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R Movies Released in 1991
This list shows all R films released in 1991, including films that went direct-to-video, or only got an international theatrical release. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (US/Canada) theatrical release.
The revenue listed is the worldwide box office combined with the domestic home market revenue to date.
Domestic Analysis for R Movies for 1991
Release
Date | Movie | Genre | Release
Type | Revenue
to Date | Trailer |
|---|
| |
| January, 1991 |
| 1991 TBD |
Close My Eyes |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$135,893 |
|
|
Johnny Suede |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$55,000 |
|
|
McBain |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$456,000 |
|
|
Once Around |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$14,851,000 |
|
|
One False Move |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$1,543,000 |
|
|
Showdown in Little Tokyo |
Action |
Theatrical |
$2,357,871 |
|
|
Straight out of Brooklyn |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,712,293 |
|
| |
| January 10 |
Warlock |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$8,824,553 |
|
| |
| January 11 |
Lionheart |
Action |
Theatrical |
$22,545,360 |
|
| |
| January 18 |
Eve of Destruction |
Action |
Theatrical |
$4,704,884 |
|
| February, 1991 |
| February 1 |
Popcorn |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$4,656,759 |
|
|
Run |
Action |
Theatrical |
$4,409,328 |
|
| |
| February 8 |
Sleeping with the Enemy |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$174,968,942 |
|
| |
| February 14 |
The Silence of the Lambs |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$275,726,716 |
|
| |
| February 15 |
Across the Tracks |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| February 22 |
Scenes from a Mall |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$9,563,393 |
|
| March, 1991 |
| March 1 |
Closet Land |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$259,012 |
|
|
The Doors |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$34,469,241 |
|
|
Volere volare |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| March 8 |
The Hard Way |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$65,525,330 |
|
|
New Jack City |
Action |
Theatrical |
$47,624,253 |
|
|
Nikita |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$5,017,971 |
|
| |
| March 13 |
Paris is Burning |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$3,247,160 |
|
| |
| March 15 |
Class Action |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$23,968,042 |
|
|
The Comfort of Strangers |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,244,000 |
|
|
The Perfect Weapon |
Action |
Theatrical |
$14,061,361 |
|
|
True Colors |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$418,807 |
|
| |
| March 22 |
Scissors |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$6,558 |
|
| |
| March 29 |
The Five Heartbeats |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$7,526,807 |
|
| April, 1991 |
| April 5 |
The Marrying Man |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$12,454,768 |
|
| |
| April 12 |
The Object of Beauty |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,186,392 |
|
|
Out for Justice |
Action |
Theatrical |
$39,673,161 |
|
| |
| April 13 |
Nightwish |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| |
| April 19 |
Mortal Thoughts |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$19,018,321 |
|
| |
| April 26 |
A Kiss Before Dying |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$14,769,755 |
|
|
Toy Soldiers |
Action |
Theatrical |
$15,073,942 |
|
| May, 1991 |
| May 3 |
One Good Cop |
Action |
Theatrical |
$11,359,570 |
|
|
A Rage in Harlem |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$10,438,504 |
|
| |
| May 10 |
Madonna: Truth or Dare |
Concert/Performance |
Theatrical |
$29,012,935 |
|
|
Switch |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$15,545,943 |
|
| |
| May 17 |
Stone Cold |
Action |
Theatrical |
$9,505,232 |
|
| |
| May 24 |
Backdraft |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$152,368,585 |
|
|
Hangin' with the Homeboys |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$516,855 |
|
|
Hudson Hawk |
Action |
Theatrical |
$17,218,916 |
|
|
Thelma & Louise |
Action |
Theatrical |
$45,460,747 |
|
| |
| May 31 |
Ambition |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$436,132 |
|
| June, 1991 |
| June 7 |
Jungle Fever |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$31,739,045 |
|
| |
| June 14 |
Bright Angel |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$158,243 |
|
|
Kickboxer 2: The Road Back |
Action |
Theatrical |
$1,206,817 |
|
| |
| June 21 |
Dying Young |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$81,264,473 |
|
|
The Pope Must Die |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$582,510 |
|
| |
| June 27 |
Akira |
Action |
Theatrical |
$2,040,664 |
|
| |
| June 28 |
Do or Die |
Action |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Europa Europa |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$5,575,738 |
|
|
The Reflecting Skin |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| July, 1991 |
| July 1 |
The Miracle |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$835,519 |
|
| |
