Domestic Box Office For 1991

RankRelease GrossMax ThOpening% of Total Open ThOpenCloseDistributor
1Terminator 2: Judgment Day$204,843,3452,495$31,765,50615.5%2,274Jul 3-TriStar Pictures
2Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves$165,493,9082,369$25,625,60215.5%2,369Jun 14-Warner Bros.
3Beauty and the Beast$145,863,3631,960$162,1460.1%2Nov 15-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
4The Silence of the Lambs$130,742,9221,642$13,766,81410.5%1,497Feb 14Oct 10Orion Pictures
5City Slickers$124,033,7912,171$13,032,12110.5%1,992Jun 7-Columbia Pictures
6Hook$119,654,8232,254$13,522,53511.3%2,197Dec 11-TriStar Pictures
7The Addams Family$113,502,4262,411$24,203,75421.3%2,411Nov 22-Paramount Pictures
8Sleeping with the Enemy$101,599,0051,545$13,777,94313.6%1,406Feb 8-Twentieth Century Fox
9Father of the Bride$89,325,7801,712$7,031,1467.9%1,561Dec 20-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
10The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear$86,930,4112,378$20,817,13923.9%2,378Jun 28-Paramount Pictures
11Fried Green Tomatoes$82,418,5011,331$105,3170.1%5Dec 27-Universal Pictures
12Cape Fear$79,091,9691,707$10,261,02513%924Nov 15-Universal Pictures
13Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze$78,656,8132,868$20,030,47325.5%2,868Mar 22-New Line Cinema
14Backdraft$77,868,5851,983$12,686,20016.3%1,852May 24-Universal Pictures
15Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country$74,888,9962,147$18,162,83724.3%1,804Dec 6-Paramount Pictures
16The Prince of Tides$74,787,5991,546$10,035,41213.4%1,405Dec 27-Columbia Pictures
17JFK$70,405,4981,395$5,223,6587.4%1,164Dec 20Jun 4Warner Bros.
18Hot Shots!$69,467,6171,999$10,848,18215.6%1,929Jul 31-Twentieth Century Fox
19What About Bob?$63,707,8291,805$9,216,33414.5%1,463May 17-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
20One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1991 Re-release
$60,830,2851,825$10,279,04416.9%1,777Jul 12-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
21The Last Boy Scout$59,509,9251,823$7,923,66913.3%1,823Dec 13-Warner Bros.
22My Girl$59,489,7992,089$12,391,78320.8%2,080Nov 27-Columbia Pictures
23Boyz n the Hood$57,504,069931$10,023,46217.4%829Jul 12-Columbia Pictures
24Doc Hollywood$54,830,7791,694$7,251,85413.2%1,575Aug 2-Warner Bros.
25Bugsy$49,114,0161,253$140,3580.3%4Dec 13-TriStar Pictures
26New Jack City$47,624,353905$7,039,62214.8%862Mar 8-Warner Bros.
27The Rocketeer$46,704,0561,903$9,600,75420.6%1,616Jun 21-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
28Thelma & Louise$45,360,9151,180$6,101,29713.5%1,179May 24-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
29Point Break$43,218,3871,625$8,514,61619.7%1,615Jul 12-Twentieth Century Fox
30Regarding Henry$43,001,5001,090$6,146,78214.3%800Jul 12-Paramount Pictures
31The Fisher King$41,895,4911,551$311,6620.7%10Sep 20-TriStar Pictures
32Out for Justice$39,673,1612,010$10,524,02626.5%2,010Apr 12-Warner Bros.
33The Doctor$38,120,905958$165,3920.4%6Jul 26-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
34Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey$38,037,5131,649$10,241,26826.9%1,620Jul 19-Orion Pictures
35Dead Again$38,016,380940$3,479,3959.2%450Aug 23-Paramount Pictures
36Soapdish$36,489,8881,275$6,736,38018.5%1,275May 31-Paramount Pictures
37Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare$34,872,0331,862$12,966,52537.2%1,862Sep 13-New Line Cinema
38White Fang$34,793,1601,259$5,640,71216.2%1,108Jan 18-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
39The Doors$34,416,8931,236$9,151,80026.6%840Mar 1-TriStar Pictures
40King Ralph$34,002,0451,646$8,327,55024.5%1,617Feb 15-Universal Pictures
41Curly Sue$33,691,3131,634$4,974,95814.8%1,634Oct 25-Warner Bros.
