November 22 – Walt Disney Pictures releases Beauty and the Beast, based on the original fairy tale and Jean Cocteau's 1946 film, the film became one of the most prestigious and greatest animated and romantic films in cinema history.
As a result of this new formation, Tri-Star Pictures drops the hyphen from its name and becomes TriStar Pictures, while RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video becomes Columbia-TriStar Home Video. It is also the first, and to date only, Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film. The top 10 films released in 1991 by worldwide gross are as follows: Highest-grossing films of 1991 See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 1991