| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Obsessed | $28,612,730 | - | 2,514 | - | $11,381 | $28,612,730 | 1 | Screen Gems | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | 17 Again | $11,518,495 | -51.4% | 3,255 | - | $3,538 | $39,823,333 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Fighting | $11,024,370 | - | 2,309 | - | $4,774 | $11,024,370 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Soloist | $9,716,458 | - | 2,024 | - | $4,800 | $9,716,458 | 1 | DreamWorks | true | false |
| 5 | - | Earth | $8,825,760 | - | 1,804 | - | $4,892 | $14,472,792 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $8,520,826 | -35.6% | 3,358 | -304 | $2,537 | $174,813,830 | 5 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | State of Play | $6,848,885 | -51.3% | 2,807 | +4 | $2,439 | $25,081,890 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $6,437,141 | -52% | 3,231 | +113 | $1,992 | $65,655,057 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Fast & Furious | $6,204,940 | -47.3% | 3,566 | -108 | $1,740 | $145,367,040 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Crank: High Voltage | $2,618,379 | -62.4% | 2,223 | - | $1,177 | $11,735,952 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | I Love You, Man | $1,952,921 | -41.3% | 1,563 | -639 | $1,249 | $67,809,860 | 6 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Knowing | $1,943,154 | -45.6% | 1,860 | -545 | $1,044 | $76,780,504 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 13 | 7 | Observe and Report | $1,746,102 | -58.2% | 2,010 | -717 | $868 | $22,171,543 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $1,497,120 | -51.9% | 1,675 | -580 | $893 | $54,207,345 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Sunshine Cleaning | $587,176 | -40.1% | 638 | -4 | $920 | $9,769,146 | 7 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Adventureland | $532,270 | -60% | 581 | -831 | $916 | $15,124,996 | 4 | Miramax | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Duplicity | $442,255 | -60.3% | 610 | -642 | $725 | $39,870,305 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Race to Witch Mountain | $405,716 | -45.5% | 591 | -525 | $686 | $64,373,915 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $357,883 | -24.5% | 342 | -61 | $1,046 | $145,151,723 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Taken | $355,149 | -39.2% | 450 | -159 | $789 | $142,607,741 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 21 | - | The Informers | $300,000 | - | 482 | - | $622 | $300,000 | 1 | Senator Distribution | true | true |
| 22 | 11 | Dragonball Evolution | $288,315 | -82.9% | 500 | -1,681 | $576 | $8,723,546 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 28 | Gran Torino | $270,406 | +118.1% | 348 | +163 | $777 | $147,092,477 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Under the Sea 3D | $238,660 | -1.4% | 43 | - | $5,550 | $6,328,794 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Sin Nombre | $206,935 | -19.9% | 83 | +3 | $2,493 | $1,496,373 | 6 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | Hotel for Dogs | $190,466 | -24.2% | 276 | -59 | $690 | $72,594,587 | 15 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 27 | 18 | The Last House on the Left | $155,720 | -46.1% | 229 | -109 | $680 | $32,474,735 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | He's Just Not That Into You | $133,347 | -35.8% | 232 | -76 | $574 | $93,625,873 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 25 | Watchmen | $125,198 | -37.1% | 145 | -91 | $863 | $107,061,353 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 41 | Is Anybody There? | $116,479 | +152.1% | 54 | +48 | $2,157 | $178,676 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 31 | 39 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $101,246 | +100.6% | 176 | +103 | $575 | $43,997,966 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 19 | 12 Rounds | $100,484 | -61.8% | 223 | -186 | $450 | $11,492,383 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 33 | 29 | Sugar | $91,739 | -10.9% | 51 | +3 | $1,798 | $454,772 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | - | Tyson | $85,046 | - | 11 | - | $7,731 | $85,046 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 35 | 26 | Coraline | $80,815 | -48.5% | 141 | -56 | $573 | $74,928,014 | 12 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 36 | 32 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $73,297 | -11.8% | 29 | +8 | $2,527 | $572,533 | 6 | Truly Indie | false | false |
| 37 | 27 | Slumdog Millionaire | $71,403 | -50% | 131 | -81 | $545 | $141,171,367 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 38 | 22 | American Violet | $66,510 | -72.6% | 58 | -3 | $1,146 | $372,053 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 39 | 31 | Push | $63,373 | -28% | 93 | -48 | $681 | $31,730,682 | 12 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 40 | 42 | Paris 36 | $58,735 | +28.2% | 36 | - | $1,631 | $529,121 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | 34 | Every Little Step | $47,407 | -30.8% | 8 | - | $5,925 | $151,200 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 42 | 50 | Anvil: The Story of Anvil | $46,466 | +42.7% | 12 | +6 | $3,872 | $146,161 | 3 | Abramorama | false | false |
