| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Terminator Salvation | $256,971 | - | 79 | - | $3,252 | $256,971 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $158,838 | -22.9% | 80 | - | $1,985 | $715,726 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Duplicity | $88,291 | -27.5% | 43 | - | $2,053 | $268,997 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Angels & Demons | $73,219 | -29.2% | 76 | -2 | $963 | $804,296 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $70,842 | -6.2% | 47 | - | $1,507 | $556,258 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $36,545 | -34.8% | 67 | -5 | $545 | $1,228,319 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | White Wedding | $29,681 | -28.6% | 32 | -2 | $927 | $551,342 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | 17 Again | $28,399 | -23.6% | 47 | -2 | $604 | $1,153,266 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $27,406 | -25.2% | 48 | -8 | $570 | $658,080 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Star Trek | $19,556 | -26.5% | 31 | +1 | $630 | $325,003 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Burning Plain | $16,547 | - | 10 | - | $1,654 | $16,547 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | The Last House on the Left | $15,465 | -31.4% | 20 | -5 | $773 | $90,732 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Coraline | $12,971 | -7.1% | 11 | - | $1,179 | $145,317 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $7,150 | -9.1% | 12 | - | $595 | $18,159 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,094 | -6.9% | 16 | - | $443 | $1,191,722 | 14 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Uninvited | $6,845 | -36.6% | 10 | - | $684 | $22,025 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Fast & Furious | $5,928 | -47.7% | 17 | -13 | $348 | $1,830,098 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | The Unborn | $5,466 | -22.3% | 12 | - | $455 | $56,557 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The Reader | $5,259 | -11.1% | 8 | -1 | $657 | $313,405 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | The International | $4,902 | -47.9% | 10 | -5 | $490 | $225,447 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Miss March | $3,862 | -15.9% | 5 | - | $772 | $11,016 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | 23 | Gran Torino | $1,209 | -25.3% | 3 | - | $403 | $292,375 | 11 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $936 | -67.3% | 7 | -3 | $133 | $67,809 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Then She Found Me | $423 | -26.3% | 1 | - | $423 | $10,524 | 14 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
