| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Australia | - | - | - | $14,053,846 | 643 | $26,521,500 | - | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $10,306,758 | 368 | $15,093,421 | Dec 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 3 | Twilight | - | - | - | $9,943,552 | 306 | $15,484,821 | - | - | false |
| 4 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $7,988,606 | 478 | $20,145,097 | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $7,392,075 | 372 | $7,711,751 | Dec 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $4,689,428 | 200 | $4,938,100 | Dec 4 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 7 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $3,851,643 | 251 | $11,450,474 | Dec 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 8 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $3,721,807 | 356 | $10,627,387 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $3,368,679 | 257 | $5,634,071 | Dec 26 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 10 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | - | - | - | $1,066,391 | 214 | $6,592,731 | Sep 25 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $1,003,398 | 212 | $14,539,355 | Dec 18 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 12 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $677,276 | 63 | $2,086,931 | Dec 26 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 13 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $669,201 | 216 | $6,566,638 | Oct 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 14 | Big Stan | - | - | - | $638,696 | 113 | $1,015,333 | Nov 27 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 15 | Quarantine | - | - | - | $435,278 | 108 | $770,741 | Nov 27 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $435,112 | 59 | $1,337,135 | Dec 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 17 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D | - | - | - | $367,539 | 2 | $1,659,400 | Nov 21 | IMAX | false |
| 18 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $362,498 | 42 | $1,558,192 | Dec 26 | Palace Films | false |
| 19 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | - | - | - | $332,363 | 15 | $336,797 | Dec 11 | MG Distribution | false |
| 20 | City of Ember | - | - | - | $303,826 | 114 | $317,841 | Dec 11 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 21 | Space Chimps | - | - | - | $247,501 | 169 | $1,371,433 | Sep 18 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 22 | Wild Ocean | - | - | - | $190,607 | 2 | $1,224,555 | Jun 19 | IMAX | false |
| 23 | Sex Drive | - | - | - | $147,270 | 183 | $1,428,008 | Nov 13 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 24 | Roman de gare | - | - | - | $108,974 | 18 | $253,943 | Nov 6 | Arkles Entertainment | false |
| 25 | Bolt | - | - | - | $71,479 | 297 | $7,611,037 | Jan 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 26 | Nights in Rodanthe | - | - | - | $61,490 | 240 | $3,185,781 | Nov 6 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 27 | The Duchess | - | - | - | $40,527 | 198 | $3,631,592 | Oct 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 28 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $38,434 | 472 | $39,880,001 | - | Warner Bros. | false |
| 29 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $36,363 | 2 | $517,196 | Sep 18 | IMAX | false |
| 30 | The Wackness | - | - | - | $35,909 | 17 | $172,501 | Nov 13 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 31 | Hunger | - | - | - | $33,381 | 15 | $241,092 | Nov 6 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 32 | My Best Friend's Girl | - | - | - | $32,013 | 129 | $1,230,088 | Oct 9 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 33 | The Grocer's Son | - | - | - | $30,684 | 19 | $432,948 | Oct 2 | Jump Street Films | false |
| 34 | Brideshead Revisited | - | - | - | $27,861 | 114 | $997,107 | Oct 23 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 35 | American Teen | - | - | - | $27,029 | 29 | $113,772 | Nov 20 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 36 | RocknRolla | - | - | - | $26,411 | 220 | $2,358,271 | Oct 30 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 37 | Death Race | - | - | - | $25,501 | 171 | $2,000,220 | Oct 30 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 38 | Saw V | - | - | - | $18,944 | 202 | $2,340,224 | Oct 23 | Hoyts Distribution | false |
| 39 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | - | - | - | $17,554 | 216 | $1,962,893 | Oct 23 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 40 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $15,517 | 25 | $322,236 | Oct 16 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 41 | Friendship | - | - | - | $14,206 | 11 | $211,903 | Nov 13 | MG Distribution | false |
| 42 | It's a Free World... | - | - | - | $13,907 | 1 | $24,702 | Dec 4 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 43 | Fugitive Pieces | - | - | - | $13,771 | 11 | $41,851 | Nov 20 | - | false |
| 44 | Welcome to the Sticks | - | - | - | $12,272 | 17 | $610,400 | Sep 4 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 45 | Caramel | - | - | - | $12,020 | 28 | $484,522 | Sep 18 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 46 | African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango | - | - | - | $8,816 | 2 | $811,654 | Mar 20 | IMAX | false |
| 47 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $8,448 | 273 | $4,608,097 | Oct 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 48 | Animals in Love | - | - | - | $8,197 | 3 | $8,197 | Dec 4 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 49 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $6,917 | 2 | $3,696,215 | Mar 3 | IMAX | false |
| 50 | Rock n Roll Nerd | - | - | - | $5,866 | 4 | $20,904 | Nov 13 | Madman Entertainment | false |
| 51 | In Bruges | - | - | - | $5,629 | 113 | $2,518,493 | - | Icon Film Distribution Australia | false |
| 52 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $5,115 | 294 | $4,924,310 | Oct 9 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 53 | Mirrors | - | - | - | $4,067 | 154 | $732,095 | Nov 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 54 | Yuvvraaj | - | - | - | $3,683 | 10 | $54,521 | Nov 20 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 55 | Bugs! | - | - | - | $3,628 | 2 | $1,712,555 | Apr 10 | - | false |
| 56 | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | $3,393 | 4 | $3,786,220 | Sep 20 | IMAX | false |
| 57 | Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia | - | - | - | $3,122 | 2 | $2,085,442 | Jun 7 | IMAX | false |
| 58 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $2,914 | 23 | $990,192 | Apr 10 | Roadshow Films | false |
| 59 | Youth Without Youth | - | - | - | $2,828 | 4 | $9,425 | Nov 20 | Hopscotch Films | false |
| 60 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $2,653 | 1 | $589,427 | Mar 13 | IMAX | false |
| 61 | Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk | - | - | - | $1,462 | 1 | $402,239 | Jun 19 | IMAX | false |
| 62 | Antarctica | - | - | - | $1,169 | 2 | $4,075,362 | Dec 1 | IMAX | false |
| 63 | Mummies... | - | - | - | $305 | 1 | $118,676 | Aug 9 | IMAX | false |
| 64 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $146 | 13 | $141,666 | Sep 11 | Sharmill Films | false |
| 65 | Spirit of the Marathon | - | - | - | $102 | 5 | $28,011 | Oct 30 | Sharmill Films | false |
