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Top Grossing English Movies in 1991

Rank Title Genre(s) Domestic Worldwide
1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Action

Sci-Fi

Thriller

$205,881,154 $517,778,573
2 Beauty and the Beast

Fantasy

Romance

Animation

$218,967,620 $451,291,298
3 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Action

Adventure

Drama

$165,493,908 $390,493,908
4 Hook

Adventure

Fantasy

Comedy

$119,654,823 $300,854,823
5 The Silence of the Lambs

Thriller

Crime

$130,742,922 $272,742,922
6 JFK

Biography

Drama

History

$70,405,498 $205,405,498
7 The Addams Family

Fantasy

Comedy

$113,502,426 $191,502,426
8 Cape Fear

Thriller

Horror

Crime

$79,091,969 $182,291,969
9 Hot Shots!

Action

Comedy

$69,467,617 $181,096,164
10 City Slickers

Comedy

$124,033,791 $179,033,791
11 Sleeping with the Enemy

Thriller

Drama

$101,599,005 $174,999,005
12 Backdraft

Action

Drama

Mystery

$77,868,585 $152,368,585
13 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$74,888,996 $96,888,996
14 Father of the Bride

Comedy

Family

$89,325,780 $89,325,780
15 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

Comedy

Crime

$86,930,411 $86,930,411
16 Point Break

Action

Thriller

Crime

$43,218,387 $83,531,958
17 Dying Young

Drama

Romance

$33,669,178 $82,264,675
18 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi

$78,656,813 $78,656,813
19 The Prince of Tides

Drama

Romance

$74,787,599 $74,787,599
20 The Hard Way

Crime

Comedy

Action

$25,895,485 $65,595,485
21 What About Bob?

Comedy

$63,707,829 $63,707,829
22 The Last Boy Scout

Action

Thriller

Comedy

$59,509,925 $59,509,925
23 Boyz n the Hood

Drama

Crime

$57,504,069 $57,532,703
24 Doc Hollywood

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$54,830,779 $54,830,779
25 King Ralph

Comedy

$34,002,045 $52,487,045
26 Bugsy

Biography

Drama

Crime

$49,114,016 $49,114,016
27 New Jack City

Action

Drama

Thriller

$47,624,353 $47,624,353
28 Thelma & Louise

Drama

Thriller

Crime

$45,360,915 $45,473,912
29 Jungle Fever

Drama

Romance

$32,482,682 $43,882,682
30 Regarding Henry

Drama

Romance

$43,001,500 $43,001,500
31 The Fisher King

Drama

Comedy

Romance

$41,895,491 $41,895,736
32 Grand Canyon

Drama

Crime

$33,243,020 $40,991,329
33 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Animation

Western

Adventure

$22,166,041 $40,766,041
34 Out for Justice

Action

Drama

Thriller

$39,673,161 $39,673,161
35 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

$38,037,513 $38,040,268
36 Dead Again

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

$38,016,380 $38,016,380
37 Soapdish

Comedy

Romance

$36,489,888 $36,489,888
38 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Fantasy

Horror

$34,872,033 $34,872,033
39 The Doors

Biography

Drama

Music

$34,416,893 $34,513,670
40 Curly Sue

Family

Romance

Comedy

$33,691,313 $33,691,313
41 The People Under the Stairs

Mystery

Thriller

Horror

$24,204,154 $31,347,154
42 Double Impact

Action

Crime

$30,102,717 $30,102,717
43 Madonna: Truth or Dare

Music

Documentary

$15,012,935 $29,012,935
44 L.A. Story

Drama

Fantasy

Comedy

$28,862,081 $28,862,081
45 Deceived

Thriller

$28,738,096 $28,738,096
46 Class Action

Drama

$24,277,858 $28,277,918
47 Necessary Roughness

Sport

Comedy

$26,255,594 $26,255,594
48 Other People’s Money

Comedy

$25,682,090 $25,682,090
49 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Comedy

$25,196,249 $25,196,249
50 Only the Lonely

Comedy

Romance

$21,830,957 $25,092,802

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