| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Watchmen | - | - | - | $103,790,406 | 3,611 | $107,509,799 | Mar 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Monsters vs. Aliens | - | - | - | $66,213,625 | 4,136 | $198,351,526 | Mar 27 | DreamWorks | false |
| 3 | Race to Witch Mountain | - | - | - | $54,253,949 | 3,268 | $67,172,594 | Mar 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 4 | Knowing | - | - | - | $48,233,845 | 3,337 | $79,957,634 | Mar 20 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 5 | I Love You, Man | - | - | - | $39,331,471 | 2,829 | $71,440,011 | Mar 20 | DreamWorks | false |
| 6 | Taken | - | - | - | $32,053,161 | 3,184 | $145,000,989 | Jan 30 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Last House on the Left | - | - | - | $28,976,120 | 2,402 | $32,752,215 | Mar 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Madea Goes to Jail | - | - | - | $28,349,429 | 2,203 | $90,508,336 | Feb 20 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $27,753,413 | 2,943 | $141,319,928 | Nov 12 | - | false |
| 10 | Duplicity | - | - | - | $26,941,995 | 2,579 | $40,572,825 | Mar 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Haunting in Connecticut | - | - | - | $25,629,557 | 2,732 | $55,389,516 | Mar 27 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 12 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | - | - | - | $16,031,604 | 3,206 | $146,336,178 | Jan 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | He's Just Not That Into You | - | - | - | $15,383,021 | 3,175 | $93,953,653 | Feb 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Coraline | - | - | - | $14,532,904 | 2,320 | $75,286,229 | Feb 6 | Focus Features | false |
| 15 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $10,537,100 | 2,534 | $44,277,350 | Feb 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 16 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | - | - | - | $9,495,206 | 1,276 | $19,162,740 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 17 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $8,061,884 | 3,045 | $148,095,302 | Dec 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 18 | Fired Up! | - | - | - | $7,786,080 | 1,811 | $17,231,291 | Feb 20 | Screen Gems | false |
| 19 | The Reader | - | - | - | $7,370,899 | 1,203 | $34,194,407 | Dec 10 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 20 | 12 Rounds | - | - | - | $6,087,220 | 2,331 | $12,234,694 | Mar 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 21 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $5,011,257 | 1,164 | $8,742,261 | Feb 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | Friday the 13th | - | - | - | $4,970,897 | 3,105 | $65,002,019 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 23 | The International | - | - | - | $4,868,330 | 2,364 | $25,450,527 | Feb 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Miss March | - | - | - | $4,498,961 | 1,742 | $4,543,320 | Mar 13 | - | false |
| 25 | Hotel for Dogs | - | - | - | $4,326,953 | 3,271 | $73,034,460 | Jan 16 | DreamWorks | false |
| 26 | The Pink Panther 2 | - | - | - | $4,059,699 | 3,245 | $35,922,978 | Feb 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 27 | Push | - | - | - | $3,904,546 | 2,313 | $31,811,527 | Feb 6 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 28 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $2,862,280 | 776 | $26,238,243 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 29 | Sunshine Cleaning | - | - | - | $2,680,867 | 642 | $12,062,558 | Mar 13 | Overture Films | false |
| 30 | Milk | - | - | - | $2,214,583 | 882 | $31,841,299 | Nov 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 31 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $2,166,217 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | - | - | - | $1,897,923 | 2,988 | $127,509,326 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 33 | Two Lovers | - | - | - | $1,878,073 | 148 | $3,149,034 | Feb 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $1,714,500 | 2,344 | $28,596,818 | Jan 30 | DreamWorks | false |
| 35 | Doubt | - | - | - | $1,619,212 | 1,287 | $33,446,470 | Dec 12 | Miramax | false |
| 36 | The Class | - | - | - | $1,612,664 | 126 | $3,766,810 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 37 | Twilight | - | - | - | $1,480,584 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 38 | Marley & Me | - | - | - | $1,121,864 | 3,505 | $143,153,751 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 39 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $1,054,983 | 1,077 | $22,911,480 | Dec 26 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 40 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $1,016,245 | 2,655 | $17,303,424 | Jan 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | New in Town | - | - | - | $969,602 | 1,941 | $16,734,283 | Jan 30 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 42 | Defiance | - | - | - | $877,304 | 1,793 | $28,644,813 | Dec 31 