42Dying Young$33,669,1781,552$9,725,88528.9%1,552Jun 21-Twentieth Century Fox
43Grand Canyon$33,243,0201,223$67,5460.2%2Dec 27-Twentieth Century Fox
44Jungle Fever$32,482,682844$5,332,86016.4%636Jun 7-Universal Pictures
45Double Impact$30,102,7171,747$7,574,70325.2%1,735Aug 9-Columbia Pictures
46L.A. Story$28,862,0811,122$6,616,91522.9%1,091Feb 8-TriStar Pictures
47Deceived$28,738,0961,201$4,316,71915%969Sep 27-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
48Necessary Roughness$26,255,5941,695$6,513,13024.8%1,695Sep 27-Paramount Pictures
49The Hard Way$25,895,4851,629$6,301,47024.3%1,622Mar 8-Universal Pictures
50Other People's Money$25,682,0901,249$5,012,33219.5%1,246Oct 18-Warner Bros.
51Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead$25,196,2491,817$4,233,41516.8%1,802Jun 7-Warner Bros.
52Problem Child 2$25,104,7001,500$5,372,88021.4%1,464Jul 5-Universal Pictures
53Little Man Tate$25,010,8961,012$230,1060.9%7Oct 11-Orion Pictures
54Class Action$24,277,8581,132$4,207,92317.3%778Mar 15-Twentieth Century Fox
55The People Under the Stairs$24,204,1541,850$5,522,25022.8%1,850Nov 1-Universal Pictures
56Lionheart$24,078,1961,485$7,094,55229.5%1,462Jan 11-Universal Pictures
57Oscar$23,562,7161,391$5,091,02721.6%1,388Apr 26-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
58Frankie and Johnny$22,773,5351,150$4,768,17720.9%1,150Oct 11-Paramount Pictures
59Pure Luck$22,641,9691,569$5,010,81022.1%1,561Aug 9-Universal Pictures
60An American Tail: Fievel Goes West$22,166,0411,698$3,435,62515.5%1,680Nov 22-Universal Pictures
61Only the Lonely$21,830,9571,553$5,997,99327.5%1,521May 24-Twentieth Century Fox
62Ricochet$21,756,1631,560$4,831,18122.2%1,560Oct 4-Warner Bros.
63F/X2$21,082,1651,502$5,455,05825.9%1,499May 10-Orion Pictures
64Mobsters$20,246,7901,449$6,030,58529.8%1,441Jul 26-Universal Pictures
65House Party 2$19,438,6381,185$6,027,10531%1,165Oct 25-New Line Cinema
66Mortal Thoughts$18,784,9571,196$6,068,52432.3%963Apr 19-Columbia Pictures
67Paradise$18,634,643918$38,7780.2%2Sep 20-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
68For the Boys$17,860,2801,308$71,3480.4%2Nov 22-Twentieth Century Fox
69The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter$17,373,5271,208$4,912,12428.3%1,188Feb 8-Warner Bros.
70Hudson Hawk$17,218,0802,072$7,082,82041.1%2,071May 24-TriStar Pictures
71Defending Your Life$16,371,128715$92,6220.6%3Mar 22-Warner Bros.
72Billy Bathgate$15,565,3631,177$4,051,59026%912Nov 1-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
73Highlander II: The Quickening$15,556,3401,009$5,280,49033.9%960Nov 1--
74Switch$15,545,9431,013$3,770,99124.3%1,013May 10-Warner Bros.
