# 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.

## Number-one films

| † | This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. |
| # | Weekend end date | Film | Box office | Notes |
| 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. |
| 2 | January 13, 1991 | Home Alone | $9,813,012 | |
| 3 | January 21, 1991$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Home Alone | $11,069,157 | Home Alone grosses more than $10 million for a record 9th weekend, beating E.T.'s 8 weekends. |
| 4 | January 27, 1991 | Home Alone | $7,268,334 | |
| 5 | February 3, 1991 | Home Alone | $8,215,408 | Home Alone had its 12th consecutive weekend at number one. |
| 6 | February 10, 1991 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $13,777,943 | Sleeping with the Enemy broke Aliens's record ($10.0 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. |
| 7 | February 18, 1991$^{4-dayweekend}$ | 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. |
| 8 | February 24, 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $11,947,765 | |
| 9 | March 3, 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $10,616,383 | |
| 10 | March 10, 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $8,893,306 | |
| 11 | March 17, 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | $7,656,361 | |
| 12 | March 24, 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $20,030,473 | |
| 13 | March 31, 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $13,049,622 | |
| 14 | April 7, 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $7,812,507 | |
| 15 | April 14, 1991 | Out for Justice | $10,524,026 | |
| 16 | April 21, 1991 | Out for Justice | $7,016,331 | |
| 17 | April 28, 1991 | Oscar | $5,091,027 | |
| 18 | May 5, 1991 | Oscar | $4,164,218 | |
| 19 | May 12, 1991 | F/X2 | $5,455,058 | |
| 20 | May 19, 1991 | What About Bob? | $9,216,334 | |
| 21 | May 27, 1991$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Backdraft | $15,723,480 | |
| 22 | June 2, 1991 | Backdraft | $9,118,395 | |
| 23 | June 9, 1991 | City Slickers | $13,032,121 | |
| 24 | June 16, 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $25,625,602 | |
| 25 | June 23, 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $18,289,665 | |
| 26 | June 30, 1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | $20,817,139 | |
| 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. |
| 28 | July 14, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day † | $20,738,340 | |
| 29 | July 21, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day † | $14,895,425 | |
| 30 | July 28, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day † | $11,051,400 | |
| 31 | August 4, 1991 | Hot Shots! | $10,848,182 | |
| 32 | August 11, 1991 | Hot Shots! | $8,010,411 | |
| 33 | August 18, 1991 | Hot Shots! | $6,330,309 | |
| 34 | August 25, 1991 | Hot Shots! | $4,676,467 | |
| 35 | September 2, 1991$^{4-dayweekend}$ | Dead Again | $6,315,869 | Dead Again reached #1 in its second weekend of release. |
| 36 | September 8, 1991 | Dead Again | $4,366,330 | |
| 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. |
| 38 | September 22, 1991 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | $6,626,378 | |
| 39 | September 29, 1991 | The Fisher King | $7,067,908 | The Fisher King reached #1 after second weekend of release. |
| 40 | October 6, 1991 | The Fisher King | $6,103,250 | |
| 41 | October 13, 1991 | The Fisher King | $4,993,580 | |
| 42 | October 20, 1991 | Other People's Money | $5,012,332 | |
| 43 | October 27, 1991 | House Party 2 | $6,027,105 | |
| 44 | November 3, 1991 | The People Under the Stairs | $5,522,250 | |
| 45 | November 10, 1991 | Curly Sue | $4,957,474 | Curly Sue reached #1 in its third weekend of release. |
| 46 | November 17, 1991 | Cape Fear | $10,261,025 | |
| 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. |
| 48 | December 1, 1991 | The Addams Family | $20,133,616 | |
| 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. |
| 50 | December 15, 1991 | Hook | $13,522,535 | |
| 51 | December 22, 1991 | Hook | $9,638,615 | |
| 52 | December 29, 1991 | Hook | $15,218,400 | |

## Highest-grossing films
### Calendar Gross

Highest-grossing films of 1991 by Calendar Gross
| 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

Highest-grossing films of 1991 by In-year release :
| 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 |