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

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

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 1991[56]
RankTitleDistributor Gross (£)[57]
1. Warner Bros.20,104,692
2. 18,179,609
3. The Silence of the Lambs 17,119,333
4. Three Men and a Little LadyWarner Bros. 12,967,783
5. Dances with WolvesGuild 10,598,273
6. Sleeping with the Enemy20th Century Fox9,230,825
7. UIP8,790,453
8. Home Alone20th Century Fox 8,353,519
9. Kindergarten CopUIP8,216,680
10. The Commitments20th Century Fox 6,997,113

See also

Notes and References

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

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