| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | - | - | - | $22,341,020 | 1,862 | $34,872,033 | 64.1% | Sep 13, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 2 | Dead Again | - | - | - | $20,130,298 | 940 | $38,016,380 | 53% | Aug 23, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $13,566,754 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | 6.6% | Jul 3, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 4 | Hot Shots! | - | - | - | $12,325,304 | 1,999 | $69,467,617 | 17.7% | Jul 31, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | Doc Hollywood | - | - | - | $12,215,458 | 1,694 | $54,830,779 | 22.3% | Aug 2, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $10,853,387 | 958 | $38,120,905 | 28.5% | Jul 26, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 7 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $9,497,830 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | 5.7% | Jun 14, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Child's Play 3 | - | - | - | $8,290,465 | 2,130 | $14,960,255 | 55.4% | Aug 30, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 9 | The Commitments | - | - | - | $7,885,299 | 588 | $14,919,570 | 52.9% | Aug 16, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Pure Luck | - | - | - | $6,431,599 | 1,569 | $22,641,969 | 28.4% | Aug 9, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 11 | City Slickers | - | - | - | $6,400,229 | 2,171 | $124,033,791 | 5.2% | Jun 7, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 12 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1991 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,315,929 | 1,825 | $60,830,285 | 10.4% | Jul 12, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | Double Impact | - | - | - | $5,988,150 | 1,747 | $30,102,717 | 19.9% | Aug 9, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 14 | Boyz n the Hood | - | - | - | $5,555,828 | 931 | $57,504,069 | 9.7% | Jul 12, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 15 | Regarding Henry | - | - | - | $5,402,875 | 1,090 | $43,001,500 | 12.6% | Jul 12, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | Late for Dinner | - | - | - | $3,890,430 | 1,013 | $8,906,823 | 43.7% | Sep 20, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 17 | Defenseless | - | - | - | $3,731,276 | 668 | $6,413,375 | 58.2% | Aug 23, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 18 | Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | - | - | - | $3,679,918 | 1,196 | $7,434,726 | 49.5% | Aug 23, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 19 | Barton Fink | - | - | - | $2,273,016 | 189 | $6,153,939 | 36.9% | Aug 23, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 20 | Livin' Large! | - | - | - | $2,246,046 | 825 | $5,467,959 | 41.1% | Sep 20, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 21 | True Identity | - | - | - | $2,146,951 | 824 | $4,693,236 | 45.7% | Aug 23, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 22 | Company Business | - | - | - | $1,501,785 | 232 | $1,501,785 | 100% | Sep 6, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 23 | An Angel at My Table | - | - | - | $1,025,946 | 20 | $1,054,638 | 97.3% | May 17, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 24 | The Miracle | - | - | - | $808,092 | 41 | $835,519 | 96.7% | Jul 3, 1991 | Miramax |
| 25 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | - | - | - | $743,750 | 227 | $869,325 | 85.6% | Aug 30, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 26 | The Pope Must Diet | - | - | - | $490,880 | 169 | $582,510 | 84.3% | Aug 30, 1991 | Miramax |
| 27 | The Fisher King | - | - | - | $430,668 | 1,551 | $41,895,491 | 1% | Sep 20, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 28 | McBain | - | - | - | $390,966 | 166 | $456,127 | 85.7% | Sep 20, 1991 | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment |
| 29 | Rambling Rose | - | - | - | $381,858 | 236 | $6,266,621 | 6.1% | Sep 20, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 30 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $180,596 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | 0.1% | Feb 14, 1991 | Orion Pictures |
| 31 | Paradise | - | - | - | $62,418 | 918 | $18,634,643 | 0.3% | Sep 20, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | Naked Tango | - | - | - | $56,417 | 2 | $81,777 | 69% | Aug 23, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 33 | The Indian Runner | - | - | - | $47,556 | 9 | $191,125 | 24.9% | Sep 20, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 34 | Dogfight | - | - | - | $29,572 | 24 | $394,631 | 7.5% | Sep 13, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
