| TD | YD | Release
| Distributor
| Daily | %± YD | %± LW | Theaters | Avg | To Date | Days | New This Day
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | This Is It | Sony Pictures Releasing | $8,326,927 | +17.7% | - | 3,481 | $2,392 | $34,442,926 | 5 | - | false |
| 2 | 2 | Paranormal Activity | Paramount Pictures | $3,806,987 | -42.1% | -22.2% | 2,404 | $1,583 | $84,627,372 | 38 | - | false |
| 3 | 6 | Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | $2,298,087 | +36.4% | -35.2% | 3,645 | $630 | $62,650,379 | 17 | - | false |
| 4 | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | $2,239,269 | -18.6% | -25.5% | 2,764 | $810 | $51,485,280 | 17 | - | false |
| 5 | 4 | Couples Retreat | Universal Pictures | $1,845,875 | -17% | -14.2% | 3,026 | $610 | $87,026,280 | 24 | - | false |
| 6 | 11 | Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | $1,517,264 | +56.7% | -18.7% | 3,020 | $502 | $11,316,418 | 10 | - | false |
| 7 | 5 | Saw VI | Lionsgate | $1,269,746 | -39.4% | -48.3% | 3,036 | $418 | $22,534,749 | 10 | - | false |
| 8 | 12 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Releasing | $1,096,593 | +37.3% | -15.4% | 2,322 | $472 | $118,604,078 | 45 | - | false |
| 9 | 9 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal Pictures | $1,032,750 | -3.9% | -31.8% | 2,754 | $375 | $10,809,975 | 10 | - | false |
| 10 | 8 | The Stepfather | Screen Gems | $835,089 | -28.8% | -30.3% | 2,346 | $355 | $24,555,801 | 17 | - | false |
| 11 | 7 | Amelia | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $820,811 | -34.1% | -12.5% | 1,070 | $767 | $8,340,499 | 10 | - | false |
| 12 | 10 | Zombieland | Sony Pictures Releasing | $745,183 | -25.2% | -26.4% | 2,056 | $362 | $71,181,556 | 31 | - | false |
| 13 | 13 | A Serious Man | Focus Features | $291,605 | -33.7% | +12.9% | 238 | $1,225 | $4,595,629 | 31 | - | false |
| 14 | 18 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Apparition | $173,436 | +47.5% | - | 68 | $2,550 | $546,687 | 3 | - | false |
| 15 | 15 | Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | $126,131 | -23.2% | -44.2% | 416 | $303 | $3,453,510 | 24 | - | false |
| 16 | 16 | Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture Films | $120,559 | -19.2% | -40.5% | 492 | $245 | $13,664,911 | 40 | - | false |
| 17 | 17 | The Invention of Lying | Warner Bros. | $117,728 | -16% | -33.4% | 452 | $260 | $17,589,249 | 31 | - | false |
| 18 | 14 | Halloween II | - | $88,476 | -53.9% | +1,299.7% | 1,083 | $81 | $33,096,757 | 66 | - | false |
| 19 | 21 | Whip It | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $65,815 | +0.5% | -41.3% | 260 | $253 | $12,610,792 | 31 | - | false |
| 20 | 20 | London Dreams | Studio 18 | $65,003 | -14.9% | - | 82 | $792 | $207,964 | 3 | - | false |
| 21 | 22 | New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | $64,270 | +11.4% | +3.5% | 86 | $747 | $1,010,662 | 17 | - | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Informant! | Warner Bros. | $48,255 | -41.5% | -33.7% | 220 | $219 | $32,737,219 | 45 | - | false |
| 23 | 23 | Bright Star | Apparition | $39,964 | -26.4% | -24.9% | 142 | $281 | $4,121,818 | 47 | - | false |
| 24 | 28 | The Final Destination | Warner Bros. | $37,527 | +9.4% | +415.9% | 234 | $160 | $66,254,282 | 66 | - | false |
| 25 | 29 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros. | $36,893 | +8.2% | -26% | 201 | $183 | $301,577,469 | 110 | - | false |
| 26 | 25 | Inglourious Basterds | The Weinstein Company | $36,740 | -13% | -14.9% | 148 | $248 | $119,596,251 | 73 | - | false |
| 27 | 26 | The Hangover | Warner Bros. | $35,219 | -10.6% | -17.7% | 215 | $163 | $276,771,408 | 150 | - | false |
| 28 | 27 | The Time Traveler's Wife | Warner Bros. | $33,519 | -11.3% | -33.3% | 219 | $153 | $63,044,090 | 80 | - | false |
| 29 | 31 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount Pictures | $32,630 | +7.7% | -45.5% | 205 | $159 | $150,167,630 | 87 | - | false |