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 43 | Last Chance Harvey | - | - | - | $838,908 | 1,108 | $14,889,042 | Dec 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 44 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $834,565 | 1,105 | $18,622,031 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 45 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $815,808 | 3,228 | $58,715,510 | Jan 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 46 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $793,088 | 50 | $1,579,146 | Dec 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 47 | Yes Man | - | - | - | $501,040 | 3,434 | $97,690,976 | Dec 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | Valkyrie | - | - | - | $499,532 | 2,838 | $83,077,833 | Dec 25 | United Artists | false |
| 49 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $496,939 | 208 | $2,283,849 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 50 | Bedtime Stories | - | - | - | $485,489 | 3,684 | $110,101,975 | Dec 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 51 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $401,936 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 52 | Crossing Over | - | - | - | $353,951 | 42 | $455,654 | Feb 27 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 53 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $346,968 | 713 | $13,816,982 | Aug 15 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $330,968 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 55 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $300,014 | 39 | $1,497,109 | Dec 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 56 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $293,468 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 57 | Echelon Conspiracy | - | - | - | $289,500 | 400 | $666,009 | Feb 27 | After Dark Films | false |
| 58 | The Cross | - | - | - | $287,160 | 221 | $741,557 | Mar 27 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 59 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $287,053 | 391 | $12,796,841 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 60 | Wendy and Lucy | - | - | - | $281,221 | 40 | $865,695 | Dec 10 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 61 | The Great Buck Howard | - | - | - | $259,321 | 76 | $750,587 | Mar 20 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 62 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $231,939 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 63 | Everlasting Moments | - | - | - | $230,019 | 30 | $610,825 | Mar 6 | IFC Films | false |
| 64 | Sin Nombre | - | - | - | $200,116 | 87 | $2,536,665 | Mar 20 | Focus Features | false |
| 65 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $196,132 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 66 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $181,060 | 69 | $3,169,305 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 67 | Fanboys | - | - | - | $158,731 | 45 | $688,529 | Feb 6 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 68 | Tokyo! | - | - | - | $144,189 | 18 | $351,059 | Mar 6 | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 69 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $138,760 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 70 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | - | - | - | $131,961 | 2,942 | $45,802,315 | Jan 23 | Screen Gems | false |
| 71 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $112,415 | 27 | $10,407,978 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 72 | Delhi-6 | - | - | - | $107,688 | 90 | $879,913 | Feb 20 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 73 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $103,805 | 10 | $278,356 | Mar 13 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 74 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | - | - | - | $101,971 | 38 | $1,755,134 | Mar 18 | Truly Indie | false |
| 75 | Let the Right One In | - | - | - | $101,438 | 53 | $2,122,065 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 76 | The Tale of Despereaux | - | - | - | $98,075 | 3,107 | $50,877,145 | Dec 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 77 | My Bloody Valentine | - | - | - | $85,833 | 2,534 | $51,545,952 | Jan 16 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 78 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $83,028 | 3,560 | $79,366,978 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 79 | Brothers at War | - | - | - | $82,305 | 18 | $153,148 | Mar 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 80 | Australia | - | - | - | $77,109 | 2,721 | $49,554,002 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 81 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $75,341 | 686 | $10,363,341 | Jan 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 82 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | - | - | - | $66,283 | 60 | $644,635 | Feb 6 | Shorts International | false |
