| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $21,623,182 | -32.1% | 3,144 | - | $6,877 | $64,923,380 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $20,828,511 | - | 2,942 | - | $7,079 | $20,828,511 | 1 | Screen Gems | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Gran Torino | $16,244,462 | -26.1% | 3,045 | +73 | $5,334 | $97,819,975 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Hotel for Dogs | $12,860,944 | -24.4% | 3,271 | - | $3,931 | $37,455,759 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,699,629 | +82.9% | 1,411 | +829 | $7,583 | $56,065,245 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | My Bloody Valentine | $10,012,658 | -52.9% | 2,534 | - | $3,951 | $37,687,394 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 7 | - | Inkheart | $7,601,379 | - | 2,655 | - | $2,863 | $7,601,379 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Bride Wars | $6,868,664 | -41% | 2,621 | -607 | $2,620 | $48,570,928 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $6,085,919 | +9.1% | 2,263 | +40 | $2,689 | $111,129,482 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Notorious | $5,779,692 | -71.8% | 1,641 | +3 | $3,522 | $31,874,538 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Defiance | $5,666,785 | -36.4% | 1,793 | +4 | $3,160 | $18,564,544 | 4 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 12 | 17 | Revolutionary Road | $5,185,146 | +190.8% | 1,058 | +887 | $4,900 | $11,784,049 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | The Unborn | $4,359,865 | -53.3% | 2,107 | -252 | $2,069 | $39,230,025 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 19 | The Wrestler | $3,745,643 | +120% | 566 | +422 | $6,617 | $9,557,610 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Marley & Me | $3,031,969 | -50.6% | 2,036 | -916 | $1,489 | $138,092,165 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 16 | 25 | Frost/Nixon | $3,022,250 | +351.5% | 1,099 | +946 | $2,750 | $12,005,811 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Last Chance Harvey | $2,865,298 | -33.4% | 1,108 | +54 | $2,586 | $9,529,976 | 5 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Bedtime Stories | $1,955,408 | -58.6% | 1,660 | -959 | $1,177 | $107,600,474 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Valkyrie | $1,509,786 | -60.3% | 1,110 | -897 | $1,360 | $80,740,385 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | The Reader | $1,403,410 | +9.2% | 367 | -50 | $3,824 | $9,661,121 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Twilight | $978,618 | -43.9% | 552 | -352 | $1,772 | $186,027,660 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | Not Easily Broken | $960,618 | -50.6% | 483 | -242 | $1,988 | $9,750,971 | 3 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Milk | $884,715 | +13.6% | 250 | +27 | $3,538 | $21,637,349 | 9 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Doubt | $847,855 | -31.1% | 404 | -321 | $2,098 | $26,753,136 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | Yes Man | $803,019 | -69.1% | 704 | -1,000 | $1,140 | $95,383,486 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | 63 | The Dark Knight | $667,397 | +6,844.1% | 350 | +344 | $1,906 | $531,706,809 | 28 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $509,443 | -3.7% | 303 | -31 | $1,681 | $178,853,694 | 12 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 28 | 36 | Rachel Getting Married | $459,641 | +347.6% | 370 | +308 | $1,242 | $11,252,249 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | Seven Pounds | $298,514 | -75.4% | 319 | -802 | $935 | $69,951,824 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | The Tale of Despereaux | $288,540 | -59.6% | 380 | -490 | $759 | $49,604,065 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | Quantum of Solace | $225,161 | -32.8% | 272 | -57 | $827 | $168,368,427 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 31 | Australia | $211,154 | -28.6% | 241 | -46 | $876 | $48,687,600 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 33 | 32 | Four Christmases | $208,689 | -20.9% | 310 | -52 | $673 | $119,924,307 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | Bolt | $182,603 | -47.6% | 181 | -158 | $1,008 | $112,818,114 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 38 | Waltz with Bashir | $150,458 | +91.4% | 25 | +16 | $6,018 | $754,796 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $138,222 | -69.9% | 185 | -126 | $747 | $78,609,083 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 37 | 33 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $130,607 | -14.7% | 26 | +10 | $5,023 | $706,641 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 38 | 26 | CC2C | $125,392 | -80.1% | 130 | - | $964 | $869,611 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $100,858 | -23.5% | 158 | -35 | $638 | $94,408,857 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $77,453 | -8.6% | 53 | -35 | $1,461 | $23,118,152 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 41 | 35 | Role Models | $75,705 | -27.7% | 147 | -40 | $515 | $67,266,300 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | - | Outlander | $59,581 | - | 81 | - | $735 | $59,581 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing | true | false |