| 30 | 24 | Julie & Julia | Sony Pictures Releasing | $28,320 | -40.8% | -16.9% | 139 | $203 | $93,486,212 | 87 | - | false |
| 31 | 32 | District 9 | TriStar Pictures | $27,507 | -6% | -31.3% | 176 | $156 | $115,646,235 | 80 | - | false |
| 32 | 30 | Love Happens | Universal Pictures | $24,570 | -23.5% | -34.7% | 189 | $130 | $22,927,390 | 45 | - | false |
| 33 | 37 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Twentieth Century Fox | $23,391 | +14.5% | -31% | 108 | $216 | $196,363,405 | 124 | - | false |
| 34 | 33 | All About Steve | Twentieth Century Fox | $23,347 | -10.6% | -9.8% | 154 | $151 | $33,468,836 | 59 | - | false |
| 35 | 39 | The September Issue | Roadside Attractions | $21,124 | +10.2% | -26.3% | 46 | $459 | $3,590,964 | 66 | - | false |
| 36 | 41 | Under the Sea 3D | Warner Bros. | $20,418 | +14.1% | -2.6% | 29 | $704 | $18,361,326 | 262 | - | false |
| 37 | 35 | The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | $18,745 | -12.6% | +47.3% | 13 | $1,441 | $139,657 | 17 | - | false |
| 38 | 40 | Fame | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $18,625 | +0.9% | -62.1% | 172 | $108 | $22,303,092 | 38 | - | false |
| 39 | 36 | More Than a Game | Lionsgate | $17,424 | -15.5% | -18.2% | 111 | $156 | $829,412 | 31 | - | false |
| 40 | 38 | Pandorum | Overture Films | $16,928 | -12.8% | +32.8% | 147 | $115 | $10,261,085 | 38 | - | false |
| 41 | 34 | The Boys Are Back | Miramax | $14,379 | -36.4% | -26.4% | 86 | $167 | $783,013 | 38 | - | false |
| 42 | 43 | 9 | Focus Features | $13,172 | +28.9% | -9.6% | 91 | $144 | $31,389,319 | 54 | - | false |
| 43 | 42 | Jennifer's Body | Twentieth Century Fox | $12,382 | +14.5% | +79% | 106 | $116 | $16,140,555 | 45 | - | false |
| 44 | 46 | Aliens in the Attic | Twentieth Century Fox | $9,490 | +27.3% | -19.3% | 61 | $155 | $25,137,060 | 94 | - | false |
| 45 | 45 | 500 Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $8,530 | -0.2% | +31.4% | 43 | $198 | $32,297,623 | 108 | - | false |
| 46 | 44 | Sorority Row | Summit Entertainment | $6,056 | -32.7% | -44.9% | 51 | $118 | $11,956,207 | 52 | - | false |
| 47 | 49 | Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $5,096 | +135.7% | - | 2 | $2,548 | $11,502 | 3 | - | false |
| 48 | 47 | My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | $3,739 | -33% | +27% | 16 | $233 | $2,438,346 | 73 | - | false |
| 49 | 48 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Freestyle Releasing | $2,971 | +21.3% | -33.3% | 19 | $156 | $1,417,696 | 38 | - | false |
| 50 | 53 | From Mexico with Love | Roadside Attractions | $2,004 | +48.9% | -42.7% | 9 | $222 | $545,315 | 24 | - | false |
| 51 | 51 | Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | $1,912 | +21.9% | -83.9% | 10 | $191 | $74,250 | 10 | - | false |
| 52 | 54 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | UTV Motion Pictures | $1,652 | +74.6% | -83.2% | 9 | $183 | $196,203 | 17 | - | false |
| 53 | 52 | Wake Up Sid | UTV Motion Pictures | $1,392 | -3.4% | -75.2% | 5 | $278 | $717,977 | 31 | - | false |
| 54 | 55 | Shorts | Warner Bros. | $1,302 | +59.6% | -17.6% | 17 | $76 | $20,458,304 | 73 | - | false |
| 55 | 50 | Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $1,047 | -43.2% | -42.6% | 6 | $174 | $2,269,153 | 96 | - | false |
| 56 | 56 | American Casino | Argot Pictures | $984 | +23.8% | - | 1 | $984 | $50,437 | 80 | - | false |
| 57 | 57 | Whiteout | Warner Bros. | $791 | +32.7% | -42.3% | 8 | $98 | $10,188,708 | 52 | - | false |
| 58 | 59 | The Cove | Roadside Attractions | $473 | -3.9% | -47.5% | 7 | $67 | $838,396 | 94 | - | false |
| 59 | 60 | The Big Gay Musical | N/A | $362 | +56.7% | -48.4% | 1 | $362 | $22,164 | 52 | - | false |
| 60 | 61 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | $109 | -1.8% | +131.9% | 3 | $36 | $635,303 | 129 | - | false |
