Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1991
| Release Date | Movie | Distributor | Domestic Box Office to Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1991 | |||
| During 1991 | Close My Eyes (Wide) | $135,893 | |
| Crooked Hearts (Wide) | $31,000 | ||
| 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 | |
| January 25 | Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (Canada Only) | ||
| 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 2 | Once a Thief (縱橫四海) (Limited) | ||
| 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 | |
| Reunion (Limited) | Castle Hill Productions | $35,278 | |
| 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) | $2,368 | ||
| 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 | $16,355,667 | |
| 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 | $203,520,311 |
| 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 | $144,880,014 | |
| 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 |
| Dogfight (Wide) | Warner Bros. | $394,631 | |
| 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 |
| 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) | $1,388,911 | ||
| 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 | ||