| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Yatterman | $3,697,756 | -20.1% | 312 | - | $11,851 | $10,887,307 | 2 | Shochiku | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Doraemon the Movie: The New Records of Nobita's Spaceblazer | $2,676,194 | -28.9% | 349 | -15 | $7,668 | $7,160,726 | 2 | Toho | false | false |
| 3 | - | Dragonball Evolution | $2,578,896 | - | 540 | - | $4,775 | $3,213,951 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Departures | $1,774,239 | -27.1% | 197 | +1 | $9,006 | $53,582,846 | 27 | Shochiku | false | false |
| 5 | - | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $1,665,237 | - | 302 | - | $5,514 | $1,665,237 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Triumphant Return of General Rouge | $1,226,471 | -18% | 301 | - | $4,074 | $4,376,087 | 2 | Toho | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Changeling | $683,202 | -22.7% | 301 | - | $2,269 | $11,245,865 | 4 | Toho-Towa | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2009 Re-release | $633,200 | -36.2% | 168 | - | $3,769 | $1,779,464 | 2 | Herald Film Company | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $601,711 | -24.2% | 325 | -2 | $1,851 | $22,892,479 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Australia | $476,129 | -29.7% | 331 | -23 | $1,438 | $4,921,981 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Seven Pounds | $313,593 | -38.6% | 326 | -1 | $961 | $7,546,197 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Mamma Mia! | $298,716 | -45% | 229 | -105 | $1,304 | $26,691,076 | 7 | Toho-Towa | false | false |
| 13 | - | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $94,694 | - | 50 | - | $1,893 | $94,694 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Quantum of Solace | $55,113 | -60.5% | 39 | -189 | $1,413 | $21,544,693 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Friday the 13th | $2,971 | -73.2% | 28 | -34 | $106 | $822,783 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $195 | -56.2% | 1 | -1 | $195 | $386,002 | 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Dragon Wars: D-War | $122 | -90.9% | 3 | - | $40 | $846,784 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
