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.

Number-one films

†	This implies the highest-grossing movie of the year.[1]

#	Week ending	Film	Box office	Notes	Ref
1	2 January 1991	Home Alone	$1,881,032		[2]
2	9 January 1991	Kindergarten Cop	$2,486,194		[3]
3	16 January 1991		$2,068,375		[4]
4	23 January 1991	Look Who's Talking Too	$1,824,594		[5]
5	30 January 1991	Kindergarten Cop	$1,541,532	Kindergarten Cop returned to number one in its fourth week of release	[6]
6	6 February 1991	Green Card	$1,456,109		[7]
7	13 February 1991		$1,533,463		[8]
8	20 February 1991		$1,375,238		[9]
9	27 February 1991		$1,076,081		[10]
10	6 March 1991	Dances with Wolves †	$1,196,451	Dances with Wolves reached number one in its third week of release	[11]
11	13 March 1991		$1,140,841		[12]
12	20 March 1991	Awakenings	$948,009		[13]
13	27 March 1991	Edward Scissorhands	$1,120,625		[14]
14	3 April 1991	Dances with Wolves †	$2,031,678	Dances with Wolves returned to number one in its seventh week of release	[15]
15	10 April 1991		$1,283,091		[16]
16	17 April 1991		$1,094,262		[17]
17	24 April 1991		$1,027,869		[18][19]
18	1 May 1991		$1,041,288		[20]
19	8 May 1991		$755,565		[21]
20	15 May 1991	The Silence of the Lambs	$1,720,659		[22]
21	22 May 1991		$1,625,037		[23]
22	29 May 1991		$1,425,975		[24]
23	5 June 1991		$1,348,903		[25]
24	12 June 1991	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	$1,639,812		[26]
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	[27]
26	26 June 1991		$837,662		[28]
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	[29]
28	10 July 1991		$2,048,624		[30]
29	17 July 1991		$1,884,543		[31]
30	24 July 1991		$1,393,426		[32]
31	31 July 1991		$1,083,712		[33]
32	7 August 1991		$942,747		[34]
33	14 August 1991		$920,381		[35]
34	21 August 1991	Backdraft	$485,038		[36]
35	28 August 1991		$1,023,836		[37]
36	4 September 1991	City Slickers	$941,127		[38]
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	[39][40][41]
38	19 September 1991		$2,250,045		[42]
39	26 September 1991		$1,646,060		[43]
40	2 October 1991		$1,662,687		[44]
41	9 October 1991		$1,264,397		[45]
42	16 October 1991		$826,961		[46]
43	23 October 1991		$555,404		[47]
44	30 October 1991		$539,077		[48]
45	6 November 1991	Regarding Henry	$602,155		[49]
46	13 November 1991	The Fisher King	$569,524		[50]
47	20 November 1991	Drop Dead Fred	$752,801		[51]
48	27 November 1991		$722,614		[52]
49	4 December 1991		$718,776		[53]
50	11 December 1991	Hot Shots!	$1,305,734		[54]
51	18 December 1991		$1,025,491		[55]
52	25 December 1991	Curly Sue	$572,118		[56]

See also

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