Domestic Release Schedule for 1991

This chart lists all movies that had a release in theaters in the United States and/or Canada in 1991.

See also: Top 1991 Worldwide - Most Popular 1991

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January, 1991
During 1991 Close My Eyes (Wide) $135,893  
Crooked Hearts (Wide) $31,000  
Dogfight (Wide) $394,631  
Johnny Suede (Wide) Miramax $55,000  
McBain (Wide) $456,000  
Meeting Venus (Wide) $1,000,348  
Once Around (Wide) Universal $14,851,000  
One False Move (Wide) $1,543,000  
Pastime (Wide) $267,265  
Queen's Logic (Wide) $612,781  
Return to the Blue Lagoon (Wide) $2,000,000  
Showdown in Little Tokyo (Wide) $2,275,557  
Straight out of Brooklyn (Wide) $2,712,293  
 
January 10 Warlock (Wide) Trimark $8,824,553  
 
January 11 Lionheart (Wide) Universal $22,545,360  
Not Without My Daughter (Wide) MGM $14,789,113  
 
January 18 Cadence (Wide) New Line $1,935,475  
Eve of Destruction (Wide) Orion Pictures $4,704,884  
Flight of the Intruder (Wide) Paramount Pictures $14,471,440  
White Fang (Wide) Walt Disney $34,729,091  
February, 1991
February 1 Meet the Applegates (Wide) $485,772  
Popcorn (Wide) Studio Three Film Corporation $4,656,759  
Run (Wide) $4,409,328  
 
February 8 L.A. Story (Wide) Sony Pictures $28,854,480  
The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (Wide) Warner Bros. $17,116,963  
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Wide) $739,104  
Sleeping with the Enemy (Wide) 20th Century Fox $101,599,005  
 
February 13 Larks on a String (Limited) International Film Exchange $20,378  
 
February 14 The Silence of the Lambs (Wide) Orion Pictures $130,726,716  
 
February 15 King Ralph (Wide) Universal $33,512,735  
Nothing But Trouble (Wide) Warner Bros. $8,479,793  
Across the Tracks (Limited)    
 
February 22 He Said, She Said (Wide) Paramount Pictures $9,684,702  
Scenes from a Mall (Wide) Walt Disney $9,563,393  
The Sleazy Uncle (Limited) Quartet Films $9,183  
March, 1991
March 1 Closet Land (Wide) $259,012  
The Doors (Wide) Sony Pictures $34,416,893  
The Field (Wide) $1,414,017  
Shipwrecked (Wide) Walt Disney $15,024,232  
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Wide) $3,603,615  
 
March 8 American Ninja 4: The Annihilation (Wide) Cannon $358,000  
The Hard Way (Wide) Universal $24,525,330  
Ju Dou (Wide) Miramax $1,581,618  
New Jack City (Wide) Warner Bros. $47,624,253  
La Femme Nikita (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $5,017,971  
 
March 13 Paris is Burning (Limited) Academy Entertainment $3,247,160  
 
March 15 Class Action (Wide) 20th Century Fox $23,968,042  
Guilty by Suspicion (Wide) Warner Bros. $9,445,090  
If Looks Could Kill (Wide) Warner Bros. $7,781,025  
The Perfect Weapon (Wide) Paramount Pictures $14,061,361  
True Colors (Wide) Paramount Pictures $418,807  
The Comfort of Strangers (Limited) Skouras $1,244,000  
 
March 22 Defending Your Life (Wide) Warner Bros. $16,371,128  
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (Wide) New Line $78,656,813  
Scissors (Limited)    
 
March 29 Career Opportunities (Wide) Universal $10,986,645  
The Five Heartbeats (Wide) 20th Century Fox $7,377,189  
 
March 31 The Unborn (Wide)    
April, 1991
April 5 The Marrying Man (Wide) Walt Disney $12,454,768  
There’s Nothing Out There (Limited)    
 
April 12 Daddy Nostalgia (Wide) Avenue Pictures Productions Distributions $468,443  
Impromptu (Wide) Hemdale $4,076,211  
The Object of Beauty (Wide) Avenue Pictures Productions Distributions $5,186,392  
Out for Justice (Wide) Warner Bros. $39,673,161  
 
April 19 Drop Dead Fred (Wide) New Line $13,746,300  
Mortal Thoughts (Wide) Sony Pictures $19,018,321  
 
April 26 A Kiss Before Dying (Wide) Universal $14,769,755  
Oscar (Wide) Walt Disney $23,562,716  
Toy Soldiers (Wide) Sony Pictures $15,073,942  
Spartacus (Limited, re-release) Universal $30,000,000  
Talent for the Game (Limited) $336,396  
Thousand Pieces of Gold (Limited) Greycat Films $717,772  
May, 1991
May 1 Citizen Kane (Limited, re-release) RKO Radio Pictures $1,000,000  
 
