Week Domestic Box Office May 3, 1991
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Oscar | $5,335,050 | -19% | 1,391 | $3,835 | $11,911,481 | 14 | |
| 2 | (new) | One Good Cop | $4,547,945 | 1,353 | $3,361 | $4,547,945 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | A Kiss Before Dying | $4,060,590 | -29% | 1,542 | $2,633 | $9,808,075 | 14 | |
| 4 | (4) | Toy Soldiers | $3,825,050 | -29% | 1,354 | $2,825 | $9,181,850 | 14 | |
| 5 | (3) | Out for Justice | $3,693,455 | -31% | 1,791 | $2,062 | $32,559,696 | 28 | |
| 6 | (6) | The Silence of the Lambs | $3,475,360 | -3% | 1,619 | $2,147 | $113,128,752 | 85 | |
| 7 | (new) | A Rage in Harlem | $3,127,956 | 540 | $5,793 | $3,127,956 | 7 | ||
| 8 | (5) | Mortal Thoughts | $2,687,956 | -36% | 1,190 | $2,259 | $14,664,750 | 21 | |
| 9 | (8) | Dances with Wolves | $2,515,790 | -8% | 1,478 | $1,702 | $165,639,402 | 182 | |
| 10 | (7) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $1,960,540 | -31% | 1,850 | $1,060 | $72,975,959 | 49 | |
| 11 | (9) | Sleeping with the Enemy | $1,453,932 | -22% | 1,079 | $1,347 | $93,010,660 | 91 | |
| 12 | (11) | New Jack City | $1,407,996 | -18% | 631 | $2,231 | $41,739,157 | 63 | |
| 13 | (10) | Defending Your Life | $1,331,289 | -26% | 632 | $2,106 | $14,586,563 | 49 | |
| 14 | (12) | Home Alone | $1,193,335 | -14% | 1,073 | $1,112 | $267,659,127 | 175 | |
| 15 | (13) | The Object of Beauty | $658,997 | -39% | 224 | $2,942 | $2,373,958 | 28 | |
| 16 | (15) | Class Action | $504,795 | -36% | 481 | $1,049 | $23,150,837 | 56 | |
| 17 | (17) | La Femme Nikita | $411,221 | -18% | 89 | $4,620 | $2,491,462 | 63 | |
| 18 | (-) | Spartacus | $397,072 | 41 | $9,685 | $544,025 | 11,172 | ||
| 19 | (19) | The Godfather: Part III | $196,430 | -51% | 208 | $944 | $66,583,368 | 136 | |
| 20 | (31) | If Looks Could Kill | $174,981 | -9% | 159 | $1,101 | $7,233,197 | 56 | |
| 21 | (32) | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $20,921 | -12% | 2 | $10,461 | $44,568 | 14 | |
| Reporting movies: 21 | $42,980,661 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | $5,335,050 | 1,391 | $11,911,481 |
| 2 | One Good Cop | $4,547,945 | 1,353 | $4,547,945 |
| 3 | A Kiss Before Dying | $4,060,590 | 1,542 | $9,808,075 |
| 4 | Toy Soldiers | $3,825,050 | 1,354 | $9,181,850 |
| 5 | Out for Justice | $3,693,455 | 1,791 | $32,559,696 |
| 6 | The Silence of the Lambs | $3,475,360 | 1,619 | $113,128,752 |
| 7 | A Rage in Harlem | $3,127,956 | 540 | $3,127,956 |
| 8 | Mortal Thoughts | $2,687,956 | 1,190 | $14,664,750 |
| 9 | Dances with Wolves | $2,515,790 | 1,478 | $165,639,402 |
| 10 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $1,960,540 | 1,850 | $72,975,959 |
| 11 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $1,453,932 | 1,079 | $93,010,660 |
| 12 | New Jack City | $1,407,996 | 631 | $41,739,157 |
| 13 | Defending Your Life | $1,331,289 | 632 | $14,586,563 |
| 14 | Home Alone | $1,193,335 | 1,073 | $267,659,127 |
| 15 | The Object of Beauty | $658,997 | 224 | $2,373,958 |
| 16 | Class Action | $504,795 | 481 | $23,150,837 |
| 17 | La Femme Nikita | $411,221 | 89 | $2,491,462 |
| 18 | Spartacus | $397,072 | 41 | $544,025 |
| 19 | The Godfather: Part III | $196,430 | 208 | $66,583,368 |
| 20 | If Looks Could Kill | $174,981 | 159 | $7,233,197 |
| 21 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $20,921 | 2 | $44,568 |
| Reporting: 21 | $42,980,661 | total | ||