| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $103,095,560 | 3,045 | $148,095,302 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | - | - | - | $80,719,295 | 3,206 | $146,336,178 | Jan 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Marley & Me | - | - | - | $67,137,593 | 3,505 | $143,153,751 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $63,165,862 | 2,988 | $127,509,326 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $53,259,983 | 3,228 | $58,715,510 | Jan 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $51,736,249 | 3,684 | $110,101,975 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 7 | Hotel for Dogs | - | - | - | $45,968,797 | 3,271 | $73,034,460 | Jan 16 | DreamWorks | false |
| 8 | My Bloody Valentine | - | - | - | $44,023,323 | 2,534 | $51,545,952 | Jan 16 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $43,588,690 | 2,943 | $141,319,928 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 10 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $41,141,785 | 2,359 | $42,670,410 | Jan 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | Valkyrie | - | - | - | $40,650,571 | 2,838 | $83,077,833 | Dec 25 | United Artists | false |
| 12 | Yes Man | - | - | - | $35,783,832 | 3,434 | $97,690,976 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Notorious | - | - | - | $34,754,303 | 1,641 | $36,843,682 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 14 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | - | - | - | $31,668,227 | 2,942 | $45,802,315 | Jan 23 | Screen Gems | false |
| 15 | Seven Pounds | - | - | - | $24,012,839 | 2,758 | $69,951,824 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Defiance | - | - | - | $22,329,787 | 1,793 | $28,644,813 | Dec 31 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 17 | Taken | - | - | - | $21,072,423 | 3,184 | $145,000,989 | Jan 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 18 | Twilight | - | - | - | $16,205,572 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 19 | Doubt | - | - | - | $15,979,235 | 1,287 | $33,446,470 | Dec 12 | Miramax | false |
| 20 | The Tale of Despereaux | - | - | - | $15,825,980 | 3,107 | $50,877,145 | Dec 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 21 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $15,200,628 | 1,077 | $22,911,480 | Dec 26 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 22 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $11,944,277 | 2,655 | $17,303,424 | Jan 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $11,495,235 | 776 | $26,238,243 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 24 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $11,469,037 | 3,560 | $79,366,978 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 25 | Last Chance Harvey | - | - | - | $11,213,792 | 1,108 | $14,889,042 | Dec 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 26 | The Reader | - | - | - | $10,439,396 | 1,203 | $34,194,407 | Dec 10 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 27 | Not Easily Broken | - | - | - | $10,248,739 | 725 | $10,572,742 | Jan 9 | Screen Gems | false |
| 28 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $9,692,861 | 1,105 | $18,622,031 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 29 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $9,041,395 | 2,344 | $28,596,818 | Jan 30 | DreamWorks | false |
| 30 | Milk | - | - | - | $8,542,471 | 882 | $31,841,299 | Nov 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 31 | Bolt | - | - | - | $7,470,654 | 3,654 | $114,053,579 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Spirit | - | - | - | $6,738,782 | 2,509 | $19,806,188 | Dec 25 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 33 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $5,922,738 | 3,540 | $120,146,040 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | New in Town | - | - | - | $5,548,389 | 1,941 | $16,734,283 | Jan 30 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 35 | Australia | - | - | - | $3,784,847 | 2,721 | $49,554,002 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 36 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $3,524,434 | 4,065 | $180,010,950 | Nov 7 | DreamWorks | false |
| 37 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $3,109,625 | 3,501 | $168,368,427 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $1,424,791 | 391 | $12,796,841 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 39 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $1,361,653 | 4,366 | $533,345,358 | Jul 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $1,082,836 | 3,239 | $94,514,402 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 41 | Role Models | - | - | - | $926,455 | 2,798 | $67,294,270 | Nov 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 42 | CC2C | - | - | - | $908,035 | 130 | $921,738 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $760,362 | 208 | $2,283,849 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 44 | Ghajini | - | - | - | $721,680 | 83 | $2,430,627 | Dec 24 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 45 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $645,358 | 3,626 | $90,559,416 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 46 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $624,940 | 39 | $1,497,109 | Dec 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 47 | Let the Right One In | - | - | - | $430,578 | 53 | $2,122,065 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $393,546 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 49 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $390,037 | 69 | $3,169,305 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 50 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $386,470 | 726 | $23,216,709 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 51 | Cadillac Records | - | - | - | $351,355 | 701 | $8,195,551 | Dec 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 52 | Nothing Like the Holidays | - | - | - | $340,457 | 1,671 | $7,503,736 | Dec 12 | Overture Films | false |
