Week Domestic Box Office May 31, 1991
| Rank | Prev | Title | Gross | Weekly Change |
Theaters | Theater Average |
Total Gross | Days in Release | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (1) | Backdraft | $12,957,230 | -32% | 1,859 | $6,970 | $32,088,390 | 14 | |
| 2 | (new) | Soapdish | $9,679,658 | 1,275 | $7,592 | $9,679,658 | 7 | ||
| 3 | (2) | What About Bob? | $8,964,096 | -32% | 1,662 | $5,394 | $34,660,206 | 21 | |
| 4 | (4) | Thelma & Louise | $6,231,320 | -20% | 1,180 | $5,281 | $13,974,658 | 14 | |
| 5 | (5) | Only the Lonely | $5,137,612 | -29% | 1,553 | $3,308 | $12,351,959 | 14 | |
| 6 | (3) | Hudson Hawk | $4,444,440 | -47% | 2,072 | $2,145 | $12,904,475 | 14 | |
| 7 | (6) | Drop Dead Fred | $3,212,320 | -22% | 933 | $3,443 | $7,750,819 | 49 | |
| 8 | (14) | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,592,569 | -1% | 987 | $1,614 | $121,739,195 | 113 | |
| 9 | (21) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $291,589 | -35% | 450 | $648 | $75,309,448 | 77 | |
| 10 | (26) | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $27,170 | -28% | 4 | $6,793 | $160,050 | 42 | |
| 11 | (new) | The Servants of Twilight | $5,181 | 6 | $864 | $5,181 | 7 | ||
| Reporting movies: 11 | $52,543,185 | total box office | |||||||
| Rank | Title | Daily | Theaters | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backdraft | $12,957,230 | 1,859 | $32,088,390 |
| 2 | Soapdish | $9,679,658 | 1,275 | $9,679,658 |
| 3 | What About Bob? | $8,964,096 | 1,662 | $34,660,206 |
| 4 | Thelma & Louise | $6,231,320 | 1,180 | $13,974,658 |
| 5 | Only the Lonely | $5,137,612 | 1,553 | $12,351,959 |
| 6 | Hudson Hawk | $4,444,440 | 2,072 | $12,904,475 |
| 7 | Drop Dead Fred | $3,212,320 | 933 | $7,750,819 |
| 8 | The Silence of the Lambs | $1,592,569 | 987 | $121,739,195 |
| 9 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | $291,589 | 450 | $75,309,448 |
| 10 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | $27,170 | 4 | $160,050 |
| 11 | The Servants of Twilight | $5,181 | 6 | $5,181 |
| Reporting: 11 | $52,543,185 | total | ||