| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Taken | $33,063,598 | - | 3,183 | - | $10,387 | $33,063,598 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $16,626,958 | -36.2% | 3,206 | +62 | $5,186 | $86,001,862 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Uninvited | $11,979,490 | - | 2,344 | - | $5,110 | $11,979,490 | 1 | DreamWorks | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Gran Torino | $11,093,146 | -45.5% | 3,015 | -30 | $3,679 | $113,039,858 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,461,329 | -26.3% | 1,633 | +222 | $6,406 | $70,025,785 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $10,174,065 | -60.2% | 2,942 | - | $3,458 | $35,758,539 | 2 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Hotel for Dogs | $9,890,512 | -33.7% | 3,160 | -111 | $3,129 | $49,413,833 | 3 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 8 | - | New in Town | $8,628,291 | - | 1,941 | - | $4,445 | $8,628,291 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | My Bloody Valentine | $5,977,983 | -52.8% | 1,406 | -1,128 | $4,251 | $46,325,554 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $4,719,082 | -40.2% | 2,126 | -137 | $2,219 | $117,648,097 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Inkheart | $4,562,546 | -49.8% | 2,655 | - | $1,718 | $13,654,077 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Bride Wars | $4,377,733 | -49.5% | 1,985 | -636 | $2,205 | $54,744,320 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Revolutionary Road | $3,688,345 | -45.6% | 1,077 | +19 | $3,424 | $17,068,049 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Defiance | $3,506,564 | -52.6% | 1,662 | -131 | $2,109 | $23,803,645 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 15 | 19 | The Reader | $3,482,099 | +72.6% | 1,002 | +635 | $3,475 | $13,757,581 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Wrestler | $3,224,515 | -34.6% | 722 | +156 | $4,466 | $13,963,233 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Notorious | $2,275,190 | -68.5% | 1,080 | -561 | $2,106 | $35,586,038 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 18 | 23 | Milk | $2,149,068 | +74.6% | 882 | +632 | $2,436 | $24,132,610 | 11 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Frost/Nixon | $1,966,430 | -50% | 1,105 | +6 | $1,779 | $14,879,126 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,752,542 | -53.9% | 893 | -215 | $1,962 | $12,219,832 | 7 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | The Unborn | $1,516,675 | -71% | 1,308 | -799 | $1,159 | $41,612,060 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | Marley & Me | $1,260,829 | -66.6% | 1,022 | -1,014 | $1,233 | $140,093,642 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Doubt | $1,233,067 | -0.8% | 602 | +198 | $2,048 | $28,380,961 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Twilight | $880,998 | -34.2% | 413 | -139 | $2,133 | $187,268,032 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | Bedtime Stories | $671,858 | -71.6% | 639 | -1,021 | $1,051 | $108,682,404 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 20 | Valkyrie | $596,074 | -70% | 509 | -601 | $1,171 | $81,813,038 | 7 | United Artists | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | The Dark Knight | $558,238 | -36.6% | 211 | -139 | $2,645 | $532,478,141 | 29 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | Not Easily Broken | $459,173 | -59.7% | 292 | -191 | $1,572 | $10,387,991 | 4 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 29 | 28 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $403,659 | -34% | 275 | -28 | $1,467 | $179,359,302 | 13 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | Rachel Getting Married | $323,060 | -49.8% | 220 | -150 | $1,468 | $11,759,848 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | Yes Man | $294,326 | -72.2% | 277 | -427 | $1,062 | $95,934,464 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | The Tale of Despereaux | $282,190 | -20.6% | 312 | -68 | $904 | $49,952,970 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | Australia | $271,749 | -11.3% | 297 | +56 | $914 | $49,054,498 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 34 | - | Luck by Chance | $247,400 | - | 57 | - | $4,340 | $247,400 | 1 | Adlabs Films | true | false |
| 35 | 33 | Waltz with Bashir | $244,194 | +6.2% | 44 | +19 | $5,549 | $1,061,999 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | - | The Class | $236,112 | - | 25 | - | $9,444 | $395,256 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $180,218 | -0.9% | 201 | +16 | $896 | $78,832,913 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 38 | 35 | Bolt | $158,306 | -26.6% | 173 | -8 | $915 | $113,009,439 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 36 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $119,197 | -36.8% | 24 | -2 | $4,966 | $883,689 | 8 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | Four Christmases | $113,678 | -58.5% | 183 | -127 | $621 | $120,102,891 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $84,618 | -30.5% | 136 | -22 | $622 | $94,514,402 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $66,489 | +18.7% | 7 | +1 | $9,498 | $27,397,597 | 176 | IMAX | false | false |
| 43 | 43 | Let the Right One In | $59,240 | -25% | 29 | -11 | $2,042 | $1,849,826 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 50 | Wendy and Lucy | $58,992 | +31.6% | 13 | +5 | $4,537 | $264,848 | 9 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 45 | 49 | Space Station 3D | $55,367 | +8.5% | 10 | - | $5,536 | $77,584,599 | 355 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 46 | I've Loved You So Long | $54,285 | -6% | 27 | -1 | $2,010 | $2,671,797 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | - | Frozen River | $46,259 | - | 29 | - | $1,595 | $2,356,217 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,391 | -18.9% | 15 | -6 | $3,026 | $20,742,838 | 70 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 49 | 45 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $41,646 | -32.5% | 11 | -2 | $3,786 | $12,802,285 | 25 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 50 | 44 | Synecdoche, New York | $38,325 | -46.5% | 23 | -5 | $1,666 | $2,983,513 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 51 | 53 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $34,074 | +15.6% | 9 | +1 | $3,786 | $5,378,804 | 51 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 41 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $30,631 | -70.2% | 25 | -28 | $1,225 | $23,174,247 | 25 | - | false | false |
