List of 1991 box office number-one films in Australia

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	2 January 1991	Home Alone	$1,881,032		[1]
2	9 January 1991	Kindergarten Cop	$2,486,194		[2]
3	16 January 1991		$2,068,375		[3]
4	23 January 1991	Look Who's Talking Too	$1,824,594		[4]
5	30 January 1991	Kindergarten Cop	$1,541,532	Kindergarten Cop returned to number one in its fourth week of release	[5]
6	6 February 1991	Green Card	$1,456,109		[6]
7	13 February 1991		$1,533,463		[7]
8	20 February 1991		$1,375,238		[8]
9	27 February 1991		$1,076,081		[9]
10	6 March 1991	Dances with Wolves	$1,196,451	Dances with Wolves reached number one in its third week of release	[10]
11	13 March 1991		$1,140,841		[11]
12	20 March 1991	Awakenings	$948,009		[12]
13	27 March 1991	Edward Scissorhands	$1,120,625		[13]
14	3 April 1991	Dances with Wolves	$2,031,678	Dances with Wolves returned to number one in its seventh week of release	[14]
15	10 April 1991		$1,283,091		[15]
16	17 April 1991		$1,094,262		[16]
17	24 April 1991		$1,027,869		[17] [18]
18	1 May 1991		$1,041,288		[19]
19	8 May 1991		$755,565		[20]
20	15 May 1991	The Silence of the Lambs	$1,720,659		[21]
21	22 May 1991		$1,625,037		[22]
22	29 May 1991		$1,425,975		[23]
23	5 June 1991		$1,348,903		[24]
24	12 June 1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	$1,639,812		[25]
25	19 June 1991	The Silence of the Lambs	$984,812	The Silence of the Lambs returned to number one in its sixth week of release	[26]
26	26 June 1991		$837,662		[27]
27	3 July 1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	$1,805,447	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves reached number one in its third week of release	[28]
28	10 July 1991		$2,048,624		[29]
29	17 July 1991		$1,884,543		[30]
30	24 July 1991		$1,393,426		[31]
31	31 July 1991		$1,083,712		[32]
32	7 August 1991		$942,747		[33]
33	14 August 1991		$920,381		[34]
34	21 August 1991	Backdraft	$485,038		[35]
35	28 August 1991		$1,023,836		[36]
36	4 September 1991	City Slickers	$941,127		[37]
37	12 September 1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$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	19 September 1991		$2,250,045		[41]
39	26 September 1991		$1,646,060		[42]
40	2 October 1991		$1,662,687		[43]
41	9 October 1991		$1,264,397		[44]
42	16 October 1991		$826,961		[45]
43	23 October 1991		$555,404		[46]
44	30 October 1991		$539,077		[47]
45	6 November 1991	Regarding Henry	$602,155		[48]
46	13 November 1991	The Fisher King	$569,524		[49]
47	20 November 1991	Drop Dead Fred	$752,801		[50]
48	27 November 1991		$722,614		[51]
49	4 December 1991		$718,776		[52]
50	11 December 1991	Hot Shots!	$1,305,734		[53]
51	18 December 1991		$1,025,491		[54]
52	25 December 1991	Curly Sue	$572,118		[55]

References

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

See also

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

Chronology

Preceded by 1990

1991

Succeeded by 1992