| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Race to Witch Mountain | $31,710,552 | - | 3,187 | - | $9,949 | $31,710,552 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Watchmen | $23,405,080 | -65.5% | 3,611 | - | $6,481 | $91,339,772 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Last House on the Left | $18,126,260 | - | 2,401 | - | $7,549 | $18,126,260 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Taken | $8,855,305 | -7.6% | 2,858 | -158 | $3,098 | $129,038,708 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,901,765 | -24% | 2,578 | -312 | $2,677 | $134,501,808 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Madea Goes to Jail | $6,618,622 | -36.2% | 2,203 | +52 | $3,004 | $84,697,684 | 4 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,542,398 | -13.1% | 2,281 | -277 | $1,991 | $139,209,230 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | He's Just Not That Into You | $4,195,607 | -23.3% | 1,890 | -555 | $2,219 | $90,294,382 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Coraline | $4,187,806 | +0.9% | 1,768 | -191 | $2,368 | $70,710,427 | 6 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 10 | - | Miss March | $3,456,944 | - | 1,742 | - | $1,984 | $3,456,944 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $2,832,838 | -31.2% | 1,591 | -699 | $1,780 | $42,186,358 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Fired Up! | $2,268,755 | -25% | 1,518 | -280 | $1,494 | $16,053,478 | 4 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Gran Torino | $2,031,152 | -26.1% | 1,102 | -418 | $1,843 | $144,355,193 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Reader | $1,786,995 | -32.4% | 1,002 | -173 | $1,783 | $32,364,574 | 15 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $1,360,816 | -58.7% | 968 | -308 | $1,405 | $18,662,132 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 18 | Hotel for Dogs | $1,040,577 | -21.3% | 804 | -316 | $1,294 | $70,503,044 | 9 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | The International | $1,004,018 | -45.7% | 549 | -635 | $1,828 | $25,262,636 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Pink Panther 2 | $844,799 | -46.8% | 627 | -592 | $1,347 | $35,730,125 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Friday the 13th | $788,956 | -59% | 780 | -925 | $1,011 | $64,555,700 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Push | $769,602 | -49.2% | 615 | -527 | $1,251 | $30,794,663 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Wrestler | $624,274 | -39.6% | 456 | -221 | $1,369 | $25,625,802 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 22 | 29 | Under the Sea 3D | $598,322 | +66.7% | 50 | +4 | $11,966 | $3,516,254 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 13 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $592,761 | -69.8% | 453 | -711 | $1,308 | $8,320,876 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Two Lovers | $536,404 | +2.5% | 134 | +41 | $4,003 | $1,765,501 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | The Uninvited | $476,597 | -15.5% | 411 | -47 | $1,159 | $28,257,593 | 7 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 26 | 27 | The Class | $462,981 | +16% | 120 | +32 | $3,858 | $2,585,776 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Doubt | $424,523 | -14.9% | 275 | -37 | $1,543 | $33,023,358 | 14 | Miramax | false | false |
| 28 | 25 | Twilight | $397,261 | -20% | 338 | -60 | $1,175 | $191,235,470 | 17 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 29 | 21 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $375,067 | -37.4% | 281 | -120 | $1,334 | $126,636,590 | 13 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 20 | Milk | $321,375 | -59.2% | 228 | -219 | $1,409 | $31,637,329 | 17 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 31 | - | Sunshine Cleaning | $288,423 | - | 4 | - | $72,105 | $288,423 | 1 | Overture Films | true | false |
