| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $3,875,947 | 94 | $7,947,536 | Mar 13 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 2 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $807,767 | 25 | $2,994,368 | Jan 23 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 3 | Watchmen | - | - | - | $757,814 | 61 | $936,115 | Mar 6 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | Orps: The Movie | - | - | - | $687,728 | 77 | $1,039,774 | Mar 6 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 5 | Bolt | - | - | - | $338,553 | 105 | $2,088,690 | Feb 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 6 | He's Just Not That Into You | - | - | - | $313,035 | 20 | $592,152 | Feb 27 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 7 | Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms | - | - | - | $247,445 | 30 | $171,714 | Mar 20 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 8 | The Reader | - | - | - | $244,093 | 10 | $419,342 | Mar 6 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 9 | The Junior Olsen Gang and the Black Gold | - | - | - | $239,034 | 70 | $1,880,719 | Jan 30 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 10 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $233,491 | 135 | $3,448,528 | Nov 21 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $224,973 | 50 | $1,209,374 | Feb 6 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 12 | The International | - | - | - | $221,354 | 22 | $335,674 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 13 | Orange Girl | - | - | - | $186,964 | 56 | $308,110 | Feb 27 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 14 | Yatzy | - | - | - | $185,780 | 45 | $242,214 | Mar 20 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 15 | Twilight | - | - | - | $175,213 | 50 | $1,589,423 | Jan 9 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 16 | Yes Man | - | - | - | $172,262 | 38 | $2,116,415 | Dec 26 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 17 | The Secret Life of Bees | - | - | - | $165,695 | 8 | $383,549 | Feb 27 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 18 | Hotel for Dogs | - | - | - | $161,244 | 46 | $411,331 | Feb 20 | United International Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $147,436 | 18 | $449,800 | Feb 13 | Arthaus | false |
| 20 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $136,978 | 26 | $508,642 | Feb 13 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 21 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $136,421 | 41 | $536,777 | Mar 27 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 22 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $132,396 | 45 | $295,099 | Feb 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 23 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $131,809 | 25 | $778,225 | Mar 27 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 24 | North | - | - | - | $107,143 | 31 | $427,293 | Feb 6 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 25 | Valkyrie | - | - | - | $104,381 | 55 | $817,547 | Jan 30 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 26 | The Storm in My Heart | - | - | - | $92,688 | 44 | $703,774 | Jan 15 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 27 | Milk | - | - | - | $88,998 | 7,227 | $235,232 | Feb 20 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 28 | Che: Part One | - | - | - | $82,147 | 10 | $184,807 | Mar 20 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 29 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $76,889 | 39 | $657,591 | Jan 16 | United International Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Class | - | - | - | $62,846 | 10 | $439,478 | Dec 26 | Arthaus | false |
| 31 | Dead Snow | - | - | - | $55,131 | 82 | $1,670,092 | Jan 9 | Euforia Film | false |
| 32 | Taken | - | - | - | $54,902 | 20 | $307,199 | Mar 27 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 33 | Mamma Mu och Kråkan | - | - | - | $52,440 | 30 | $602,755 | Oct 10 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 34 | Changeling | - | - | - | $37,738 | 33 | $267,740 | Jan 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 35 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $36,423 | 35 | $547,915 | Dec 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 36 | The Pink Panther 2 | - | - | - | $35,281 | 20 | $221,957 | Feb 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $34,984 | 20 | $72,694 | Mar 27 | United International Pictures | false |
| 38 | Dragon Hunters | - | - | - | $33,479 | 13 | $57,618 | Mar 20 | - | false |
| 39 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $30,414 | 9 | $78,958 | Feb 20 | Arthaus | false |
| 40 | Everlasting Moments | - | - | - | $29,938 | 5 | $219,794 | Oct 17 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 41 | Friday the 13th | - | - | - | $29,344 | 15 | $279,961 | Feb 13 | United International Pictures | false |
| 42 | The Duchess | - | - | - | $21,704 | 8 | $84,627 | Feb 13 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 43 | Patrik, Age 1.5 | - | - | - | $19,601 | 8 | $20,564 | Mar 13 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 44 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $17,339 | 7 | $72,770 | Feb 13 | United International Pictures | false |
| 45 | Transporter 3 | - | - | - | $17,110 | 10 | $137,553 | Jan 16 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 46 | Involuntary | - | - | - | $16,369 | 6 | $88,700 | Jan 30 | Arthaus | false |
| 47 | Max Manus: Man of War | - | - | - | $12,953 | 103 | $15,181,738 | Dec 19 | Nordisk Film | false |
| 48 | Hunting Down Memory | - | - | - | $10,626 | 15 | $30,092 | Feb 20 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false |
| 49 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $10,255 | 3 | $22,564 | Feb 20 | Tour de Force | false |
| 50 | Revanche | - | - | - | $9,752 | 7 | $23,908 | Mar 20 | Arthaus | false |
| 51 | Together | - | - | - | $8,553 | 26 | $133,692 | Jan 23 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
| 52 | My Best Friend's Girl | - | - | - | $7,044 | 8 | $48,903 | Jan 16 | Scanbox Entertainment | false |
| 53 | No Network | - | - | - | $6,211 | 9 | $12,614 | Feb 27 | - | false |
| 54 | Sannhetsjegeren - historien om Tore Sandberg og Fritz Moen | - | - | - | $3,607 | 7 | $3,607 | Mar 13 | - | false |
| 55 | Hunger | - | - | - | $3,253 | 5 | $6,771 | Mar 27 | Euforia Film | false |
| 56 | The House Bunny | - | - | - | $1,151 | 1 | $1,937 | Mar 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 57 | RocknRolla | - | - | - | $1,071 | 11 | $193,632 | Dec 5 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false |
