| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Madea Goes to Jail | $48,349,622 | - | 2,032 | - | $23,794 | $48,349,622 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 2 | 3 | Taken | $14,179,177 | -43.5% | 3,102 | -7 | $4,570 | $97,932,076 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Coraline | $13,516,896 | -38.8% | 2,155 | -165 | $6,272 | $55,851,615 | 3 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 4 | 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | $13,028,063 | +23.2% | 2,244 | +610 | $5,805 | $102,997,778 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | He's Just Not That Into You | $11,107,240 | -57.4% | 3,050 | -125 | $3,641 | $72,649,916 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 1 | Friday the 13th | $9,834,405 | -79.2% | 3,105 | - | $3,167 | $57,011,596 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $8,536,245 | -58.6% | 2,507 | - | $3,404 | $29,171,516 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $8,125,967 | -47.8% | 2,835 | -130 | $2,866 | $122,505,520 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | - | Fired Up! | $6,337,210 | - | 1,810 | - | $3,501 | $6,337,210 | 1 | Screen Gems | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | The International | $5,932,870 | -52.8% | 2,364 | - | $2,509 | $18,500,154 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Gran Torino | $4,813,484 | -44.4% | 2,030 | -273 | $2,371 | $135,609,929 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The Pink Panther 2 | $4,491,917 | -63.6% | 2,658 | -587 | $1,689 | $30,165,523 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Push | $3,995,858 | -56.7% | 1,882 | -431 | $2,123 | $25,628,674 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Reader | $3,720,709 | +8.8% | 962 | +220 | $3,867 | $24,089,535 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Hotel for Dogs | $2,745,777 | -62.1% | 1,716 | -491 | $1,600 | $65,955,868 | 6 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | The Wrestler | $2,397,379 | -15.1% | 617 | -50 | $3,885 | $22,124,432 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,621,990 | -30.5% | 754 | -155 | $2,151 | $124,601,079 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | The Uninvited | $1,594,780 | -70.1% | 1,257 | -546 | $1,268 | $26,292,708 | 4 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | Milk | $1,467,823 | +5.7% | 411 | +24 | $3,571 | $28,521,314 | 14 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $1,061,983 | -66.9% | 676 | -548 | $1,570 | $45,347,311 | 5 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 21 | 25 | Doubt | $956,506 | -6% | 402 | +76 | $2,379 | $31,371,973 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 26 | Frost/Nixon | $793,750 | -2.8% | 381 | +111 | $2,083 | $17,526,756 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Revolutionary Road | $739,982 | -50.6% | 350 | -161 | $2,114 | $21,570,794 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Under the Sea 3D | $721,689 | -37.3% | 50 | +1 | $14,433 | $1,872,654 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Twilight | $679,558 | -34.1% | 406 | -54 | $1,673 | $189,633,521 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 26 | 23 | Defiance | $679,412 | -34.7% | 567 | +125 | $1,198 | $27,372,000 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 27 | 18 | New in Town | $673,972 | -65.8% | 505 | -517 | $1,334 | $15,470,604 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 28 | - | Delhi-6 | $658,195 | - | 90 | - | $7,313 | $658,195 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 29 | 19 | My Bloody Valentine | $510,633 | -73.2% | 355 | -177 | $1,438 | $51,415,244 | 6 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 30 | 31 | Marley & Me | $411,427 | -26.1% | 304 | -30 | $1,353 | $141,636,301 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 31 | 34 | The Class | $370,667 | +12.9% | 62 | +27 | $5,978 | $1,345,516 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | Bolt | $316,792 | -46.6% | 280 | -4 | $1,131 | $114,053,579 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 42 | Rachel Getting Married | $304,169 | +54.5% | 264 | +177 | $1,152 | $12,454,274 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | Bride Wars | $256,582 | -62.6% | 240 | -209 | $1,069 | $57,545,360 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Yes