| 43 | 33 | Two Lovers | $44,864 | -42.8% | 56 | -26 | $801 | $2,937,226 | 11 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 46 | Lymelife | $41,505 | -1.2% | 25 | +12 | $1,660 | $139,731 | 3 | Screen Media Films | false | false |
| 45 | 71 | Defiance | $40,672 | +275.9% | 102 | +72 | $398 | $28,622,873 | 17 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 46 | 55 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $37,074 | +54% | 8 | -1 | $4,634 | $13,592,311 | 37 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | 40 | Shall We Kiss? | $36,511 | -26.5% | 28 | -4 | $1,303 | $325,089 | 5 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $36,465 | -6.6% | 7 | +3 | $5,209 | $28,472,726 | 188 | IMAX | false | false |
| 49 | 35 | The Class | $33,650 | -49.2% | 64 | -36 | $525 | $3,642,327 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 37 | Tera Mera Ki Rishta | $31,067 | -46.6% | 17 | - | $1,827 | $262,245 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 51 | 44 | Goodbye Solo | $27,306 | -36.4% | 15 | +2 | $1,820 | $268,585 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | Gomorrah | $26,960 | -32% | 40 | -5 | $674 | $1,453,147 | 19 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 53 | 43 | Space Station 3D | $24,509 | -45% | 6 | -3 | $4,084 | $78,546,449 | 367 | IMAX | false | false |
| 54 | 45 | The Great Buck Howard | $23,668 | -43.8% | 44 | -18 | $537 | $647,374 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 55 | 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $22,394 | +7.7% | 8 | - | $2,799 | $5,939,990 | 63 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 56 | 38 | The Reader | $20,822 | -62.3% | 55 | -50 | $378 | $34,157,651 | 20 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 57 | 51 | Everlasting Moments | $20,096 | -34.6% | 24 | -5 | $837 | $453,943 | 8 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 58 | 54 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,977 | -27.9% | 11 | - | $1,725 | $21,360,502 | 82 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 59 | 57 | The Cross | $17,900 | -24.2% | 35 | -14 | $511 | $675,000 | 5 | 8x Entertainment | false | false |
| 60 | 53 | Tokyo! | $14,998 | -43.4% | 18 | - | $833 | $292,492 | 8 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 61 | - | Il Divo | $13,867 | - | 2 | - | $6,933 | $13,867 | 1 | Music Box Films | true | false |
| 62 | 73 | Rolling | $13,288 | +35.2% | 4 | +1 | $3,322 | $44,685 | 4 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | 52 | The Wrestler | $12,205 | -55.9% | 33 | -23 | $369 | $26,212,442 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 64 | 56 | Bride Wars | $12,119 | -48.8% | 26 | -16 | $466 | $58,702,788 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 65 | 65 | Roving Mars | $12,084 | -13.3% | 5 | - | $2,416 | $10,299,027 | 170 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | - | Nursery University | $11,307 | - | 1 | - | $11,307 | $11,307 | 1 | Variance Films | true | false |
| 67 | 96 | Throw Down Your Heart | $11,134 | +482% | 1 | - | $11,134 | $29,702 | 7 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 68 | 63 | Lemon Tree | $10,467 | -28.3% | 2 | - | $5,233 | $33,057 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 69 | 66 | Tokyo Sonata | $9,181 | -29.5% | 8 | +1 | $1,147 | $206,777 | 7 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 70 | 78 | Gigantic | $8,837 | +2.9% | 9 | +7 | $981 | $53,537 | 4 | First Independent Pictures | false | false |
| 71 | 60 | Wendy and Lucy | $8,366 | -54.8% | 10 | -15 | $836 | $856,942 | 20 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 72 | - | April Showers | $8,040 | - | 18 | - | $446 | $8,040 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | true | false |
| 73 | 49 | Sleep Dealer | $7,962 | -77.3% | 7 | -11 | $1,137 | $53,141 | 2 | Maya Entertainment | false | false |
| 74 | 84 | Examined Life | $7,317 | +31.6% | 6 | - | $1,219 | $87,700 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 75 | 68 | Hunger | $7,216 | -40.3% | 11 | +1 | $656 | $125,097 | 21 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 76 | 75 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $6,419 | -30.1% | 12 | -7 | $534 | $8,720,799 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 77 | 79 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,128 | -26.3% | 8 | -3 | $766 | $229,092 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 78 | 86 | 12 | $6,057 | +14.7% | 13 | +6 | $465 | $98,676 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 79 | 83 | Stomp! Shout! Scream! | $6,021 | +3.3% | 3 | +1 | $2,007 | $18,393 | 3 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 80 | 61 | The Golden Boys | $5,701 | -69% | 11 | -9 | $518 | $35,187 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 81 | 70 | In a Dream | $5,498 | -52% | 4 | - | $1,374 | $35,613 | 3 | International Film Circuit | false | false |
