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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 .

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: [1]

Highest-grossing films of 1991
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Sony / 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 Sony $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 / MGM $191,502,426
9 Cape Fear Universal $182,291,969
10 Hot Shots! 20th Century Fox $181,096,164

Events

Awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Barton Fink , directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, United States

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Close to Eden (Urga), directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, France / USSR

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

La Casa del sorriso (The House of Smiles), directed by Marco Ferreri, Italy
Category/Organization 49th Golden Globe Awards
January 18, 1992
45th BAFTA Awards
February 21, 1992
64th Academy Awards
March 30, 1992
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best Film Bugsy Beauty and the Beast The Commitments The Silence of the Lambs
Best Director Oliver Stone
JFK
Alan Parker
The Commitments
Jonathan Demme
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actor Nick Nolte
The Prince of Tides
Robin Williams
The Fisher King
Anthony Hopkins
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Actress Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Bette Midler
For the Boys
Jodie Foster
The Silence of the Lambs
Best Supporting Actor Jack Palance
City Slickers
Alan Rickman
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Jack Palance
City Slickers
Best Supporting Actress Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Kate Nelligan
Frankie and Johnny
Mercedes Ruehl
The Fisher King
Best Screenplay, Adapted Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
The Commitments
Dick Clement
The Silence of the Lambs
Ted Tally
Best Screenplay, Original Truly, Madly, Deeply
Anthony Minghella
Thelma & Louise
Callie Khouri
Best Original Score Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Cyrano de Bergerac
Jean-Claude Petit
Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken
Best Original Song"Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast

"Beauty and the Beast"
Beauty and the Beast
Best Foreign Language Film Europa Europa
(Hitlerjunge Salomon)
Nasty Girls
Mediterraneo

