List of 1991 box office number-one films in Australia explained

This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekly box office in Australia during 1991. Amounts are in Australian dollars.

	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1		Home Alone	$1,881,032		^[1]
2		Kindergarten Cop	$2,486,194		^[2]
3			$2,068,375		^[3]
4		Look Who's Talking Too	$1,824,594		^[4]
5		Kindergarten Cop	$1,541,532	Kindergarten Cop returned to number one in its fourth week of release	^[5]
6		Green Card	$1,456,109		^[6]
7			$1,533,463		^[7]
8			$1,375,238		^[8]
9			$1,076,081		^[9]
10		Dances with Wolves	$1,196,451	Dances with Wolves reached number one in its third week of release	^[10]
11			$1,140,841		^[11]
12		Awakenings	$948,009		^[12]
13		Edward Scissorhands	$1,120,625		^[13]
14		Dances with Wolves	$2,031,678	Dances with Wolves returned to number one in its seventh week of release	^[14]
15			$1,283,091		^[15]
16			$1,094,262		^[16]
17					^[17] ^[18]
18			$1,041,288		^[19]
19			$755,565		^[20]
20		The Silence of the Lambs	$1,720,659		^[21]
21			$1,625,037		^[22]
22			$1,425,975		^[23]
23			$1,348,903		^[24]
24			$1,639,812		^[25]
25		The Silence of the Lambs	$984,812	The Silence of the Lambs returned to number one in its sixth week of release	^[26]
26			$837,662		^[27]
27			$1,805,447	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves reached number one in its third week of release	^[28]
28			$2,048,624		^[29]
29			$1,884,543		^[30]
30			$1,393,426		^[31]
31			$1,083,712		^[32]
32			$942,747		^[33]
33			$920,381		^[34]
34		Backdraft	$485,038		^[35]
35			$1,023,836		^[36]
36		City Slickers	$941,127		^[37]
37			$3,362,695	Terminator 2: Judgment Day set an opening weekend record of $2,410,617 surpassing the record set by Batman but did not set a record for the week	^[38] ^[39] ^[40]
38			$2,250,045		^[41]
39			$1,646,060		^[42]
40			$1,662,687		^[43]
41			$1,264,397		^[44]
42			$826,961		^[45]
43			$555,404		^[46]
44			$539,077		^[47]
45		Regarding Henry	$602,155		^[48]
46		The Fisher King	$569,524		^[49]
47		Drop Dead Fred	$752,801		^[50]
48			$722,614		^[51]
49			$718,776		^[52]
50		Hot Shots!	$1,305,734		^[53]
51			$1,025,491		^[54]
52		Curly Sue			^[55]

See also

• List of Australian films - Australian films by year
• Lists of box office number-one films

