| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2012 | - | - | - | $2,382,610 | 52 | $2,970,237 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $763,771 | 57 | $1,848,823 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 3 | This Is It | - | - | - | $455,070 | 37 | $723,804 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $304,929 | 50 | $519,788 | Nov 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 5 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $301,068 | 35 | $555,260 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 6 | Drag Me to Hell | - | - | - | $264,833 | 33 | $392,502 | Oct 29 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 7 | The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer | - | - | - | $150,459 | 60 | $1,048,339 | Oct 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 8 | New in Town | - | - | - | $137,654 | 12 | $162,008 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 9 | Whiteout | - | - | - | $129,003 | 18 | $207,223 | Nov 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Smother | - | - | - | $97,867 | 16 | $169,099 | Oct 29 | - | false |
| 11 | Land of the Lost | - | - | - | $81,618 | 29 | $485,830 | Oct 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 12 | Coco Before Chanel | - | - | - | $71,648 | 8 | $80,191 | Nov 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Sorority Row | - | - | - | $65,621 | 25 | $70,578 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 14 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $64,424 | 25 | $465,891 | Oct 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 15 | Jennifer's Body | - | - | - | $63,226 | 21 | $270,575 | Oct 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 16 | District 9 | - | - | - | $37,637 | 27 | $315,694 | Oct 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $33,833 | 8 | $113,585 | Oct 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | $29,994 | 15 | $198,926 | Oct 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $25,919 | 35 | $540,122 | Oct 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 20 | La sombra de nadie 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $24,117 | 25 | $300,567 | Oct 8 | - | false |
| 21 | Inside | - | - | - | $24,048 | 15 | $107,615 | Nov 5 | - | false |
| 22 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $19,634 | 21 | $210,553 | Sep 24 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 23 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $16,845 | 8 | $21,045 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 24 | Death at a Funeral | - | - | - | $15,529 | 10 | $188,547 | Sep 24 | - | false |
| 25 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | - | - | - | $14,966 | 22 | $205,989 | Sep 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | My Sister's Keeper | - | - | - | $14,722 | 12 | $232,461 | Sep 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | The Salvation Poem | - | - | - | $12,572 | 8 | $27,735 | Nov 26 | - | false |
| 28 | Cu4tro | - | - | - | $12,293 | 8 | $66,585 | Oct 15 | - | false |
| 29 | Brüno | - | - | - | $11,662 | 4 | $11,662 | Nov 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | Right at Your Door 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $6,529 | 1 | $17,166 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 31 | State of Play | - | - | - | $4,268 | 18 | $82,543 | Sep 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 32 | Big Stan | - | - | - | $4,057 | 20 | $102,704 | Oct 8 | - | false |
| 33 | Scar | - | - | - | $3,760 | 9 | $45,531 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 34 | Igor | - | - | - | $3,702 | 20 | $68,263 | Aug 13 | - | false |
| 35 | Last Chance Harvey | - | - | - | $3,624 | 14 | $126,409 | Aug 6 | - | false |
| 36 | The Ugly Truth | - | - | - | $3,415 | 27 | $610,439 | Sep 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Apartment 1303 | - | - | - | $3,208 | 32 | $109,717 | Sep 3 | - | false |
| 38 | The Air I Breathe | - | - | - | $2,165 | 15 | $47,721 | Sep 10 | - | false |
| 39 | The Reader | - | - | - | $1,817 | 11 | $58,707 | Aug 27 | - | false |
| 40 | The Final Destination | - | - | - | $1,401 | 29 | $769,269 | Sep 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Grace Is Gone | - | - | - | $739 | 10 | $27,780 | Sep 24 | - | false |
| 42 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $703 | 27 | $237,544 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 43 | Rogue | - | - | - | $591 | 15 | $63,321 | Aug 20 | - | false |
| 44 | Diary of a Nymphomaniac | - | - | - | $428 | 10 | $81,876 | Sep 10 | - | false |
