| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fast & Furious | $70,950,500 | - | 3,461 | - | $20,500 | $70,950,500 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $32,609,165 | -45% | 4,109 | +5 | $7,936 | $104,799,387 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $9,481,647 | -58.8% | 2,732 | - | $3,470 | $37,171,280 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Knowing | $8,146,156 | -44.6% | 3,323 | -14 | $2,451 | $58,219,770 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | I Love You, Man | $7,722,469 | -39.1% | 2,829 | +112 | $2,729 | $49,159,559 | 3 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 6 | - | Adventureland | $5,722,039 | - | 1,862 | - | $3,073 | $5,722,039 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Duplicity | $4,174,240 | -45.6% | 2,522 | -57 | $1,655 | $32,250,215 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Race to Witch Mountain | $3,212,602 | -44.6% | 2,825 | -443 | $1,137 | $58,249,111 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | 12 Rounds | $2,260,906 | -57.6% | 2,331 | - | $969 | $8,982,767 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,807,164 | +41.8% | 479 | +312 | $3,772 | $4,702,721 | 4 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Taken | $1,544,471 | -42.7% | 1,355 | -606 | $1,139 | $139,416,323 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Last House on the Left | $1,259,325 | -52.4% | 1,305 | -946 | $965 | $30,674,195 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Watchmen | $1,074,320 | -60.7% | 1,103 | -907 | $973 | $105,346,566 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $499,257 | -57.1% | 498 | -342 | $1,002 | $140,244,722 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Madea Goes to Jail | $479,975 | -57.6% | 619 | -509 | $775 | $89,869,224 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $373,718 | -55.5% | 545 | -537 | $685 | $143,162,362 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Gran Torino | $268,026 | -38.9% | 363 | -115 | $738 | $146,236,899 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 23 | Under the Sea 3D | $244,572 | +21.7% | 43 | +6 | $5,687 | $4,720,450 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | He's Just Not That Into You | $207,532 | -56.1% | 261 | -245 | $795 | $92,901,114 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Hotel for Dogs | $194,542 | -38.2% | 240 | -141 | $810 | $71,651,821 | 12 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Reader | $192,085 | -37.7% | 232 | -92 | $827 | $33,807,465 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 22 | 36 | Sin Nombre | $184,380 | +162.8% | 24 | +18 | $7,682 | $398,982 | 3 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Coraline | $178,148 | -41.6% | 211 | -149 | $844 | $74,255,387 | 9 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Two Lovers | $171,555 | -6.5% | 121 | -16 | $1,417 | $2,479,261 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 32 | Push | $142,179 | +54% | 214 | +91 | $664 | $31,331,232 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $131,342 | -36.9% | 213 | -33 | $616 | $127,247,417 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | The Class | $129,928 | -28.5% | 114 | -9 | $1,139 | $3,269,585 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $103,044 | -59.5% | 164 | -194 | $628 | $43,662,614 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 18 | The Cross | $93,980 | -69.6% | 127 | -94 | $740 | $496,009 | 2 | 8x Entertainment | false | false |
| 30 | 31 | The Great Buck Howard | $91,988 | -1.8% | 64 | +8 | $1,437 | $390,092 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 45 | Friday the 13th | $81,465 | +103.7% | 202 | +108 | $403 | $64,877,692 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 28 | Gomorrah | $79,577 | -19.4% | 46 | -3 | $1,729 | $1,210,002 | 16 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 33 | 40 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $70,350 | +35.8% | 69 | -12 | $1,019 | $8,646,753 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 34 | 26 | Fired Up! | $69,064 | -61.4% | 151 | -226 | $457 | $17,231,291 | 7 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Bride Wars | $60,339 | -40.9% | 143 | - | $421 | $58,570,609 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 36 | - | Sugar | $60,140 | - | 11 | - | $5,467 | $60,140 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 37 | 29 | Marley & Me | $57,249 | -41.7% | 89 | -40 | $643 | $143,084,510 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 38 | 30 | The Wrestler | $57,143 | -39.2% | 107 | -36 | $534 | $26,063,654 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 56 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $56,783 | +82.5% | 4 | +2 | $14,195 | $176,180 | 3 | Truly Indie | false | false |