| 53 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | - | - | - | $324,934 | 679 | $9,046,156 | Nov 7 | Miramax | false |
| 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $318,913 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 55 | Synecdoche, New York | - | - | - | $306,445 | 119 | $3,083,538 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 56 | Happy-Go-Lucky | - | - | - | $291,405 | 202 | $3,512,016 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 57 | The Secret Life of Bees | - | - | - | $276,818 | 1,630 | $37,770,162 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 58 | Fireproof | - | - | - | $270,676 | 905 | $33,456,317 | Sep 26 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $261,064 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 60 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $253,799 | 713 | $13,816,982 | Aug 15 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 61 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | - | - | - | $244,203 | 2,735 | $31,457,946 | Oct 31 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 62 | Eagle Eye | - | - | - | $241,757 | 3,614 | $101,440,743 | Sep 26 | DreamWorks | false |
| 63 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $191,083 | 2,714 | $39,394,666 | Oct 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 64 | Luck by Chance | - | - | - | $176,021 | 57 | $356,019 | Jan 30 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 65 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | - | - | - | $150,977 | 83 | $2,078,956 | Dec 12 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 66 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $150,828 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | Changeling | - | - | - | $141,585 | 1,896 | $35,739,802 | Oct 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 68 | Wendy and Lucy | - | - | - | $139,584 | 40 | $865,695 | Dec 10 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 69 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $139,430 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 70 | Appaloosa | - | - | - | $138,841 | 1,290 | $20,211,394 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | A Christmas Tale | - | - | - | $124,192 | 52 | $1,060,922 | Nov 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 72 | Nights in Rodanthe | - | - | - | $104,788 | 2,704 | $41,850,659 | Sep 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 73 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $100,858 | 27 | $10,407,978 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 74 | Outlander | - | - | - | $93,935 | 81 | $166,003 | Jan 23 | Third Rail Releasing | false |
| 75 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $87,446 | 26 | $1,705,694 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 76 | Igor | - | - | - | $82,671 | 2,341 | $19,528,602 | Sep 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 77 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | - | - | - | $74,146 | 2,652 | $13,559,812 | Oct 31 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 78 | The Class | - | - | - | $67,460 | 126 | $3,766,810 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 79 | Soul Men | - | - | - | $63,688 | 2,048 | $12,082,391 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 80 | Made in U.S.A | - | - | - | $52,969 | 2 | $95,209 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 81 | Silent Light | - | - | - | $51,665 | 1 | $60,200 | Jan 7 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 82 | Transporter 3 | - | - | - | $39,431 | 2,626 | $31,715,062 | Nov 26 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 83 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $38,616 | 3 | $86,356 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 84 | JCVD | - | - | - | $32,752 | 28 | $470,691 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 85 | Tell No One | - | - | - | $28,748 | 112 | $6,177,192 | Jul 2 | Music Box Films | false |
| 86 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $28,040 | 686 | $10,363,341 | Jan 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 87 | Owl and the Sparrow | - | - | - | $26,692 | 4 | $47,071 | Jan 16 | Wave Releasing | false |
| 88 | Max Payne | - | - | - | $26,520 | 3,381 | $40,689,393 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 89 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $26,017 | 18 | $433,797 | Oct 31 | IMAX | false |
| 90 | Good | - | - | - | $23,802 | 8 | $27,276 | Dec 31 | THINKFilm | false |