| 43 | 42 | Let the Right One In | $52,304 | -10.8% | 40 | +1 | $1,307 | $1,763,900 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,350 | -34.7% | 16 | -5 | $3,146 | $20,691,842 | 69 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 45 | 45 | Synecdoche, New York | $47,581 | +19.7% | 28 | -5 | $1,699 | $2,921,090 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 46 | 44 | I've Loved You So Long | $39,719 | -6.5% | 28 | +5 | $1,418 | $2,599,472 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | - | Fireproof | $36,350 | - | 62 | - | $586 | $33,451,479 | 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 48 | 46 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $35,577 | -9.7% | 13 | - | $2,736 | $12,734,551 | 24 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 49 | 59 | Wendy and Lucy | $32,672 | +184.9% | 8 | +4 | $4,084 | $193,690 | 7 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 50 | 43 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $25,629 | -50.9% | 83 | -72 | $308 | $90,535,406 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 51 | 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,266 | -14.9% | 6 | - | $4,044 | $27,299,369 | 175 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 50 | Space Station 3D | $24,127 | -16.7% | 10 | +1 | $2,412 | $77,502,329 | 354 | IMAX | false | false |
| 53 | 54 | Roving Mars | $19,291 | -1.3% | 7 | - | $2,755 | $9,932,920 | 157 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | 48 | The Secret Life of Bees | $19,282 | -45.4% | 39 | -19 | $494 | $37,704,599 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 53 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $16,226 | -22.6% | 8 | -1 | $2,028 | $5,331,485 | 50 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 56 | - | Killshot | $10,741 | - | 5 | - | $2,148 | $10,741 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | true | false |
| 57 | - | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $10,537 | - | 1 | - | $10,537 | $10,537 | 1 | Argot Pictures | true | false |
| 58 | 55 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $10,462 | -46% | 27 | -23 | $387 | $31,452,765 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 59 | 52 | Soul Men | $9,329 | -63.8% | 38 | -52 | $245 | $12,075,660 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 64 | Owl and the Sparrow | $8,941 | -5.6% | 4 | +1 | $2,235 | $21,889 | 2 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 61 | 60 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $8,817 | -22.8% | 11 | -1 | $801 | $13,549,825 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 49 | Ghajini | $8,348 | -71.9% | 9 | -13 | $927 | $2,428,713 | 5 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 63 | 62 | Deep Sea | $6,899 | -35.7% | 6 | - | $1,149 | $37,373,300 | 152 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 64 | 61 | A Christmas Tale | $5,790 | -47% | 10 | -10 | $579 | $1,056,726 | 11 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 65 | - | Of Time and the City | $5,595 | - | 1 | - | $5,595 | $7,101 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 66 | 58 | Silent Light | $5,236 | -54.9% | 1 | - | $5,236 | $46,872 | 3 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 67 | 66 | Timecrimes | $4,988 | -37% | 2 | - | $2,494 | $38,108 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 68 | - | Donkey Punch | $4,744 | - | 2 | - | $2,372 | $4,744 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 69 | 89 | Were the World Mine | $4,353 | +1,165.4% | 2 | +1 | $2,176 | $94,245 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 70 | 78 | Stranded | $3,712 | +132% | 4 | +1 | $928 | $76,246 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 71 | 67 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $3,471 | -54.8% | 16 | -7 | $216 | $7,502,429 | 7 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 72 | 70 | Tell No One | $2,962 | -14.8% | 3 | - | $987 | $6,170,517 | 30 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 73 | 79 | A Secret | $2,821 | +100.1% | 3 | -1 | $940 | $588,559 | 21 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 74 | 82 | How About You | $2,595 | +106% | 4 | +3 | $648 | $57,458 | 11 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 75 | 72 | U2 3D | $2,589 | -14.7% | 1 | - | $2,589 | $9,687,735 | 53 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 76 | 73 | The Secret of the Grain | $2,470 | -12.8% | 1 | - | $2,470 | $58,736 | 5 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 77 | 74 | Ballerina | $1,596 | -39.9% | 1 | - | $1,596 | $6,263 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 78 | 65 | Lola Montès | $1,307 | -85.3% | 2 | - | $653 | $103,556 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 79 | - | A Man Named Pearl | $1,166 | - | 1 | - | $1,166 | $202,769 | 74 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 80 | - | Just Another Love Story | $1,055 | - | 1 | - | $1,055 | $10,760 | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 81 | 69 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $977 | -85% | 2 | -3 | $488 | $63,788 | 12 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 82 | 88 | The Wild Child | $775 | +106.7% | 2 | +1 | $387 | $33,676 | 12 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 83 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $766 | - | 1 | - | $766 | $90,938 | 31 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 84 | 81 | Ciao | $706 | -46.6% | 1 | -1 | $706 | $31,251 | 8 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 85 | 85 | Yonkers Joe | $702 | -5.4% | 2 | - | $351 | $4,983 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 86 | 76 | The Betrayal | $622 | -67.5% | 1 | - | $622 | $15,716 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 87 | 87 | Trouble the Water | $551 | +20.6% | 1 | - | $551 | $493,459 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 88 | - | Momma's Man | $451 | - | 1 | - | $451 | $96,477 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 89 | 86 | The Beautiful Truth | $308 | -51.4% | 1 | - | $308 | $14,812 | 11 | Cinema Libre Studio | false | false |
| 90 | 77 | The Secrets | $185 | -89.3% | 1 | -2 | $185 | $63,390 | 9 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 91 | - | Dog Eat Dog | $80 | - | 1 | - | $80 | $80 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