Man | $233,668 | -43.5% | 222 | -69 | $1,052 | $97,079,360 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 32 | Last Chance Harvey | $233,624 | -54.4% | 161 | -87 | $1,451 | $13,771,403 | 10 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 37 | 27 | Inkheart | $222,616 | -68.3% | 211 | -180 | $1,055 | $16,082,255 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Bedtime Stories | $174,740 | -42.2% | 145 | -21 | $1,205 | $109,455,522 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 37 | The Tale of Despereaux | $160,125 | -45.4% | 221 | -34 | $724 | $50,683,605 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 43 | Waltz with Bashir | $158,182 | -17.2% | 55 | +9 | $2,876 | $1,641,286 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | 38 | The Unborn | $156,665 | -44.1% | 174 | -3 | $900 | $42,530,175 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 40 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $144,932 | -28.5% | 60 | +14 | $2,415 | $561,891 | 3 | Shorts International | false | false |
| 43 | 39 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $125,799 | -45.9% | 151 | -31 | $833 | $180,010,950 | 16 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 44 | 44 | The Dark Knight | $123,732 | -28.8% | 55 | -97 | $2,249 | $533,213,994 | 32 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 45 | 52 | I've Loved You So Long | $107,621 | +21.4% | 69 | +9 | $1,559 | $2,939,716 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 46 | 41 | Valkyrie | $100,936 | -49.6% | 115 | -47 | $877 | $82,405,183 | 10 | United Artists | false | false |
| 47 | 46 | Gomorrah | $91,127 | -31.9% | 6 | +1 | $15,187 | $235,417 | 10 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 48 | 29 | Billu | $90,575 | -85.5% | 70 | - | $1,293 | $715,508 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 49 | 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $86,388 | -6.8% | 6 | -2 | $14,398 | $27,651,442 | 179 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Fanboys | $86,233 | -23.2% | 34 | -7 | $2,536 | $418,944 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 51 | 56 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $85,976 | +54.1% | 10 | -1 | $8,597 | $12,998,977 | 28 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 47 | Australia | $85,011 | -35.8% | 93 | -17 | $914 | $49,449,010 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 53 | 48 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $78,630 | -38.7% | 72 | -26 | $1,092 | $79,239,505 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 54 | 45 | Two Lovers | $76,768 | -45.4% | 7 | - | $10,966 | $217,315 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | Space Station 3D | $75,795 | -24.1% | 9 | -2 | $8,421 | $77,832,163 | 358 | IMAX | false | false |
| 56 | 35 | Notorious | $75,307 | -75.5% | 67 | -91 | $1,123 | $36,772,724 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 57 | 54 | Wendy and Lucy | $56,833 | -10.3% | 19 | +4 | $2,991 | $448,355 | 12 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 58 | 55 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $45,335 | -27.1% | 7 | - | $6,476 | $5,538,021 | 54 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 59 | 58 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $43,294 | -12.1% | 15 | - | $2,886 | $20,871,670 | 73 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 60 | 57 | Let the Right One In | $41,014 | -24.4% | 26 | -7 | $1,577 | $1,995,045 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 61 | 59 | Roving Mars | $34,390 | -29.7% | 6 | -1 | $5,731 | $10,080,901 | 161 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 62 | 53 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $31,248 | -55.2% | 12 | -8 | $2,604 | $1,057,678 | 11 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 63 | 60 | Frozen River | $30,069 | -27.6% | 24 | -1 | $1,252 | $2,468,247 | 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 64 | 62 | Deep Sea | $23,424 | -1.5% | 4 | -1 | $5,856 | $37,467,309 | 156 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 65 | 85 | Katyn | $18,017 | +488.4% | 1 | - | $18,017 | $21,079 | 2 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 66 | 84 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $13,179 | +274.9% | 4 | +2 | $3,294 | $97,769 | 15 | Kino International | false | false |
