| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $27,785,487 | - | 3,175 | - | $8,751 | $27,785,487 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Taken | $20,547,346 | -16.9% | 3,184 | +1 | $6,453 | $53,610,944 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Coraline | $16,849,640 | - | 2,299 | - | $7,329 | $16,849,640 | 1 | Focus Features | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Pink Panther 2 | $11,588,150 | - | 3,243 | - | $3,573 | $11,588,150 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $10,884,825 | -21.5% | 3,169 | -37 | $3,434 | $96,886,687 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Push | $10,079,109 | - | 2,313 | - | $4,357 | $10,079,109 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,177,270 | -5.9% | 1,724 | +91 | $4,163 | $77,203,055 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Gran Torino | $7,155,339 | -13.1% | 2,705 | -310 | $2,645 | $120,195,197 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | The Uninvited | $6,262,651 | -39.3% | 2,344 | - | $2,671 | $18,242,141 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 10 | 4 | Hotel for Dogs | $5,711,229 | -33.8% | 2,734 | -426 | $2,088 | $55,125,062 | 4 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $4,083,369 | -46.1% | 2,042 | -900 | $1,999 | $39,841,908 | 3 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | New in Town | $3,228,190 | -52.1% | 1,941 | - | $1,663 | $11,856,481 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $2,302,188 | -35% | 1,478 | -648 | $1,557 | $119,950,285 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Reader | $2,275,489 | -4.4% | 862 | -140 | $2,639 | $16,033,070 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Wrestler | $2,207,555 | -4.6% | 754 | +32 | $2,927 | $16,170,788 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | My Bloody Valentine | $1,856,829 | -58.5% | 671 | -735 | $2,767 | $48,182,383 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Revolutionary Road | $1,670,594 | -37.5% | 935 | -142 | $1,786 | $18,738,643 | 7 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Bride Wars | $1,500,029 | -57.4% | 1,097 | -888 | $1,367 | $56,244,349 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Defiance | $1,393,322 | -44.3% | 858 | -804 | $1,623 | $25,196,967 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 20 | 10 | Inkheart | $1,231,458 | -66.9% | 1,175 | -1,480 | $1,048 | $14,885,535 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Milk | $1,125,312 | -24% | 601 | -281 | $1,872 | $25,257,922 | 11 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Frost/Nixon | $771,985 | -45% | 478 | -627 | $1,615 | $15,651,111 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Doubt | $722,534 | -13.7% | 401 | -201 | $1,801 | $29,103,495 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Notorious | $628,621 | -63% | 440 | -640 | $1,428 | $36,214,659 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Last Chance Harvey | $576,363 | -53% | 448 | -445 | $1,286 | $12,796,195 | 7 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | Twilight | $480,388 | -23% | 326 | -87 | $1,473 | $187,748,420 | 12 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 27 | 22 | Marley & Me | $455,301 | -52.6% | 450 | -572 | $1,011 | $140,548,943 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | The Unborn | $393,830 | -67.8% | 388 | -920 | $1,015 | $42,005,890 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 33 | Yes Man | $368,295 | +77.1% | 345 | +68 | $1,067 | $96,302,759 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | The Dark Knight | $353,826 | -19% | 188 | -23 | $1,882 | $532,831,967 | 30 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 29 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $247,079 | -24.3% | 240 | -35 | $1,029 | $179,606,381 | 14 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 32 | 25 | Bedtime Stories | $244,664 | -56% | 265 | -374 | $923 | $108,927,068 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | The Tale of Despereaux | $223,560 | -2.5% | 276 | -36 | $810 | $50,176,530 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Valkyrie | $206,382 | -48.7% | 258 | -251 | $799 | $82,019,420 | 7 | United Artists | false | false |
| 35 | 28 | Not Easily Broken | $184,751 | -50.5% | 148 | -144 | $1,248 | $10,572,742 | 5 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 36 | 36 | The Class | $180,590 | +16.4% | 27 | +2 | $6,688 | $575,846 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | - | Fanboys | $171,533 | - | 44 | - | $3,898 | $171,533 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | true | false |
| 38 | - | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $150,203 | - | 41 | - | $3,663 | $150,203 | 1 | Shorts International | true | false |
| 39 | 37 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $147,608 | +14.6% | 196 | -5 | $753 | $78,980,521 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 40 | 35 | Waltz with Bashir | $137,749 | -12.3% | 46 | +2 | $2,994 | $1,216,131 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | 31 | Rachel Getting Married | $133,042 | -40.4% | 95 | -125 | $1,400 | $11,892,890 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 42 | 34 | Australia | $127,375 | -26.2% | 178 | -119 | $715 | $49,181,873 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 43 | 38 | Bolt | $111,175 | -9.2% | 132 | -41 | $842 | $113,120,614 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 32 | Luck by Chance | $79,044 | -63.6% | 49 | -8 | $1,613 | $326,444 | 2 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 45 | 40 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $52,602 | -33.4% | 17 | -7 | $3,094 | $936,291 | 9 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 46 | 42 | Wendy and Lucy | $44,501 | -1.9% | 20 | +7 | $2,225 | $309,349 | 9 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | I've Loved You So Long | $42,575 | +33.2% | 28 | +1 | $1,520 | $2,714,372 