75A Kiss Before Dying$15,429,1771,546$4,348,16528.2%1,523Apr 26-Universal Pictures
76Shipwrecked$15,104,1561,393$3,871,76625.6%1,386Mar 1-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
77Toy Soldiers$15,073,9421,358$4,182,30027.7%1,350Apr 26-TriStar Pictures
78Madonna: Truth or Dare$15,012,935652$543,2503.6%51May 10-Miramax
79Child's Play 3$14,960,2552,130$5,718,94038.2%2,126Aug 30-Universal Pictures
80The Commitments$14,919,570588$271,3331.8%8Aug 16-Twentieth Century Fox
81Once Around$14,851,083735$309,5712.1%16Jan 18-Universal Pictures
82All I Want for Christmas$14,812,1441,507$3,645,72024.6%1,507Nov 8-Paramount Pictures
83Not Without My Daughter$14,789,1131,141$3,804,05525.7%1,137Jan 11-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
84Flight of the Intruder$14,587,7321,489$5,725,13339.2%1,489Jan 18-Paramount Pictures
85Ernest Scared Stupid$14,143,2801,787$4,453,13231.5%1,782Oct 11-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
86The Perfect Weapon$14,061,3611,229$3,934,57228%1,229Mar 15-Paramount Pictures
87Drop Dead Fred$13,878,334933$3,625,64826.1%851May 24-New Line Cinema
88The Marrying Man$12,454,7681,343$4,030,74932.4%1,340Apr 5-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
89Shattered$11,511,0311,288$3,457,10530%1,286Oct 11-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
90Career Opportunities$11,336,9861,440$4,024,80035.5%1,440Mar 29-Universal Pictures
91One Good Cop$11,276,8461,454$3,360,27729.8%1,353May 3-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
92V.I. Warshawski$11,128,3091,133$3,603,33832.4%1,133Jul 26-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
93The Super$11,000,8631,581$3,656,39033.2%1,578Oct 4-Twentieth Century Fox
94A Rage in Harlem$10,438,504545$2,458,08023.5%540May 3-Miramax
95He Said, She Said$9,804,775908$2,857,16429.1%908Feb 22-Paramount Pictures
96The Butcher's Wife$9,689,816800$2,442,22925.2%800Oct 25-Paramount Pictures
97Scenes from a Mall$9,563,3931,039$3,825,06840%1,039Feb 22-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
98Guilty by Suspicion$9,480,198817$2,278,29024%817Mar 15-Warner Bros.
99Body Parts$9,188,1501,315$3,032,25833%1,315Aug 2-Paramount Pictures
100Stone Cold$9,151,8871,729$2,811,15430.7%1,729May 17-Columbia Pictures
101Warlock$9,094,451261$780,3608.6%173Jan 11-Trimark Pictures
102Late for Dinner$8,906,8231,013$3,607,54540.5%1,013Sep 20-Columbia Pictures
103The Five Heartbeats$8,750,400862$1,630,68918.6%862Mar 29-Twentieth Century Fox
104Bingo$8,667,684933$2,141,36024.7%923Aug 9-TriStar Pictures
105Nothing But Trouble$8,479,7931,671$3,966,24046.8%1,671Feb 15-Warner Bros.
106Black Robe$8,211,952308---Oct 4-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
107If Looks Could Kill$7,788,597838$2,246,81928.8%838Mar 15-Warner Bros.
108Strictly Business$7,683,267881$2,456,77232%881Nov 8-Warner Bros.
109Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man$7,434,7261,196$2,200,54929.6%1,196Aug 23-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
110Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken$7,294,8351,662$2,710,41637.2%1,662May 24-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
111Rush$7,241,350664$36,8900.5%8Dec 20-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
112Suburban Commando$6,948,859987$1,947,74428%899Oct 4-New Line Cinema
113Defenseless$6,413,375668$1,590,43924.8%666Aug 23-New Line Cinema
114My Own Private Idaho$6,401,33698---Sep 27Mar 12Fine Line Features
115Rambling Rose$6,266,621236$314,6315%26Sep 20Jan 16New Line Cinema
116Mystery Date$6,166,8191,371$1,952,56931.7%1,371Aug 16-Orion Pictures
117Barton Fink$6,153,939189$268,5614.4%11Aug 23-Twentieth Century Fox
118Europa Europa$5,575,73834$31,4330.6%2Jun 28Jul 16Orion Classics
119Delirious$5,546,8271,142$1,803,05932.5%1,142Aug 9-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
120Livin' Large!$5,467,959825$2,129,25738.9%825Sep 20-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
121Eve of Destruction$5,451,119987$2,163,02439.7%985Jan 18-Orion Pictures
122The Object of Beauty$5,136,75918$208,1194.1%18Apr 12Apr 18Avenue Pictures Productions
123La Femme Nikita$5,017,971118$44,0470.9%2Mar 8-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
124True Identity$4,693,236824$1,541,58132.8%824Aug 23-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
125The Hitman$4,654,288551$1,290,44227.7%551Oct 25-Cannon Film Distributors
126Dutch$4,603,9291,232$1,867,20140.6%1,232Jul 19-Twentieth Century Fox
127Run$4,409,3281,175$2,222,05650.4%1,173Feb 1-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
128Hear My Song$4,313,473214$12,9650.3%1Dec 27-Miramax
129Popcorn$4,205,0001,055$2,563,36561%1,055Feb 1--
130Life Stinks$4,102,526865$1,920,21546.8%865Jul 26-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
131Impromptu$4,076,211166$51,1761.3%3Apr 12-Hemdale
132Paris Is Burning$3,779,62091$310,1278.2%23Aug 9-Miramax
133Mannequin: On the Move$3,752,4281,540$1,692,81745.1%1,540May 17-Twentieth Century Fox
134My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys$3,603,615850$1,361,70037.8%850Mar 1-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
135Shout$3,547,684983$1,611,72545.4%968Oct 4-Universal Pictures
136Homicide$2,971,661257$43,6501.5%2Oct 11-Triumph Releasing Corporation
137Another You$2,865,9161,287$1,537,96553.7%1,287Jul 26-TriStar Pictures
138The Man in the Moon$2,853,801121$109,9353.9%24Oct 4-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
139Return to the Blue Lagoon$2,807,8541,246$1,277,42845.5%1,246Aug 2-Columbia Pictures
140Straight Out of Brooklyn$2,712,29375$58,9182.2%5May 22Oct 17The Samuel Goldwyn Company
141Naked Lunch$2,641,357102$64,4912.4%5Dec 27-Twentieth Century Fox
142Showdown in Little Tokyo$2,275,557140$455,19220%140Aug 23-Warner Bros.
14329th Street$2,120,564131$431,66020.4%131Nov 1-Twentieth Century Fox
144Cadence$2,070,87131$173,6018.4%31Jan 18-New Line Cinema
145The Double Life of Véronique$1,999,95522$8,5720.4%1Nov 22-Miramax
146Ju Dou$1,986,43339$10,3000.5%1Mar 6-Miramax
147Madame Bovary$1,942,42353$236,11312.2%52Dec 27-The Samuel Goldwyn Company
148Spartacus
1991 Re-release
$1,830,65052$92,1625%4Apr 26-Universal Pictures
149Prospero's Books$1,750,301126$34,7282%2Nov 15-Miramax
150Everybody's Fine$1,745,47048$18,3671.1%1May 31Oct 3Miramax
151My Father's Glory$1,730,856----Jun 14Mar 19Orion Classics