| 91 | City of Ember | - | - | - | $23,791 | 2,023 | $7,873,007 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 92 | How About You | - | - | - | $23,032 | 7 | $78,234 | Nov 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 93 | A Secret | - | - | - | $20,528 | 11 | $623,558 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 94 | Stranded | - | - | - | $19,924 | 7 | $89,473 | Oct 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 95 | Timecrimes | - | - | - | $18,633 | 7 | $39,127 | Dec 12 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 96 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | - | - | - | $18,408 | 4 | $70,219 | Jan 23 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 97 | Killshot | - | - | - | $16,659 | 5 | $18,643 | Jan 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 98 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $16,374 | 93 | $2,962,242 | Jul 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 99 | Lola Montès | - | - | - | $15,479 | 4 | $120,306 | Oct 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 100 | Were the World Mine | - | - | - | $14,442 | 4 | $123,789 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 101 | Of Time and the City | - | - | - | $14,126 | 2 | $32,677 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 102 | Frozen River | - | - | - | $13,392 | 96 | $2,511,476 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 103 | Ciao | - | - | - | $13,329 | 3 | $49,494 | Dec 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 104 | Just Another Love Story | - | - | - | $12,264 | 3 | $45,835 | Jan 9 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 105 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | - | - | - | $11,732 | 5 | $90,066 | Nov 7 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 106 | Antarctica | - | - | - | $10,872 | 2 | $21,679 | Aug 29 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 107 | WALL·E | - | - | - | $10,750 | 3,992 | $223,808,164 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 108 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $10,032 | 2 | $65,051 | Nov 7 | The Film Desk | false |
| 109 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | $9,652 | 13 | $268,431 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 110 | Trouble the Water | - | - | - | $8,910 | 15 | $520,151 | Aug 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 111 | Yonkers Joe | - | - | - | $8,286 | 2 | $8,286 | Jan 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 112 | Donkey Punch | - | - | - | $7,889 | 4 | $19,367 | Jan 23 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 113 | Call + Response | - | - | - | $7,561 | 17 | $215,185 | Oct 10 | Fair Trade Pictures | false |
| 114 | The Secrets | - | - | - | $6,976 | 9 | $122,094 | Nov 26 | Monterey Media | false |
| 115 | Ballerina | - | - | - | $6,733 | 5 | $114,507 | Jan 16 | First Run | false |
| 116 | Between Love & Goodbye | - | - | - | $5,741 | 2 | $18,480 | Jan 30 | Embrem Entertainment | false |
| 117 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $5,714 | 8 | $104,589 | Jan 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 118 | Service | - | - | - | $5,366 | 4 | $64,536 | Jan 30 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 119 | Medicine for Melancholy | - | - | - | $4,738 | 7 | $111,551 | Jan 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 120 | The Betrayal | - | - | - | $4,679 | 3 | $41,271 | Nov 21 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 121 | The Beautiful Truth | - | - | - | $4,188 | 2 | $15,387 | Nov 14 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 122 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,248 | 17 | $224,614 | Aug 1 | First Independent Pictures | false |
| 123 | Louise Bourgeois | - | - | - | $2,941 | 4 | $95,865 | Jun 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 124 | Alexandra | - | - | - | $2,875 | 4 | $128,222 | Mar 26 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 125 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | - | - | - | $2,571 | 3 | $40,182 | Nov 21 | New Love Films | false |
| 126 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | - | - | - | $2,529 | 2 | $11,295 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 127 | Momma's Man | - | - | - | $2,465 | 9 | $100,435 | Aug 22 | Kino International | false |
| 128 | A Man Named Pearl | - | - | - | $2,359 | 9 | $208,392 | Aug 31 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false |
| 129 | Blessed Is the Match | - | - | - | $2,126 | 3 | $18,654 | Jan 28 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 130 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $2,035 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 131 | Our City Dreams | - | - | - | $1,230 | 3 | $34,972 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 132 | Ashes of Time | - | - | - | $1,110 | 18 | $174,273 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 133 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | $1,059 | 1 | $4,509 | Nov 14 | First Run | false |
| 134 | August Evening | - | - | - | $999 | 4 | $74,759 | Sep 5 | Maya Entertainment | false |
| 135 | The Order of Myths | - | - | - | $881 | 3 | $62,645 | Jul 25 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 136 | Coyote County Loser | - | - | - | $750 | 2 | $24,375 | Mar 20 | Roebuck Media | false |
| 137 | Save Me | - | - | - | $746 | 5 | $83,397 | Sep 5 | First Run | false |
| 138 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $560 | 7 | $145,642 | Oct 31 | Kino International | false |
| 139 | Eden | - | - | - | $386 | 3 | $15,611 | Nov 14 | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 140 | Love Comes Lately | - | - | - | $344 | 6 | $78,079 | Jun 13 | Kino International | false |
| 141 | I Can't Think Straight | - | - | - | $290 | 3 | $39,576 | Nov 21 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 142 | Breakfast with Scot | - | - | - | $204 | 6 | $46,060 | Oct 10 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 143 | Moving Midway | - | - | - | $163 | 4 | $40,864 | Sep 12 | First Run | false |
| 144 | The Village Barbershop | - | - | - | $135 | 2 | $2,359 | Jan 16 | Monterey Media | false |
| 145 | Dog Eat Dog | - | - | - | $80 | 1 | $80 | Jan 23 | IFC Films | false |
