| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Addams Family | - | - | - | $74,079,817 | 2,411 | $113,502,426 | 65.3% | Nov 22, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Cape Fear | - | - | - | $50,944,922 | 1,707 | $79,091,969 | 64.4% | Nov 15, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Beauty and the Beast | - | - | - | $40,356,414 | 1,960 | $145,863,363 | 27.7% | Nov 15, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | The Fisher King | - | - | - | $35,973,743 | 1,551 | $41,895,491 | 85.9% | Sep 20, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 5 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | - | - | - | $31,400,278 | 2,147 | $74,888,996 | 41.9% | Dec 6, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | My Girl | - | - | - | $31,317,723 | 2,089 | $59,489,799 | 52.6% | Nov 27, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Curly Sue | - | - | - | $29,749,938 | 1,634 | $33,691,313 | 88.3% | Oct 25, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Other People's Money | - | - | - | $25,682,090 | 1,249 | $25,682,090 | 100% | Oct 18, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Deceived | - | - | - | $25,220,965 | 1,201 | $28,738,096 | 87.8% | Sep 27, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 10 | Little Man Tate | - | - | - | $25,010,896 | 1,012 | $25,010,896 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Orion Pictures |
| 11 | The People Under the Stairs | - | - | - | $24,204,154 | 1,850 | $24,204,154 | 100% | Nov 1, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Frankie and Johnny | - | - | - | $22,773,535 | 1,150 | $22,773,535 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 13 | Ricochet | - | - | - | $21,756,163 | 1,560 | $21,756,163 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Necessary Roughness | - | - | - | $21,667,238 | 1,695 | $26,255,594 | 82.5% | Sep 27, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | Hook | - | - | - | $20,113,535 | 2,254 | $119,654,823 | 16.8% | Dec 11, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 16 | House Party 2 | - | - | - | $19,438,638 | 1,185 | $19,438,638 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 17 | Paradise | - | - | - | $18,528,415 | 918 | $18,634,643 | 99.4% | Sep 20, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 18 | Billy Bathgate | - | - | - | $15,565,363 | 1,177 | $15,565,363 | 100% | Nov 1, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | Highlander II: The Quickening | - | - | - | $15,556,340 | 1,009 | $15,556,340 | 100% | Nov 1, 1991 | InterStar Releasing |
| 20 | Ernest Scared Stupid | - | - | - | $14,143,280 | 1,787 | $14,143,280 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 21 | All I Want for Christmas | - | - | - | $13,562,898 | 1,507 | $14,812,144 | 91.6% | Nov 8, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 22 | For the Boys | - | - | - | $12,280,238 | 1,308 | $17,860,280 | 68.8% | Nov 22, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 23 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | - | - | - | $12,017,649 | 1,698 | $22,166,041 | 54.2% | Nov 22, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 24 | Shattered | - | - | - | $11,511,031 | 1,288 | $11,511,031 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 25 | The Super | - | - | - | $11,000,863 | 1,581 | $11,000,863 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | The Butcher's Wife | - | - | - | $9,689,816 | 800 | $9,689,816 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | The Last Boy Scout | - | - | - | $9,189,846 | 1,823 | $59,509,925 | 15.4% | Dec 13, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | - | - | - | $9,167,663 | 2,495 | $204,843,345 | 4.5% | Jul 3, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 29 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | - | - | - | $8,981,167 | 1,862 | $34,872,033 | 25.8% | Sep 13, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 30 | Dead Again | - | - | - | $8,335,916 | 940 | $38,016,380 | 21.9% | Aug 23, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | Strictly Business | - | - | - | $7,683,267 | 881 | $7,683,267 | 100% | Nov 8, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 32 | Suburban Commando | - | - | - | $6,948,859 | 987 | $6,948,859 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 33 | My Own Private Idaho | - | - | - | $6,348,841 | 98 | $6,401,336 | 99.2% | Sep 27, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 34 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | - | - | - | $5,326,688 | 2,369 | $165,493,908 | 3.2% | Jun 14, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Rambling Rose | - | - | - | $4,977,236 | 236 | $6,266,621 | 79.4% | Sep 20, 1991 | New Line Cinema |
