| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Old Partner | - | - | - | $5,161,732 | 308 | $15,287,483 | Jan 15 | Indiestory Incorporation | false |
| 2 | More Than Blue | - | - | - | $3,037,167 | 443 | $3,463,423 | Mar 12 | Showbox Entertainment | false |
| 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $2,935,119 | 244 | $6,193,387 | Mar 19 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 4 | Push | - | - | - | $2,873,682 | 314 | $3,528,520 | Mar 19 | Lotte Entertainment | false |
| 5 | Watchmen | - | - | - | $2,800,248 | 397 | $3,053,729 | Mar 5 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $2,780,284 | 384 | $10,533,860 | Feb 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | The Scam | - | - | - | $2,573,031 | 485 | $7,486,498 | Feb 12 | Showbox Entertainment | false |
| 8 | Missing | - | - | - | $2,232,145 | 321 | $3,441,159 | Mar 19 | Synergy | false |
| 9 | Dragonball Evolution | - | - | - | $1,841,700 | 343 | $2,013,402 | Mar 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 10 | He's Just Not That Into You | - | - | - | $1,194,550 | 451 | $4,731,638 | Feb 12 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) | false |
| 11 | The Accidental Husband | - | - | - | $1,155,490 | 272 | $1,231,952 | Mar 12 | Sidus | false |
| 12 | Scandal Makers | - | - | - | $1,130,944 | 524 | $41,281,917 | Dec 4 | Lotte Entertainment | false |
| 13 | Friday the 13th | - | - | - | $1,085,567 | 175 | $1,089,479 | Mar 12 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 14 | Handphone | - | - | - | $902,197 | 442 | $3,137,411 | Feb 19 | SK Telecom | false |
| 15 | The Reader | - | - | - | $802,444 | 285 | $2,321,258 | Mar 26 | SK Telecom | false |
| 16 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $745,912 | 213 | $1,517,220 | Mar 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 17 | Chaos | - | - | - | $589,461 | 210 | $1,012,777 | Mar 26 | Sidus | false |
| 18 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $526,074 | 133 | $720,438 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 19 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $524,077 | 216 | $1,059,905 | Feb 26 | United International Pictures | false |
| 20 | The International | - | - | - | $488,241 | 242 | $1,152,151 | Feb 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Echelon Conspiracy | - | - | - | $426,845 | 233 | $719,388 | Mar 26 | Sungwon I Com | false |
| 22 | The Tale of Despereaux | - | - | - | $365,295 | 225 | $1,869,901 | Feb 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 23 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $278,730 | 175 | $296,753 | Mar 5 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) | false |
| 24 | In Bruges | - | - | - | $247,167 | 97 | $278,619 | Mar 5 | Synergy | false |
| 25 | Marley & Me | - | - | - | $230,783 | 257 | $1,012,861 | Feb 19 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 26 | The Secret of Moonacre | - | - | - | $218,382 | 314 | $1,587,362 | Feb 19 | Sungwon I Com | false |
| 27 | Oh! My God 2 | - | - | - | $205,946 | 296 | $550,997 | Feb 26 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 28 | Open Season 2 | - | - | - | $191,273 | 88 | $199,915 | Mar 12 | - | false |
| 29 | Look for a Star | - | - | - | $157,036 | 173 | $175,047 | Mar 5 | Lotte Entertainment | false |
| 30 | Red Cliff II | - | - | - | $116,697 | 507 | $14,191,605 | Jan 22 | Showbox Entertainment | false |
| 31 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $107,457 | 61 | $213,154 | Mar 26 | United International Pictures | false |
| 32 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $96,505 | 88 | $109,527 | Mar 5 | United International Pictures | false |
| 33 | Garfield's Fun Fest | - | - | - | $94,475 | 109 | $431,096 | Feb 19 | KD Media | false |
| 34 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $88,044 | 12 | $158,124 | Oct 22 | - | false |
| 35 | Shortbus | - | - | - | $75,930 | 58 | $90,352 | Mar 12 | Silver Spoon | false |
| 36 | Changeling | - | - | - | $67,170 | 215 | $2,562,470 | Jan 22 | United International Pictures | false |
| 37 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $59,286 | 93 | $284,229 | Feb 19 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 38 | Daytime Drinking | - | - | - | $48,925 | 15 | $140,617 | Feb 5 | - | false |
| 39 | Elegy | - | - | - | $29,415 | 11 | $43,567 | Mar 19 | - | false |
| 40 | Pandemic | - | - | - | $29,150 | 147 | $166,747 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 41 | Doubt | - | - | - | $22,803 | 14 | $68,837 | Feb 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Naked Kitchen | - | - | - | $20,057 | 228 | $624,620 | Feb 5 | Silver Spoon | false |
| 43 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $16,559 | 7 | $27,535 | Feb 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | Around Space: Journey Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope | - | - | - | $15,984 | 3 | $151,060 | Jul 3 | - | false |
| 45 | Oishii Man | - | - | - | $14,343 | 16 | $40,336 | Feb 19 | - | false |
| 46 | Twilight | - | - | - | $14,319 | 441 | $7,918,638 | Dec 11 | Next Entertainment World (NEW) | false |
| 47 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $8,864 | 3 | $26,090 | Mar 19 | - | false |
| 48 | My Heart Is Not Broken Yet | - | - | - | $8,320 | 10 | $10,553 | Feb 26 | Indiestory Incorporation | false |
| 49 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $8,170 | 258 | $488,185 | Apr 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 50 | Summer Hours | - | - | - | $5,714 | 7 | $25,951 | Mar 26 | - | false |
| 51 | Grandmother's Flower | - | - | - | $3,516 | 11 | $6,104 | Mar 19 | - | false |
| 52 | Your Friend | - | - | - | $1,912 | 2 | $2,098 | Mar 5 | - | false |
| 53 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | - | - | - | $1,872 | 438 | $6,784,224 | Dec 18 | Lotte Entertainment | false |
| 54 | The Fall | - | - | - | $1,400 | 13 | $135,664 | Dec 4 | - | false |
| 55 | 24 City | - | - | - | $1,210 | 1 | $9,025 | Jan 29 | - | false |
| 56 | Nothing But Ghosts | - | - | - | $1,117 | 1 | $2,227 | Mar 19 | - | false |
| 57 | The Butterfly 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $600 | 30 | $138,000 | Jan 15 | - | false |
| 58 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $469 | 456 | $5,427,400 | Jan 8 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 59 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $346 | 191 | $908,112 | Oct 30 | Synergy | false |
| 60 | Be Kind Rewind | - | - | - | $216 | 109 | $216,970 | Jan 8 | Sidus | false |
| 61 | Beyblade: The Movie - Fierce Battle 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $215 | 135 | $169,467 | Jan 15 | Lotte Entertainment | false |
| 62 | Café de los maestros | - | - | - | $75 | 3 | $52,550 | Nov 6 | - | false |
| 63 | Whatever Lola Wants | - | - | - | $33 | 29 | $85,124 | Jan 15 | - | false |
