| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $68,120,116 | +84.4% | 36.1% | 8 | Friday the 13th | $40,570,365 | 59.6% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $28,828,534 | +28.3% | 15.3% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $10,983,319 | 38.1% | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 2 | $20,045,504 | -12% | 10.6% | 5 | Taken | $18,985,260 | 94.7% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 17 | $15,671,446 | +4,072% | 8.3% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $15,066,360 | 96.1% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 4 | $15,661,214 | -12.9% | 8.3% | 2 | Coraline | $14,783,157 | 94.4% | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 6 | 7 | $9,371,565 | -6.5% | 5% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,284,808 | 77.7% | 14 | - | - |
| 7 | 5 | $8,854,634 | -27.5% | 4.7% | 3 | Hotel for Dogs | $4,351,535 | 49.1% | 5 | DreamWorks | - |
| 8 | 6 | $7,593,102 | -28.3% | 4% | 3 | Push | $6,863,022 | 90.4% | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 9 | 8 | $3,028,270 | -40.4% | 1.6% | 2 | My Bloody Valentine | $1,553,385 | 51.3% | 5 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 10 | 9 | $2,382,933 | -44.2% | 1.3% | 1 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $2,382,933 | 100% | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 11 | 11 | $2,283,679 | -6.7% | 1.2% | 2 | The Reader | $2,209,080 | 96.7% | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 10 | $1,701,616 | -44.5% | 0.9% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $987,212 | 58% | 8 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 13 | 12 | $1,611,370 | -30% | 0.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,611,370 | 100% | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 14 | 13 | $934,895 | -32.7% | 0.5% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $515,780 | 55.2% | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 15 | 14 | $624,614 | -13.6% | 0.3% | 1 | Doubt | $624,614 | 100% | 10 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 16 | $549,834 | <0.1% | 0.3% | 6 | The Class | $219,958 | 40% | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 18 | 15 | $346,184 | -39.9% | 0.2% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $346,184 | 100% | 8 | Overture Films | - |
| 19 | 23 | $135,113 | +186.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Two Lovers | $94,986 | 70.3% | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 20 | 18 | $129,409 | -37.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $129,409 | 100% | 8 | United Artists | - |
| 21 | 19 | $128,604 | -14.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $128,604 | 100% | 2 | Shorts International | - |
| 22 | 21 | $126,501 | +94.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Gomorrah | $77,700 | 61.4% | 9 | IFC Films | - |
| 23 | 22 | $76,297 | +41.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $39,087 | 51.2% | 357 | IMAX | - |
| 24 | 26 | $44,886 | +46.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $44,886 | 100% | 53 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 24 | $39,016 | -12.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $39,016 | 100% | 10 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 26 | 25 | $27,753 | -18.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $24,691 | 89% | 72 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 38 | $20,057 | +703.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $20,057 | 100% | 4 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 28 | 20 | $13,364 | -83.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $13,364 | 100% | 3 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 29 | 27 | $12,440 | -29.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $12,440 | 100% | 27 | - | - |
| 30 | 34 | $10,098 | +83.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Our City Dreams | $5,981 | 59.2% | 2 | First Run | - |
| 31 | 36 | $8,959 | +113.6% | <0.1% | 4 | Of Time and the City | $3,142 | 35.1% | 4 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 32 | 43 | $6,295 | +415.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $6,295 | 100% | 16 | - | - |
| 33 | 42 | $5,198 | +254.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $5,198 | 100% | 5 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 35 | 30 | $4,142 | -62.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Dev.D | $4,142 | 100% | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 36 | 28 | $2,928 | -79.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $2,928 | 100% | 4 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 37 | 37 | $2,757 | -0.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $2,757 | 100% | 12 | Monterey Media | - |
| 38 | 33 | $2,043 | -67.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Trouble the Water | $1,420 | 69.5% | 26 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 39 | 32 | $2,003 | -71.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,003 | 100% | 13 | Kino International | - |
| 40 | 29 | $1,697 | -85.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Blessed Is the Match | $1,697 | 100% | 3 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 41 | 40 | $1,216 | -47.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $1,216 | 100% | 15 | The Film Desk | - |
| 42 | 45 | $450 | +54.1% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $450 | 100% | 77 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
