| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Fisher King | - | - | - | $26,809,825 | 1,551 | $41,895,491 | 64% | Sep 20, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 2 | Ricochet | - | - | - | $21,756,163 | 1,560 | $21,756,163 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Deceived | - | - | - | $19,832,587 | 1,201 | $28,738,096 | 69% | Sep 27, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Paradise | - | - | - | $18,503,362 | 918 | $18,634,643 | 99.3% | Sep 20, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Necessary Roughness | - | - | - | $18,225,971 | 1,695 | $26,255,594 | 69.4% | Sep 27, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | Frankie and Johnny | - | - | - | $14,942,404 | 1,150 | $22,773,535 | 65.6% | Oct 11, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Other People's Money | - | - | - | $13,586,732 | 1,249 | $25,682,090 | 52.9% | Oct 18, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Shattered | - | - | - | $11,511,031 | 1,288 | $11,511,031 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 9 | The Super | - | - | - | $11,000,863 | 1,581 | $11,000,863 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | Ernest Scared Stupid | - | - | - | $10,926,036 | 1,787 | $14,143,280 | 77.3% | Oct 11, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | House Party 2 | - | - | - | $10,136,540 | 1,185 | $19,438,638 | 52.1% | Oct 25, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 12 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | - | - | - | $8,981,167 | 1,862 | $34,872,033 | 25.8% | Sep 13, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 13 | Curly Sue | - | - | - | $8,613,803 | 1,634 | $33,691,313 | 25.6% | Oct 25, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Little Man Tate | - | - | - | $8,543,675 | 1,012 | $25,010,896 | 34.2% | Oct 11, 1991 | Orion Pictures |
| 15 | Dead Again | - | - | - | $8,335,916 | 940 | $38,016,380 | 21.9% | Aug 23, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 16 | Suburban Commando | - | - | - | $6,948,859 | 987 | $6,948,859 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 17 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $5,326,688 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | 3.2% | Jun 14, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Rambling Rose | - | - | - | $4,977,236 | 236 | $6,266,621 | 79.4% | Sep 20, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 19 | Doc Hollywood | - | - | - | $4,893,598 | 1,694 | $54,830,779 | 8.9% | Aug 2, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $4,673,098 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | 2.3% | Jul 3, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 21 | The Hitman | - | - | - | $4,654,288 | 551 | $4,654,288 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 22 | The Commitments | - | - | - | $4,451,409 | 588 | $14,919,570 | 29.8% | Aug 16, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | The Butcher's Wife | - | - | - | $4,047,001 | 800 | $9,689,816 | 41.8% | Oct 25, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 24 | Shout | - | - | - | $3,547,684 | 983 | $3,547,684 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 25 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $3,447,105 | 958 | $38,120,905 | 9% | Jul 26, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 26 | Late for Dinner | - | - | - | $3,146,814 | 1,013 | $8,906,823 | 35.3% | Sep 20, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 27 | The People Under the Stairs | - | - | - | $2,985,105 | 1,850 | $24,204,154 | 12.3% | Nov 1, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 28 | Homicide | - | - | - | $2,971,661 | 257 | $2,971,661 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 29 | Barton Fink | - | - | - | $2,810,968 | 189 | $6,153,939 | 45.7% | Aug 23, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 30 | Highlander II: The Quickening | - | - | - | $2,660,604 | 1,009 | $15,556,340 | 17.1% | Nov 1, 1991 | InterStar Releasing |
| 31 | Billy Bathgate | - | - | - | $2,322,177 | 1,177 | $15,565,363 | 14.9% | Nov 1, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | Livin' Large! | - | - | - | $2,065,790 | 825 | $5,467,959 | 37.8% | Sep 20, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 33 | The Rapture | - | - | - | $1,277,404 | 46 | $1,277,404 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 34 | Cool as Ice | - | - | - | $1,193,062 | 393 | $1,193,062 | 100% | Oct 18, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 35 | Whore | - | - | - | $1,008,404 | 52 | $1,008,404 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Trimark Pictures |
| 36 | The Taking of Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $939,277 | 541 | $939,277 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 37 | Dogfight | - | - | - | $365,059 | 24 | $394,631 | 92.5% | Sep 13, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | Two Evil Eyes | - | - | - | $349,618 | 150 | $349,618 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 39 | Year of the Gun | - | - | - | $342,480 | 739 | $1,182,273 | 29% | Nov 1, 1991 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 40 | The Man in the Moon | - | - | - | $308,884 | 121 | $2,853,801 | 10.8% | Oct 4, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 41 | 29th Street | - | - | - | $250,626 | 131 | $2,120,564 | 11.8% | Nov 1, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 42 | My Own Private Idaho | - | - | - | $142,887 | 98 | $6,401,336 | 2.2% | Sep 27, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 43 | Stepping Out | - | - | - | $128,351 | 9 | $246,000 | 52.2% | Oct 4, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 44 | City of Hope | - | - | - | $124,495 | 84 | $1,345,015 | 9.3% | Oct 11, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 45 | The Indian Runner | - | - | - | $116,837 | 9 | $191,125 | 61.1% | Sep 20, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 46 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $80,999 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | <0.1% | Feb 14, 1991 | Orion Pictures |
| 47 | Twenty-One | - | - | - | $66,867 | 24 | $256,521 | 26.1% | Oct 4, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 48 | Lyrisch nitraat | - | - | - | $26,662 | 1 | $26,662 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 49 | Life Is Sweet | - | - | - | $18,312 | 27 | $1,516,414 | 1.2% | Oct 25, 1991 | October Films |
| 50 | Mindwalk | - | - | - | $11,235 | 14 | $774,048 | 1.5% | Oct 11, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 51 | Antonia and Jane | - | - | - | $10,202 | 23 | $1,002,078 | 1% | Oct 11, 1991 | Miramax |
