Domestic Box Office For 1991
Limited releases are those released in fewer than 600 theaters.
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $82,418,501 | 1,331 | $105,317 | 0.1% | 5 | Dec 27 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | Grand Canyon | $33,243,020 | 1,223 | $67,546 | 0.2% | 2 | Dec 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | The Commitments | $14,919,570 | 588 | $271,333 | 1.8% | 8 | Aug 16 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | A Rage in Harlem | $10,438,504 | 545 | $2,458,080 | 23.5% | 540 | May 3 | - | Miramax |
| 5 | Warlock | $9,094,451 | 261 | $780,360 | 8.6% | 173 | Jan 11 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 6 | Black Robe | $8,211,952 | 308 | - | - | - | Oct 4 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 7 | Rush | $7,241,350 | 664 | $36,890 | 0.5% | 8 | Dec 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 8 | My Own Private Idaho | $6,401,336 | 98 | - | - | - | Sep 27 | Mar 12 | Fine Line Features |
| 9 | Rambling Rose | $6,266,621 | 236 | $314,631 | 5% | 26 | Sep 20 | Jan 16 | New Line Cinema |
| 10 | Barton Fink | $6,153,939 | 189 | $268,561 | 4.4% | 11 | Aug 23 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 11 | Europa Europa | $5,575,738 | 34 | $31,433 | 0.6% | 2 | Jun 28 | Jul 16 | Orion Classics |
| 12 | The Object of Beauty | $5,136,759 | 18 | $208,119 | 4.1% | 18 | Apr 12 | Apr 18 | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 13 | La Femme Nikita | $5,017,971 | 118 | $44,047 | 0.9% | 2 | Mar 8 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 14 | The Hitman | $4,654,288 | 551 | $1,290,442 | 27.7% | 551 | Oct 25 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 15 | Hear My Song | $4,313,473 | 214 | $12,965 | 0.3% | 1 | Dec 27 | - | Miramax |
| 16 | Impromptu | $4,076,211 | 166 | $51,176 | 1.3% | 3 | Apr 12 | - | Hemdale |
| 17 | Paris Is Burning | $3,779,620 | 91 | $310,127 | 8.2% | 23 | Aug 9 | - | Miramax |
| 18 | Homicide | $2,971,661 | 257 | $43,650 | 1.5% | 2 | Oct 11 | - | Triumph Releasing Corporation |
| 19 | The Man in the Moon | $2,853,801 | 121 | $109,935 | 3.9% | 24 | Oct 4 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 20 | Straight Out of Brooklyn | $2,712,293 | 75 | $58,918 | 2.2% | 5 | May 22 | Oct 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 21 | Naked Lunch | $2,641,357 | 102 | $64,491 | 2.4% | 5 | Dec 27 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 22 | Showdown in Little Tokyo | $2,275,557 | 140 | $455,192 | 20% | 140 | Aug 23 | - | Warner Bros. |
| 23 | 29th Street | $2,120,564 | 131 | $431,660 | 20.4% | 131 | Nov 1 | - | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 24 | Cadence | $2,070,871 | 31 | $173,601 | 8.4% | 31 | Jan 18 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 25 | The Double Life of Véronique | $1,999,955 | 22 | $8,572 | 0.4% | 1 | Nov 22 | - | Miramax |
| 26 | Ju Dou | $1,986,433 | 39 | $10,300 | 0.5% | 1 | Mar 6 | - | Miramax |
| 27 | Madame Bovary | $1,942,423 | 53 | $236,113 | 12.2% | 52 | Dec 27 | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 28 | Spartacus 1991 Re-release | $1,830,650 | 52 | $92,162 | 5% | 4 | Apr 26 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 29 | Prospero's Books | $1,750,301 | 126 | $34,728 | 2% | 2 | Nov 15 | - | Miramax |
| 30 | Everybody's Fine | $1,745,470 | 48 | $18,367 | 1.1% | 1 | May 31 | Oct 3 | Miramax |
| 31 | High Heels | $1,710,057 | 22 | $74,103 | 4.3% | 13 | Dec 20 | - | Miramax |
