#2), Borderlands (#4), Bookworm (#5)
33	18 August 2024	It Ends With Us	NZ$700,824	Alien: Romulus (#3), Stree 2 (#4), Coraline: 15th Anniversary (#8), Khel Khel Mein (#10)
34	25 August 2024		NZ$398,091	We Were Dangerous (#4), Blink Twice (#6), Un/Happy for You (#10)
35	1 September 2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	NZ$283,497	Andre Rieu's 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love (#2), The Forge (#7)
36	8 September 2024	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	NZ$697,147	The Greatest of All Time (#4), Thelma (#6)
37	15 September 2024		NZ$467,737	Ardaas Sarbat De Bhalle Di (#5), Ajayante Randam Moshanam A.R.M (#7)
38	22 September 2024		NZ$270,649	The Substance (#3), KishKindha Kaandam (#8)
39	29 September 2024	The Wild Robot	NZ$268,826	Transformers One (#2), Devara Part 1 (#4), Harold and the Purple Crayon (#7), Megalopolis (#10)
40	6 October 2024		NZ$565,464	Joker: Folie a Deux (#2), Runt (#6)
41	13 October 2024		NZ$501,035	Mittran Da Challeya Truck Ni (#7), Vettaiyan (#8), Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video (#9), The Apprentice (#10)
42	20 October 2024	Smile 2	NZ$202,823	Shichinin no samurai (#7), Bougainvillea (#9)
43	27 October 2024	Venom: The Last Dance	NZ$696,628
44	3 November 2024		NZ$334,435	Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (#2), Singham Again (#3), The Critic (#8), Here (#9), Amaran (#10)
45	10 November 2024	Red One	NZ$302,700	Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration (#9)
46	17 November 2024	Gladiator II	NZ$973,192	Hello, Love, Again (#3)
47	24 November 2024	Wicked	NZ$778,000	Goodrich (#4)
48	1 December 2024	Moana 2	NZ$3,134,582	Heretic (#4), Sookshma Darshini (#6), Her Story (#8), There’s Still Tomorrow (#9)
49	8 December 2024		NZ$1,405,366	Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2 (#3), Andre Rieu’s Christmas Concert: Gold and Silver (#4), The Last Dance (#9), Solo Leveling -ReAwakening (#10)
50	15 December 2024		NZ$780,075	Kraven the Hunter (#3), The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (#5), For King + Country: A Drummer Boy Christmas (#9)
51	22 December 2024	Mufasa: The Lion King	NZ$422,181
52	29 December 2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3	NZ$794,147	Baby John (#7), A Real Pain (#8), Anora (#9)

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2024^[5]

Rank	Title	Distributor[6]	Domestic gross (NZ$)
1	Inside Out 2	Disney	NZ$9,096,008
2	Deadpool & Wolverine	Disney	NZ$8,577,412
3	Moana 2	Disney	NZ$8,223,591
4	Despicable Me 4	Universal	NZ$6,624,400
5	Dune: Part Two	Universal	NZ$6,405,142
6	Wicked	Universal	NZ$5,046,988
7	Kung Fu Panda 4	Universal	NZ$4,249,365
8	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	Universal	NZ$3,972,423
9	It Ends with Us	StudioCanal	NZ$3,472,189
10	Gladiator II	Paramount	NZ$3,050,121

5 highest-grossing New Zealand films of 2024^[5]

Rank	Title	Distributor	Domestic gross
1	Ka Whawhai Tonu	Transmission	NZ$883,997
2	The Mountain	Piki, Madman	NZ$737,618
3	The Convert	Kismet	NZ$573,750
4	We Were Dangerous	Madman	NZ$544,407
5	Bookworm	Rialto	NZ$468,325

Records

5 biggest openings

Rank	Title	Distributor	Opening weekend
1	Moana 2	Disney	NZ$3,134,582
2	Deadpool & Wolverine	Disney	NZ$2,334.416
3	Inside Out 2	Disney	NZ$2,031,479
4	Dune: Part Two	Universal	NZ$1,684,930
5	Despicable Me 4	Universal	NZ$1,406,626

5 best second weekend holds for movies playing in more than 70 theatres

Rank	Title	2nd week hold
1	Wicked Little Letters	-2%
2	Kung Fu Panda 4	-3%
3	Mufasa: The Lion King	-16%
4	The Beekeeper	-20%
5	The Great Escaper	-22%

Worst second weekend hold for movie playing in more than 70 theatres

Rank	Title	2nd week hold
1	Joker: Folie a Deux	-75%

Best per theater opening

Rank	Title	Per theater gross
1	Moana 2	$25,077

References

1. "Weekend New Zealand Chart for January 5, 2024 (NZD)". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
2. "The Numbers - Weekend New Zealand Box Office Chart for January 12, 2024 (NZD)". The Numbers. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
3. "The Numbers - Weekend New Zealand Box Office Chart for January 19, 2024 (NZD)". The Numbers. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. "The Numbers - Weekend New Zealand Box Office Chart for January 26, 2024 (NZD)". The Numbers. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
5. "Movie Theatrical New Zealand Box Office Chart Archive 2024". The Numbers. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
6. "Smartsheet". app.smartsheet.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.

See also

• List of New Zealand films – New Zealand films by year
• 2024 in film

Preceded by 2023

2024

Succeeded by 2025