15 Mandarin films of 2021 ranked by box office. #1: The Battle at Lake Changjin ($902.2 million).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Battle at Lake Changjin | Wu Jing | Tsui Hark | $200 million | $902.2 million | 4.51x |
| 2 | Hi, Mom | Jia Ling | Jia Ling | $59 million | $841.7 million | 14.27x |
| 3 | Raging Fire | Nicholas Tse | Benny Chan | $225 million | ||
| 4 | My Country, My Parents | Zhang Ziyi | $210.3 million | |||
| 5 | Chinese Doctors | Zhang Hanyu | Andrew Lau | $197.1 million | ||
| 6 | A Writer's Odyssey | Lu Yang | $159.9 million | |||
| 7 | Embrace Again | Huang Bo | Xue Xiaolu | $147.3 million | ||
| 8 | Be Somebody | Yin Zheng | Liu Xunzimo | $145.7 million | ||
| 9 | My Love | Greg Hsu | Tian Han | $116.7 million | ||
| 10 | Sharpshooter | Zhang Yu | Zhang Yimou | $95 million | ||
| 11 | 1921 | Huang Jianxin | $76.4 million | |||
| 12 | Cloudy Mountain | Li Jun | $58.3 million | |||
| 13 | Anita | Louise Wong | Longmond Leung Lok-Man | $18.5 million | ||
| 14 | Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park | Mark Baldo | $786,528 | |||
| 15 | Ascension | Jessica Kingdon | $17,200 |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.