| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fast & Furious | $89,259,190 | - | 3,461 | - | $25,790 | $89,259,190 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $46,201,324 | -36% | 4,109 | +5 | $11,243 | $118,391,546 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $12,897,732 | -53.4% | 2,732 | - | $4,720 | $40,587,365 | 2 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Knowing | $11,262,503 | -39.3% | 3,323 | -14 | $3,389 | $61,336,117 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | I Love You, Man | $11,147,339 | -34.5% | 2,829 | +112 | $3,940 | $52,584,429 | 3 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 6 | - | Adventureland | $8,017,291 | - | 1,862 | - | $4,305 | $8,017,291 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Duplicity | $5,775,620 | -42.2% | 2,522 | -57 | $2,290 | $33,851,595 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Race to Witch Mountain | $5,018,954 | -32% | 2,825 | -443 | $1,776 | $60,055,463 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | 12 Rounds | $3,238,803 | -51.8% | 2,331 | - | $1,389 | $9,960,664 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Sunshine Cleaning | $2,523,700 | +49.2% | 479 | +312 | $5,268 | $5,419,257 | 4 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Taken | $2,152,905 | -38.5% | 1,355 | -606 | $1,588 | $140,024,757 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Last House on the Left | $1,728,865 | -51.5% | 1,305 | -946 | $1,324 | $31,143,735 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Watchmen | $1,435,351 | -61.5% | 1,103 | -907 | $1,301 | $105,707,597 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $723,360 | -53.9% | 498 | -342 | $1,452 | $140,468,825 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Madea Goes to Jail | $706,380 | -51.4% | 619 | -509 | $1,141 | $90,095,629 | 7 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $571,860 | -49.2% | 545 | -537 | $1,049 | $143,360,504 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 21 | Under the Sea 3D | $563,474 | +49.1% | 43 | +6 | $13,104 | $5,039,352 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Gran Torino | $377,739 | -36.2% | 363 | -115 | $1,040 | $146,346,612 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | - | Paris 36 | $310,165 | - | 7 | - | $44,309 | $310,165 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 20 | 15 | He's Just Not That Into You | $306,956 | -53.2% | 261 | -245 | $1,176 | $93,000,538 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Coraline | $290,062 | -35.9% | 211 | -149 | $1,374 | $74,367,301 | 9 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | The Reader | $286,030 | -34.9% | 232 | -92 | $1,232 | $33,901,410 | 18 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Hotel for Dogs | $278,340 | -33.5% | 240 | -141 | $1,159 | $71,735,619 | 12 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 24 | 35 | Sin Nombre | $258,892 | +161.8% | 24 | +18 | $10,787 | $473,494 | 3 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | Two Lovers | $249,668 | -2% | 121 | -16 | $2,063 | $2,557,374 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 32 | Push | $214,278 | +71.5% | 214 | +91 | $1,001 | $31,403,331 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $194,828 | -35.3% | 213 | -33 | $914 | $127,310,903 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | The Class | $193,779 | -24.6% | 114 | -9 | $1,699 | $3,333,436 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 29 | 40 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $165,216 | +93.2% | 7 | +1 | $23,602 | $28,193,277 | 185 | IMAX | false | false |
| 30 | 22 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $163,661 | -53.5% | 164 | -194 | $997 | $43,723,231 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 20 | The Cross | $144,643 | -64% | 130 | -91 | $1,112 | $546,672 | 2 | 8x Entertainment | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | The Great Buck Howard | $127,004 | -6.4% | 64 | +8 | $1,984 | $425,108 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 51 | Friday the 13th | $119,567 | +123.6% | 202 | +108 | $591 | $64,915,794 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Gomorrah | $112,237 | -21.6% | 46 | -3 | $2,439 | $1,242,662 | 16 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 35 | 46 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $93,669 | +53.6% | 4 | +2 | $23,417 | $212,666 | 4 | Truly Indie | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | Bride Wars | $91,061 | -35.7% | 143 | - | $636 | $58,601,331 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 37 | 42 | Space Station 3D | $90,098 | +9% | 9 | - | $10,010 | $78,369,644 | 364 | IMAX | false | false |
