| |||
---|---|---|---|
+... | |||
Years in film |
---|
![]() |
19th century |
1870s |
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Important films released this year included The Silence of the Lambs , Beauty and the Beast , Thelma & Louise , JFK and Terminator 2: Judgment Day .
The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]
Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | Tri-Star / Carolco | $520,881,154 [2] |
2 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Warner Bros. | $390,493,908 |
3 | Beauty and the Beast | Buena Vista | $346,317,207 [3] |
4 | Hook | TriStar | $300,854,984 |
5 | The Silence of the Lambs | Orion | $272,742,922 |
6 | JFK | Warner Bros. | $205,405,498 |
7 | The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear | Paramount | $192,230,411 [4] |
8 | The Addams Family | Paramount / Orion | $191,502,426 |
9 | Cape Fear | Universal | $182,291,969 |
10 | Hot Shots! | 20th Century Fox | $181,096,164 |
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 2 | Pato Guzman | 57 | US | Production Designer | |
4 | Richard Maibaum | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
12 | Keye Luke | 86 | China | Actor | ||
14 | David Arkin | 49 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Don Beddoe | 87 | US | Actor | ||
19 | Jo Eisinger | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
19 | John Russell | 70 | US | Actor | ||
25 | Lilian Bond | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
30 | John McIntire | 83 | US | Actor | ||
February | 1 | Carol Dempster | 89 | US | Actress | |
1 | James MacDonald | 84 | UK | Sound Engineer, Voice Actor | ||
2 | Natalie Kingston | 85 | US | Actress | ||
3 | Nancy Kulp | 69 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Dean Jagger | 87 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Danny Thomas | 77 | US | Actor | ||
12 | Ruth Morley | 65 | Austria | Costume Designer | ||
24 | George Gobel | 71 | US | Actor | ||
24 | Jean Rogers | 74 | US | Actress | ||
25 | John Dunning | 74 | US | Film Editor | ||
26 | Bernard W. Burton | 92 | US | Film Editor | ||
26 | Slim Gaillard | 75 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
March | 3 | Vance Colvig | 72 | US | Actor | |
5 | Ian McLellan Hunter | 71 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
6 | Salvo Randone | 84 | Italy | Actor | ||
7 | Morton S. Fine | 74 | US | Screenwriter | ||
14 | Howard Ashman | 40 | US | Lyricist | ||
15 | George Sherman | 78 | US | Director | ||
18 | Vilma Bánky | 90 | Hungary | Actress | ||
18 | Narda Onyx | 59 | Estonia | Actress | ||
22 | Gloria Holden | 82 | UK | Actress | ||
22 | R. L. Ryan | 44 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Mona Maris | 87 | Argentina | Actress | ||
27 | Aldo Ray | 64 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Carlos Montalbán | 87 | Mexico | Actor | ||
April | 3 | Graham Greene | 86 | UK | Screenwriter | |
9 | Maurice Binder | 72 | UK | Title Designer | ||
10 | Kevin Peter Hall | 35 | US | Actor | ||
10 | Natalie Schafer | 90 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Tom Rosqui | 62 | US | Actor | ||
16 | David Lean | 83 | UK | Director | ||
20 | Don Siegel | 78 | US | Director | ||
23 | William Dozier | 83 | US | Producer | ||
26 | Carmine Coppola | 80 | US | Composer | ||
26 | A. B. Guthrie Jr. | 90 | US | Screenwriter | ||
28 | Ken Curtis | 74 | US | Actor | ||
May | 1 | Richard Thorpe | 95 | US | Director | |
2 | Jerzy Kosiński | 57 | Poland | Screenwriter, Actor | ||
6 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
8 | Ronnie Brody | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
11 | Dino Diluca | 88 | Italy | Actor | ||
15 | Ronald Lacey | 55 | UK | Actor | ||
18 | Edwina Booth | 86 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Muriel Box | 85 | UK | Director, Screenwriter | ||
23 | Fletcher Markle | 70 | Canada | Director | ||
26 | Eugène Lourié | 88 | Ukraine | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
29 | Coral Browne | 77 | Australia | Actress | ||
31 | Manolo Gómez Bur | 74 | Spain | Actor | ||
June | 3 | Eva Le Gallienne | 92 | UK | Actress | |
8 | Heidi Bruhl | 49 | Germany | Actress | ||
12 | Peggy Ashcroft | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
12 | Bernard Miles | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
15 | Barry Kelley | 82 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Joan Caulfield | 69 | US | Actress | ||