| 53 | 55 | Roving Mars | $25,891 | -4.4% | 7 | - | $3,698 | $9,966,614 | 158 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 54 | 57 | Deep Sea | $23,672 | +40.8% | 6 | - | $3,945 | $37,406,882 | 153 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 55 | 38 | CC2C | $22,237 | -85.3% | 25 | -105 | $889 | $917,413 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 56 | - | Service | $18,783 | - | 2 | - | $9,391 | $18,783 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 57 | - | Medicine for Melancholy | $16,587 | - | 1 | - | $16,587 | $16,587 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 58 | 42 | Outlander | $16,050 | -81.5% | 33 | -48 | $486 | $102,812 | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | false | false |
| 59 | 52 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $15,925 | -52.8% | 46 | -37 | $346 | $90,559,416 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 60 | 54 | The Secret Life of Bees | $15,195 | -45% | 18 | -21 | $844 | $37,728,121 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 64 | Of Time and the City | $12,746 | +41.9% | 2 | +1 | $6,373 | $23,232 | 3 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 69 | Were the World Mine | $10,789 | +79% | 2 | - | $5,394 | $106,709 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 63 | 72 | A Secret | $9,427 | +126.8% | 5 | +2 | $1,885 | $599,322 | 22 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 64 | - | Between Love & Goodbye | $9,011 | - | 1 | - | $9,011 | $9,011 | 1 | Embrem Entertainment | true | false |
| 65 | 62 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $7,632 | -31.7% | 10 | -1 | $763 | $13,559,812 | 14 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 66 | 90 | Trouble the Water | $6,488 | +786.3% | 4 | +3 | $1,622 | $500,128 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 67 | 66 | Silent Light | $4,980 | -34.5% | 1 | - | $4,980 | $54,221 | 5 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 68 | 61 | Owl and the Sparrow | $4,503 | -63.9% | 2 | -2 | $2,251 | $29,909 | 3 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 69 | 87 | Blessed Is the Match | $4,396 | +405.3% | 1 | - | $4,396 | $5,266 | 2 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 70 | - | Our City Dreams | $4,305 | - | 1 | - | $4,305 | $4,305 | - | First Run | - | false |
| 71 | 77 | The Secret of the Grain | $4,289 | +23.3% | 1 | - | $4,289 | $64,033 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 72 | 84 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,983 | +234.7% | 2 | +1 | $1,991 | $67,984 | 13 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 73 | 82 | Just Another Love Story | $3,771 | +154.3% | 2 | +1 | $1,885 | $14,959 | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 74 | 65 | Stranded | $3,617 | -56.1% | 3 | -1 | $1,205 | $84,384 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 75 | 60 | Soul Men | $3,534 | -71.8% | 11 | -27 | $321 | $12,082,391 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 76 | - | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,455 | - | 1 | - | $3,455 | $73,053 | 12 | Kino International | false | false |
| 77 | 59 | Killshot | $3,311 | -78.4% | 5 | - | $662 | $18,643 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 78 | 75 | Tell No One | $3,307 | -16.4% | 3 | - | $1,102 | $6,174,818 | 32 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 79 | 76 | U2 3D | $2,722 | -26.1% | 1 | - | $2,722 | $9,691,553 | 55 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 80 | 67 | A Christmas Tale | $2,404 | -68.3% | 5 | -5 | $480 | $1,060,922 | 12 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 81 | 85 | Ciao | $1,821 | +77.7% | 1 | - | $1,821 | $33,391 | 9 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 82 | 74 | How About You | $1,574 | -60.5% | 3 | -1 | $524 | $60,423 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 83 | 83 | Lola Montès | $1,570 | +20.1% | 1 | - | $1,570 | $105,126 | 17 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 84 | 81 | The Wild Child | $1,483 | -2.8% | 1 | -1 | $1,483 | $36,771 | 13 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 85 | - | Eden | $1,356 | - | 2 | - | $678 | $15,256 | 12 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 86 | 80 | A Man Named Pearl | $1,244 | -38% | 2 | +1 | $622 | $204,852 | 75 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 87 | - | Love Comes Lately | $1,207 | - | 1 | - | $1,207 | $78,079 | 34 | Kino International | false | false |
| 88 | 68 | Donkey Punch | $1,181 | -84.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,181 | $8,734 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 89 | 79 | Momma's Man | $1,102 | -46.5% | 4 | +3 | $275 | $99,186 | 24 | Kino International | false | false |
| 90 | 89 | The Betrayal | $1,088 | +47.2% | 3 | +2 | $362 | $16,921 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 91 | - | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $853 | - | 1 | - | $853 | $11,295 | 13 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 92 | - | Breakfast with Scot | $720 | - | 1 | - | $720 | $44,103 | 17 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 93 | 91 | The Secrets | $154 | -38.6% | 1 | - | $154 | $63,610 | 11 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 94 | - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $87 | - | 1 | - | $87 | $4,509 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
