| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total
| Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | - | - | - | $21,667,251 | 479 | $8,516,708 | 39.3% | 477 | Aug 8 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 2 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | - | - | - | $13,962,118 | 464 | $5,503,340 | 39.4% | 464 | Aug 22 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 3 | Step Brothers | - | - | - | $12,553,039 | 362 | $3,061,154 | 24.4% | 362 | Aug 29 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | - | - | - | $10,481,344 | 368 | $2,836,480 | 27.1% | 367 | Aug 15 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Wild Child | - | - | - | $9,524,380 | 359 | $2,196,366 | 23.1% | 359 | Aug 15 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 6 | Get Smart | - | - | - | $9,015,891 | 442 | $2,857,682 | 31.7% | 442 | Aug 22 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Strangers | - | - | - | $7,804,867 | 280 | $2,276,760 | 29.2% | 280 | Aug 29 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 8 | Space Chimps | - | - | - | $7,286,700 | 317 | $1,112,842 | 15.3% | 314 | Aug 1 | - | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 9 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | - | - | - | $5,510,300 | 419 | $1,670,024 | 30.3% | 419 | Aug 15 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | - | - | - | $4,391,760 | 402 | $1,751,992 | 39.9% | 402 | Aug 1 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 11 | Make It Happen | - | - | - | $2,616,579 | 259 | $971,423 | 37.1% | 259 | Aug 8 | - | Optimum Releasing | false |
| 12 | The Love Guru | - | - | - | $2,539,175 | 301 | $985,049 | 38.8% | 301 | Aug 1 | - | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 13 | Singh Is King | - | - | - | $2,490,130 | 50 | $947,342 | 38% | 50 | Aug 8 | - | Studio 18 | false |
| 14 | Babylon A.D. | - | - | - | $2,161,024 | 311 | $977,586 | 45.2% | 311 | Aug 29 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $1,583,002 | 43 | $194,526 | 12.3% | 41 | Aug 1 | - | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 16 | The Fox and the Child | - | - | - | $1,119,433 | 257 | $254,352 | 22.7% | 257 | Aug 8 | - | Pathé | false |
| 17 | Somers Town | - | - | - | $986,005 | 62 | $224,880 | 22.8% | 62 | Aug 22 | - | Optimum Releasing | false |
| 18 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | - | - | - | $855,790 | 79 | $169,517 | 19.8% | 79 | Aug 15 | - | Momentum Pictures | false |
| 19 | College Road Trip | - | - | - | $810,789 | 178 | $224,907 | 27.7% | 178 | Aug 22 | - | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 20 | Bachna Ae Haseeno | - | - | - | $574,033 | 40 | $187,825 | 32.7% | 40 | Aug 15 | - | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 21 | Elegy | - | - | - | $490,114 | 39 | $136,881 | 27.9% | 39 | Aug 8 | - | Entertainment Film Distributors | false |
| 22 | The Wackness | - | - | - | $422,599 | 94 | $146,698 | 34.7% | 94 | Aug 29 | - | Revolver Entertainment | false |
| 23 | Kuselan | - | - | - | $329,198 | 17 | $191,578 | 58.2% | 17 | Aug 1 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 24 | Shoot on Sight | - | - | - | $264,617 | 59 | $114,034 | 43.1% | 59 | Aug 22 | - | Tip Top Entertainment (TTE) | false |
| 25 | Cass | - | - | - | $241,369 | 40 | $88,604 | 36.7% | 40 | Aug 1 | - | Optimum Releasing | false |
| 26 | Elite Squad | - | - | - | $225,000 | 16 | $62,595 | 27.8% | 16 | Aug 8 | - | Optimum Releasing | false |
| 27 | God Tussi Great Ho | - | - | - | $205,914 | 29 | $96,624 | 46.9% | 29 | Aug 15 | - | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 28 | The Pope's Toilet | - | - | - | $157,429 | 7 | $21,309 | 13.5% | 5 | Aug 1 | - | Soda Pictures | false |