| 67 | 66 | Synecdoche, New York | $12,679 | -17.4% | 17 | +6 | $745 | $3,051,891 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 68 | 68 | Medicine for Melancholy | $11,002 | +8.3% | 4 | +2 | $2,750 | $48,682 | 4 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 69 | 61 | Outlander | $10,824 | -57.7% | 19 | -15 | $569 | $143,304 | 5 | Third Rail Releasing | false | false |
| 70 | 97 | The Secret of the Grain | $9,783 | +6,989.1% | 3 | +2 | $3,261 | $82,588 | 10 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 71 | 74 | Service | $8,912 | +60.1% | 2 | - | $4,456 | $46,850 | 4 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 72 | - | Just Another Love Story | $8,160 | - | 3 | - | $2,720 | $26,008 | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 73 | 64 | The Secret Life of Bees | $6,731 | -60.9% | 6 | -9 | $1,121 | $37,770,162 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 74 | 71 | Made in U.S.A | $6,592 | +6.3% | 1 | - | $6,592 | $66,705 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 75 | - | Eleven Minutes | $5,766 | - | 4 | - | $1,441 | $5,766 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 76 | 73 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $5,272 | -12.4% | 1 | -1 | $5,272 | $49,347 | 5 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 77 | 82 | Cherry Blossoms | $5,211 | +36% | 1 | -1 | $5,211 | $14,756 | 6 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 78 | - | Examined Life | $5,203 | - | 1 | - | $5,203 | $5,203 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | true | false |
| 79 | 94 | Absurdistan | $3,737 | +409.1% | 2 | +1 | $1,868 | $7,000 | 3 | First Run | false | false |
| 80 | 80 | U2 3D | $3,523 | -21% | 2 | - | $1,761 | $9,705,150 | 58 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 81 | 91 | Lola Montès | $3,120 | +226.4% | 2 | +1 | $1,560 | $109,202 | 20 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 82 | 89 | The Wild Child | $3,118 | +72.4% | 1 | - | $3,118 | $43,745 | 16 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 83 | 70 | Owl and the Sparrow | $2,466 | -70.9% | 2 | - | $1,233 | $42,632 | 6 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 84 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $2,387 | - | 1 | - | $2,387 | $95,865 | 36 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 85 | 75 | How About You | $2,005 | -63.8% | 1 | -1 | $2,005 | $67,970 | 15 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 86 | 90 | Trouble the Water | $2,003 | +17.1% | 3 | - | $667 | $510,181 | 27 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 87 | 69 | Were the World Mine | $1,832 | -79.1% | 2 | -1 | $916 | $119,005 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 88 | 79 | The Secrets | $1,801 | -61.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,801 | $72,916 | 14 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 89 | 93 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,557 | +89.6% | 2 | +1 | $778 | $820,829 | 27 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 90 | 72 | Ballerina | $1,475 | -75.5% | 1 | - | $1,475 | $14,238 | 6 | First Run | false | false |
| 91 | 95 | A Secret | $1,263 | +99.2% | 2 | +1 | $631 | $605,905 | 25 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 92 | 65 | Luck by Chance | $1,164 | -93.1% | 7 | -10 | $166 | $356,019 | 4 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 93 | - | The Village Barbershop | $1,012 | - | 2 | - | $506 | $1,870 | 6 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 94 | 77 | Dev.D | $967 | -80.8% | 4 | - | $241 | $18,613 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 95 | - | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $569 | - | 2 | - | $284 | $76,043 | 16 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 96 | 86 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | -85.5% | 2 | -2 | $200 | $208,392 | 78 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 97 | 92 | Monsieur Verdoux | $348 | -58.1% | 1 | - | $348 | $44,260 | 50 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 98 | 96 | Stranded | $307 | -50.7% | 1 | - | $307 | $86,083 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 99 | - | Galapagos | $287 | - | 1 | - | $287 | $17,483,074 | 487 | IMAX | false | false |
