| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $35,468,468 | - | 3,175 | - | $11,171 | $35,468,468 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Taken | $25,611,154 | -22.5% | 3,184 | +1 | $8,043 | $58,674,752 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 3 | - | Coraline | $20,235,921 | - | 2,299 | - | $8,802 | $20,235,921 | 1 | Focus Features | true | false |
| 4 | - | The Pink Panther 2 | $13,320,994 | - | 3,243 | - | $4,107 | $13,320,994 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $12,812,638 | -22.9% | 3,169 | -37 | $4,043 | $98,814,500 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Push | $12,394,428 | - | 2,313 | - | $5,358 | $12,394,428 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $9,370,130 | -10.4% | 1,724 | +91 | $5,435 | $79,395,915 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Gran Torino | $9,103,514 | -17.9% | 2,705 | -310 | $3,365 | $122,143,372 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 3 | The Uninvited | $7,386,273 | -38.3% | 2,344 | - | $3,151 | $19,365,763 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Hotel for Dogs | $6,555,128 | -33.7% | 2,734 | -426 | $2,397 | $55,968,961 | 4 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $5,322,158 | -47.7% | 2,042 | -900 | $2,606 | $41,080,697 | 3 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | New in Town | $4,195,012 | -51.4% | 1,941 | - | $2,161 | $12,823,303 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | The Reader | $3,190,533 | -8.4% | 862 | -140 | $3,701 | $16,948,114 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $2,996,676 | -36.5% | 1,478 | -648 | $2,027 | $120,644,773 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | The Wrestler | $2,939,551 | -8.8% | 754 | +32 | $3,898 | $16,902,784 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | My Bloody Valentine | $2,675,207 | -55.2% | 671 | -735 | $3,986 | $49,000,761 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Revolutionary Road | $2,264,248 | -38.6% | 935 | -142 | $2,421 | $19,332,297 | 7 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Bride Wars | $1,859,145 | -57.5% | 1,097 | -888 | $1,694 | $56,603,465 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Defiance | $1,848,683 | -47.3% | 858 | -804 | $2,154 | $25,652,328 | 7 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Milk | $1,532,309 | -28.7% | 601 | -281 | $2,549 | $25,664,919 | 12 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 21 | 11 | Inkheart | $1,504,183 | -67% | 1,175 | -1,480 | $1,280 | $15,158,260 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Frost/Nixon | $1,037,120 | -47.3% | 478 | -627 | $2,169 | $15,916,246 | 10 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Doubt | $1,017,026 | -17.5% | 401 | -201 | $2,536 | $29,397,987 | 9 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Last Chance Harvey | $806,020 | -54% | 448 | -445 | $1,799 | $13,025,852 | 8 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | Notorious | $804,326 | -64.6% | 440 | -640 | $1,828 | $36,390,364 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 24 | Twilight | $654,279 | -25.7% | 326 | -87 | $2,006 | $187,922,311 | 12 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 27 | 22 | Marley & Me | $574,679 | -54.4% | 450 | -572 | $1,277 | $140,668,321 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 28 | 31 | Yes Man | $497,434 | +69% | 345 | +68 | $1,441 | $96,431,898 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 21 | The Unborn | $480,975 | -68.3% | 388 | -920 | $1,239 | $42,093,035 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | The Dark Knight | $438,399 | -21.5% | 188 | -23 | $2,331 | $532,916,540 | 30 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | Bedtime Stories | $295,970 | -55.9% | 265 | -374 | $1,116 | $108,978,374 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $293,513 | -27.3% | 240 | -35 | $1,222 | $179,652,815 | 14 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 33 | 26 | Valkyrie | $290,768 | -51.2% | 258 | -251 | $1,127 | $82,103,806 | 8 | United Artists | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | The Tale of Despereaux | $277,315 | -1.7% | 276 | -36 | $1,004 | $50,230,285 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 36 | The Class | $251,170 | +6.4% | 27 | +2 | $9,302 | $646,426 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | - | Fanboys | $220,427 | - | 44 | - | $5,009 | $220,427 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | true | false |
| 37 | - | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $214,205 | - | 41 | - | $5,224 | $214,205 | 1 | Shorts International | true | false |
| 38 | 35 | Waltz with Bashir | $213,686 | -12.5% | 46 | +2 | $4,645 | $1,276,775 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 39 | 37 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $199,668 | +10.8% | 196 | -5 | $1,018 | $79,032,581 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 40 | 30 | Rachel Getting Married | $193,350 | -40.2% | 95 | -125 | $2,035 | $11,953,198 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 41 | 28 | Not Easily Broken | $184,751 | -59.8% | 148 | -144 | $1,248 | $10,572,742 | 5 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 42 | 33 | Australia | $177,021 | -34.9% | 178 | -119 | $994 | $49,231,519 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 43 | 38 | Bolt | $133,549 | -15.6% | 132 | -41 | $1,011 | $113,142,988 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 34 | Luck by Chance | $90,628 | -63.4% | 49 | -8 | $1,849 | $338,028 | 2 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 45 | 42 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $74,763 | +12.4% | 7 | - | $10,680 | $27,472,360 | 177 | IMAX | false | false |