18 | Ronald Allen | 60 | UK | Actor | ||
19 | Jean Arthur | 90 | US | Actress | ||
23 | Lea Padovani | 70 | Italy | Actress | ||
26 | Jack Marta | 88 | US | Cinematographer | ||
27 | Milton Subotsky | 69 | US | Producer, Screenwriter | ||
30 | John B. Goodman | 89 | US | Art Director | ||
July | 1 | Michael Landon | 54 | US | Actor | |
2 | Don Houghton | 61 | France | Screenwriter | ||
2 | Lee Remick | 55 | US | Actress | ||
5 | Mildred Dunnock | 90 | US | Actress | ||
8 | James Franciscus | 57 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Atang de la Rama | 89 | Philippines | Actress, Singer | ||
15 | Bert Convy | 57 | US | Actor | ||
August | 4 | Don DaGradi | 80 | US | Screenwriter | |
16 | Luigi Zampa | 86 | Italy | Director | ||
17 | Don Dubbins | 65 | US | Actor | ||
18 | David Gale | 54 | UK | Actor | ||
21 | Richard Wilson | 75 | US | Director | ||
22 | Colleen Dewhurst | 67 | Canada | Actress | ||
25 | Niven Busch | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
26 | Alan Barrett | 52-53 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
29 | Dallas Adams | 44 | UK | Actor | ||
29 | Dixie Dunbar | 72 | US | Actress | ||
30 | Alan Wheatley | 84 | UK | Actor | ||
September | 3 | Jean Bourgoin | 78 | France | Cinematographer | |
3 | Frank Capra | 94 | US | Director | ||
4 | Tom Tryon | 65 | US | Actor | ||
7 | Ben Piazza | 58 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Brad Davis | 41 | US | Actor | ||
8 | Alex North | 80 | US | Composer | ||
13 | Joe Pasternak | 89 | Romania | Producer | ||
14 | Julie Bovasso | 61 | US | Actress | ||
15 | John Hoyt | 85 | US | Actor | ||
16 | Carol White | 48 | UK | Actress | ||
21 | Angelo Rossitto | 83 | US | Actor | ||
23 | Chuck Vincent | 51 | US | Director, Producer, Screenwriter | ||
24 | Mary Lawrence | 73 | US | Actress | ||
25 | Viviane Romance | 79 | France | Actress | ||
27 | Floyd Huddleston | 79 | US | Songwriter | ||
October | 6 | Phil Feldman | 69 | US | Producer | |
9 | Thalmus Rasulala | 51 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Redd Foxx | 68 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
12 | Sheila Florance | 75 | Australia | Actress | ||
12 | Diana Gibson | 76 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Aline MacMahon | 92 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Regis Toomey | 93 | US | Actor | ||
13 | Donald Houston | 67 | UK | Actor | ||
14 | Gene Roddenberry | 70 | US | Producer | ||
16 | Arthur Arling | 85 | US | Cinematographer | ||
17 | J. G. Devlin | 84 | Ireland | Actor | ||
22 | Judy Kelly | 77 | Australia | Actress | ||
25 | John Stratton | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
28 | Sylvia Fine | 78 | US | Lyricist, Composer, Producer | ||
29 | John DeCuir | 73 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | ||
November | 2 | Irwin Allen | 75 | US | Producer, Director, Screenwriter | |
5 | Fred MacMurray | 83 | US | Actor | ||
6 | Gene Tierney | 70 | US | Actress | ||
10 | Tutte Lemkow | 73 | Norway | Actor, Choreographer | ||
11 | Morton Stevens | 62 | US | Composer | ||
12 | Diane Brewster | 60 | US | Actress | ||
12 | Gabriele Tinti | 59 | Italy | Actor | ||
13 | Yves Montand | 70 | France | Actor, Singer | ||
14 | Tony Richardson | 63 | UK | Director | ||
19 | Reggie Nalder | 84 | Austria | Actor | ||
20 | Daniel Mann | 89 | US | Director | ||
21 | Robert Kaufman | 60 | US | Screenwriter | ||
22 | Tadashi Imai | 79 | Japan | Director | ||
23 | Klaus Kinski | 65 | Germany | Actor | ||
24 | Anton Furst | 47 | UK | Production Designer | ||
24 | Freddie Mercury | 45 | UK | Singer, Songwriter | ||
25 | Eleanor Audley | 86 | US | Actress | ||
27 | Ralph Bellamy | 87 | US | Actor | ||
27 | George Edwards | 67 | US | Producer | ||
28 | Mel Dinelli | 79 | US | Screenwriter | ||
December | 7 | Herb Jaffe | 70 | US | Producer | |
11 | Robert Q. Lewis | 70 | US | Actor | ||
11 | Pat Walshe | 91 | US | Actor | The Wizard of Oz | |
12 | Eleanor Boardman | 93 | US | Actress | ||
13 | Judy Moorcroft | 58 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
19 | Ernest K. Gann | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
19 | Paul Maxwell | 70 | Canada | Actor | ||
23 | Gene Milford | 89 | US | Film Editor | ||
18 | Jacques Aubuchon | 67 | US | Actor | ||
28 | Cassandra Harris | 43 | Australia | Actress |
$519,843,345
$377,350,553
Domestic Total Gross: $25,487,190; Foreign: $5,546,156