1991 films

By country/region

By genre/medium

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2 Pato Guzman 57USProduction Designer
4 Richard Maibaum 81USScreenwriter
12 Keye Luke 86ChinaActor
14 David Arkin 49USActor
19 Don Beddoe 87USActor
19 Jo Eisinger 81USScreenwriter
19 John Russell 70USActor
25 Lilian Bond 83UKActress
30 John McIntire 83USActor
February 1 Carol Dempster 89USActress
1 James MacDonald 84UKSound Engineer, Voice Actor
2 Natalie Kingston 85USActress
3 Nancy Kulp 69USActress
5 Dean Jagger 87USActor
6 Danny Thomas 77USActor
12 Ruth Morley 65AustriaCostume Designer
24 George Gobel 71USActor
24 Jean Rogers 74USActress
25 John Dunning 74USFilm Editor
26 Bernard W. Burton 92USFilm Editor
26 Slim Gaillard 75USSinger, Actor
March 3 Vance Colvig 72USActor
5 Ian McLellan Hunter 71UKScreenwriter
6 Salvo Randone 84ItalyActor
7 Morton S. Fine 74USScreenwriter
14 Howard Ashman 40USLyricist
15 George Sherman 78USDirector
18 Vilma Bánky 90HungaryActress
18 Narda Onyx 59EstoniaActress
22 Gloria Holden 82UKActress
22 R. L. Ryan 44USActor
23 Mona Maris 87ArgentinaActress
27 Aldo Ray 64USActor
28 Carlos Montalbán 87MexicoActor
April 3 Graham Greene 86UKScreenwriter
9 Maurice Binder 72UKTitle Designer
10 Kevin Peter Hall 35USActor
10 Natalie Schafer 90USActress
12 Tom Rosqui 62USActor
16 David Lean 83UKDirector
20 Don Siegel 78USDirector
23 William Dozier 83USProducer
26 Carmine Coppola 80USComposer
26 A. B. Guthrie Jr. 90USScreenwriter
28 Ken Curtis 74USActor
May 1 Richard Thorpe 95USDirector
2 Jerzy Kosiński 57PolandScreenwriter, Actor
6 Wilfrid Hyde-White 87UKActor
8 Ronnie Brody 72UKActor
11 Dino Diluca 88ItalyActor
15 Ronald Lacey 55UKActor
18 Edwina Booth 86USActress
18 Muriel Box 85UKDirector, Screenwriter
23 Fletcher Markle 70CanadaDirector
26 Eugène Lourié 88UkraineArt Director, Production Designer
29 Coral Browne 77AustraliaActress
31 Manolo Gómez Bur 74SpainActor
June 3 Eva Le Gallienne 92UKActress
8 Heidi Bruhl 49GermanyActress
12 Peggy Ashcroft 83UKActress
12 Bernard Miles 83UKActor
15 Barry Kelley 82USActor
16 Joan Caulfield 69USActress
18 Ronald Allen 60UKActor
19 Jean Arthur 90USActress
23 Lea Padovani 70ItalyActress
26 Jack Marta 88USCinematographer
27 Milton Subotsky 69USProducer, Screenwriter
30 John B. Goodman 89USArt Director
July 1 Michael Landon 54USActor
2 Don Houghton 61FranceScreenwriter
2 Lee Remick 55USActress
5 Mildred Dunnock 90USActress
8 James Franciscus 57USActor
11 Atang de la Rama 89PhilippinesActress, Singer
15 Bert Convy 57USActor
August 4 Don DaGradi 80USScreenwriter
16 Luigi Zampa 86ItalyDirector
17 Don Dubbins 65USActor
18 David Gale 54UKActor
21 Richard Wilson 75USDirector
22 Colleen Dewhurst 67CanadaActress
25 Niven Busch 88USScreenwriter
26 Alan Barrett 52-53UKCostume Designer
29 Dallas Adams 44UKActor
29 Dixie Dunbar 72USActress
30 Alan Wheatley 84UKActor
September 3 Jean Bourgoin 78FranceCinematographer
3 Frank Capra 94USDirector
4 Tom Tryon 65USActor
7 Ben Piazza 58USActor
8 Brad Davis 41USActor
8 Alex North 80USComposer
13 Joe Pasternak 89RomaniaProducer
14 Julie Bovasso 61USActress
15 John Hoyt 85USActor
16 Carol White 48UKActress
21 Angelo Rossitto 83USActor
23 Chuck Vincent 51USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
24 Mary Lawrence 73USActress
25 Viviane Romance 79FranceActress
27 Floyd Huddleston 79USSongwriter
October 6Phil Feldman69USProducer
9 Thalmus Rasulala 51USActor
11 Redd Foxx 68USActor, Comedian
12 Sheila Florance 75AustraliaActress
12 Diana Gibson 76USActress
12 Aline MacMahon 92USActress
12 Regis Toomey 93USActor
13 Donald Houston 67UKActor
14 Gene Roddenberry 70USProducer
16 Arthur Arling 85USCinematographer
17 J. G. Devlin 84IrelandActor
22 Judy Kelly 77AustraliaActress
25 John Stratton 65UKActor
28 Sylvia Fine 78USLyricist, Composer, Producer
29 John DeCuir 73USArt Director, Production Designer
November 2 Irwin Allen 75USProducer, Director, Screenwriter
5 Fred MacMurray 83USActor
6 Gene Tierney 70USActress
10 Tutte Lemkow 73NorwayActor, Choreographer
11 Morton Stevens 62USComposer
12 Diane Brewster 60USActress
12 Gabriele Tinti 59ItalyActor
13 Yves Montand 70FranceActor, Singer
14 Tony Richardson 63UKDirector
19 Reggie Nalder 84AustriaActor
20 Daniel Mann 89USDirector
21 Robert Kaufman 60USScreenwriter
22 Tadashi Imai 79JapanDirector
23 Klaus Kinski 65GermanyActor
24 Anton Furst 47UKProduction Designer
24 Freddie Mercury 45UKSinger, Songwriter
25 Eleanor Audley 86USActress
27 Ralph Bellamy 87USActor
27 George Edwards 67USProducer
28 Mel Dinelli 79USScreenwriter
December 7 Herb Jaffe 70USProducer
11 Robert Q. Lewis 70USActor
11 Pat Walshe 91USActor The Wizard of Oz
12 Eleanor Boardman 93USActress
13 Judy Moorcroft 58UKCostume Designer
19 Ernest K. Gann 81USScreenwriter
19 Paul Maxwell 70CanadaActor
23 Gene Milford 89USFilm Editor
18 Jacques Aubuchon 67USActor
28 Cassandra Harris 43AustraliaActress

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References

  1. "1991 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. $519,843,345
  3. Beauty and the Beast box-office
  4. D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 15, 2002). "Top 50 worldwide grossers". Variety . p. 52, Paramount at 90 supplement.