List of 1991 box office number-one films in the United Kingdom

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in the United Kingdom during 1991.

Number one films

# Week ending Film Box Office Notes Ref
1 3 January 1991 Home Alone £1,639,898 [1]
2 10 January 1991 Arachnophobia £1,305,699 [2]
3 17 January 1991 £1,221,939 [3]
4 24 January 1991 £1,062,383 [4]
5 31 January 1991 Rocky V £1,826,024 [5]
6 7 February 1991 Kindergarten Cop £1,995,320 [6]
7 14 February 1991 Three Men and a Little Lady £2,358,154 [7]
8 21 February 1991 £3,002,703 [8]
9 28 February 1991 £1,947,367 [9]
10 7 March 1991 £1,425,722 [10]
11 14 March 1991 £1,152,053 [11]
12 21 March 1991 Green Card £1,167,612 Green Card reached number one in its third week of release [12]
13 28 March 1991 Look Who's Talking Too £1,903,552 [13]
14 4 April 1991 £1,414,050 [14]
15 11 April 1991 Dances with Wolves £1,201,344 Dances with Wolves reached number one in its ninth week of release [15]
16 18 April 1991 Highlander II: The Quickening £1,984,265 [16]
17 25 April 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy £2,130,968 Sleeping with the Enemy reached number one in its second week of release [17]
18 2 May 1991 £1,723,382 [18]
19 9 May 1991 £1,466,686 [19]
20 16 May 1991 The Doors £1,063,510 The Doors reached number one in its third week of release [20]
21 23 May 1991 Misery £1,072,609 Misery reached number one in its second week of release [21]
22 30 May 1991 £863,375 [22]
23 6 June 1991 Mermaids £989,064 Mermaids reached number one in its second week of release [23]
24 13 June 1991 The Silence of the Lambs £4,260,472 The Silence of the Lambs reached number one in its second week of release and beat the one week record set by Batman [24]
25 20 June 1991 £3,566,735 [25]
26 27 June 1991 £2,532,977 [26]
27 4 July 1991 The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear £2,587,730 [27]
28 11 July 1991 £1,621,072 [28]
29 18 July 1991 £1,426,471 [29]
30 25 July 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves £2,372,538 [30]
31 1 August 1991 £2,300,000 [31]
32 8 August 1991 £1,991,986 [32]
33 15 August 1991 £1,831,174 [33]
34 22 August 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day £4,631,895 Terminator 2 set an opening weekend record of £2,337,980 beating Batman's £2 million and beat the opening week record set by Silence of the Lambs earlier in the year [34][35][36]
35 29 August 1991 £3,564,891 [37]
36 5 September 1991 £2,395,446 [38]
37 12 September 1991 £1,807,188 [39]
38 19 September 1991 £1,541,718 [40]
39 26 September 1991 £1,085,761 [41]
40 3 October 1991 £868,862 [42]
41 10 October 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves £723,922 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves returned to number one in its twelfth week of release [43]
42 17 October 1991 The Commitments £779,674 The Commitments reached number one in its second week of release [44]
43 24 October 1991 £1,298,137 [45]
44 31 October 1991 £1,172,034 [46]
45 7 November 1991 City Slickers £1,005,788 City Slickers reached number one in its third week of release [47]
46 14 November 1991 The Fisher King £820,557 [48]
47 21 November 1991 £666,523 [49]
48 28 November 1991 Point Break £1,190,599 [50]
49 5 December 1991 £841,788 [51]
50 12 December 1991 Hot Shots! £1,852,988 Hot Shots! reached number one in its second week of release [52]
51 19 December 1991 The Addams Family £2,017,379 [53]
52 26 December 1991 £1,464,784 [54][55]

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1991[56]
Rank Title Distributor Gross (£)[57]
1. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Warner Bros. 20,104,692
2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day Guild 18,179,609
3. The Silence of the Lambs Rank 17,119,333
4. Three Men and a Little Lady Warner Bros. 12,967,783
5. Dances with Wolves Guild 10,598,273
6. Sleeping with the Enemy 20th Century Fox 9,230,825
7. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear UIP 8,790,453
8. Home Alone 20th Century Fox 8,353,519[nb 1]
9. Kindergarten Cop UIP 8,216,680
10. The Commitments 20th Century Fox 6,997,113

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The chart per The Guinness Book of Box Office Hits lists Home Alone in fifth place but does not report the gross