| 82 | - | The Bride & The Grooms | $5,483 | - | 15 | - | $365 | $5,483 | 1 | Sumbadhat Productions | true | false |
| 83 | 77 | U2 3D | $5,416 | -39.5% | 6 | - | $902 | $9,817,714 | 66 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 84 | 82 | Marley & Me | $5,113 | -23.4% | 15 | -6 | $340 | $143,151,473 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 85 | - | Jazz in the Diamond District | $5,107 | - | 1 | - | $5,107 | $5,107 | 1 | Truly Indie | true | false |
| 86 | - | Treeless Mountain | $5,014 | - | 1 | - | $5,014 | $7,577 | 1 | Oscilloscope | true | false |
| 87 | 76 | The Song of Sparrows | $4,963 | -45.1% | 4 | +1 | $1,240 | $50,756 | 4 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 88 | 69 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $4,893 | -58% | 5 | -6 | $978 | $76,261 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 89 | 89 | Fados | $4,772 | +15.7% | 3 | - | $1,590 | $71,094 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 90 | - | Mutant Chronicles | $4,724 | - | 2 | - | $2,362 | $4,724 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 91 | - | The Garden | $4,114 | - | 1 | - | $4,114 | $4,114 | 1 | Oscilloscope | true | false |
| 92 | 91 | Katyn | $4,075 | +14.8% | 2 | - | $2,037 | $103,778 | 10 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 93 | 95 | The Legend of God's Gun | $3,922 | +39.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,961 | $211,820 | 41 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 94 | 67 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $3,136 | -74.1% | 10 | -13 | $313 | $1,473,227 | 20 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 95 | 81 | Play the Game | $3,064 | -58.2% | 6 | -7 | $510 | $365,805 | 9 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 96 | 80 | Ballerina | $2,751 | -64.4% | 3 | -1 | $917 | $98,616 | 15 | First Run | false | false |
| 97 | 93 | Waltz with Bashir | $2,420 | -27.6% | 14 | -8 | $172 | $2,273,903 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 98 | 88 | Perestroika | $2,383 | -53.2% | 1 | - | $2,383 | $21,684 | 6 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 99 | 102 | Coyote County Loser | $2,220 | +48.9% | 2 | +1 | $1,110 | $18,466 | 6 | Roebuck Media | false | false |
| 100 | - | Z | $1,993 | - | 1 | - | $1,993 | $46,297 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 101 | 72 | Enlighten Up! | $1,976 | -81.5% | 2 | -2 | $988 | $93,311 | 33 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 102 | 87 | Tulpan | $1,931 | -62.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,931 | $38,659 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 103 | 103 | Let the Right One In | $1,749 | +20.5% | 3 | +1 | $583 | $2,121,701 | 27 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 104 | 105 | Just Another Love Story | $1,660 | +32.8% | 2 | +1 | $830 | $45,056 | 16 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 105 | - | Skills Like This | $1,613 | - | 3 | - | $537 | $44,314 | 6 | Shadow Distribution | false | false |
| 106 | 64 | Royal Kill | $1,610 | -88.6% | 1 | -4 | $1,610 | $49,094 | 3 | 21st Century Film Production | false | false |
| 107 | 94 | Miss March | $1,515 | -49.4% | 6 | -6 | $252 | $4,542,775 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 108 | 110 | Cherry Blossoms | $948 | +29.3% | 2 | - | $474 | $91,809 | 15 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 109 | 98 | Alien Trespass | $796 | -52.4% | 5 | - | $159 | $79,795 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 110 | 104 | A Secret | $653 | -53.2% | 1 | - | $653 | $622,763 | 34 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 111 | 99 | How About You | $588 | -64.3% | 1 | - | $588 | $77,588 | 24 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 112 | - | Made in U.S.A | $526 | - | 1 | - | $526 | $81,105 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 113 | - | Tru Loved | $288 | - | 1 | - | $288 | $8,331 | 28 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 114 | 92 | Absurdistan | $282 | -91.8% | 1 | -2 | $282 | $35,070 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 115 | - | Service | $239 | - | 1 | - | $239 | $63,197 | 13 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 116 | - | Home | $226 | - | 1 | - | $226 | $246 | 1 | Monterey Media | true | false |
| 117 | - | Our City Dreams | $198 | - | 1 | - | $198 | $32,559 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 118 | 100 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | $147 | -90.7% | 1 | - | $147 | $8,276 | 3 | Monterey Media | false | false |
