| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ghost Town | $72,994 | -19.2% | 46 | +1 | $1,586 | $196,494 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 2 | - | My Best Friend's Girl | $54,530 | - | 46 | - | $1,185 | $54,710 | 1 | Hoyts Distribution | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | RocknRolla | $46,538 | -31.1% | 33 | - | $1,410 | $143,729 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | In Bruges | $37,650 | -10.8% | 36 | +1 | $1,045 | $200,389 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Young@Heart | $30,124 | -5.9% | 45 | +1 | $669 | $429,425 | 5 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Death Race | $28,346 | -26.8% | 40 | -4 | $708 | $198,127 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Mirrors | $25,546 | -35.9% | 24 | -1 | $1,064 | $79,895 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Nights in Rodanthe | $19,061 | -26.2% | 39 | +1 | $488 | $225,244 | 4 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Children of Huang Shi | $17,915 | -22.4% | 30 | +3 | $597 | $95,507 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Show of Hands | $11,844 | -41.3% | 43 | - | $275 | $38,712 | 2 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Pineapple Express | $11,279 | -28.6% | 23 | -6 | $490 | $358,695 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $11,256 | -8.2% | 26 | +3 | $432 | $49,777 | 2 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Burn After Reading | $11,041 | -12.7% | 20 | +4 | $552 | $362,525 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Band's Visit | $9,908 | -1.8% | 24 | +3 | $412 | $93,348 | 4 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Earth | $9,720 | +2.3% | 15 | +1 | $648 | $316,241 | 14 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Friendship | $9,285 | -33.8% | 5 | - | $1,857 | $30,407 | 2 | MG Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | - | Caramel | $8,410 | - | 6 | - | $1,401 | $11,725 | 1 | Hopscotch Films | true | false |
| 18 | 11 | Saw V | $7,376 | -50.6% | 19 | -8 | $388 | $176,145 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $7,027 | -24.6% | 33 | -7 | $212 | $807,014 | 9 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | The Duchess | $6,590 | +5.5% | 29 | +7 | $227 | $364,124 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | WALL·E | $6,188 | +1% | 49 | +10 | $126 | $1,838,391 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Brideshead Revisited | $5,719 | -33.7% | 31 | -7 | $184 | $189,961 | 5 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $5,320 | -3.7% | 29 | -4 | $183 | $432,929 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 26 | Space Chimps | $4,553 | +34.8% | 31 | -2 | $146 | $237,647 | 9 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Body of Lies | $4,257 | -28.7% | 22 | -1 | $193 | $379,613 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | - | The Savages | $4,123 | - | 5 | - | $824 | $4,123 | 1 | Roadshow Films | true | false |
| 27 | 25 | Mamma Mia! | $3,532 | -7.5% | 17 | -6 | $207 | $5,510,303 | 20 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $2,885 | -36.4% | 11 | -1 | $262 | $196,038 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 29 | 30 | The Rocket Post 2008 Re-release | $1,829 | +27.3% | 3 | -6 | $609 | $37,910 | 10 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 30 | - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $1,558 | - | 1 | - | $1,558 | $32,350 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | Choke | $1,300 | -41.1% | 2 | -1 | $650 | $18,867 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 32 | 32 | Max Payne | $1,291 | +20.9% | 7 | -4 | $184 | $312,472 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | Then She Found Me | $995 | -30.8% | 6 | -3 | $165 | $425,890 | 13 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 34 | 21 | Traitor | $868 | -85.7% | 7 | -12 | $124 | $86,320 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $865 | -41.9% | 6 | -1 | $144 | $201,987 | 9 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | The Counterfeiters | $768 | -56.9% | 8 | -6 | $96 | $221,890 | 11 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 37 | 35 | The Edge of Love | $744 | +6% | 9 | +1 | $82 | $172,400 | 8 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 38 | 33 | The Dark Knight | $575 | -31.3% | 1 | - | $575 | $4,615,890 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 38 | Bella | $363 | -19.2% | 1 | - | $363 | $93,450 | 53 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 40 | 34 | Frozen River | $296 | -58.4% | 1 | - | $296 | $10,733 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 41 | 37 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | $272 | -46.5% | 4 | -2 | $68 | $400,878 | 16 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $127 | -60.3% | 2 | -2 | $63 | $745,817 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 43 | - | Sharkwater | $69 | - | 1 | - | $69 | $7,669 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | - | Closing the Ring | $19 | - | 1 | - | $19 | $114,667 | 17 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
