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List of 1991 box office number-one films in the United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1991.[1]

Number-one films

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† This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[2]
# Weekend end date Film Box office Notes Ref
1 January 6, 1991 Home Alone $12,626,850 Home Alone remained number one in the new year; its 8th consecutive weekend at the top of the charts. Ties E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for most weekends with a gross over $10 million. [3]
2 January 13, 1991 $9,813,012 [4]
3 January 21, 19914-day weekend $11,069,157 Home Alone grosses more than $10 million for a record 9th weekend, beating E.T.'s 8 weekends. [5]
4 January 27, 1991 $7,268,334 [6]
5 February 3, 1991 $8,215,408 Home Alone had its 12th consecutive weekend at number one. [7]
6 February 10, 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy $13,777,943 Sleeping with the Enemy broke Aliens's record ($10.0 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. [8]
7 February 18, 19914-day weekend The Silence of the Lambs $13,766,814 The Silence of the Lambs remained number one for five weeks, the joint most (with Home Alone) in 1991. [9]
8 February 24, 1991 $11,947,765 [10]
9 March 3, 1991 $10,616,383 [11]
10 March 10, 1991 $8,893,306 [12]
11 March 17, 1991 $7,656,361 [13]
12 March 24, 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze $20,030,473 [14]
13 March 31, 1991 $13,049,622 [15]
14 April 7, 1991 $7,812,507 [16]
15 April 14, 1991 Out for Justice $10,524,026 [17]
16 April 21, 1991 $7,016,331 [18]
17 April 28, 1991 Oscar $5,091,027 [19]
18 May 5, 1991 $4,164,218 [20]
19 May 12, 1991 F/X2 $5,455,058 [21]
20 May 19, 1991 What About Bob? $9,216,334 [22]
21 May 27, 19914-day weekend Backdraft $15,723,480 [23]
22 June 2, 1991 $9,118,395 [24]
23 June 9, 1991 City Slickers $13,032,121 [25]
24 June 16, 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $25,625,602 [26]
25 June 23, 1991 $18,289,665 [27]
26 June 30, 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear $20,817,139 [28]
27 July 7, 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day † $31,765,506 Terminator 2: Judgment Day broke Beverly Hills Cop II's record ($26.3 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film and Coming to America's record ($21.4 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. It had the highest weekend debut of 1991. [29]
28 July 14, 1991 $20,738,340 [30]
29 July 21, 1991 $14,895,425 [31]
30 July 28, 1991 $11,051,400 [32]
31 August 4, 1991 Hot Shots! $10,848,182 [33]
32 August 11, 1991 $8,010,411 [34]
33 August 18, 1991 $6,330,309 [35]
34 August 25, 1991 $4,676,467 [36]
35 September 2, 19914-day weekend Dead Again $6,315,869 Dead Again reached #1 in its second weekend of release. [37]
36 September 8, 1991 $4,366,330 [38]
37 September 15, 1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare $12,966,525 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare broke A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master's record ($12.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film and Sea of Love's record ($10 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. [39][40]
38 September 22, 1991 $6,626,378 [41]
39 September 29, 1991 The Fisher King $7,067,908 The Fisher King reached #1 after second weekend of release. [42]
40 October 6, 1991 $6,103,250 [43]
41 October 13, 1991 $4,993,580 [44]
42 October 20, 1991 Other People's Money $5,012,332 [45]
43 October 27, 1991 House Party 2 $6,027,105 [46]
44 November 3, 1991 The People Under the Stairs $5,522,250 [47]
45 November 10, 1991 Curly Sue $4,957,474 Curly Sue reached #1 in its third weekend of release. [48]
46 November 17, 1991 Cape Fear $10,261,025 [49]
47 November 24, 1991 The Addams Family $24,203,754 In third place, Beauty and the Beast's opening ($9.6 million) broke The Land Before Time's record ($7.5 million) record for the highest weekend debut for an animated film after one weekend of limited release and The Little Mermaid's record ($6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. [50]
48 December 1, 1991 $20,133,616 [51]
49 December 8, 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country $18,162,837 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country broke Beverly Hills Cop's record ($15.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier's record ($17.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. [52]
50 December 15, 1991 Hook $13,522,535 [53]
51 December 22, 1991 $9,638,615 [54]
52 December 29, 1991 $15,218,400 [55]

Highest-grossing films

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Calendar Gross

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Highest-grossing films of 1991 by Calendar Gross[2]

Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar Pictures Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong and Joe Morton James Cameron $204,843,345
2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. Pictures Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Kevin Reynolds $164,318,602
3. Home Alone 20th Century Fox Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara Chris Columbus $138,590,380
4. The Silence of the Lambs Orion Pictures Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn and Ted Levine Jonathan Demme $129,601,403
5. City Slickers Columbia Pictures Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater and Jack Palance Ron Underwood $124,033,791
6. Dances with Wolves Orion Pictures Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney Grant Kevin Costner $121,634,934
7. Sleeping with the Enemy 20th Century Fox Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson Joseph Ruben $94,119,451
8. The Addams Family Paramount Pictures Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Judith Malina, Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman Barry Sonnenfeld $90,628,410
9. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Paramount Pictures Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson and Robert Goulet David Zucker $86,930,411
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze New Line Cinema Paige Turco, David Warner, Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Adam Carl and Laurie Faso Michael Pressman $78,656,813

In-Year Release

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Highest-grossing films of 1991 by In-year release[56]
Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross
1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar $204,843,345
2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. $165,493,908
3. Beauty and the Beast Disney $145,863,363
4. The Silence of the Lambs Orion $130,742,922
5. City Slickers Columbia $135,265,915
6. Hook TriStar $119,654,823
7. The Addams Family Paramount $113,502,426
8. Sleeping with the Enemy 20th Century Fox $101,599,005
9. Father of the Bride Disney $89,325,780
10. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Paramount $86,930,411


Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1991
G Beauty and the Beast
PG Hook
PG-13 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
R Terminator 2: Judgment Day

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Domestic Box Office For 1991". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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  4. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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  9. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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  23. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
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  33. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 31". Box Office Mojo.
  34. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo.
  35. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 33". Box Office Mojo.
  36. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
  37. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  38. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 36". Box Office Mojo.
  39. ^ McBride, Joseph (September 17, 1991). "Top 10 Gets Rise Out Of Freddy". Daily Variety. p. 1.
  40. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 37". Box Office Mojo.
  41. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 38". Box Office Mojo.
  42. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
  43. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo.
  44. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  45. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 42". Box Office Mojo.
  46. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 43". Box Office Mojo.
  47. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 44". Box Office Mojo.
  48. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 45". Box Office Mojo.
  49. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
  50. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 47". Box Office Mojo.
  51. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
  52. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
  53. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
  54. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo.
  55. ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 52". Box Office Mojo.
  56. ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1991 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.

Chronology

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Preceded by 1991 Succeeded by