| 40 | 64 | Play the Game | $52,542 | +254.3% | 55 | +42 | $955 | $276,773 | 6 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 41 | 44 | Everlasting Moments | $47,703 | +13% | 25 | +2 | $1,908 | $295,104 | 5 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 42 | 34 | Doubt | $45,577 | -44.6% | 77 | -38 | $591 | $33,422,556 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 43 | 59 | Shall We Kiss? | $44,786 | +56.2% | 19 | +15 | $2,357 | $83,715 | 2 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 44 | - | Paris 36 | $44,690 | - | 7 | - | $6,384 | $294,395 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 45 | - | Alien Trespass | $43,437 | - | 40 | - | $1,085 | $43,437 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | true | false |
| 46 | 33 | Inkheart | $42,287 | -48.9% | 101 | -51 | $418 | $17,281,832 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 47 | 54 | Space Station 3D | $39,592 | +24.2% | 9 | - | $4,399 | $78,319,138 | 364 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 37 | Last Chance Harvey | $38,473 | -40.3% | 73 | -62 | $527 | $14,785,709 | 15 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 49 | 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $38,111 | +14% | 7 | +1 | $5,444 | $28,066,172 | 185 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 42 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $37,506 | -14.2% | 7 | +1 | $5,358 | $5,842,602 | 60 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | - | Bart Got a Room | $32,763 | - | 11 | - | $2,978 | $32,763 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | true | false |
| 52 | 47 | Goodbye Solo | $30,395 | -20.1% | 5 | +2 | $6,079 | $80,868 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 53 | 50 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $29,279 | -17.4% | 15 | - | $1,951 | $21,233,671 | 79 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 57 | Wendy and Lucy | $26,212 | -13.6% | 32 | - | $819 | $783,789 | 17 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 55 | 41 | Defiance | $23,635 | -51.7% | 52 | -28 | $454 | $28,514,684 | 14 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 56 | 61 | Tokyo! | $20,652 | +12.2% | 12 | +4 | $1,721 | $172,789 | 5 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 57 | 49 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $20,272 | -43.7% | 8 | -1 | $2,534 | $13,408,004 | 34 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 58 | 46 | Tokyo Sonata | $19,202 | -50.4% | 9 | -1 | $2,133 | $138,805 | 4 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 59 | 53 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $17,173 | -48% | 25 | -8 | $686 | $1,404,717 | 17 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 60 | 67 | Fanboys | $16,695 | +63.8% | 22 | -6 | $758 | $646,022 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 61 | 62 | Hunger | $16,213 | -2% | 7 | +2 | $2,316 | $67,035 | 18 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 62 | - | Enlighten Up! | $16,161 | - | 1 | - | $16,161 | $55,727 | 30 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 55 | Brothers at War | $14,110 | -55.6% | 18 | +3 | $783 | $108,130 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 64 | 51 | Milk | $12,981 | -63.3% | 29 | -25 | $447 | $31,817,897 | 19 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 65 | 48 | Crossing Over | $12,038 | -66.6% | 18 | -24 | $668 | $431,036 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 66 | 39 | Miss March | $11,388 | -81.3% | 48 | -121 | $237 | $4,522,603 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 67 | - | Rolling | $10,935 | - | 3 | - | $3,645 | $10,935 | 1 | Indican Pictures | true | false |
| 68 | - | Gigantic | $10,294 | - | 1 | - | $10,294 | $10,294 | 1 | First Independent Pictures | true | false |
| 69 | 87 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $9,827 | +219.1% | 6 | +1 | $1,637 | $175,630 | 20 | Kino International | false | false |
| 70 | - | The River Within | $9,811 | - | 1 | - | $9,811 | $9,811 | 1 | Inspired Life | true | false |
| 71 | 65 | Roving Mars | $9,644 | -25.1% | 5 | - | $1,928 | $10,217,220 | 167 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 72 | 71 | 12 | $9,515 | +22.9% | 8 | +2 | $1,189 | $64,165 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 73 | 60 | Waltz with Bashir | $9,019 | -51% | 41 | -5 | $219 | $2,243,487 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 74 | - | Tulpan | $8,620 | - | 1 | - | $8,620 | $10,357 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | true | false |
