Week Domestic Box Office May 24, 1991
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (new) | Backdraft | $19,131,160 | 1,852 | $10,330 | $19,131,160 | 7 | ||
| 2 | (1) | What About Bob? | $13,195,481 | +6% | 1,608 | $8,206 | $25,696,110 | 14 | |
| 3 | (new) | Hudson Hawk | $8,460,035 | 2,071 | $4,085 | $8,460,035 | 7 | ||
| 4 | (new) | Thelma & Louise | $7,743,338 | 1,179 | $6,568 | $7,743,338 | 7 | ||
| 5 | (new) | Only the Lonely | $7,214,347 | 1,521 | $4,743 | $7,214,347 | 7 | ||
| 6 | (-) | Drop Dead Fred | $4,110,188 | 851 | $4,830 | $4,538,499 | 42 | ||
| 7 | (3) | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $3,193,781 | -35% | 652 | $4,898 | $9,084,886 | 21 | |
| 8 | (new) | Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken | $3,140,157 | 1,662 | $1,889 | $3,140,157 | 7 | ||
| 9 | (2) | F/X2 | $3,137,231 | -41% | 1,499 | $2,093 | $15,596,742 | 21 | |
| 10 | (4) | Switch | $2,706,145 | -35% | 1,004 | $2,695 | $12,139,385 | 21 | |
| 11 | (16) | Home Alone | $2,308,089 | +124% | 912 | $2,531 | $271,986,320 | 196 | |
| 12 | (5) | Stone Cold | $2,211,318 | -43% | 1,724 | $1,283 | $6,120,301 | 14 | |
| 13 | (11) | Dances with Wolves | $1,728,925 | -15% | 743 | $2,327 | $171,741,307 | 203 | |
| 14 | (7) | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,610,388 | -38% | 883 | $1,824 | $120,146,626 | 106 | |
| 15 | (6) | Oscar | $1,426,321 | -47% | 965 | $1,478 | $20,100,204 | 35 | |
| 16 | (13) | A Rage in Harlem | $1,061,865 | -30% | 362 | $2,933 | $7,620,090 | 28 | |
| 17 | (17) | Sleeping with the Enemy | $728,000 | -13% | 670 | $1,087 | $95,683,389 | 112 | |
| 18 | (18) | New Jack City | $531,833 | -36% | 217 | $2,451 | $44,161,768 | 84 | |
| 19 | (8) | One Good Cop | $492,539 | -77% | 360 | $1,368 | $10,101,304 | 28 | |
| 20 | (14) | Out for Justice | $487,481 | -68% | 308 | $1,583 | $36,899,353 | 49 | |
| 21 | (19) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $447,361 | -30% | 617 | $725 | $75,017,859 | 70 | |
| 22 | (12) | Toy Soldiers | $428,260 | -74% | 380 | $1,127 | $13,516,396 | 35 | |
| 23 | (24) | La Femme Nikita | $334,115 | -5% | 118 | $2,831 | $3,585,075 | 84 | |
| 24 | (23) | The Object of Beauty | $277,933 | -22% | 101 | $2,752 | $3,530,043 | 49 | |
| 25 | (22) | Dice Rules | $253,926 | -34% | 45 | $5,643 | $637,327 | 14 | |
| 26 | (28) | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $37,645 | +45% | 5 | $7,529 | $132,880 | 35 | |
| Reporting movies: 26 | $86,397,862 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backdraft | $19,131,160 | 1,852 | $19,131,160 |
| 2 | What About Bob? | $13,195,481 | 1,608 | $25,696,110 |
| 3 | Hudson Hawk | $8,460,035 | 2,071 | $8,460,035 |
| 4 | Thelma & Louise | $7,743,338 | 1,179 | $7,743,338 |
| 5 | Only the Lonely | $7,214,347 | 1,521 | $7,214,347 |
| 6 | Drop Dead Fred | $4,110,188 | 851 | $4,538,499 |
| 7 | Madonna: Truth or Dare | $3,193,781 | 652 | $9,084,886 |
| 8 | Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken | $3,140,157 | 1,662 | $3,140,157 |
| 9 | F/X2 | $3,137,231 | 1,499 | $15,596,742 |
| 10 | Switch | $2,706,145 | 1,004 | $12,139,385 |
| 11 | Home Alone | $2,308,089 | 912 | $271,986,320 |
| 12 | Stone Cold | $2,211,318 | 1,724 | $6,120,301 |
| 13 | Dances with Wolves | $1,728,925 | 743 | $171,741,307 |
| 14 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,610,388 | 883 | $120,146,626 |
| 15 | Oscar | $1,426,321 | 965 | $20,100,204 |
| 16 | A Rage in Harlem | $1,061,865 | 362 | $7,620,090 |
| 17 | Sleeping with the Enemy | $728,000 | 670 | $95,683,389 |
| 18 | New Jack City | $531,833 | 217 | $44,161,768 |
| 19 | One Good Cop | $492,539 | 360 | $10,101,304 |
| 20 | Out for Justice | $487,481 | 308 | $36,899,353 |
| 21 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $447,361 | 617 | $75,017,859 |
| 22 | Toy Soldiers | $428,260 | 380 | $13,516,396 |
| 23 | La Femme Nikita | $334,115 | 118 | $3,585,075 |
| 24 | The Object of Beauty | $277,933 | 101 | $3,530,043 |
| 25 | Dice Rules | $253,926 | 45 | $637,327 |
| 26 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $37,645 | 5 | $132,880 |
| Reporting: 26 | $86,397,862 | total | ||