Language Breakdown for 2021
The table below lists a language breakdown of information about movies released in 2021. The Share is a percentage based on total worldwide box office of the movies using the specified language relative to the combined worldwide box office of all movies in the listed year. Please note that movies that use different languages count for the share of each language, and the language information in our database is incomplete. These factors will typically cause the share percentages in a specific year not to add up to 100%. Click on the language name for a list of all the films using that language. Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.
Note: Since we are still actively researching languages, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.
| Language | Number of Movies | Total Worldwide Box Office | Share | Top-Grossing Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | 1,884 | $12,661,663,936 | 65.111% | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
| Mandarin | 219 | $5,206,379,189 | 26.773% | Chang jin hu |
| Japanese | 87 | $1,466,661,142 | 7.542% | Tang Ren Jie Tan An 3 |
| Cantonese | 19 | $352,359,316 | 1.812% | Nou fo |
| Sign Language | 3 | $298,901,295 | 1.537% | A Quiet Place: Part II |
| Spanish | 227 | $231,149,337 | 1.189% | West Side Story |
| Russian | 129 | $208,773,738 | 1.074% | Posledniy bogatyr 3 |
| Portuguese | 36 | $201,313,404 | 1.035% | The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It |
| French | 166 | $200,260,104 | 1.030% | The French Dispatch |
| Korean | 179 | $142,877,806 | 0.735% | Mogadisyu |
| Italian | 110 | $100,286,538 | 0.516% | Luca |
| German | 110 | $69,137,244 | 0.356% | Doraibu mai kâ |
| Dutch | 33 | $32,031,074 | 0.165% | De slag om de Schelde |
| Czech | 34 | $19,110,806 | 0.098% | Prvok, Šampón, Tečka a Karel |
| Southern Min | 1 | $17,100,000 | 0.088% | Ji Hun |
| Malayalam | 18 | $16,382,178 | 0.084% | Doraibu mai kâ |
| Indonesian | 7 | $15,510,494 | 0.080% | Doraibu mai kâ |
| Tagalog | 6 | $15,351,269 | 0.079% | Doraibu mai kâ |
| Hindi | 36 | $14,855,168 | 0.076% | Master |
| Tamil | 29 | $14,123,994 | 0.073% | Master |
| Finnish | 17 | $13,750,470 | 0.071% | Hytti nro 6 |
| Turkish | 72 | $10,495,371 | 0.054% | Aykut Eniste 2 |
| Norwegian | 9 | $9,680,217 | 0.050% | Verdens verste menneske |
| Thai | 5 | $8,304,028 | 0.043% | Rang Zong |
| Telugu | 54 | $5,928,599 | 0.030% | Seeti Maar |
| Punjabi | 20 | $5,342,732 | 0.027% | Honsla Rakh |
| Arabic | 23 | $4,349,526 | 0.022% | Profile |
| Swedish | 22 | $4,194,879 | 0.022% | I Am Zlatan |
| Icelandic | 2 | $4,071,515 | 0.021% | Lamb |
| Danish | 11 | $4,021,564 | 0.021% | Flee |
| Polish | 23 | $3,578,082 | 0.018% | Dziewczyny Z Dubaju |
| Romanian | 21 | $2,888,424 | 0.015% | Tabăra |
| Greek | 6 | $2,700,639 | 0.014% | Man of God |
| Persian | 10 | $2,645,386 | 0.014% | Metri Shesh Va Nim |
| Slovak | 6 | $2,193,601 | 0.011% | Známi neznámi |
| Dari | 2 | $2,062,173 | 0.011% | Flee |
| Tibetan | 3 | $1,972,824 | 0.010% | One and Four (一个和四个) |
| Lithuanian | 10 | $1,135,341 | 0.006% | Vyras uz pinigus |
| Catalan | 12 | $1,005,539 | 0.005% | Las leyes de la frontera |
| Hebrew | 12 | $674,912 | 0.003% | Love Gets a Room |
| Bosnian | 4 | $602,676 | 0.003% | Quo Vadis, Aida? |
| Vietnamese | 3 | $525,629 | 0.003% | Bo Gia |
| Kannada | 6 | $433,658 | 0.002% | Kurup |
| Basque | 11 | $366,818 | 0.002% | Non Dago Mikel? |
| Yiddish | 2 | $361,268 | 0.002% | Love Gets a Room |
| Flemish | 1 | $176,580 | 0.001% | The Man Who Sold His Skin |
| Hungarian | 11 | $164,151 | 0.001% | Hab |
| Somali | 1 | $130,650 | 0.001% | Guled & Nasra |
| Yakut | 1 | $85,596 | 0.000% | Khara Khaar |
| Albanian | 1 | $82,531 | 0.000% | Hive |
| Welsh | 1 | $81,910 | 0.000% | The Feast |
| Farsi | 1 | $77,699 | 0.000% | Khorshid |
| Bengali | 3 | $72,842 | 0.000% | Red |
| Serbian | 4 | $62,437 | 0.000% | Dara iz Jasenovca |
| Bhojpuri | 1 | $61,298 | 0.000% | Red |
| Marathi | 2 | $61,298 | 0.000% | Red |
| Swahili | 2 | $59,298 | 0.000% | Gogo |
| Estonian | 4 | $54,282 | 0.000% | Dawn of War |
| Croatian | 1 | $52,786 | 0.000% | Dara iz Jasenovca |
| Gaelic | 2 | $50,350 | 0.000% | Arracht |
| Galician | 3 | $41,904 | 0.000% | Tres |
| Georgian | 3 | $34,346 | 0.000% | Ras vkhedavt, rodesac cas vukurebt? |
| Romany | 1 | $25,817 | 0.000% | Întregalde |
| Kurdish | 3 | $20,989 | 0.000% | Sabaya |
| Ukrainian | 6 | $15,834 | 0.000% | Cenzorka |
| Maori | 1 | $14,340 | 0.000% | Rūrangi |
| Urdu | 2 | $11,544 | 0.000% | Khel Khel Mein |
| Filipino | 3 | $8,622 | 0.000% | Mama’s Girl |
| Bulgarian | 2 | $6,459 | 0.000% | Juzni vetar 2: Ubrzanje |
| Pushto | 1 | $6,366 | 0.000% | Shadow Game |
| Swiss German | 2 | $5,827 | 0.000% | Bis wir tot sind oder frei |
| Amharic | 1 | $5,739 | 0.000% | Faya Dayi |
| Harari | 1 | $5,739 | 0.000% | Faya Dayi |
| Oromo | 1 | $5,739 | 0.000% | Faya Dayi |
| Nepali | 1 | $4,120 | 0.000% | I Am Belmaya |
| Pashtu | 1 | $2,774 | 0.000% | When Pomegranates Howl |
| Azerbaijani | 2 | $914 | 0.000% | Sepelenmis Ölümler Arasinda |
| Shona | 1 | $896 | 0.000% | President |
| Creole | 1 | |||
| Dzongkha | 1 | |||
| Hokkien | 1 | |||
| Kashmiri | 1 | |||
| Khmer | 2 | |||
| Lao | 2 | |||
| Latin | 1 | |||
| Maya | 1 | |||
| Sotho | 1 | |||
| Tupi | 1 |