This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1991.
Number-one films †This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year. Weekend end date Film Box office Notes 1 Home Alone $12,626,850 Home Alone remained number one in the new year; its 8th consecutive weekend at the top of the charts. Ties E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for most weekends with a gross over $10 million. 2 $9,813,012 3 4-day weekend $11,069,157 Home Alone grosses more than $10 million for a record 9th weekend, beating E.T.'''s 8 weekends. || |- | 4 || || $7,268,334 || || |- | 5 || || $8,215,408 ||Home Alone had its 12th consecutive weekend at number one. || |- | 6 || || Sleeping with the Enemy || $13,777,943 || Sleeping with the Enemy broke Alienss record ($10.0 million) for highest weekend debut for a film featuring a female protagonist. || |- | 7 || 4-day weekend || rowspan="5" | The Silence of the Lambs || $13,766,814 ||The Silence of the Lambs remained number one for five weeks, the joint most (with Home Alone) in 1991. || |- | 8 || || $11,947,765 || || |- | 9 || || $10,616,383 || || |- | 10 || || $8,893,306 || || |- | 11 || || $7,656,361 || || |- | 12 || || rowspan="3" | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze || $20,030,473 || || |- | 13 || || $13,049,622 || || |- | 14 || || $7,812,507 || || |- | 15 || || rowspan="2" | Out for Justice || $10,524,026 || || |- | 16 || || $7,016,331 || || |- | 17 || || rowspan="2" | Oscar || $5,091,027 || || |- | 18 || || $4,164,218 || || |- | 19 || || F/X2 || $5,455,058 || || |- | 20 || || What About Bob? || $9,216,334 || || |- | 21 || 4-day weekend || rowspan="2" | Backdraft || $15,723,480 || || |- | 22 || || $9,118,395 || || |- | 23 || || City Slickers || $13,032,121 || || |- | 24 || || rowspan="2" | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves || $25,625,602 || || |- | 25 || || $18,289,665 || || |- | 26 || || The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear || $20,817,139 || || |- | 27 || || rowspan="4" style="background-color:#FFFF99" | Terminator 2: Judgment Day † || $31,765,506 || Terminator 2: Judgment Day broke Beverly Hills Cop IIs record ($26.3 million) for highest weekend debut for a R-rated film and Coming to Americas record ($21.4 million) for the highest Fourth of July weekend debut. It had the highest weekend debut of 1991. || |- | 28 || || $20,738,340 || || |- | 29 || || $14,895,425 || || |- | 30 || || $11,051,400 || ||
| 31 || || rowspan="4" | Hot Shots! || $10,848,182 || || |- | 32 || || $8,010,411 || || |- | 33 || || $6,330,309 || || |- | 34 || || $4,676,467 || || |- | 35 || 4-day weekend || rowspan="2" | Dead Again || $6,315,869 || Dead Again reached #1 in its second weekend of release. || |- | 36 || || $4,366,330 || || |- | 37 || || rowspan="2" | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare || $12,966,525 || Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare broke A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Masters record ($12.8 million) for the highest weekend debut for a slasher film and Sea of Loves record ($10 million) for the highest weekend debut in September. || |- | 38 || || $6,626,378 || || |- | 39 || || rowspan="3" | The Fisher King || $7,067,908 || The Fisher King reached #1 after second weekend of release. || |- | 40 || || $6,103,250 || || |- | 41 || || $4,993,580 || || |- | 42 || || Other People's Money || $5,012,332 || || |- | 43 || || House Party 2 || $6,027,105 || || |- | 44 || || The People Under the Stairs || $5,522,250 || || |- | 45 || || Curly Sue || $4,957,474 || Curly Sue reached #1 in its third weekend of release. || |- | 46 || || Cape Fear || $10,261,025 || || |- | 47 || || rowspan="2" | The Addams Family || $24,203,754 || In third place, Beauty and the Beasts opening ($9.6 million) broke The Land Before Times record ($7.5 million) record for the highest weekend debut for an animated film after one weekend of limited release and The Little Mermaids record ($6 million) for the highest weekend debut for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film. || |- | 48 || || $20,133,616 || || |- | 49 || || Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country || $18,162,837 || Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country broke Beverly Hills Cops record ($15.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December and Star Trek V: The Final Frontiers record ($17.3 million) for the highest weekend debut for a film based on a television show. || |- | 50 || || rowspan="3" | Hook'' $13,522,535 51 $9,638,615 52 $15,218,400
Highest-grossing films
Calendar Gross Highest-grossing films of 1991 by Calendar Gross Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar Pictures Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong and Joe Morton James Cameron $204,843,345 2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. Pictures Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Kevin Reynolds $164,318,602 3. Home Alone 20th Century Fox Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O'Hara Chris Columbus $138,590,380 4. The Silence of the Lambs Orion Pictures Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn and Ted Levine Jonathan Demme $129,601,403 5. City Slickers Columbia Pictures Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater and Jack Palance Ron Underwood $124,033,791 6. Dances With Wolves Orion Pictures Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene and Rodney Grant Kevin Costner $121,634,934 7. Sleeping with the Enemy 20th Century Fox Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin and Kevin Anderson Joseph Ruben $94,119,451 8. The Addams Family Paramount Pictures Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Hedaya, Judith Malina, Christina Ricci and Jimmy Workman Barry Sonnenfeld $90,628,410 9. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Paramount Pictures Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, O. J. Simpson and Robert Goulet David Zucker $86,930,411 10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze New Line Cinema Paige Turco, David Warner, Brian Tochi, Robbie Rist, Adam Carl and Laurie Faso Michael Pressman $78,656,813
In-Year Release + Highest-grossing films of 1991 by In-year release Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriStar $204,843,345 2. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. $165,493,908 3. Beauty and the Beast Disney $145,863,363 4. The Silence of the Lambs Orion $130,742,922 5. City Slickers Columbia $124,033,791 6. Hook TriStar $119,654,823 7. The Addams Family Paramount $113,502,426 8. Sleeping with the Enemy 20th Century Fox $101,599,005 9. Father of the Bride Disney $89,325,780 10. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear Paramount $86,930,411
+ Highest-grossing films by MPAA rating of 1991 G Beauty and the Beast PG Hook PG-13 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves R Terminator 2: Judgment Day
See also List of American films — American films by year Lists of box office number-one films
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