May 3 One Good Cop (Wide) Walt Disney $11,276,846  
A Rage in Harlem (Wide) $10,438,504  
Rich Girl (Wide) Studio Three Film Corporation $368,056  
Truly Madly Deeply (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $1,554,742  
 
May 10 F/X2 (Wide) Orion Pictures $21,075,831  
Madonna: Truth or Dare (Wide) Miramax $15,012,935  
Sweet Talker (Wide) Seven Arts Pictures $258,105  
Switch (Wide) Warner Bros. $15,545,943  
 
May 17 Dice Rules (Wide) Seven Arts Pictures $637,327  
Mannequin: On the Move (Wide) 20th Century Fox $3,300,609  
Stone Cold (Wide) Sony Pictures $9,286,314  
What About Bob? (Wide) Walt Disney $63,710,000  
 
May 24 Backdraft (Wide) Universal $77,868,585  
Hangin' with the Homeboys (Wide) New Line $516,855  
Hudson Hawk (Wide) Sony Pictures $17,218,916  
Only the Lonely (Wide) 20th Century Fox $21,830,957  
Thelma & Louise (Wide) MGM $45,361,000  
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (Wide) Walt Disney $7,300,000  
 
May 31 Soapdish (Wide) Paramount Pictures $36,489,888  
Ambition (Limited) Miramax $436,132  
The Servants of Twilight (Limited) Trimark $5,181  
June, 1991
June 7 City Slickers (Wide) Sony Pictures $124,033,791  
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (Wide) Warner Bros. $25,122,195  
Jungle Fever (Wide) Universal $31,739,045  
 
June 14 Bright Angel (Wide) $158,243  
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (Wide) Trimark $1,206,817  
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Wide) Warner Bros. $165,493,908  
 
June 17 Dark Obsession (Wide) $333,811  
 
June 21 Dying Young (Wide) 20th Century Fox $32,669,178  
The Rocketeer (Wide) Walt Disney $46,573,027  
Suburban Commando (Wide) New Line $6,950,596  
 
June 28 Europa Europa (Wide) Orion Classics $5,575,738  
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (Wide) Paramount Pictures $86,930,411  
Do or Die (Limited) Malibu Bay Films    
The Reflecting Skin (Limited) BBC Worldwide North America    
July, 1991
July 1 The Miracle (Wide) Miramax $835,519  
Rover Dangerfield (Limited)    
 
July 2 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Wide) Sony Pictures $203,464,105  
 
July 3 Problem Child 2 (Wide) Universal $25,104,700  
 
July 5 Alligator II: The Mutation (Limited)    
 
July 10 Regarding Henry (Wide) Paramount Pictures $43,001,500  
 
July 12 Boyz n the Hood (Wide) Sony Pictures $56,190,094  
101 Dalmatians (Wide, re-release) Walt Disney $153,000,000  
Point Break (Wide) 20th Century Fox $43,218,387  
Don Juan, My Love (Limited) International Film Exchange $18,867  
Swan Lake: The Zone (Limited) Zeitgeist $872  
 
July 19 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Wide) Orion Pictures $37,537,675  
Dutch (Wide) 20th Century Fox $4,271,022  
 
July 24 The Doctor (Limited) Walt Disney $37,497,480  
 
July 26 Another You (Wide) Sony Pictures $2,697,777  
Life Stinks (Wide) MGM $3,832,400  
Mobsters (Wide) Universal $20,246,790  
V.I. Warshawski (Wide) $11,128,309  
 
July 31 Hot Shots! (Wide) 20th Century Fox $68,267,322  
August, 1991
August 1 Poison (Wide) $609,524  
Slacker (Wide) Orion Classics $1,227,508  
 
August 2 Body Parts (Wide) Paramount Pictures $8,398,855  
Doc Hollywood (Wide) Warner Bros. $54,751,779  
 
August 7 Delirious (Wide) MGM $4,755,853  
 
August 9 Bingo (Wide) Sony Pictures $8,011,019  
Double Impact (Wide) Sony Pictures $29,090,445  
Pure Luck (Wide) Universal $22,641,969  
 
August 14 The Commitments (Limited) 20th Century Fox $13,955,001  
 
August 16 Mystery Date (Wide) Orion Pictures $6,141,446  
The Borrower (Limited) Cannon    
 
August 21 Barton Fink (Wide) 20th Century Fox $5,726,463  
 
August 23 Defenseless (Wide) New Line $6,379,362  
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (Wide) MGM $7,018,525  
True Identity (Wide) $4,693,236  
Dead Again (Limited) Paramount Pictures $38,016,380  
Going Under (Limited) Warner Bros.    
 