Notes and References

1. Variety. 94. 7 January 1991. International B.O.. $1,448,395; $A1=$0.77.
2. Variety. 40. 14 January 1991. International B.O.. $1,914,369; $A1=$0.77.
3. Variety. 55. 21 January 1991. International B.O.. $1,634,016; $A1=$0.79.
4. Variety. 52. 28 January 1991. International B.O.. $1,423,183; $A1=$0.78.
5. Variety. 85. 4 February 1991. International B.O.. $1,202,395; $A1=$0.78.
6. Variety. 55. 11 February 1991. International B.O.. $1,135,765; $A1=$0.78.
7. Variety. 46. 18 February 1991. International B.O.. $1,196,101; $A1=$0.78.
8. Variety. 75. 25 February 1991. International B.O.. $1,072,686; $A1=$0.78.
9. Variety. 39. 4 March 1991. International B.O.. $839,343; $A1=$0.78.
10. Variety. 34. 11 March 1991. International B.O.. $909,303; $A1=$0.76.
11. Variety. 79. 18 March 1991. International B.O.. $867,039; $A1=$0.76.
12. Variety. 57. 25 March 1991. International B.O.. $729,967; $A1=$0.77.
13. Variety. 26. 1 April 1991. International B.O.. $862,881; $A1=$0.77.
14. Variety. 50. 8 April 1991. International B.O.. $1,564,392; $A1=$0.77.
15. Variety. 54. 15 April 1991. International B.O.. $1,000,811; $A1=$0.78.
16. Variety. 35. 22 April 1991. International B.O.. $853,524; $A1=$0.78.
17. Variety. 331. 6 May 1991. International B.O.. Total gross $9,252,542; Week gross $812,205; $A1=$0.78.
18. Variety. 35. 22 April 1991. International B.O.. Total gross $7,638,599; $A1=$0.78.
19. Variety. 331. 6 May 1991. International B.O.. $812,205; $A1=$0.78.
20. Variety. 64. 13 May 1991. International B.O.. $589,341; $A1=$0.78.
21. Variety. 34. 20 May 1991. International B.O.. $1,342,114; $A1=$0.78.
22. Variety. 38. 27 May 1991. International B.O.. $1,235,028; $A1=$0.76.
23. Variety. 48. 3 June 1991. International B.O.. $1,083,741; $A1=$0.76.
24. Variety. 42. 10 June 1991. International B.O.. $1,025,166; $A1=$0.76.
25. Variety. 37. 17 June 1991. International B.O.. $1,229,859; $A1=$0.75.
26. Variety. 41. 24 June 1991. International B.O.. $748,457; $A1=$0.76.
27. Variety. 31. 1 July 1991. International B.O.. $636,623; $A1=$0.76.
28. Variety. 36. 8 July 1991. International B.O.. $1,372,140; $A1=$0.76.
29. Variety. 36. 15 July 1991. International B.O.. $1,556,954; $A1=$0.76.
30. Variety. 39. 22 July 1991. International boxoffice report. $1,451,098; $A1=$0.77.
31. Variety. 27. 29 July 1991. International boxoffice report. $1,086,872; $A1=$0.78.
32. Variety. 43. 5 August 1991. International boxoffice report. $845,295; $A1=$0.78.
33. Variety. 27. 12 August 1991. International boxoffice report. $735,343; $A1=$0.78.
34. Variety. 33. 19 August 1991. International boxoffice report. $717,897; $A1=$0.78.
35. Variety. 26 August 1991. 85. International boxoffice report. $378,330; $A1=$0.78.
36. Variety. 39. 2 September 1991. International boxoffice report. $798,592; $A1=$0.78.
37. Variety. 39. 9 September 1991. International boxoffice report. $734,079; $A1=$0.78.
38. Variety. 37. 16 September 1991. International boxoffice report. $2,656,529; $A1=$0.79.
39. Variety. 112. 16 September 1991. 'T2' gains on 'Hood'. Groves. Don.
40. Screen International. September 10, 1993. 28. Australia's top first weekend grossers.
41. Variety. 30. 23 September 1991. International boxoffice report. $1,800,036; $A1=$0.80.
42. Variety. 44. 30 September 1991. International boxoffice report. $1,316,848; $A1=$0.80.
43. Variety. 7 October 1991. International boxoffice report. 68. $1,330,150; $A1=$0.80.
44. Variety. 14 October 1991. International boxoffice report. 243. $1,011,518; $A1=$0.80.
45. Variety. 21 October 1991. International boxoffice report. 64. $661,569; $A1=$0.80.
46. Variety. 28 October 1991. International boxoffice report. 36. $433,215; $A1=$0.78.
47. Variety. 4 November 1991. International boxoffice report. 37. $420,480; $A1=$0.78.
48. Variety. 11 November 1991. International boxoffice report. 37. $469,681; $A1=$0.78.
49. Variety. 18 November 1991. International boxoffice report. 27. $444,229; $A1=$0.78.
50. Variety. 25 November 1991. International boxoffice report. 39. $594,713; $A1=$0.79.
51. Variety. 2 December 1991. International box office. 68. $570,865; $A1=$0.79.
52. Variety. 9 December 1991. International box office. 42. $567,833; $A1=$0.79.
53. Variety. 16 December 1991. International box office. 47. $1,005,415; $A1=$0.77.
54. Variety. 23 December 1991. International box office. 42. $789,628; $A1=$0.77.
55. Variety. 6 January 1992. International box office. 71. Total gross at 1 January 1992 of $1,078,547 less weekly gross of $643,737 equals total gross of $434,810 at 25 December 1991; $A1=$0.76.