| 32 | Truly Madly Deeply | $1,554,742 | 48 | $4,009 | 0.3% | 1 | May 3 | Oct 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 33 | Life Is Sweet | $1,516,414 | 27 | $12,856 | 0.8% | 1 | Oct 25 | Apr 23 | October Films |
| 34 | Company Business | $1,501,785 | 232 | $533,610 | 35.5% | 232 | Sep 6 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 35 | Mister Johnson | $1,464,242 | 43 | $11,051 | 0.8% | 1 | Mar 22 | Jul 25 | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 36 | Book of Love | $1,382,259 | 227 | $596,131 | 43.1% | 227 | Feb 1 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 37 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | $1,345,903 | 25 | $118,162 | 8.8% | 11 | Dec 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 38 | City of Hope | $1,345,015 | 84 | $35,281 | 2.6% | 5 | Oct 11 | Jan 30 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 39 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | $1,318,449 | 28 | $42,992 | 3.3% | 4 | Nov 27 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 40 | The Rapture | $1,277,404 | 46 | $171,603 | 13.4% | 36 | Oct 4 | Jan 16 | Fine Line Features |
| 41 | Kickboxer 2: The Road Back | $1,250,712 | 184 | $444,239 | 35.5% | 184 | Jun 14 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 42 | The Comfort of Strangers | $1,244,381 | 17 | $14,537 | 1.2% | 1 | Mar 15 | Sep 5 | Skouras Pictures |
| 43 | Slacker | $1,228,108 | 16 | $24,307 | 2% | 2 | Jul 5 | Mar 19 | Orion Classics |
| 44 | Cool as Ice | $1,193,062 | 393 | $638,625 | 53.5% | 393 | Oct 18 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 45 | The Unborn | $1,159,578 | 67 | $179,080 | 15.4% | 55 | Mar 29 | Jun 13 | Concorde Pictures |
| 46 | Daddy Nostalgia | $1,108,429 | 29 | $14,252 | 1.3% | 1 | Apr 12 | Jul 25 | Avenue Pictures Productions |
| 47 | Kafka | $1,059,071 | 32 | $40,814 | 3.9% | 2 | Dec 4 | - | Miramax |
| 48 | An Angel at My Table | $1,054,638 | 20 | $12,905 | 1.2% | 2 | May 17 | Oct 10 | Fine Line Features |
| 49 | Whore | $1,008,404 | 52 | $165,534 | 16.4% | 52 | Oct 4 | - | Trimark Pictures |
| 50 | Screenplay: Antonia and Jane | $1,002,078 | 23 | $7,471 | 0.7% | 1 | Oct 11 | - | Miramax |
| 51 | Meeting Venus | $1,000,348 | 32 | $65,715 | 6.6% | 3 | Nov 15 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. |
| 52 | The Taking of Beverly Hills | $939,277 | 541 | $525,936 | 56% | 541 | Oct 11 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 53 | Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | $869,325 | 227 | $381,889 | 43.9% | 227 | Aug 30 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 54 | The Miracle | $835,519 | 41 | $12,076 | 1.4% | 1 | Jul 3 | Oct 10 | Miramax |
| 55 | Until the End of the World | $829,625 | 22 | $38,553 | 4.6% | 4 | Dec 27 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. |
| 56 | Mindwalk | $774,048 | 14 | $7,621 | 1% | 1 | Oct 11 | Sep 10 | Triton Pictures |
| 57 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | $739,104 | 18 | $24,004 | 3.2% | 2 | Feb 8 | Jun 6 | Cinecom Pictures |
| 58 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $717,772 | 10 | $16,553 | 2.3% | 1 | Apr 26 | - | Greycat Films |
| 59 | Queens Logic | $612,781 | 37 | $144,341 | 23.6% | 37 | Feb 1 | - | New Line Cinema |
| 60 | Auntie Danielle | $604,624 | 17 | $20,730 | 3.4% | 2 | May 17 | Aug 22 | Miramax |
| 61 | The Pope Must Diet | $582,510 | 169 | $264,147 | 45.3% | 169 | Aug 30 | - | Miramax |
| 62 | Rhapsody in August | $516,431 | 12 | $26,771 | 5.2% | 7 | Dec 19 | Mar 19 | Orion Classics |
| 63 | Meet the Applegates | $485,772 | 155 | $274,815 | 56.6% | 155 | Feb 1 | - | Triton Pictures |
