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
edit# | 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. | [2] |
2 | January 13, 1991 | $9,813,012 | [3] | ||
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. | [4] | |
4 | January 27, 1991 | $7,268,334 | [5] | ||
5 | February 3, 1991 | $8,215,408 | Home Alone had its 12th consecutive weekend at number one. | [6] | |
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] |
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. | [8] |
8 | February 24, 1991 | $11,947,765 | [9] | ||
9 | March 3, 1991 | $10,616,383 | [10] | ||
10 | March 10, 1991 | $8,893,306 | [11] | ||
11 | March 17, 1991 | $7,656,361 | [12] | ||
12 | March 24, 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $20,030,473 | [13] | |
13 | March 31, 1991 | $13,049,622 | [14] | ||
14 | April 7, 1991 | $7,812,507 | [15] | ||
15 | April 14, 1991 | Out for Justice | $10,524,026 | [16] | |
16 | April 21, 1991 | $7,016,331 | [17] | ||
17 | April 28, 1991 | Oscar | $5,091,027 | [18] | |
18 | May 5, 1991 | $4,164,218 | [19] | ||
19 | May 12, 1991 | F/X2 | $5,455,058 | [20] | |
20 | May 19, 1991 | What About Bob? | $9,216,334 | [21] | |
21 | May 27, 19914-day weekend | Backdraft | $15,723,480 | [22] | |
22 | June 2, 1991 | $9,118,395 | [23] | ||
23 | June 9, 1991 | City Slickers | $13,032,121 | [24] | |
24 | June 16, 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $25,625,602 | [25] | |
25 | June 23, 1991 | $18,289,665 | [26] | ||
26 | June 30, 1991 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | $20,817,139 | [27] | |
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] |
28 | July 14, 1991 | $20,738,340 | [29] | ||
29 | July 21, 1991 | $14,895,425 | [30] | ||
30 | July 28, 1991 | $11,051,400 | [31] | ||
31 | August 4, 1991 | Hot Shots! | $10,848,182 | [32] | |
32 | August 11, 1991 | $8,010,411 | [33] | ||
33 | August 18, 1991 | $6,330,309 | [34] | ||
34 | August 25, 1991 | $4,676,467 | [35] | ||
35 | September 2, 19914-day weekend | Dead Again | $6,315,869 | Dead Again reached #1 in its second weekend of release. | [36] |
36 | September 8, 1991 | $4,366,330 | [37] | ||
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][39] |
38 | September 22, 1991 | $6,626,378 | [40] | ||
39 | September 29, 1991 | The Fisher King | $7,067,908 | The Fisher King reached #1 after second weekend of release. | [41] |
40 | October 6, 1991 | $6,103,250 | [42] | ||
41 | October 13, 1991 | $4,993,580 | [43] | ||
42 | October 20, 1991 | Other People's Money | $5,012,332 | [44] | |
43 | October 27, 1991 | House Party 2 | $6,027,105 | [45] | |
44 | November 3, 1991 | The People Under the Stairs | $5,522,250 | [46] | |
45 | November 10, 1991 | Curly Sue | $4,957,474 | Curly Sue reached #1 in its third weekend of release. | [47] |
46 | November 17, 1991 | Cape Fear | $10,261,025 | [48] | |
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. | [49] |
48 | December 1, 1991 | $20,133,616 | [50] | ||
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. | [51] |
50 | December 15, 1991 | Hook | $13,522,535 | [52] | |
51 | December 22, 1991 | $9,638,615 | [53] | ||
52 | December 29, 1991 | $15,218,400 | [54] |
Highest-grossing films
editCalendar Gross
editHighest-grossing films of 1991 by Calendar Gross[55]
In-Year Release
editRank | 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 |
G | Beauty and the Beast |
PG | Hook |
PG-13 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
R | Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
See also
edit- List of American films — American films by year
- Lists of box office number-one films
References
edit- ^ "Domestic Box Office Weekends For 1991". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 1". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 2". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 3 (Martin Luther King Jr. weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 4". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 5". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 7 (Presidents' Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 8". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 9". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 10". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 11". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 12". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 14". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 15". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 16". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 17". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 18". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 19". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 20". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 21 (Memorial Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 22". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 23". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 24". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 25". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 26". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 27". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 28". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 29". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 30". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 31". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 32". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 33". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 34". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 35 (Labor Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 36". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ McBride, Joseph (September 17, 1991). "Top 10 Gets Rise Out Of Freddy". Daily Variety. p. 1.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 37". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 38". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 41 (Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 42". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 43". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 44". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 45". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 46". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 47". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 48 (Thanksgiving 3-Day weekend)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 49 (Post-Thanksgiving)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 50". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 51". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic 1991 Weekend 52". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1991". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ "Domestic Box Office For 1991 (In-year release)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
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