| 38 | 43 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $88,533 | +24.1% | 69 | -12 | $1,283 | $8,664,936 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 39 | 30 | The Wrestler | $85,470 | -36.9% | 107 | -36 | $798 | $26,091,981 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 40 | - | Sugar | $85,375 | - | 11 | - | $7,761 | $85,375 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 41 | 64 | Play the Game | $82,656 | +279.7% | 55 | +42 | $1,502 | $306,831 | 6 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 31 | Marley & Me | $78,215 | -41.2% | 89 | -40 | $878 | $143,105,476 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 43 | 33 | Doubt | $69,491 | -43.1% | 77 | -38 | $902 | $33,446,470 | 17 | Miramax | false | false |
| 44 | 26 | Fired Up! | $69,064 | -69.1% | 151 | -226 | $457 | $17,231,291 | 7 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 45 | 47 | Everlasting Moments | $66,972 | +10.1% | 25 | +2 | $2,678 | $314,375 | 5 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 46 | 34 | Inkheart | $63,879 | -46.2% | 101 | -51 | $632 | $17,303,424 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 47 | - | Alien Trespass | $62,153 | - | 40 | - | $1,553 | $62,153 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | true | false |
| 48 | 59 | Shall We Kiss? | $60,274 | +54.8% | 19 | +15 | $3,172 | $98,817 | 2 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 49 | 38 | Last Chance Harvey | $58,447 | -38.6% | 73 | -62 | $800 | $14,805,683 | 16 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 50 | 48 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $51,402 | -12.4% | 8 | -1 | $6,425 | $13,439,134 | 34 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | 41 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,099 | -41.2% | 11 | -4 | $4,554 | $21,254,491 | 79 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 45 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $48,758 | -27% | 7 | +1 | $6,965 | $5,853,854 | 60 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 53 | 55 | Goodbye Solo | $43,722 | -13.4% | 5 | +2 | $8,744 | $94,195 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 54 | - | Bart Got a Room | $42,194 | - | 11 | - | $3,835 | $42,194 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | true | false |
| 55 | 56 | Wendy and Lucy | $36,405 | -14% | 32 | - | $1,137 | $793,982 | 18 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 56 | 61 | Tokyo! | $33,115 | +19.1% | 12 | +4 | $2,759 | $185,252 | 5 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 57 | 44 | Defiance | $32,166 | -52.9% | 52 | -28 | $618 | $28,523,215 | 15 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 58 | 50 | Tokyo Sonata | $29,560 | -46.5% | 9 | -1 | $3,284 | $149,163 | 4 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 59 | 53 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $28,368 | -44.2% | 25 | -8 | $1,134 | $1,415,912 | 17 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 60 | 67 | Fanboys | $26,954 | +62% | 22 | -6 | $1,225 | $656,281 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 61 | 62 | Hunger | $25,295 | -4.5% | 7 | +2 | $3,613 | $76,117 | 18 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 62 | 65 | Roving Mars | $23,665 | +21.8% | 5 | - | $4,733 | $10,231,241 | 167 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | 54 | Milk | $23,389 | -53.7% | 29 | -25 | $806 | $31,828,305 | 20 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 64 | 85 | Enlighten Up! | $21,776 | +243.5% | 1 | - | $21,776 | $61,342 | 30 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 65 | 60 | Waltz with Bashir | $21,084 | -35.6% | 41 | -5 | $514 | $2,255,552 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 66 | 58 | Brothers at War | $19,654 | -52.1% | 18 | +3 | $1,091 | $113,674 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 67 | 39 | Miss March | $18,844 | -78.1% | 48 | -121 | $392 | $4,530,059 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 68 | 52 | Crossing Over | $17,614 | -66.5% | 18 | -24 | $978 | $436,612 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 69 | 93 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $14,184 | +284.9% | 6 | +1 | $2,364 | $179,987 | 21 | Kino International | false | false |
| 70 | 71 | 12 | $14,126 | +26.8% | 8 | +2 | $1,765 | $68,776 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 71 | 98 | Tulpan | $13,424 | +672.8% | 1 | - | $13,424 | $15,161 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 72 | - | Rolling | $13,049 | - | 3 | - | $4,349 | $13,049 | 1 | Indican Pictures | true | false |
| 73 | - | Gigantic | $12,830 | - | 1 | - | $12,830 | $12,830 | 1 | First Independent Pictures | true | false |
