| TD | YD | Release
| Distributor
| Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | New This Day
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Gran Torino | Warner Bros. | $7,704,256 | -36.6% | +852.5% | 2,808 | $2,743 | $40,524,518 | 31 | - | false |
| 2 | 2 | Bride Wars | Twentieth Century Fox | $4,600,085 | -45% | - | 3,226 | $1,425 | $21,058,173 | 3 | - | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Unborn | Universal Pictures | $3,794,770 | -51% | - | 2,357 | $1,610 | $19,810,585 | 3 | - | false |
| 4 | 4 | Marley & Me | Twentieth Century Fox | $3,076,978 | -39.8% | -43.5% | 3,478 | $884 | $123,751,596 | 18 | - | false |
| 5 | 5 | Bedtime Stories | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $2,405,180 | -42% | -45.3% | 3,511 | $685 | $97,432,093 | 18 | - | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount Pictures | $2,319,895 | -42% | -46.9% | 2,947 | $787 | $94,092,395 | 18 | - | false |
| 7 | 7 | Valkyrie | United Artists | $1,619,005 | -43.4% | -48.7% | 2,838 | $570 | $71,464,448 | 18 | - | false |
| 8 | 8 | Yes Man | Warner Bros. | $1,405,876 | -45.6% | -54.4% | 2,955 | $475 | $89,288,024 | 24 | - | false |
| 9 | 9 | Not Easily Broken | Screen Gems | $1,190,470 | -45.7% | - | 724 | $1,644 | $5,314,278 | 3 | - | false |
| 10 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,037,751 | -37.9% | -12.1% | 601 | $1,726 | $34,127,195 | 61 | - | false |
| 11 | 11 | Seven Pounds | Sony Pictures Releasing | $868,747 | -47.9% | -59.3% | 2,456 | $353 | $66,748,686 | 24 | - | false |
| 12 | 12 | The Tale of Despereaux | Universal Pictures | $861,375 | -31.2% | -47.4% | 2,297 | $375 | $47,584,450 | 24 | - | false |
| 13 | 13 | Twilight | Summit Entertainment | $741,583 | -38.3% | -32.3% | 1,466 | $505 | $181,448,642 | 52 | - | false |
| 14 | 14 | Doubt | Miramax | $660,129 | -37.3% | -45% | 1,287 | $512 | $22,959,422 | 31 | - | false |
| 15 | 16 | Bolt | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $463,159 | -31.6% | -43.3% | 1,161 | $398 | $111,806,897 | 52 | - | false |
| 16 | 17 | Revolutionary Road | Paramount Vantage | $388,366 | -37.2% | +52.4% | 135 | $2,876 | $3,158,054 | 17 | - | false |
| 17 | 15 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Twentieth Century Fox | $381,138 | -44.7% | -66.2% | 1,512 | $252 | $77,330,238 | 31 | - | false |
| 18 | 18 | The Reader | The Weinstein Company | $369,880 | -37.8% | -10.7% | 507 | $729 | $5,510,453 | 33 | - | false |
| 19 | 19 | Milk | Focus Features | $355,590 | -37.8% | -27.8% | 295 | $1,205 | $19,163,996 | 47 | - | false |
| 20 | 21 | The Wrestler | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $231,055 | -36.3% | +89.5% | 60 | $3,850 | $2,822,431 | 26 | - | false |
| 21 | 20 | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures | $228,583 | -43.1% | -32.9% | 205 | $1,115 | $7,631,181 | 38 | - | false |
| 22 | 22 | Australia | Twentieth Century Fox | $160,022 | -41.2% | -41.7% | 543 | $294 | $47,764,206 | 47 | - | false |
| 23 | 23 | The Spirit | Lionsgate | $139,815 | -36.6% | -81.3% | 1,088 | $128 | $19,446,189 | 18 | - | false |
| 24 | 26 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | DreamWorks | $108,912 | -31.5% | -53.1% | 375 | $290 | $177,495,492 | 66 | - | false |
| 25 | 24 | Quantum of Solace | Sony Pictures Releasing | $83,928 | -52.7% | -62.4% | 357 | $235 | $167,535,553 | 59 | - | false |
| 26 | 25 | Four Christmases | Warner Bros. | $82,592 | -50.1% | -84.9% | 777 | $106 | $119,209,383 | 47 | - | false |
| 27 | 27 | Role Models | Universal Pictures | $42,670 | -41.4% | -26.5% | 251 | $170 | $66,971,710 | 66 | - | false |
| 28 | 28 | Last Chance Harvey | Overture Films | $37,621 | -39.8% | +38.2% | 16 | $2,351 | $531,825 | 18 | - | false |
| 29 | 30 | Defiance | Paramount Vantage | $20,182 | -34% | -41.5% | 2 | $10,091 | $309,017 | 12 | - | false |
| 30 | 29 | Appaloosa | Warner Bros. | $19,301 | -37.9% | +1,267.9% | 178 | $108 | $20,157,730 | 115 | - | false |
| 31 | 31 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Miramax | $16,671 | -28.3% | -35.7% | 85 | $196 | $8,957,174 | 66 | - | false |
| 32 | 32 | The Secret Life of Bees | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $13,575 | -37.9% | -2.3% | 76 | $178 | $37,600,538 | 87 | - | false |
| 33 | 33 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | The Weinstein Company | $12,534 | -35.4% | -27.2% | 103 | $121 | $31,382,624 | 73 | - | false |
| 34 | 35 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Miramax | $12,268 | -29.1% | -46.4% | 49 | $250 | $3,384,240 | 94 | - | false |
| 35 | 34 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | $11,236 | -38.5% | +8.4% | 38 | $295 | $22,886,033 | 150 | - | false |
| 36 | 36 | Body of Lies | Warner Bros. | $8,751 | -33.1% | -56.2% | 85 | $102 | $39,380,442 | 94 | - | false |
| 37 | 40 | Igor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $8,383 | +41.4% | -39.3% | 18 | $465 | $19,520,836 | 115 | - | false |
| 38 | 39 | Nothing Like the Holidays | Overture Films | $6,039 | -27.6% | -82.8% | 62 | $97 | $7,478,384 | 31 | - | false |
| 39 | 38 | Nights in Rodanthe | Warner Bros. | $5,098 | -46.6% | -49.2% | 53 | $96 | $41,840,908 | 108 | - | false |
| 40 | 44 | Silent Light | Palisades Tartan | $3,859 | -11.6% | - | 1 | $3,859 | $15,541 | 5 | - | false |
| 41 | 41 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | Freestyle Releasing | $3,281 | -31% | -26.4% | 21 | $156 | $13,522,373 | 73 | - | false |
| 42 | 43 | Made in U.S.A | Rialto Pictures | $3,227 | -28.9% | - | 1 | $3,227 | $11,147 | 3 | - | false |
| 43 | 46 | Call + Response | Fair Trade Pictures | $3,045 | +670.9% | - | 1 | $3,045 | $211,807 | 94 | - | false |
| 44 | 37 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $2,593 | -77.9% | -76% | 8 | $324 | $37,347,865 | 1,046 | - | false |
| 45 | 47 | Soul Men | - | $683 | +103.9% | +19.8% | 3 | $227 | $12,026,529 | 66 | - | false |
| 46 | 42 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | $578 | -87.8% | -96.2% | 7 | $82 | $531,026,626 | 178 | - | false |
| 47 | 45 | Lola Montès | Rialto Pictures | $466 | -33.3% | +119.8% | 3 | $155 | $92,030 | 94 | - | false |