| 32 | 31 | Inkheart | $286,634 | -12.9% | 289 | -21 | $991 | $16,939,133 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | Marley & Me | $270,767 | -19% | 222 | -75 | $1,219 | $142,690,302 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | New in Town | $261,409 | -28.4% | 239 | -91 | $1,093 | $16,628,479 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 35 | 32 | Revolutionary Road | $225,636 | -28.3% | 181 | -54 | $1,246 | $22,643,115 | 12 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 36 | 35 | Last Chance Harvey | $222,185 | -10% | 203 | -15 | $1,094 | $14,478,251 | 13 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | Defiance | $218,730 | -25.4% | 202 | -47 | $1,082 | $28,323,616 | 12 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Bride Wars | $215,509 | +4.2% | 186 | -18 | $1,158 | $58,200,619 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | Frost/Nixon | $203,730 | -34% | 182 | -84 | $1,119 | $18,530,931 | 15 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | Gomorrah | $197,378 | +6.3% | 39 | +11 | $5,060 | $832,001 | 13 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 41 | 45 | Crossing Over | $142,296 | +116.5% | 38 | +26 | $3,744 | $312,140 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 42 | 37 | Yes Man | $116,332 | -40.1% | 102 | -37 | $1,140 | $97,588,388 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 43 | 42 | Space Station 3D | $103,825 | +17% | 9 | +1 | $11,536 | $78,101,126 | 361 | IMAX | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | Valkyrie | $103,004 | -41.9% | 167 | -71 | $616 | $83,017,248 | 13 | United Artists | false | false |
| 45 | 46 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $89,816 | +43% | 32 | +7 | $2,806 | $1,263,949 | 14 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 46 | 43 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $89,251 | +10.7% | 8 | -1 | $11,156 | $13,256,409 | 31 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Wendy and Lucy | $85,656 | +17.9% | 40 | +7 | $2,141 | $662,295 | 15 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 48 | 40 | Waltz with Bashir | $82,861 | -35.4% | 82 | -47 | $1,010 | $2,156,551 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 48 | Everlasting Moments | $78,654 | +38.4% | 13 | +8 | $6,050 | $135,474 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 50 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $71,344 | +18.5% | 9 | +4 | $7,927 | $27,857,278 | 182 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | 54 | Deep Sea | $71,069 | +49.7% | 4 | - | $17,767 | $37,626,757 | 159 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 52 | 41 | Rachel Getting Married | $54,080 | -40.5% | 55 | -21 | $983 | $12,766,255 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 53 | 52 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,344 | -0.8% | 15 | - | $3,356 | $21,024,933 | 76 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 49 | Play the Game | $46,456 | -18.1% | 16 | -4 | $2,903 | $179,545 | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $42,739 | -17.5% | 7 | - | $6,105 | $5,688,690 | 57 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 56 | - | Tokyo Sonata | $41,340 | - | 2 | - | $20,670 | $41,340 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 57 | - | Brothers at War | $38,896 | - | 7 | - | $5,556 | $38,896 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | true | false |
| 58 | 59 | Tokyo! | $38,331 | +18.6% | 6 | +5 | $6,388 | $70,641 | 2 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 59 | 51 | Fanboys | $33,576 | -34% | 27 | -18 | $1,243 | $595,453 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 60 | 61 | Roving Mars | $26,897 | +18.2% | 5 | -1 | $5,379 | $10,161,041 | 164 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 61 | 63 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $26,370 | +48.8% | 9 | +7 | $2,930 | $145,232 | 18 | Kino International | false | false |
| 62 | 55 | I've Loved You So Long | $22,511 | -50.3% | 17 | -15 | $1,324 | $3,132,803 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 63 | 100 | The Secrets | $20,843 | +1,338.4% | 7 | +6 | $2,977 | $97,482 | 17 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 64 | 70 | U2 3D | $19,148 | +25% | 9 | +1 | $2,127 | $9,749,936 | 61 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 65 | 57 | Let the Right One In | $18,333 | -51.5% | 13 | -15 | $1,410 | $2,095,974 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | 66 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $17,694 | +0.7% | 20 | -5 | $884 | $79,344,063 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 67 | 65 | 12 | $16,686 | -5.2% | 7 | +2 | $2,383 | $35,442 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 68 | - | Z | $15,883 | - | 1 | - | $15,883 | $15,883 | 1 | Rialto Pictures | true | false |
| 69 | 105 | One Day You'll Understand | $15,685 | +2,320.5% | 5 | +4 | $3,137 | $104,626 | 20 | Kino International | false | false |