| 74 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $12,031 | - | 1 | - | $12,031 | $12,031 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 75 | 63 | Ballerina | $10,779 | -54.1% | 4 | -1 | $2,694 | $78,921 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 76 | 68 | American Swing | $10,602 | -28.6% | 2 | +1 | $5,301 | $25,449 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 77 | 75 | Cherry Blossoms | $10,210 | +4.4% | 5 | - | $2,042 | $86,945 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 78 | 89 | Skills Like This | $10,184 | +89.5% | 5 | +4 | $2,036 | $26,851 | 3 | Shadow Distribution | false | false |
| 79 | - | The River Within | $9,811 | - | 1 | - | $9,811 | $9,811 | 1 | Inspired Life | true | false |
| 80 | 95 | Made in U.S.A | $8,796 | +196.1% | 1 | - | $8,796 | $79,893 | 13 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 81 | 70 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $7,515 | -33.5% | 1 | - | $7,515 | $18,821 | 2 | Trela Media | false | false |
| 82 | 76 | Katyn | $7,455 | -21.4% | 2 | - | $3,727 | $89,943 | 8 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 83 | 80 | Z | $7,278 | -0.9% | 1 | - | $7,278 | $44,304 | 4 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 84 | - | Examined Life | $5,509 | - | 2 | +1 | $2,754 | $63,951 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 85 | 86 | Medicine for Melancholy | $4,967 | -20% | 7 | +4 | $709 | $106,055 | 10 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 86 | 66 | Valkyrie | $4,946 | -70.5% | 14 | -18 | $353 | $83,076,768 | 16 | United Artists | false | false |
| 87 | 87 | Absurdistan | $4,768 | -22.9% | 2 | +1 | $2,384 | $24,069 | 9 | First Run | false | false |
| 88 | - | Lymelife | $4,686 | - | 4 | - | $1,171 | $4,686 | 1 | Screen Media Films | true | false |
| 89 | 72 | U2 3D | $4,573 | -57.9% | 4 | -2 | $1,143 | $9,791,121 | 64 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 90 | - | The Escapist | $4,458 | - | 1 | - | $4,458 | $4,458 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 91 | - | Owl and the Sparrow | $4,439 | - | 3 | - | $1,479 | $47,071 | 12 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 92 | 84 | Mancora | $4,122 | -35.7% | 2 | - | $2,061 | $20,720 | 3 | Maya Entertainment | false | false |
| 93 | 69 | The Education of Charlie Banks | $3,617 | -68.4% | 1 | -2 | $3,617 | $15,078 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | false | false |
| 94 | - | A Secret | $3,520 | - | 1 | - | $3,520 | $617,071 | 31 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 95 | 82 | Let the Right One In | $3,260 | -53.5% | 3 | -2 | $1,086 | $2,114,548 | 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 96 | - | Between Love & Goodbye | $3,180 | - | 1 | - | $3,180 | $14,794 | 10 | Embrem Entertainment | false | false |
| 97 | 73 | I've Loved You So Long | $3,105 | -70.9% | 6 | -4 | $517 | $3,162,723 | 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 98 | 83 | The Secrets | $2,993 | -55.7% | 1 | -7 | $2,993 | $118,532 | 20 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 99 | 91 | Rachel Getting Married | $2,617 | -46.2% | 4 | -1 | $654 | $12,793,049 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 100 | - | Coyote County Loser | $2,546 | - | 1 | - | $2,546 | $14,200 | 3 | Roebuck Media | false | false |
| 101 | 90 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,594 | -69% | 3 | -3 | $531 | $116,324 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 102 | 97 | Just Another Love Story | $1,405 | -25.7% | 1 | - | $1,405 | $40,426 | 13 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 103 | 103 | The Betrayal | $1,290 | +38% | 2 | +1 | $645 | $37,069 | 20 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 104 | - | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $866 | - | 1 | - | $866 | $86,088 | 22 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 105 | 102 | Trouble the Water | $401 | -61.8% | 1 | - | $401 | $520,151 | 33 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 106 | 108 | America Betrayed | $290 | +18.4% | 1 | - | $290 | $535 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 107 | 77 | Fados | $201 | -97.9% | 1 | -3 | $201 | $51,762 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 108 | 110 | The Village Barbershop | $149 | +325.7% | 1 | - | $149 | $2,359 | 12 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 109 | 99 | Throw Down Your Heart | $122 | -92.6% | 1 | - | $122 | $12,495 | 4 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 110 | 104 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | $16 | -98.3% | 1 | -10 | $16 | $30,889 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