August 28 One Hand Don’t Clap (Limited)    
 
August 30 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (Wide) New Line $773,490  
Child's Play 3 (Wide) Universal $14,250,380  
September, 1991
September 6 Company Business (Wide) MGM $1,270,483  
 
September 13 Blood & Concrete (Wide) IRS Releasing $8,000  
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare (Wide) New Line $34,872,033  
 
September 18 Paradise (Wide) Walt Disney $18,634,643  
 
September 20 The Fisher King (Wide) Sony Pictures $41,798,224  
The Indian Runner (Wide) MGM $191,125  
Late for Dinner (Wide) Sony Pictures $8,641,499  
Livin' Large! (Wide) Goldwyn Entertainment $5,435,488  
Rambling Rose (Wide) Seven Arts Pictures $6,266,621  
 
September 27 Deceived (Wide) Walt Disney $28,738,096  
Necessary Roughness (Wide) Paramount Pictures $26,255,594  
Timebomb (Limited) MGM    
 
September 29 My Own Private Idaho (Wide) Fine Line $6,401,336  
October, 1991
October 4 Black Robe (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $8,211,952  
The Man in the Moon (Wide) MGM $2,853,801  
Ricochet (Wide) Warner Bros. $21,756,163  
Shout (Wide) Universal $3,463,620  
The Super (Wide) 20th Century Fox $11,000,863  
Whore (Wide) Trimark $1,008,404  
Suburban Commando (Expands Wide) New Line $6,950,596  
La Belle Noiseuse (Limited)    
 
October 9 Homicide (Wide) Triumph Releasing $2,971,661  
Little Man Tate (Wide) Orion Pictures $24,989,789  
 
October 11 City of Hope (Wide) Samuel Goldwyn Films $1,264,910  
Ernest Scared Stupid (Wide) Walt Disney $14,143,280  
Frankie and Johnny (Wide) Paramount Pictures $22,773,535  
Shattered (Wide) MGM $11,511,031  
The Taking of Beverly Hills (Wide) Sony Pictures $939,277  
Lyrical Nitrate (Limited) Zeitgeist $4,710  
Mindwalk (Limited) Triton Pictures $708,440  
 
October 18 Cool As Ice (Wide) Universal $1,031,420  
Other People's Money (Wide) Warner Bros. $35,682,000  
The Devil’s Daughter (Limited) Republic Pictures    
Dolly Dearest (Limited) Trimark    
Resident Alien (Limited) Films Around the World $7,867  
Antarctica (IMAX) $65,000,000  
 
October 23 House Party 2 (Wide) New Line $19,438,638  
 
October 25 The Butcher's Wife (Wide) Paramount Pictures $9,689,816  
Curly Sue (Wide) Warner Bros. $33,644,430  
Two Evil Eyes (Wide) Taurus $349,618  
The Hitman (Wide) Cannon $4,654,288  
November, 1991
November 1 29th Street (Wide) 20th Century Fox $1,287,171  
Billy Bathgate (Wide) Walt Disney $15,565,363  
Highlander II: The Quickening (Wide) InterStar Releasing $14,184,134  
Liebestraum (Wide) MGM $133,645  
The People Under the Stairs (Wide) Universal $24,204,000  
Year of the Gun (Wide) $11,820,000  
 
November 8 All I Want For Christmas (Wide) Paramount Pictures $14,812,144  
Strictly Business (Wide) Warner Bros. $7,683,267  
 
November 13 Beauty and the Beast (Wide) Walt Disney $206,333,165 Play
 
November 15 And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (Wide) Trimark $202,590  
Cape Fear (Wide) Universal $79,091,969  
Kafka (Wide) Miramax $1,100,000  
Paper Mask (Limited) Castle Hill Productions $7,991  
 
November 22 The Addams Family (Wide) Paramount Pictures $113,502,246  
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (Wide) Universal $20,218,664  
For the Boys (Wide) 20th Century Fox $17,684,580  
 
November 27 My Girl (Wide) Sony Pictures $58,011,485  
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (Limited)    
December, 1991
December 1 Life is Sweet (Wide) October Films $1,516,000  
Naked Lunch (Wide) 20th Century Fox $2,541,000  
 
December 5 Black Rainbow (Limited) Miramax    
 
December 6 At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Wide) Universal $1,342,903  
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Wide) Paramount Pictures $74,888,996  
 
December 11 Hook (Wide) Sony Pictures $119,654,823  
 
December 13 Bugsy (Wide) Sony/TriStar $49,103,967  
The Last Boy Scout (Wide) Warner Bros. $59,509,925  
 
December 16 Rhapsody in August (Wide) Orion Classics $516,431  
 
December 20 Father of the Bride (Wide) Walt Disney $89,325,780  
JFK (Wide) Warner Bros. $70,405,498  
High Heels (Wide) Miramax $1,530,941  
 
December 22 Rush (Wide) $7,241,350  
 
December 25 Grand Canyon (Wide) 20th Century Fox $32,350,000  
The Prince of Tides (Wide) Sony Pictures $74,787,599  
Until the End of the World (Wide) Warner Bros. $752,856  
 
December 27 Fried Green Tomatoes (Wide) Universal $81,204,830  
 
 
During 1991 Talkin' Dirty After Dark (Wide) New Line $978,775  
The Runner (Limited) $34,834