| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hancock | $7,730,084 | - | 456 | - | $16,951 | $7,730,084 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | - | 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | $5,809,102 | - | 310 | - | $18,739 | $5,809,102 | 1 | Toho | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Ponyo | $4,765,489 | -11.1% | 481 | - | $9,907 | $118,169,276 | 7 | Toho | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Detroit Metal City | $2,355,664 | -27.9% | 241 | - | $9,774 | $9,443,878 | 2 | Toho | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $1,279,515 | -43.1% | 543 | -4 | $2,356 | $16,861,441 | 3 | Toho-Towa | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Sex and the City | $1,258,386 | -52.6% | 292 | -3 | $4,309 | $6,562,018 | 2 | Gaga | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior | $859,570 | -22.6% | 326 | -33 | $2,636 | $42,563,360 | 7 | Toho | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Boys Over Flowers: Final | $563,160 | -25.6% | 316 | - | $1,782 | $69,367,613 | 10 | Toho | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Dark Knight | $514,092 | -36% | 285 | -16 | $1,803 | $12,755,352 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Kamen Rider Kiva: King of the Castle in the Demon World | $481,274 | -25.1% | 285 | - | $1,688 | $7,602,630 | 4 | Toei Company | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Kung Fu Panda | $366,241 | -42.8% | 237 | -129 | $1,545 | $16,883,422 | 6 | Asmik Ace Entertainment | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Naruto Shippuden: The Movie - Bonds | $352,982 | -16.6% | 252 | - | $1,400 | $10,233,203 | 5 | Toho | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | What Happens in Vegas | $315,657 | -42.5% | 189 | -2 | $1,670 | $4,654,546 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Last Game: Waseda vs. Keiko | $300,041 | +3.9% | 143 | +5 | $2,098 | $1,098,807 | 2 | Cine Quanon | false | false |
| 15 | 6 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $270,587 | -73.6% | 473 | - | $572 | $1,890,243 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Sky Crawlers | $207,153 | -22.7% | 202 | -8 | $1,025 | $5,799,349 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Kitaro and the Millennium Curse | $142,363 | -27.3% | 289 | -20 | $492 | $12,884,706 | 8 | Shochiku | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $56,120 | -69.7% | 37 | -270 | $1,516 | $52,750,492 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | Anpanman: The Secret of Fairy Rin-Rin | $45,029 | -30.2% | 53 | -28 | $849 | $3,201,824 | 8 | Tokyo Theatres | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Kung Fu Dunk | $40,042 | -40% | 101 | -24 | $396 | $482,361 | 3 | Herald Film Company | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Across the Universe | $37,313 | -15.1% | 17 | -2 | $2,194 | $374,660 | 4 | Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) | false | false |
| 22 | 23 | One Million Yen Girl 2008 Re-release | $27,814 | -3.9% | 17 | +2 | $1,636 | $1,703,499 | 7 | Nikkatsu | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | The Happening | $21,894 | -62.7% | 34 | -45 | $643 | $11,318,940 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 24 | - | Still Walking | $21,458 | - | 16 | - | $1,341 | $1,351,534 | 10 | Cine Quanon | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $18,545 | -81.3% | 16 | -146 | $1,159 | $6,498,289 | 6 | Shochiku | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | The Incredible Hulk | $12,916 | -48.8% | 17 | -55 | $759 | $1,655,777 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | $1,215 | +20.9% | 8 | +2 | $151 | $407,773 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
