| TD | YD | Release
| Distributor
| Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | New This Day
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Race to Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $10,898,590 | +61.8% | - | 3,187 | $3,419 | $17,632,694 | 2 | - | false |
| 2 | 3 | Watchmen | Warner Bros. | $7,543,933 | +42.2% | -59% | 3,611 | $2,089 | $80,782,969 | 9 | - | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Last House on the Left | Universal Pictures | $5,318,215 | -5.5% | - | 2,401 | $2,215 | $10,948,560 | 2 | - | false |
| 4 | 4 | Taken | Twentieth Century Fox | $2,999,605 | +46.2% | -12% | 2,858 | $1,049 | $125,234,271 | 44 | - | false |
| 5 | 5 | Madea Goes to Jail | Lionsgate | $2,413,739 | +61.9% | -41.2% | 2,203 | $1,095 | $81,983,570 | 23 | - | false |
| 6 | 6 | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $2,335,941 | +69.9% | -26.6% | 2,578 | $906 | $131,311,067 | 123 | - | false |
| 7 | 9 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,465,513 | +70.5% | -26.3% | 2,281 | $642 | $136,991,957 | 58 | - | false |
| 8 | 7 | He's Just Not That Into You | Warner Bros. | $1,287,789 | +38.7% | -27.1% | 1,890 | $681 | $88,314,972 | 37 | - | false |
| 9 | 10 | Coraline | Focus Features | $1,204,759 | +85.8% | -19.7% | 1,768 | $681 | $68,375,643 | 37 | - | false |
| 10 | 8 | Miss March | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $904,147 | +2.6% | - | 1,742 | $519 | $1,785,101 | 2 | - | false |
| 11 | 12 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $846,282 | +36% | -38.5% | 1,591 | $531 | $40,821,980 | 30 | - | false |
| 12 | 13 | Gran Torino | Warner Bros. | $737,037 | +88.2% | -25.7% | 1,102 | $668 | $143,452,685 | 93 | - | false |
| 13 | 11 | Fired Up! | Screen Gems | $698,903 | +8.9% | -37% | 1,518 | $460 | $15,125,515 | 23 | - | false |
| 14 | 14 | The Reader | The Weinstein Company | $610,731 | +74% | -31.3% | 1,002 | $609 | $31,539,225 | 95 | - | false |
| 15 | 16 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $425,822 | +85.6% | -66.1% | 968 | $439 | $17,956,576 | 16 | - | false |
| 16 | 17 | The International | Sony Pictures Releasing | $329,009 | +66.5% | -45.9% | 549 | $599 | $24,785,218 | 30 | - | false |
| 17 | 22 | Hotel for Dogs | DreamWorks | $274,445 | +132.3% | -47.5% | 804 | $341 | $69,855,031 | 58 | - | false |
| 18 | 19 | The Pink Panther 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | $248,078 | +88.6% | -58.5% | 627 | $395 | $35,264,932 | 37 | - | false |
| 19 | 18 | Push | Summit Entertainment | $241,136 | +50.6% | -53.7% | 615 | $392 | $30,426,291 | 37 | - | false |
| 20 | 15 | Friday the 13th | Warner Bros. | $226,147 | -8.5% | -65.1% | 780 | $289 | $64,239,920 | 30 | - | false |
| 21 | 21 | The Wrestler | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $210,119 | +76.8% | -40% | 456 | $460 | $25,330,502 | 88 | - | false |
| 22 | 23 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Twentieth Century Fox | $186,298 | +60.1% | -70.5% | 453 | $411 | $8,030,783 | 16 | - | false |
| 23 | 20 | The Uninvited | DreamWorks | $154,392 | +28.2% | -25% | 411 | $375 | $28,055,803 | 44 | - | false |
| 24 | 30 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $142,746 | +142.7% | +28% | 50 | $2,854 | $3,119,483 | 30 | - | false |
| 25 | 24 | Doubt | Miramax | $133,123 | +70.4% | -14.7% | 275 | $484 | $32,810,062 | 93 | - | false |
| 26 | 26 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount Pictures | $128,372 | +70.7% | -38.6% | 281 | $456 | $126,465,093 | 80 | - | false |
| 27 | 25 | Twilight | Summit Entertainment | $114,485 | +51% | -25.1% | 338 | $338 | $191,028,498 | 114 | - | false |
| 28 | 28 | Milk | Focus Features | $110,210 | +83.8% | -60.5% | 228 | $483 | $31,486,120 | 109 | - | false |
| 29 | 29 | Sunshine Cleaning | Overture Films | $91,149 | +54.6% | - | 4 | $22,787 | $150,125 | 2 | - | false |
| 30 | 31 | Marley & Me | Twentieth Century Fox | $89,848 | +73.5% | -24% | 222 | $404 | $142,561,173 | 80 | - | false |
| 31 | 27 | New in Town | Lionsgate | $83,581 | +38% | -32.1% | 239 | $349 | $16,511,222 | 44 | - | false |
| 32 | 32 | Inkheart | Warner Bros. | $82,497 | +60.8% | -27.1% | 289 | $285 | $16,786,285 | 51 | - | false |
| 33 | 36 | Defiance | Paramount Vantage | $73,473 | +82.5% | -26.7% | 202 | $363 | $28,218,626 | 74 | - | false |
| 34 | 35 | Revolutionary Road | Paramount Vantage | $72,825 | +77.2% | -28.8% | 181 | $402 | $22,531,396 | 79 | - | false |
| 35 | 37 | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures | $71,885 | +92.9% | -34.1% | 182 | $394 | $18,436,351 | 100 | - | false |
| 36 | 34 | Last Chance Harvey | Overture Films | $70,644 | +66.4% | -7% | 203 | $348 | $14,369,162 | 80 | - | false |
| 37 | 33 | Bride Wars | Twentieth Century Fox | $66,581 | +45.3% | -0.4% | 186 | $357 | $58,097,506 | 65 | - | false |
| 38 | 38 | Crossing Over | The Weinstein Company | $44,651 | +52.1% | +137.2% | 38 | $1,175 | $243,845 | 16 | - | false |
| 39 | 39 | Yes Man | Warner Bros. | $37,037 | +46.1% | -41.3% | 102 | $363 | $97,534,441 | 86 | - | false |
| 40 | 40 | Valkyrie | United Artists | $33,475 | +42.1% | -39.4% | 167 | $200 | $82,971,284 | 80 | - | false |
| 41 | 42 | Deep Sea | Warner Bros. | $11,865 | +218.7% | +5.2% | 4 | $2,966 | $37,571,276 | 1,108 | - | false |
| 42 | 41 | Fanboys | The Weinstein Company | $10,039 | +25% | -28% | 27 | $371 | $579,948 | 37 | - | false |
| 43 | 46 | Delhi-6 | UTV Motion Pictures | $6,170 | +171.2% | -61.8% | 17 | $362 | $876,993 | 23 | - | false |
| 44 | 45 | Z | Rialto Pictures | $4,254 | +50.4% | - | 1 | $4,254 | $7,082 | 2 | - | false |
| 45 | 44 | Throw Down Your Heart | Argot Pictures | $2,918 | -6.2% | - | 2 | $1,459 | $6,029 | 2 | - | false |
| 46 | 47 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | Adlabs Films | $2,694 | +82.8% | -50.8% | 6 | $449 | $19,025 | 9 | - | false |
| 47 | 43 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | Argot Pictures | $2,392 | -28.3% | +342.1% | 2 | $1,196 | $59,889 | 51 | - | false |
| 48 | 48 | Were the World Mine | - | $268 | +27.6% | +208% | 1 | $268 | $120,501 | 135 | - | false |