| 29 | Times and Winds | - | - | - | $126,281 | 5 | $23,747 | 18.8% | 4 | Aug 29 | - | Artificial Eye | false |
| 30 | Rock On!! | - | - | - | $92,200 | 22 | $37,193 | 40.3% | 22 | Aug 29 | - | Adlabs Films | false |
| 31 | Married Life | - | - | - | $79,006 | 8 | $15,383 | 19.5% | 8 | Aug 1 | - | Verve Pictures | false |
| 32 | Dhaam Dhoom | - | - | - | $68,207 | 4 | $39,385 | 57.7% | 4 | Aug 29 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 33 | Sathyam | - | - | - | $66,161 | 4 | $29,993 | 45.3% | 4 | Aug 15 | - | Ayngaran International | false |
| 34 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $58,521 | 4 | $10,885 | 18.6% | 3 | Aug 1 | - | Park Circus | false |
| 35 | Ugly Aur Pagli | - | - | - | $57,803 | 11 | $35,304 | 61.1% | 11 | Aug 1 | - | Tip Top Entertainment (TTE) | false |
| 36 | The Banishment | - | - | - | $53,832 | 8 | $14,980 | 27.8% | 8 | Aug 15 | - | Artificial Eye | false |
| 37 | Badlands | - | - | - | $51,502 | 2 | $15,314 | 29.7% | 2 | Aug 29 | - | British Film Institute (BFI) | false |
| 38 | Hijack | - | - | - | $50,201 | 16 | - | - | - | Aug 29 | - | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 39 | Angel | - | - | - | $48,991 | 7 | $19,004 | 38.8% | 5 | Aug 29 | - | Lionsgate | false |
| 40 | Chamku | - | - | - | $35,142 | 18 | $24,639 | 70.1% | 18 | Aug 29 | - | Tip Top Entertainment (TTE) | false |
| 41 | Lakh Pardesi Hoiye | - | - | - | $31,961 | 7 | $14,148 | 44.3% | 7 | Aug 22 | - | Bollywood | false |
| 42 | Death Defying Acts | - | - | - | $25,735 | 9 | $7,638 | 29.7% | 9 | Aug 8 | - | Lionsgate | false |
| 43 | The Aerial | - | - | - | $24,824 | 4 | $970 | 3.9% | 1 | Aug 1 | - | - | false |
| 44 | Maan Gaye Mughall-E-Azam | - | - | - | $20,009 | 11 | $10,862 | 54.3% | 11 | Aug 22 | - | Tip Top Entertainment (TTE) | false |
| 45 | Ben X | - | - | - | $17,958 | 7 | $3,714 | 20.7% | 7 | Aug 29 | - | Momentum Pictures | false |
| 46 | Sakuran | - | - | - | $12,615 | 1 | $5,094 | 40.4% | 1 | Aug 29 | - | ICA Films | false |
| 47 | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains | - | - | - | $10,456 | 1 | $3,964 | 37.9% | 1 | Aug 15 | - | British Film Institute (BFI) | false |
| 48 | Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $9,460 | 2 | $3,389 | 35.8% | 2 | Aug 1 | - | Warner Music | false |
| 49 | Summer of the Flying Saucer | - | - | - | $6,047 | 4 | - | - | - | Aug 8 | - | - | false |
| 50 | Face Addict 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,351 | 1 | $969 | 22.3% | 1 | Aug 22 | - | Blue Dolphin Film Distribution | false |
| 51 | Little Box of Sweets | - | - | - | $2,865 | 2 | $733 | 25.6% | 1 | Aug 15 | - | - | false |
| 52 | Daylight Robbery | - | - | - | $2,629 | 1 | $1,466 | 55.8% | 1 | Aug 29 | - | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 53 | CJ7 | - | - | - | $2,079 | 1 | $839 | 40.4% | 1 | Aug 8 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 54 | Blindsight | - | - | - | $2,070 | 1 | $2,070 | 100% | 1 | Aug 8 | - | Spark Worldwide | false |
| 55 | Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe | - | - | - | $1,036 | 1 | $513 | 49.5% | 1 | Aug 22 | - | Revolver Entertainment | false |
| 56 | Triangle | - | - | - | $817 | 1 | $817 | 100% | 1 | Aug 29 | - | Manga Entertainment | false |
| 57 | Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 | - | - | - | $799 | 4 | $799 | 100% | 4 | Aug 22 | - | MercuryMedia International | false |
| 58 | A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory | - | - | - | $502 | 1 | $502 | 100% | 1 | Aug 15 | - | Revolver Entertainment | false |
| 59 | The Cool School | - | - | - | $280 | 1 | $280 | 100% | 1 | Aug 15 | - | Revolver Entertainment | false |
| 60 | ABBA: The Movie | - | - | - | $38 | 1 | $38 | 100% | 1 | Aug 8 | - | Universal Music | false |