| July 2 |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
Action |
Theatrical |
$515,361,524 |
|
| |
| July 12 |
Boyz n the Hood |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$56,215,095 |
|
|
Point Break |
Action |
Theatrical |
$83,531,958 |
|
| |
| July 26 |
Another You |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$2,697,777 |
|
|
Mobsters |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$20,246,790 |
|
|
V.I. Warshawski |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$11,128,309 |
|
| August, 1991 |
| August 1 |
Slacker |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,227,508 |
|
| |
| August 2 |
Body Parts |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$8,398,855 |
|
| |
| August 9 |
Double Impact |
Action |
Theatrical |
$29,090,445 |
|
|
Young Soul Rebels |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$53,502 |
|
| |
| August 14 |
The Commitments |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$14,295,903 |
|
| |
| August 21 |
Barton Fink |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,726,463 |
|
| |
| August 23 |
Dead Again |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$38,016,380 |
|
|
Defenseless |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$6,379,362 |
|
|
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man |
Western |
Theatrical |
$7,018,525 |
|
|
True Identity |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$4,693,236 |
|
| |
| August 30 |
Child's Play 3 |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$19,850,380 |
|
| September, 1991 |
| September 13 |
Blood and Concrete |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$8,000 |
|
|
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$34,872,033 |
|
| |
| September 20 |
The Fisher King |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$42,082,824 |
|
|
Livin' Large! |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$5,435,488 |
|
|
Rambling Rose |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$6,266,621 |
|
| |
| September 26 |
La Domenica Specialmente |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$442,676 |
|
| |
| September 29 |
My Own Private Idaho |
Black Comedy |
Theatrical |
$6,402,775 |
|
| October, 1991 |
| October 4 |
Black Robe |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$8,211,952 |
|
|
Dogfight |
Romantic Comedy |
Theatrical |
$394,631 |
|
|
Ricochet |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$21,756,163 |
|
|
The Super |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$11,000,863 |
|
|
Whore |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,008,404 |
|
| |
| October 9 |
Homicide |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$2,971,661 |
|
| |
| October 11 |
City of Hope |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,264,910 |
|
|
Frankie and Johnny |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$22,773,535 |
|
|
Shattered |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$11,575,574 |
|
|
The Taking of Beverly Hills |
Action |
Theatrical |
$971,720 |
|
| |
| October 16 |
The Lovers on the Bridge |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$117,569 |
|
| |
| October 18 |
Dolly Dearest |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
|
Other People's Money |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$35,682,000 |
|
|
La Setta |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$68,442 |
|
| |
| October 23 |
House Party 2 |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$19,438,638 |
|
| |
| October 25 |
Due occhi diabolici |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$349,618 |
|
|
The Hitman |
Action |
Theatrical |
$4,654,288 |
|
| |
| October 30 |
Van Gogh |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$20,547 |
|
| November, 1991 |
| November 1 |
29th Street |
Comedy |
Theatrical |
$1,287,171 |
|
|
Billy Bathgate |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$15,565,363 |
|
|
Highlander II: The Quickening |
Action |
Theatrical |
$14,184,134 |
|
|
The People Under the Stairs |
Horror |
Theatrical |
$24,557,868 |
|
|
Year of the Gun |
Action |
Theatrical |
$11,820,000 |
|
| |
| November 15 |
Cape Fear |
Thriller/Suspense |
Theatrical |
$182,291,969 |
|
| |
| November 22 |
For the Boys |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$17,684,580 |
|
| |
| November 27 |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apo… |
Documentary |
Theatrical |
$0 |
|
| December, 1991 |
| December 1 |
Life is Sweet |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,516,000 |
|
|
Naked Lunch |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$2,541,000 |
|
| |
| December 6 |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$1,342,903 |
|
| |
| December 13 |
Bugsy |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$49,103,967 |
|
|
The Last Boy Scout |
Action |
Theatrical |
$59,509,925 |
|
| |
| December 20 |
JFK |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$206,184,252 |
|
|
Tacones lejanos |
|
Theatrical |
$1,530,941 |
|
| |
| December 22 |
Rush |
|
Theatrical |
$7,241,350 |
|
| |
| December 25 |
Grand Canyon |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$40,098,309 |
|
|
The Prince of Tides |
Drama |
Theatrical |
$74,787,599 |
|
| |
| |
| Unknown TBD |
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie |
Thriller/Suspense |
Unknown |
$0 |
|