| 70 | 62 | Medicine for Melancholy | $15,355 | -22.9% | 3 | +1 | $5,118 | $86,931 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 71 | 68 | Fados | $14,280 | -13.8% | 1 | - | $14,280 | $30,838 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 72 | 58 | Australia | $13,650 | -58.6% | 18 | -16 | $758 | $49,548,074 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 73 | - | Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America | $11,718 | - | 1 | - | $11,718 | $11,718 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 74 | - | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $11,408 | - | 1 | - | $11,408 | $11,408 | 1 | Truly Indie | true | false |
| 75 | 56 | Delhi-6 | $11,366 | -70.8% | 17 | -23 | $668 | $879,913 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 76 | 75 | Katyn | $11,274 | -5.9% | 1 | - | $11,274 | $65,053 | 5 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 77 | 74 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $11,016 | -22% | 10 | -2 | $1,101 | $644,635 | 6 | Shorts International | false | false |
| 78 | 72 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $10,847 | -27% | 6 | - | $1,807 | $25,704 | 2 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 79 | 73 | Cherry Blossoms | $10,197 | -29.9% | 7 | -1 | $1,456 | $53,261 | 9 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 80 | 88 | Sherman's Way | $9,930 | +196.2% | 4 | +3 | $2,482 | $13,282 | 2 | International Film Circuit | false | false |
| 81 | 64 | Examined Life | $9,814 | -44.6% | 3 | - | $3,271 | $58,076 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 82 | 67 | Notorious | $9,296 | -44.8% | 14 | -9 | $664 | $36,831,357 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 83 | - | Throw Down Your Heart | $9,248 | - | 2 | - | $4,624 | $9,248 | 1 | Argot Pictures | true | false |
| 84 | 95 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $9,137 | +282.8% | 1 | - | $9,137 | $63,298 | 8 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 85 | 76 | Explicit Ills | $8,788 | -23.5% | 2 | +1 | $4,394 | $20,282 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 86 | - | Carmen and Geoffrey | $8,597 | - | 1 | - | $8,597 | $8,597 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 87 | 60 | Frozen River | $7,574 | -67.6% | 5 | -7 | $1,514 | $2,511,476 | 33 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 88 | 69 | Ballerina | $7,052 | -54.3% | 1 | -2 | $7,052 | $40,813 | 9 | First Run | false | false |
| 89 | - | Waiting for Dublin | $5,925 | - | 4 | - | $1,481 | $5,925 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | true | false |
| 90 | 80 | Synecdoche, New York | $4,774 | -39.1% | 4 | -5 | $1,193 | $3,079,877 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 91 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $3,506 | - | 1 | - | $3,506 | $47,766 | 53 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 92 | - | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | $2,994 | - | 1 | - | $2,994 | $9,166 | 3 | Abramorama | false | false |
| 93 | 83 | Ciao | $2,977 | -35.9% | 1 | - | $2,977 | $45,427 | 15 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 94 | - | Under Our Skin | $2,520 | - | 1 | - | $2,520 | $2,520 | - | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 95 | 87 | The Betrayal | $2,484 | -27.2% | 1 | -1 | $2,484 | $33,166 | 17 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 96 | 89 | Service | $2,031 | -36% | 1 | -3 | $2,031 | $59,658 | 7 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 97 | 77 | An American Affair | $1,932 | -80.1% | 2 | - | $966 | $26,400 | 3 | Screen Media Films | false | false |
| 98 | 85 | Absurdistan | $1,711 | -56.8% | 2 | - | $855 | $12,669 | 6 | First Run | false | false |
| 99 | - | Galapagos | $1,695 | - | 1 | - | $1,695 | $17,484,769 | 490 | IMAX | false | false |
| 100 | 94 | Just Another Love Story | $1,216 | -51.8% | 1 | - | $1,216 | $35,499 | 10 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 101 | 86 | Trouble the Water | $1,122 | -71.3% | 1 | -2 | $1,122 | $516,649 | 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 102 | 102 | A Secret | $1,073 | +18.8% | 1 | - | $1,073 | $612,671 | 28 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 103 | 91 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $994 | -64% | 1 | -1 | $994 | $85,222 | 19 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 104 | 107 | Were the World Mine | $822 | +78.7% | 1 | - | $822 | $120,845 | 20 | - | false | false |
| 105 | 84 | Our City Dreams | $554 | -86.1% | 3 | +2 | $184 | $30,592 | 6 | First Run | false | false |
