Movie Theatrical Release Schedule for 1991

Release DateMovieDistributorDomestic
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