| 75 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $7,863 | - | 1 | - | $7,863 | $7,863 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 76 | 68 | American Swing | $7,262 | -28.6% | 2 | +1 | $3,631 | $22,109 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 77 | 89 | Skills Like This | $7,036 | +135.6% | 4 | +3 | $1,759 | $23,703 | 3 | Shadow Distribution | false | false |
| 78 | 63 | Ballerina | $6,915 | -55.3% | 4 | -1 | $1,728 | $75,057 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 79 | 76 | Cherry Blossoms | $6,260 | -8.9% | 5 | - | $1,252 | $82,995 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 80 | 78 | Katyn | $6,250 | -0.2% | 2 | - | $3,125 | $88,738 | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 81 | 69 | U2 3D | $5,869 | -31.6% | 5 | -2 | $1,173 | $9,792,417 | 63 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 82 | 99 | Made in U.S.A | $5,348 | +677.3% | 1 | - | $5,348 | $76,445 | 13 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 83 | 72 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $4,691 | -39% | 1 | - | $4,691 | $15,998 | 2 | Trela Media | false | false |
| 84 | - | Owl and the Sparrow | $4,439 | - | 3 | - | $1,479 | $47,071 | 12 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 85 | 82 | Z | $4,113 | -10.7% | 1 | - | $4,113 | $41,139 | 4 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 86 | 66 | Valkyrie | $3,541 | -70.2% | 14 | -18 | $252 | $83,075,363 | 15 | United Artists | false | false |
| 87 | 81 | Absurdistan | $3,167 | -32.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,583 | $22,468 | 9 | First Run | false | false |
| 88 | 84 | Medicine for Melancholy | $3,163 | -27.1% | 7 | +4 | $451 | $104,251 | 10 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 89 | 70 | The Education of Charlie Banks | $3,086 | -63.9% | 1 | -2 | $3,086 | $14,547 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | false | false |
| 90 | - | The Escapist | $3,075 | - | 1 | - | $3,075 | $3,075 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 91 | - | A Secret | $3,056 | - | 1 | - | $3,056 | $616,607 | 31 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 92 | 83 | Mancora | $2,571 | -43.8% | 2 | - | $1,285 | $19,169 | 3 | Maya Entertainment | false | false |
| 93 | - | Examined Life | $2,501 | - | 1 | - | $2,501 | $60,943 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 94 | - | Between Love & Goodbye | $2,262 | - | 1 | - | $2,262 | $13,876 | 10 | Embrem Entertainment | false | false |
| 95 | 75 | I've Loved You So Long | $2,163 | -69.7% | 6 | -4 | $360 | $3,161,781 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 96 | 90 | Rachel Getting Married | $2,155 | -18.6% | 4 | -1 | $538 | $12,792,587 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 97 | 85 | Let the Right One In | $2,096 | -48.9% | 3 | -2 | $698 | $2,113,384 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 98 | - | The Secrets | $1,927 | - | 1 | - | $1,927 | $117,466 | 19 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 99 | 86 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,195 | -67.5% | 3 | -3 | $398 | $115,925 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 100 | - | Coyote County Loser | $1,074 | - | 1 | - | $1,074 | $12,728 | 3 | Roebuck Media | false | false |
| 101 | 94 | Just Another Love Story | $955 | -24.5% | 1 | - | $955 | $39,976 | 13 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 102 | 98 | The Betrayal | $692 | -1.6% | 2 | +1 | $346 | $36,489 | 20 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 103 | - | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $385 | - | 1 | - | $385 | $85,607 | 22 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 104 | 101 | Trouble the Water | $231 | -65.8% | 1 | - | $231 | $519,981 | 33 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 105 | 77 | Fados | $133 | -97.9% | 1 | -3 | $133 | $51,694 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 106 | 95 | Throw Down Your Heart | $122 | -89% | 1 | -1 | $122 | $12,495 | 4 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 107 | 105 | America Betrayed | $121 | -50.6% | 1 | - | $121 | $366 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 108 | 106 | The Village Barbershop | $46 | +31.4% | 1 | - | $46 | $2,256 | 12 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 109 | 102 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | $8 | -98.5% | 1 | -10 | $8 | $30,881 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
