| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 42 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $1,006,041 | 4,366 | $533,345,358 | Jul 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $798,582 | 4,065 | $180,010,950 | Nov 7 | DreamWorks | false |
| 40 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $1,018,361 | 3,684 | $110,101,975 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Bolt | - | - | - | $1,157,215 | 3,654 | $114,053,579 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 31 | Twilight | - | - | - | $3,098,027 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 101 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $11,375 | 3,626 | $90,559,416 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 51 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $517,684 | 3,560 | $79,366,978 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 71 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $87,000 | 3,540 | $120,146,040 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Marley & Me | - | - | - | $2,305,239 | 3,505 | $143,153,751 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Yes Man | - | - | - | $1,371,642 | 3,434 | $97,690,976 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Hotel for Dogs | - | - | - | $21,109,064 | 3,271 | $73,034,460 | Jan 16 | DreamWorks | false |
| 9 | The Pink Panther 2 | - | - | - | $31,863,279 | 3,245 | $35,922,978 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 72 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $60,440 | 3,239 | $94,514,402 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 26 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $4,414,596 | 3,228 | $58,715,510 | Jan 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | - | - | - | $45,890,809 | 3,206 | $146,336,178 | Jan 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 1 | Taken | - | - | - | $84,338,869 | 3,184 | $145,000,989 | Jan 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 2 | He's Just Not That Into You | - | - | - | $77,218,042 | 3,175 | $93,953,653 | Feb 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 44 | The Tale of Despereaux | - | - | - | $933,700 | 3,107 | $50,877,145 | Dec 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Friday the 13th | - | - | - | $59,819,306 | 3,105 | $65,002,019 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $28,851,299 | 3,045 | $148,095,302 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $9,340,362 | 2,988 | $127,509,326 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $45,982,212 | 2,943 | $141,319,928 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 16 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | - | - | - | $14,002,127 | 2,942 | $45,802,315 | Jan 23 | Screen Gems | false |
| 41 | Valkyrie | - | - | - | $1,017,254 | 2,838 | $83,077,833 | Dec 25 | United Artists | false |
| 50 | Australia | - | - | - | $556,438 | 2,721 | $49,554,002 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 27 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $4,261,360 | 2,655 | $17,303,424 | Jan 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 121 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | - | - | - | $3,294 | 2,652 | $13,559,812 | Oct 31 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 8 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $32,670,233 | 2,534 | $44,277,350 | Feb 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 22 | My Bloody Valentine | - | - | - | $7,436,796 | 2,534 | $51,545,952 | Jan 16 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 13 | The International | - | - | - | $20,582,197 | 2,364 | $25,450,527 | Feb 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 36 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $1,470,125 | 2,359 | $42,670,410 | Jan 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $17,828,686 | 2,344 | $28,596,818 | Jan 30 | DreamWorks | false |
| 5 | Coraline | - | - | - | $59,468,745 | 2,320 | $75,286,229 | Feb 6 | Focus Features | false |
| 11 | Push | - | - | - | $27,268,711 | 2,313 | $31,811,527 | Feb 6 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 3 | Madea Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $60,880,463 | 2,203 | $90,508,336 | Feb 20 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 129 | Soul Men | - | - | - | $1,375 | 2,048 | $12,082,391 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 18 | New in Town | - | - | - | $10,216,292 | 1,941 | $16,734,283 | Jan 30 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 21 | Fired Up! | - | - | - | $9,331,909 | 1,811 | $17,231,291 | Feb 20 | Screen Gems | false |
| 25 | Defiance | - | - | - | $5,250,006 | 1,793 | $28,644,813 | Dec 31 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 35 | Notorious | - | - | - | $2,034,016 | 1,641 | $36,843,682 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 76 | The Secret Life of Bees | - | - | - | $49,493 | 1,630 | $37,770,162 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 28 | Doubt | - | - | - | $3,946,379 | 1,287 | $33,446,470 | Dec 12 | Miramax | false |
