| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fast & Furious | $525,237 | - | 63 | - | $8,337 | $525,237 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $190,862 | -22.1% | 97 | - | $1,967 | $695,818 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Dragonball Evolution | $107,920 | - | 35 | - | $3,083 | $107,920 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Marley & Me | $104,404 | -21% | 65 | - | $1,606 | $977,512 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $56,162 | +6.7% | 19 | -1 | $2,955 | $776,425 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Race to Witch Mountain | $52,603 | -30% | 53 | -2 | $992 | $368,285 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $51,895 | -14.5% | 50 | -1 | $1,037 | $538,200 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | Tornado 2009 Re-release | $37,895 | - | 42 | - | $902 | $37,895 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 9 | The Reader | $28,884 | +10.6% | 10 | - | $2,888 | $122,815 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $27,267 | -37% | 33 | -2 | $826 | $201,155 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Gran Torino | $26,803 | -23.4% | 30 | -10 | $893 | $161,038 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | 12 Rounds | $23,884 | -29.8% | 24 | - | $995 | $81,627 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | He's Just Not That Into You | $20,669 | -18.3% | 36 | -2 | $574 | $866,222 | 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $14,707 | -38.7% | 22 | -15 | $668 | $615,923 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Finding Lenny | $12,763 | -47.5% | 25 | -18 | $510 | $55,662 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Pink Panther 2 | $11,499 | -50% | 18 | -20 | $638 | $632,208 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Soul Men | $8,192 | -34.1% | 16 | - | $512 | $8,192 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Friday the 13th | $5,828 | -11.1% | 6 | -2 | $971 | $64,648 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | Aa Dekhen Zara | $5,712 | +25.4% | 3 | - | $1,904 | $20,827 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Defiance | $5,645 | +1.1% | 8 | -1 | $705 | $48,546 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | Watchmen | $5,405 | -60.2% | 9 | -12 | $600 | $408,648 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $3,646 | -31% | 8 | - | $455 | $12,401 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Changeling | $2,033 | -17.7% | 8 | +4 | $254 | $204,294 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | - | The Wrestler | $306 | - | 2 | - | $153 | $61,962 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