| 46 | 39 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $73,014 | -38.7% | 17 | -7 | $4,294 | $956,703 | 9 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 47 | 45 | Space Station 3D | $71,862 | +29.8% | 9 | -1 | $7,984 | $77,656,461 | 356 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 46 | I've Loved You So Long | $71,636 | +32% | 28 | +1 | $2,558 | $2,743,433 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | Wendy and Lucy | $63,333 | +7.4% | 20 | +7 | $3,166 | $328,181 | 10 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $54,921 | +31.9% | 11 | - | $4,992 | $12,857,206 | 26 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 51 | 51 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $51,730 | +51.8% | 10 | +1 | $5,173 | $5,430,534 | 52 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 43 | Let the Right One In | $49,988 | -15.6% | 28 | -1 | $1,785 | $1,899,814 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 40 | Four Christmases | $43,149 | -62% | 87 | -96 | $495 | $120,146,040 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 54 | 47 | Frozen River | $40,453 | -12.6% | 25 | -4 | $1,618 | $2,396,670 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | Synecdoche, New York | $40,356 | +5.3% | 25 | +2 | $1,614 | $3,023,869 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 56 | 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $36,273 | -20.1% | 15 | - | $2,418 | $20,779,111 | 71 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 57 | 53 | Roving Mars | $30,989 | +19.7% | 7 | - | $4,427 | $9,997,603 | 159 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | 52 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $23,947 | -21.8% | 15 | -10 | $1,596 | $23,198,194 | 26 | - | false | false |
| 59 | - | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $19,651 | - | 1 | - | $19,651 | $38,059 | 3 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 60 | 60 | The Secret Life of Bees | $18,095 | +19.1% | 13 | -5 | $1,391 | $37,746,216 | 17 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 56 | Service | $13,589 | -27.7% | 2 | - | $6,794 | $32,372 | 2 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 54 | Deep Sea | $13,230 | -44.1% | 6 | - | $2,205 | $37,420,112 | 154 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 63 | - | Dev.D | $12,614 | - | 4 | - | $3,153 | $12,614 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 64 | - | Chocolate | $11,180 | - | 7 | - | $1,597 | $11,180 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 65 | 57 | Medicine for Melancholy | $10,937 | -34.1% | 1 | - | $10,937 | $27,524 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 66 | 69 | Blessed Is the Match | $10,692 | +143.2% | 3 | +2 | $3,564 | $15,958 | 3 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 67 | 71 | The Secret of the Grain | $8,634 | +101.3% | 3 | +2 | $2,878 | $72,667 | 8 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 68 | - | Our City Dreams | $8,523 | - | 1 | - | $8,523 | $12,828 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 69 | 76 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $8,022 | +132.2% | 5 | +4 | $1,604 | $81,075 | 13 | Kino International | false | false |
| 70 | 72 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $7,490 | +88% | 3 | +1 | $2,496 | $75,474 | 14 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 71 | 66 | Trouble the Water | $6,339 | -2.3% | 4 | - | $1,584 | $506,467 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 72 | 67 | Silent Light | $5,979 | +20.1% | 1 | - | $5,979 | $60,200 | 6 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 73 | 88 | Donkey Punch | $5,756 | +387.4% | 4 | +3 | $1,439 | $14,490 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 74 | 79 | U2 3D | $5,612 | +106.2% | 3 | +2 | $1,870 | $9,697,165 | 56 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 75 | 63 | A Secret | $4,686 | -50.3% | 4 | -1 | $1,171 | $604,008 | 23 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 76 | 55 | CC2C | $4,325 | -80.6% | 7 | -18 | $617 | $921,738 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 77 | 58 | Outlander | $4,054 | -74.7% | 15 | -18 | $270 | $106,866 | 3 | Third Rail Releasing | false | false |
| 78 | 84 | The Wild Child | $2,908 | +96.1% | 1 | - | $2,908 | $38,818 | 14 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 79 | 73 | Just Another Love Story | $2,889 | -23.4% | 2 | - | $1,444 | $17,848 | 5 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 80 | 93 | The Secrets | $2,842 | +1,745.5% | 2 | +1 | $1,421 | $66,452 | 12 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 81 | - | Louise Bourgeois | $2,540 | - | 1 | - | $2,540 | $93,478 | 34 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 82 | - | Absurdistan | $2,529 | - | 1 | - | $2,529 | $2,529 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 83 | 78 | Tell No One | $2,374 | -28.2% | 3 | - | $791 | $6,177,192 | 33 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 84 | 68 | Owl and the Sparrow | $1,792 | -60.2% | 1 | -1 | $1,792 | $31,701 | 4 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 85 | 62 | Were the World Mine | $1,711 | -84.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,711 | $108,421 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 86 | - | Made in U.S.A | $940 | - | 1 | - | $940 | $53,909 | 5 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 87 | 74 | Stranded | $769 | -78.7% | 1 | -2 | $769 | $85,153 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 88 | - | The Village Barbershop | $723 | - | 2 | - | $361 | $858 | 4 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 89 | 89 | Momma's Man | $570 | -48.3% | 1 | -3 | $570 | $99,756 | 25 | Kino International | false | false |
| 90 | - | Galapagos | $455 | - | 1 | - | $455 | $17,482,787 | 485 | IMAX | false | false |
| 91 | 86 | A Man Named Pearl | $390 | -68.6% | 5 | +3 | $78 | $205,242 | 76 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 92 | 85 | Eden | $355 | -73.8% | 1 | -1 | $355 | $15,611 | 13 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 93 | 90 | The Betrayal | $193 | -82.3% | - | - | - | $17,114 | 12 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 94 | - | Monsieur Verdoux | $171 | - | 1 | - | $171 | $43,082 | 48 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 95 | 92 | Breakfast with Scot | $138 | -80.8% | 1 | - | $138 | $44,241 | 18 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 96 | - | The Objective | $95 | - | 1 | - | $95 | $95 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
