North American Weekend Box Office
US Box Office 11th January, 1991
| Title | Weekend | Week | Total | % Change | Total Weeks |
| 1 (1) |  | Home Alone () | $9,813,012 | $12,707,903 | $181,405,541 | -22% | 7 |
| 2 (15) |  | Awakenings () | $8,306,532 | $8,503,605 | $10,087,133 | 96% | 2 |
| 3 (new) |  | A.W.O.L. (1990) | $7,094,552 | $7,094,552 | $7,094,552 | new | 1 |
| 4 (2) |  | Kindergarten Cop () | $6,575,600 | $8,813,240 | $53,593,415 | -30% | 2 |
| 5 (4) |  | Dances With Wolves (1990) | $5,586,412 | $8,277,922 | $79,426,084 | -24% | 8 |
| 6 (3) |  | The Godfather Part III () | $4,315,158 | $7,045,612 | $51,784,117 | -48% | 2 |
| 7 (new) |  | Not Without My Daughter (1991) | $3,804,055 | $3,804,055 | $3,804,055 | new | 1 |
| 8 (5) |  | Edward Scissorhands () | $3,655,258 | $4,921,463 | $38,707,036 | -28% | 4 |
| 9 (6) |  | Look Who's Talking Too (1991) | $2,366,800 | $3,159,007 | $36,713,969 | -44% | 3 |
| 10 (8) |  | Mermaids (1991) | $2,287,275 | $3,397,383 | $24,628,919 | -38% | 3 |
| 11 (7) |  | Misery (1991) | $2,068,992 | $3,222,325 | $48,164,210 | -47% | 5 |
| 12 (9) |  | Three Men and a Little Lady () | $1,937,609 | $2,710,047 | $61,419,345 | -45% | 6 |
| 13 (10) |  | The Russia House () | $1,622,952 | $2,590,513 | $18,048,832 | -47% | 2 |
| 14 (20) |  | Green Card () | $1,537,294 | $1,602,070 | $1,958,578 | 94% | 2 |
| 15 (12) |  | Ghost () | $1,016,724 | $1,535,304 | $209,695,386 | -33% | 23 |
| 16 (new) |  | Warlock (1989) | $780,360 | $780,360 | $780,360 | new | 1 |
| 17 (16) |  | The Sheltering Sky (1990) | $364,241 | $436,939 | $1,053,385 | 44% | 3 |
| 18 (18) |  | Hamlet (1990) | $113,339 | $193,863 | $774,790 | -9% | 2 |
| 19 (19) |  | Alice () | $86,543 | $164,531 | $586,870 | -13% | 2 |