List of 1991 Box Office Number-one Films in The United States

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1991.

# Weekend End Date Film Box Office Notes
1 01991-01-06January 6, 1991 Home Alone $12,626,851
2 01991-01-13January 13, 1991 Home Alone $9,813,012
3 01991-01-21January 21, 19914-day weekend Home Alone $11,069,157
4 01991-01-27January 27, 1991 Home Alone $7,268,334
5 01991-02-03February 3, 1991 Home Alone $8,215,408
6 01991-02-10February 10, 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy $13,777,943
7 01991-02-18February 18, 19914-day weekend The Silence of the Lambs $13,766,814
8 01991-02-24February 24, 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $11,947,765
9 01991-03-03March 3, 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $10,616,383
10 01991-03-10March 10, 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $8,893,306
11 01991-03-17March 17, 1991 The Silence of the Lambs $7,656,361
12 01991-03-24March 24, 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze $20,030,473
13 01991-03-31March 31, 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze $13,049,622
14 01991-04-07April 7, 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze $7,812,507
15 01991-04-14April 14, 1991 Out for Justice $10,524,026
16 01991-04-21April 21, 1991 Out for Justice $7,016,331
17 01991-04-28April 28, 1991 Oscar $5,091,027
18 01991-05-05May 5, 1991 Oscar $4,164,218
19 01991-05-12May 12, 1991 F/X2 $5,455,058
20 01991-05-19May 19, 1991 What About Bob? $9,216,334
21 01991-05-27May 27, 19914-day weekend Backdraft $15,723,480
22 01991-06-02June 2, 1991 Backdraft $9,118,395
23 01991-06-09June 9, 1991 City Slickers $13,032,121
24 01991-06-16June 16, 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $25,625,602
25 01991-06-23June 23, 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves $18,289,665
26 01991-06-30June 30, 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear $20,817,139
27 01991-07-07July 7, 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $31,765,506 Terminator 2: Judgment Day had the highest weekend debut of 1991.
28 01991-07-14July 14, 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $20,738,340
29 01991-07-21July 21, 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $14,895,425
30 01991-07-28July 28, 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day $11,051,400
31 01991-08-04August 4, 1991 Hot Shots! $10,848,182
32 01991-08-11August 11, 1991 Hot Shots! $8,010,411
33 01991-08-18August 18, 1991 Hot Shots! $6,330,309
34 01991-08-25August 25, 1991 Hot Shots! $4,676,467
35 01991-09-02September 2, 19914-day weekend Dead Again $6,315,869 Dead Again reached #1 in its second weekend of release.
36 01991-09-08September 8, 1991 Dead Again $4,366,330
37 01991-09-15September 15, 1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare $12,966,525 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare broke A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master's record ($12.8 million) for highest weekend debut for a Slasher film & Look Who's Talking's record ($12.1 million) for highest weekend debut for a film released during the Friday the 13th weekend.
38 01991-09-22September 22, 1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare $6,626,378
39 01991-09-29September 29, 1991 The Fisher King $7,067,908 The Fisher King reached #1 after second weekend of release.
40 01991-10-06October 6, 1991 The Fisher King $6,103,250
41 01991-10-13October 13, 1991 The Fisher King $4,993,580
42 01991-10-20October 20, 1991 Other People's Money $5,012,332
43 01991-10-27October 27, 1991 House Party 2 $6,027,105
44 01991-11-03November 3, 1991 The People Under the Stairs $5,522,250
45 01991-11-10November 10, 1991 Curly Sue $4,957,474 Curly Sue reached #1 in its third weekend of release.
46 01991-11-17November 17, 1991 Cape Fear $10,261,025
47 01991-11-24November 24, 1991 The Addams Family $24,203,754
48 01991-12-01December 1, 1991 The Addams Family $20,133,616
49 01991-12-08December 8, 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country $18,162,837 Star Trek VI: The Undiscoverd Country broke Beverly Hills Cop's record ($15.2 million) for the highest weekend debut in December.
50 01991-12-15December 15, 1991 Hook $13,522,535 Hook broke Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare's record ($12.9 million) for highest weekend debut for a film released during the Friday the 13th weekend.
51 01991-12-22December 22, 1991 Hook $9,638,615
52 01991-12-29December 29, 1991 Hook $15,218,400

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