| 19 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | - | - | - | $9,658,784 | 1,276 | $19,162,740 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | The Reader | - | - | - | $14,062,862 | 1,203 | $34,194,407 | Dec 10 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 30 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $3,555,529 | 1,164 | $8,742,261 | Feb 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 32 | Last Chance Harvey | - | - | - | $2,469,655 | 1,108 | $14,889,042 | Dec 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 29 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $3,725,385 | 1,105 | $18,622,031 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 24 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $6,326,150 | 1,077 | $22,911,480 | Dec 26 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 23 | Milk | - | - | - | $6,445,286 | 882 | $31,841,299 | Nov 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 17 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $10,458,503 | 776 | $26,238,243 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 73 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $57,491 | 726 | $23,216,709 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 56 | Not Easily Broken | - | - | - | $324,003 | 725 | $10,572,742 | Jan 9 | Screen Gems | false |
| 61 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $251,449 | 713 | $13,816,982 | Aug 15 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 86 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $18,483 | 686 | $10,363,341 | Jan 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 53 | Echelon Conspiracy | - | - | - | $376,400 | 400 | $666,009 | Feb 27 | After Dark Films | true |
| 43 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $972,893 | 391 | $12,796,841 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | I.O.U.S.A. | - | - | - | $10,704 | 358 | $821,046 | Aug 22 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $176,154 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 45 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $824,206 | 208 | $2,283,849 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 54 | Two Lovers | - | - | - | $356,837 | 148 | $3,149,034 | Feb 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 96 | CC2C | - | - | - | $13,703 | 130 | $921,738 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Class | - | - | - | $1,226,966 | 126 | $3,766,810 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 69 | Synecdoche, New York | - | - | - | $100,145 | 119 | $3,083,538 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 116 | Tell No One | - | - | - | $4,734 | 112 | $6,177,192 | Jul 2 | Music Box Films | false |
| 34 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $2,212,934 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | Frozen River | - | - | - | $148,586 | 96 | $2,511,476 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 119 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $4,424 | 93 | $2,962,242 | Jul 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 47 | Delhi-6 | - | - | - | $772,225 | 90 | $879,913 | Feb 20 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 57 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $322,553 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 75 | Outlander | - | - | - | $53,305 | 81 | $166,003 | Jan 23 | Third Rail Releasing | false |
| 48 | Billu | - | - | - | $724,212 | 70 | $754,928 | Feb 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 55 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $342,482 | 69 | $3,169,305 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 58 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $308,935 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 49 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | - | - | - | $578,349 | 60 | $644,635 | Feb 6 | Shorts International | false |
| 65 | Luck by Chance | - | - | - | $179,998 | 57 | $356,019 | Jan 30 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 84 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $21,876 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 63 | Let the Right One In | - | - | - | $200,325 | 53 | $2,122,065 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 127 | A Christmas Tale | - | - | - | $1,715 | 52 | $1,060,922 | Nov 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 59 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $286,012 | 50 | $1,579,146 | Dec 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 70 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $90,850 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | Fanboys | - | - | - | $467,398 | 45 | $688,529 | Feb 6 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 64 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $199,594 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 74 | Crossing Over | - | - | - | $56,353 | 42 | $455,654 | Feb 27 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 62 | Wendy and Lucy | - | - | - | $241,538 | 40 | $865,695 | Dec 10 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 60 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $274,453 | 39 | $1,497,109 | Dec 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 68 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $141,485 | 27 | $10,407,978 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 109 | Runaways | - | - | - | $7,240 | 20 | $27,908 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 137 | 12 | - | - | - | $330 | 20 | $125,120 | Mar 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 91 | Trouble the Water | - | - | - | $15,201 | 15 | $520,151 | Aug 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 134 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $742 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 80 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | $28,145 | 13 | $268,431 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 93 | A Secret | - | - | - | $14,681 | 11 | $623,558 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 103 | The Secrets | - | - | - | $10,064 | 9 | $122,094 | Nov 26 | Monterey Media | false |
