Editing 1991 in film (section)

==Highest-grossing films==
{{see also|Lists of box office number-one films#1991}}
The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1991/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=1991 Worldwide Box Office |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ Highest-grossing films of 1991
|-
!Rank!!Title!!Distributor!!Worldwide gross 
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 1
| ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]''
| [[Tri-Star Pictures|Tri-Star]] / [[Carolco Pictures|Carolco]]
| $520,881,154<ref name="Terminator 2">{{cite web |title=Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) |work=Box Office Mojo |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminator2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626051349/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=terminator2.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2017 |quote=$519,843,345}}</ref>
|- 
! style="text-align:center;"| 2
| ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $390,493,908
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 3
|''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista]]
| <!-- PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ADDING THE TOTAL LIFETIME BOX OFFICE GROSS. THE NUMBER LISTED HERE IS REFERRING TO THE GROSS MADE DURING ITS INITIAL THEATRICAL RUN! -->${{formatnum:{{#expr:<!--PRE 2012 TOTAL-->377350553-<!--IMAX TOTAL-->25487190-5546156}}}}<ref name="BATB">''Beauty and the Beast'' box-office
* Total prior to 2012 reissue: {{cite web |title=Beauty and the Beast (1991) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyandthebeast.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112082904/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=beautyandthebeast.htm |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |quote=$377,350,553}}
* 2002 IMAX release: {{cite web |title=Beauty and the Beast (IMAX) |work=[[Box Office Mojo]] |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautybeastimax.htm |access-date=December 25, 2017 |quote=Domestic Total Gross: $25,487,190; Foreign: $5,546,156}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 4
| ''[[Hook (film)|Hook]]''
| [[Tri-Star Pictures|TriStar]]
| $300,854,984
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 5
| ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''
| [[Orion Pictures|Orion]]
| $272,742,922
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 6
|''[[JFK (film)|JFK]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]
| $205,405,498
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 7
|''[[The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]
| $192,230,411<ref name=ww>{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Top 50 worldwide grossers|date=July 15, 2002|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|page=52, Paramount at 90 supplement}}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 8
| ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] / [[Orion Pictures|Orion]]
| $191,502,426
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 9
| ''[[Cape Fear (1991 film)|Cape Fear]]''
| [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]
| $182,291,969
|-
! style="text-align:center;"| 10
| ''[[Hot Shots!]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
| $181,096,164
|-
|}