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 39 | Four Christmases | $33,156 | -60.8% | 87 | -96 | $381 | $120,136,047 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 49 | 43 | Let the Right One In | $32,333 | -14.6% | 28 | -1 | $1,154 | $1,882,159 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 50 | 45 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,747 | +2.1% | 15 | - | $2,049 | $20,773,585 | 71 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | 48 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $30,578 | +8.3% | 10 | +1 | $3,057 | $5,409,382 | 52 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $30,460 | +3.7% | 11 | - | $2,769 | $12,832,745 | 26 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 53 | 46 | Frozen River | $29,439 | -2% | 25 | - | $1,177 | $2,385,656 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 54 | 50 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $27,325 | +5.3% | 7 | - | $3,903 | $27,424,922 | 177 | IMAX | false | false |
| 55 | 49 | Synecdoche, New York | $26,765 | +3% | 25 | +2 | $1,070 | $3,010,278 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 56 | 51 | Space Station 3D | $26,576 | +4.3% | 9 | -1 | $2,952 | $77,611,175 | 356 | IMAX | false | false |
| 57 | 54 | Roving Mars | $19,798 | +7.8% | 7 | - | $2,828 | $9,986,412 | 159 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 52 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $17,743 | -13.1% | 15 | -10 | $1,182 | $23,191,990 | 26 | - | false | false |
| 59 | - | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $13,978 | - | 1 | - | $13,978 | $32,386 | 3 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 60 | - | Chocolate | $11,180 | - | 7 | - | $1,597 | $11,180 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 61 | - | Dev.D | $10,950 | - | 4 | - | $2,737 | $10,950 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 62 | 57 | Service | $9,239 | -28% | 2 | - | $4,619 | $28,022 | 2 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 59 | The Secret Life of Bees | $8,721 | -14.3% | 13 | -5 | $670 | $37,736,842 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 64 | 68 | Blessed Is the Match | $8,049 | +142.7% | 3 | +2 | $2,683 | $13,315 | 2 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 65 | 53 | Deep Sea | $7,595 | -61.4% | 6 | - | $1,265 | $37,414,477 | 154 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 66 | 71 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,460 | +136.2% | 5 | +4 | $1,292 | $79,513 | 12 | Kino International | false | false |
| 67 | 69 | The Secret of the Grain | $6,178 | +101.7% | 3 | +2 | $2,059 | $70,211 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 68 | 58 | Medicine for Melancholy | $6,177 | -51.1% | 1 | - | $6,177 | $22,764 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 69 | 70 | Silent Light | $4,669 | +53% | 1 | - | $4,669 | $58,890 | 5 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 70 | 62 | A Secret | $4,195 | -43.1% | 4 | - | $1,048 | $603,517 | 23 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 71 | - | Our City Dreams | $4,056 | - | 1 | - | $4,056 | $8,361 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 72 | 66 | Trouble the Water | $3,950 | -16.8% | 4 | - | $987 | $504,078 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 73 | 72 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,903 | +45.3% | 3 | -1 | $1,301 | $71,887 | 14 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 74 | 86 | Donkey Punch | $3,665 | +347.5% | 4 | +3 | $916 | $12,399 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 75 | 55 | CC2C | $3,403 | -80.5% | 7 | -18 | $486 | $920,816 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 76 | 80 | U2 3D | $3,315 | +137% | 2 | - | $1,657 | $9,694,868 | 55 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 77 | 60 | Outlander | $2,495 | -73.1% | 15 | -18 | $166 | $105,307 | 3 | Third Rail Releasing | false | false |
| 78 | 75 | Tell No One | $2,374 | -1.4% | 3 | - | $791 | $6,177,192 | 32 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 79 | 93 | The Secrets | $2,304 | +3,145.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,152 | $65,914 | 11 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 80 | 79 | The Wild Child | $2,148 | +44.8% | 1 | - | $2,148 | $38,058 | 14 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 81 | 76 | Just Another Love Story | $2,032 | -9.6% | 2 | - | $1,016 | $16,991 | 5 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 82 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $1,670 | - | 1 | - | $1,670 | $92,608 | 33 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 83 | 67 | Owl and the Sparrow | $1,465 | -56.7% | 1 | -1 | $1,465 | $31,374 | 4 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 84 | - | Absurdistan | $1,441 | - | 1 | - | $1,441 | $1,441 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 85 | 63 | Were the World Mine | $1,222 | -83% | 2 | - | $611 | $107,932 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 86 | 74 | Stranded | $624 | -75.5% | 1 | -2 | $624 | $85,008 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 87 | 88 | Momma's Man | $570 | -8.2% | 1 | -2 | $570 | $99,756 | 25 | Kino International | false | false |
| 88 | - | The Village Barbershop | $458 | - | 2 | - | $229 | $593 | 4 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 89 | 83 | Eden | $355 | -61.5% | 1 | -1 | $355 | $15,611 | 13 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 90 | 91 | A Man Named Pearl | $292 | -37.1% | 5 | +3 | $58 | $205,144 | 76 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 91 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $171 | - | 1 | - | $171 | $43,082 | 48 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 92 | 87 | Breakfast with Scot | $138 | -80.8% | 1 | - | $138 | $44,241 | 18 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 93 | - | The Objective | $95 | - | 1 | - | $95 | $95 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