| 118 | A Man Named Pearl | - | - | - | $4,425 | 9 | $208,392 | Aug 31 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false |
| 128 | Momma's Man | - | - | - | $1,472 | 9 | $100,435 | Aug 22 | Kino International | false |
| 97 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $12,974 | 8 | $104,589 | Jan 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 77 | Medicine for Melancholy | - | - | - | $44,790 | 7 | $111,551 | Jan 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 92 | Chocolate | - | - | - | $14,845 | 7 | $14,845 | Feb 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 104 | How About You | - | - | - | $9,197 | 7 | $78,234 | Nov 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 114 | Stranded | - | - | - | $5,173 | 7 | $89,473 | Oct 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 133 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $772 | 7 | $145,642 | Oct 31 | Kino International | false |
| 99 | Examined Life | - | - | - | $12,445 | 6 | $120,712 | Feb 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 132 | Love Comes Lately | - | - | - | $860 | 6 | $78,079 | Jun 13 | Kino International | false |
| 135 | Breakfast with Scot | - | - | - | $648 | 6 | $46,060 | Oct 10 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 98 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | - | - | - | $12,454 | 5 | $90,066 | Nov 7 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 106 | Ballerina | - | - | - | $8,671 | 5 | $114,507 | Jan 16 | First Run | false |
| 124 | Killshot | - | - | - | $1,984 | 5 | $18,643 | Jan 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 78 | Service | - | - | - | $43,654 | 4 | $64,536 | Jan 30 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 79 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | - | - | - | $32,219 | 4 | $70,219 | Jan 23 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 85 | Dev.D | - | - | - | $18,613 | 4 | $18,613 | Feb 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 87 | Were the World Mine | - | - | - | $18,328 | 4 | $123,789 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 89 | Owl and the Sparrow | - | - | - | $15,938 | 4 | $47,071 | Jan 16 | Wave Releasing | false |
| 100 | Donkey Punch | - | - | - | $11,473 | 4 | $19,367 | Jan 23 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 107 | Lola Montès | - | - | - | $8,575 | 4 | $120,306 | Oct 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 112 | Eleven Minutes | - | - | - | $5,864 | 4 | $7,986 | Feb 20 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 115 | Louise Bourgeois | - | - | - | $4,927 | 4 | $95,865 | Jun 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 82 | Our City Dreams | - | - | - | $24,829 | 3 | $34,972 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 83 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $22,691 | 3 | $86,356 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 88 | Blessed Is the Match | - | - | - | $16,528 | 3 | $18,654 | Jan 28 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 90 | Just Another Love Story | - | - | - | $15,381 | 3 | $45,835 | Jan 9 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 110 | Absurdistan | - | - | - | $7,000 | 3 | $39,683 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 111 | The Betrayal | - | - | - | $6,456 | 3 | $41,271 | Nov 21 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 113 | Ciao | - | - | - | $5,715 | 3 | $49,494 | Dec 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 131 | Eden | - | - | - | $1,320 | 3 | $15,611 | Nov 14 | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 81 | Katyn | - | - | - | $26,999 | 2 | $118,095 | Feb 18 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 94 | Of Time and the City | - | - | - | $14,634 | 2 | $32,677 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 95 | Made in U.S.A | - | - | - | $14,492 | 2 | $95,209 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 105 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $9,014 | 2 | $65,051 | Nov 7 | The Film Desk | false |
| 120 | An American Affair | - | - | - | $4,216 | 2 | $28,044 | Feb 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 122 | Between Love & Goodbye | - | - | - | $3,270 | 2 | $18,480 | Jan 30 | Embrem Entertainment | false |
| 123 | Coyote County Loser | - | - | - | $2,440 | 2 | $24,375 | Mar 20 | Roebuck Media | false |
| 126 | The Village Barbershop | - | - | - | $1,735 | 2 | $2,359 | Jan 16 | Monterey Media | false |
| 130 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $1,349 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 136 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | - | - | - | $605 | 2 | $11,295 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 138 | Box Elder | - | - | - | $108 | 2 | $48,996 | Mar 3 | - | false |
| 108 | Silent Light | - | - | - | $8,535 | 1 | $60,200 | Jan 7 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 117 | Live Fast, Die Young | - | - | - | $4,637 | 1 | $18,335 | Oct 24 | - | false |
| 125 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | - | - | - | $1,762 | 1 | $9,166 | Feb 27 | Abramorama | false |
| 139 | The Objective | - | - | - | $95 | 1 | $95 | Feb 4 | IFC Films | false |
| 140 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | $60 | 1 | $4,509 | Nov 14 | First Run | false |