| 64 | McBain | $456,127 | 166 | $320,000 | 70.2% | 166 | Sep 20 | - | Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment |
| 65 | True Colors | $418,807 | 9 | $59,517 | 14.2% | 6 | Mar 15 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 66 | Dogfight | $394,631 | 24 | $18,736 | 4.7% | 1 | Sep 13 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. |
| 67 | Sweet Talker | $382,510 | 409 | $258,105 | 67.5% | 409 | May 10 | May 23 | New Line Cinema |
| 68 | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | $358,047 | 171 | $277,462 | 77.5% | 171 | Mar 8 | - | Cannon Film Distributors |
| 69 | Iron & Silk | $356,077 | 14 | $15,256 | 4.3% | 1 | Feb 15 | May 9 | Miramax |
| 70 | Two Evil Eyes | $349,618 | 150 | $260,410 | 74.5% | 150 | Oct 25 | Oct 31 | Taurus Entertainment Company |
| 71 | Dark Obsession | $336,811 | 10 | $15,001 | 4.5% | 1 | Jun 7 | - | Circle Films |
| 72 | Talent for the Game | $336,396 | 60 | $62,571 | 18.6% | 60 | Apr 26 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 73 | Pastime | $267,265 | 42 | $54,726 | 20.5% | 42 | Aug 23 | - | Miramax |
| 74 | Journey of Hope | $261,718 | 18 | $12,489 | 4.8% | 2 | Apr 26 | - | Miramax |
| 75 | Closet Land | $259,012 | 153 | $121,635 | 47% | 153 | Mar 6 | - | Universal Pictures |
| 76 | Twenty-One | $256,521 | 24 | $46,183 | 18% | 15 | Oct 4 | Dec 19 | Triton Pictures |
| 77 | The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival | $249,167 | 11 | $49,551 | 19.9% | 11 | Dec 26 | Feb 6 | Expanded Entertainment |
| 78 | Stepping Out | $246,000 | 9 | $94,492 | 38.4% | 7 | Oct 4 | - | Paramount Pictures |
| 79 | Young Soul Rebels | $225,664 | 8 | $2,609 | 1.2% | 1 | Nov 20 | - | Miramax |
| 80 | The Indian Runner | $191,125 | 9 | $34,047 | 17.8% | 4 | Sep 20 | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 81 | The Ballad of the Sad Cafe | $184,890 | 1 | $2,343 | 1.3% | 1 | May 3 | - | Angelika Films |
| 82 | Bright Angel | $158,243 | 7 | $17,410 | 11% | 4 | Jun 14 | - | Hemdale |
| 83 | Men of Respect | $139,155 | 33 | $82,841 | 59.5% | 33 | Jan 18 | Feb 7 | Columbia Pictures |
| 84 | Open Doors | $123,470 | 6 | $15,726 | 12.7% | 2 | Mar 8 | May 23 | Orion Classics |
| 85 | The Inner Circle | $93,292 | 3 | $36,782 | 39.4% | 3 | Dec 27 | - | Columbia Pictures |
| 86 | Let Him Have It | $88,686 | 10 | $5,088 | 5.7% | 1 | Dec 6 | Jan 30 | Fine Line Features |
| 87 | Naked Tango | $81,777 | 2 | $12,283 | 15% | 1 | Aug 23 | Oct 10 | New Line Cinema |
| 88 | Crossing the Line | $59,227 | 2 | $5,248 | 8.9% | 2 | Aug 9 | - | Miramax |
| 89 | Shadow of China | $55,166 | 4 | - | - | - | Mar 10 | Apr 11 | New Line Cinema |
| 90 | Blood Oath | $52,654 | 6 | $14,296 | 27.2% | 4 | Jul 19 | Aug 22 | Skouras Pictures |
| 91 | The Dark Backward | $28,654 | 1 | $7,917 | 27.6% | 1 | Jul 26 | Aug 22 | Greycat Films |
| 92 | Lyrisch nitraat | $26,662 | 1 | $4,710 | 17.7% | 1 | Oct 11 | - | Zeitgeist Films |
| 93 | Opening Night | $23,488 | 1 | $10,491 | 44.7% | 1 | May 17 | - | Castle Hill Productions |
| 94 | The Reflecting Skin | $17,042 | 2 | $5,958 | 35% | 2 | Jun 28 | - | Miramax |
| 95 | Convicts | $13,623 | 1 | $6,347 | 46.6% | 1 | Dec 6 | Dec 19 | Management Company Entertainment Group (MCEG) |
| 96 | Robot Carnival | $10,642 | 2 | $10,642 | 100% | 2 | Mar 15 | - | Streamline Pictures |
| 97 | Paper Mask | $7,991 | 3 | $6,123 | 76.6% | 3 | Nov 27 | Dec 5 | Castle Hill Productions |
| 98 | December | $5,868 | 2 | $4,529 | 77.2% | 2 | Dec 6 | Dec 12 | IRS Media |
| 99 | Scissors | $2,368 | 1 | $2,368 | 100% | 1 | Mar 22 | - | DDM Film Corporation |
| 100 | Cheap Shots | $2,323 | 2 | - | - | - | Nov 15 | - | Hemdale |