References

  1. ^ Pitman, Jack (7 January 1991). "New Year brings cheers to Brit boxoffice". Variety. p. 92.
  2. ^ Pitman, Jack (14 January 1991). "'Arachnophobia,' 'Alone' storm B.O.". Variety. p. 41.
  3. ^ Pitman, Jack (21 January 1991). "'Cyrano' surges, sets records in London". Variety. p. 56.
  4. ^ Pitman, Jack (28 January 1991). "'Rookie' not capturing U.K. auds". Variety. p. 53.
  5. ^ Pitman, Jack (4 February 1991). "'Rocky' socko in U.K.". Variety. p. 86.
  6. ^ Pitman, Jack (11 February 1991). "'Cop' collars big biz in U.K.". Variety. p. 56.
  7. ^ Pitman, Jack (18 February 1991). "'Wolves' dances in U.K.". Variety. p. 50.
  8. ^ Pitman, Jack (25 February 1991). "'Lady' big; 'Fairlane' flat". Variety. p. 77.
  9. ^ Pitman, Jack (4 March 1991). "'Lady' littler; 'Cop' fades". Variety. p. 41.
  10. ^ Pitman, Jack (11 March 1991). "'Card' aces in U.K. bow". Variety. p. 36.
  11. ^ Pitman, Jack (18 March 1991). "'Godfather' a hit in U.K. bow". Variety. p. 81.
  12. ^ Pitman, Jack (25 March 1991). "'Awakenings' lively". Variety. p. 58.
  13. ^ Pitman, Jack (1 April 1991). "'Talking' chats up a storm in U.K.". Variety. p. 29.
  14. ^ Pitman, Jack (8 April 1991). "Biz hops over Easter weekend". Variety. p. 51.
  15. ^ Pitman, Jack (15 April 1991). "'Talking' quieter". Variety. p. 56.
  16. ^ Pitman, Jack (22 April 1991). "'Quickening' fast in U.K.". Variety. p. 37.
  17. ^ Pitman, Jack (29 April 1991). "'Enemy' makes lotsa friends in Blighty". Variety. p. 88.
  18. ^ Pitman, Jack (6 May 1991). "Slam-bang 'Doors' preem". Variety. p. 332.
  19. ^ Pitman, Jack (13 May 1991). "'Enemy' outguns 'Predator'". Variety. p. 66.
  20. ^ Pitman, Jack (20 May 1991). "'Doors' shuts out 'Enemy'". Variety. p. 34.
  21. ^ Pitman, Jack (27 May 1991). "'Misery' has happy 2d week". Variety. p. 39.
  22. ^ Pitman, Jack (3 June 1991). "'Child' no problem". Variety. p. 49.
  23. ^ Coopman, Jeremy (10 June 1991). "'Lambs' loud in U.K. bow". Variety. p. 43.
  24. ^ Pitman, Jack (17 June 1991). "'Lambs' record $6.9 Mil". Variety. p. 38.
  25. ^ Pitman, Jack (24 June 1991). "'Lambs' eats competish". Variety. p. 42.
  26. ^ Pitman, Jack (1 July 1991). "'Pope' grabs audiences". Variety. p. 32.
  27. ^ Pitman, Jack (8 July 1991). "'Silence' still loud". Variety. p. 37.
  28. ^ Pitman, Jack (15 July 1991). "'Gun 2½,' 'Lambs' down; 'Marrying Man' feeble". Variety. p. 37.
  29. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 22 July 1991. p. 39. $2,396,471; £1=$1.68
  30. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 29 July 1991. p. 27. $3,985,864; £1=$1.68
  31. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 5 August 1991. p. 43. $3,946,507
  32. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 12 August 1991. p. 27. $3,326,616; £1=$1.67
  33. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 19 August 1991. p. 33. $3,094,684; £1=$1.69
  34. ^ "All previous records are now terminated (advertisement)". Variety. August 26, 1991. p. 9.
  35. ^ Groves, Don (26 August 1991). "Record bow for 'T2'". Variety. p. 107.
  36. ^ McBride, Joseph (July 14, 1992). "Socko Batsequel rolls to record B.O. in U.K.". Daily Variety. p. 20.
  37. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 2 September 1991. p. 39. $6,024,666; £1=$1.69
  38. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 9 September 1991. p. 39. $4,072,258; £1=$1.70
  39. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 16 September 1991. p. 37. $3,108,363; £1=$1.72
  40. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 23 September 1991. p. 30. $2,667,172; £1=$1.73
  41. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 30 September 1991. p. 44. $1,878,367; £1=$1.73
  42. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 7 October 1991. p. 68. $1,520,509; £1=$1.75
  43. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 14 October 1991. p. 243. $1,245,146; £1=$1.72
  44. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 21 October 1991. p. 64. $1,341,039; £1=$1.72
  45. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 28 October 1991. p. 36. $2,232,796; £1=$1.72
  46. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 4 November 1991. p. 37. $2,039,340; £1=$1.74
  47. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 11 November 1991. p. 37. $1,780,245; £1=$1.77
  48. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 18 November 1991. p. 27. $1,452,386; £1=$1.77
  49. ^ "International boxoffice report". Variety. 25 November 1991. p. 39. $1,193,076; £1=$1.79
  50. ^ "International box office". Variety. 2 December 1991. p. 68. $2,107,360; £1=$1.77
  51. ^ "International box office". Variety. 9 December 1991. p. 42. $1,506,800; £1=$1.79
  52. ^ "International box office". Variety. 16 December 1991. p. 47. $3,353,909; £1=$1.81
  53. ^ "International box office". Variety. 23 December 1991. p. 42. $3,711,977; £1=$1.84
  54. ^ "International box office". Variety. 6 January 1992. p. 71. Total gross at 2 January 1992 of $10,427,467 less weekly gross of $3,998,316 equals total gross of $6,429,151 at 26 December 1991
  55. ^ "International box office". Variety. 23 December 1991. p. 42. Total gross at 19 December 1991 $3,711,977
  56. ^ Swern, Phil (1995). The Guinness book of Box Office Hits. Guinness Publishing. p. 385. ISBN 0-85112-670-7.
  57. ^ "The Stats" (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 22. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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