152High Heels$1,710,05722$74,1034.3%13Dec 20-Miramax
153Citizen Kane
1991 Re-release
$1,585,634----May 1-Paramount Pictures
154Truly Madly Deeply$1,554,74248$4,0090.3%1May 3Oct 10The Samuel Goldwyn Company
155Life Is Sweet$1,516,41427$12,8560.8%1Oct 25Apr 23October Films
156Company Business$1,501,785232$533,61035.5%232Sep 6-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
157My Mother's Castle$1,477,071----Jul 26-Orion Classics
158Mister Johnson$1,464,24243$11,0510.8%1Mar 22Jul 25Avenue Pictures Productions
159Book of Love$1,382,259227$596,13143.1%227Feb 1-New Line Cinema
160At Play in the Fields of the Lord$1,345,90325$118,1628.8%11Dec 6-Universal Pictures
161City of Hope$1,345,01584$35,2812.6%5Oct 11Jan 30The Samuel Goldwyn Company
162Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse$1,318,44928$42,9923.3%4Nov 27-Triton Pictures
163The Rapture$1,277,40446$171,60313.4%36Oct 4Jan 16Fine Line Features
164Kickboxer 2: The Road Back$1,250,712184$444,23935.5%184Jun 14-Trimark Pictures
165The Comfort of Strangers$1,244,38117$14,5371.2%1Mar 15Sep 5Skouras Pictures
166Slacker$1,228,10816$24,3072%2Jul 5Mar 19Orion Classics
167Cool as Ice$1,193,062393$638,62553.5%393Oct 18-Universal Pictures
168Year of the Gun$1,182,273739$606,04651.3%739Nov 1-Triumph Releasing Corporation
169The Unborn$1,159,57867$179,08015.4%55Mar 29Jun 13Concorde Pictures
170Daddy Nostalgia$1,108,42929$14,2521.3%1Apr 12Jul 25Avenue Pictures Productions
171Kafka$1,059,07132$40,8143.9%2Dec 4-Miramax
172An Angel at My Table$1,054,63820$12,9051.2%2May 17Oct 10Fine Line Features
173Whore$1,008,40452$165,53416.4%52Oct 4-Trimark Pictures
174Screenplay: Antonia and Jane$1,002,07823$7,4710.7%1Oct 11-Miramax
175Meeting Venus$1,000,34832$65,7156.6%3Nov 15Feb 13Warner Bros.
176Talkin' Dirty After Dark$978,775----May 17-New Line Cinema
177The Taking of Beverly Hills$939,277541$525,93656%541Oct 11-Columbia Pictures
178Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time$869,325227$381,88943.9%227Aug 30-New Line Cinema
179The 23rd Tournee of Animation
Film Festival
$862,309----Aug 23-Expanded Entertainment
180The Miracle$835,51941$12,0761.4%1Jul 3Oct 10Miramax
181Until the End of the World$829,62522$38,5534.6%4Dec 27Mar 19Warner Bros.
182Poison$787,280----Apr 5-Zeitgeist Films
183Mindwalk$774,04814$7,6211%1Oct 11Sep 10Triton Pictures
184The Story of Boys & Girls$741,221----Aug 23Jan 16Aries Films
185Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead$739,10418$24,0043.2%2Feb 8Jun 6Cinecom Pictures
186The British Invasion Returns$729,102----Mar 1Jul 25Expanded Entertainment
187Thousand Pieces of Gold$717,77210$16,5532.3%1Apr 26--
188Dice Rules$637,327----May 17-Seventh Art Releasing
189Queens Logic$612,78137$144,34123.6%37Feb 1-New Line Cinema
190Auntie Danielle$604,62417$20,7303.4%2May 17Aug 22Miramax
191The Pope Must Diet$582,510169$264,14745.3%169Aug 30-Miramax
192The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe$579,854----Sep 27-Orion Classics
193Rich Girl$561,0001,058$368,05665.6%1,058May 3--
194Hangin' with the Homeboys$532,933----Feb 22Oct 10New Line Cinema
195Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll$530,392----Sep 6Nov 14Avenue Pictures Productions
196Rhapsody in August$516,43112$26,7715.2%7Dec 19Mar 19Orion Classics
197Meet the Applegates$485,772155$274,81556.6%155Feb 1-Triton Pictures
198McBain$456,127166$320,00070.2%166Sep 20--
199Drowning by Numbers$424,773----Apr 26Jul 25Miramax
200True Colors$418,8079$59,51714.2%6Mar 15-Paramount Pictures