| 36 | Doc Hollywood | - | - | - | $4,893,598 | 1,694 | $54,830,779 | 8.9% | Aug 2, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 37 | The Hitman | - | - | - | $4,654,288 | 551 | $4,654,288 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 38 | The Commitments | - | - | - | $4,451,409 | 588 | $14,919,570 | 29.8% | Aug 16, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 39 | Shout | - | - | - | $3,547,684 | 983 | $3,547,684 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 40 | The Doctor | - | - | - | $3,447,105 | 958 | $38,120,905 | 9% | Jul 26, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | Late for Dinner | - | - | - | $3,146,814 | 1,013 | $8,906,823 | 35.3% | Sep 20, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 42 | Homicide | - | - | - | $2,971,661 | 257 | $2,971,661 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 43 | Black Robe | - | - | - | $2,936,596 | 308 | $8,211,952 | 35.8% | Oct 4, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 44 | The Man in the Moon | - | - | - | $2,853,801 | 121 | $2,853,801 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 45 | Barton Fink | - | - | - | $2,810,968 | 189 | $6,153,939 | 45.7% | Aug 23, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 46 | 29th Street | - | - | - | $2,120,564 | 131 | $2,120,564 | 100% | Nov 1, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 47 | Livin' Large! | - | - | - | $2,065,790 | 825 | $5,467,959 | 37.8% | Sep 20, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | Prospero's Books | - | - | - | $1,750,301 | 126 | $1,750,301 | 100% | Nov 15, 1991 | Miramax |
| 49 | City of Hope | - | - | - | $1,345,015 | 84 | $1,345,015 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 50 | The Rapture | - | - | - | $1,277,404 | 46 | $1,277,404 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 51 | Cool as Ice | - | - | - | $1,193,062 | 393 | $1,193,062 | 100% | Oct 18, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 52 | Year of the Gun | - | - | - | $1,182,273 | 739 | $1,182,273 | 100% | Nov 1, 1991 | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 53 | Whore | - | - | - | $1,008,404 | 52 | $1,008,404 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Trimark Pictures |
| 54 | The Taking of Beverly Hills | - | - | - | $939,277 | 541 | $939,277 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Columbia Pictures |
| 55 | Dogfight | - | - | - | $365,059 | 24 | $394,631 | 92.5% | Sep 13, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | Two Evil Eyes | - | - | - | $349,618 | 150 | $349,618 | 100% | Oct 25, 1991 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 57 | Twenty-One | - | - | - | $256,521 | 24 | $256,521 | 100% | Oct 4, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 58 | Bugsy | - | - | - | $228,528 | 1,253 | $49,114,016 | 0.5% | Dec 13, 1991 | TriStar Pictures |
| 59 | Meeting Venus | - | - | - | $202,882 | 32 | $1,000,348 | 20.3% | Nov 15, 1991 | Warner Bros. |
| 60 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | - | - | - | $175,304 | 25 | $1,345,903 | 13% | Dec 6, 1991 | Universal Pictures |
| 61 | The Double Life of Véronique | - | - | - | $168,391 | 22 | $1,999,955 | 8.4% | Nov 22, 1991 | Miramax |
| 62 | Stepping Out | - | - | - | $128,351 | 9 | $246,000 | 52.2% | Oct 4, 1991 | Paramount Pictures |
| 63 | The Indian Runner | - | - | - | $116,837 | 9 | $191,125 | 61.1% | Sep 20, 1991 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 64 | The Silence of the Lambs | - | - | - | $80,999 | 1,642 | $130,742,922 | <0.1% | Feb 14, 1991 | Orion Pictures |
| 65 | Kafka | - | - | - | $76,221 | 32 | $1,059,071 | 7.2% | Dec 4, 1991 | Miramax |
| 66 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | - | - | - | $58,380 | 28 | $1,318,449 | 4.4% | Nov 27, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 67 | Lyrisch nitraat | - | - | - | $26,662 | 1 | $26,662 | 100% | Oct 11, 1991 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 68 | Life Is Sweet | - | - | - | $18,312 | 27 | $1,516,414 | 1.2% | Oct 25, 1991 | October Films |
| 69 | Convicts | - | - | - | $13,623 | 1 | $13,623 | 100% | Dec 6, 1991 | Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG) |
| 70 | Mindwalk | - | - | - | $11,235 | 14 | $774,048 | 1.5% | Oct 11, 1991 | Triton Pictures |
| 71 | Antonia and Jane | - | - | - | $10,202 | 23 | $1,002,078 | 1% | Oct 11, 1991 | Miramax |
| 72 | Let Him Have It | - | - | - | $8,899 | 10 | $88,686 | 10% | Dec 6, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 73 | Paper Mask | - | - | - | $7,991 | 3 | $7,991 | 100% | Nov 27, 1991 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 74 | December | - | - | - | $5,868 | 2 | $5,868 | 100% | Dec 6, 1991 | IRS Media |
| 75 | Young Soul Rebels | - | - | - | $4,531 | 8 | $225,664 | 2% | Nov 20, 1991 | Miramax |
| 76 | Cheap Shots | - | - | - | $2,323 | 2 | $2,323 | 100% | Nov 15, 1991 | Hemdale |
| 77 | Rhapsody in August | - | - | - | $1,500 | 12 | $516,431 | 0.3% | Dec 19, 1991 | Orion Classics |