| 83 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | $66,013 | 13 | $268,431 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 84 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $58,500 | 2,359 | $42,670,410 | Jan 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 85 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $55,246 | 8 | $104,589 | Jan 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 86 | Katyn | - | - | - | $52,776 | 2 | $118,095 | Feb 18 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 87 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $52,738 | 4,366 | $533,345,358 | Jul 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 88 | 12 | - | - | - | $51,131 | 20 | $125,120 | Mar 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 89 | Medicine for Melancholy | - | - | - | $49,778 | 7 | $111,551 | Jan 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 90 | Fados | - | - | - | $48,868 | 6 | $129,150 | Mar 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 91 | Notorious | - | - | - | $48,285 | 1,641 | $36,843,682 | Jan 16 | - | false |
| 92 | Ballerina | - | - | - | $46,027 | 5 | $114,507 | Jan 16 | First Run | false |
| 93 | Examined Life | - | - | - | $45,626 | 6 | $120,712 | Feb 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 94 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $44,205 | 34 | $870,781 | Mar 27 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 95 | The Secrets | - | - | - | $40,035 | 9 | $122,094 | Nov 26 | Monterey Media | false |
| 96 | Frozen River | - | - | - | $39,709 | 96 | $2,511,476 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 97 | Hunger | - | - | - | $39,696 | 11 | $154,084 | Dec 5 | IFC Films | false |
| 98 | Z | - | - | - | $37,026 | 2 | $83,305 | Mar 13 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 99 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | - | - | - | $36,340 | 6 | $36,594 | Mar 6 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 100 | Billu | - | - | - | $30,711 | 70 | $754,928 | Feb 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 101 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | - | - | - | $30,695 | 80 | $30,955 | Mar 20 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 102 | Explicit Ills | - | - | - | $28,564 | 2 | $28,564 | Mar 6 | - | false |
| 103 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $27,805 | 33 | $535,499 | Mar 27 | Music Box Films | false |
| 104 | Synecdoche, New York | - | - | - | $27,254 | 119 | $3,083,538 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 105 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $26,898 | 7 | $145,642 | Oct 31 | Kino International | false |
| 106 | An American Affair | - | - | - | $23,822 | 2 | $28,044 | Feb 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 107 | Runaways | - | - | - | $20,663 | 20 | $27,908 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 108 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | - | - | - | $19,280 | 4 | $70,219 | Jan 23 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 109 | Outlander | - | - | - | $18,763 | 81 | $166,003 | Jan 23 | Third Rail Releasing | false |
| 110 | Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America | - | - | - | $18,728 | 1 | $18,728 | Mar 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 111 | Skills Like This | - | - | - | $15,128 | 7 | $63,163 | Mar 20 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 112 | Mancora | - | - | - | $14,765 | 2 | $29,697 | Mar 20 | Maya Entertainment | false |
| 113 | Carmen and Geoffrey | - | - | - | $13,834 | 1 | $14,130 | Mar 13 | First Run | false |
| 114 | Sherman's Way | - | - | - | $13,282 | 4 | $13,282 | Mar 6 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 115 | Service | - | - | - | $13,072 | 4 | $64,536 | Jan 30 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 116 | The Betrayal | - | - | - | $12,919 | 3 | $41,271 | Nov 21 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 117 | The New Twenty | - | - | - | $12,311 | 1 | $17,625 | Mar 20 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 118 | Throw Down Your Heart | - | - | - | $11,998 | 4 | $89,521 | Mar 13 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 119 | Coyote County Loser | - | - | - | $11,654 | 2 | $24,375 | Mar 20 | Roebuck Media | false |
| 120 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $11,060 | 93 | $2,962,242 | Jul 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 121 | Just Another Love Story | - | - | - | $10,828 | 3 | $45,835 | Jan 9 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 122 | American Swing | - | - | - | $10,605 | 2 | $30,156 | Mar 27 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 123 | The Education of Charlie Banks | - | - | - | $9,915 | 3 | $15,078 | Mar 27 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 124 | Ciao | - | - | - | $9,754 | 3 | $49,494 | Dec 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 125 | Trouble the Water | - | - | - | $8,742 | 15 | $520,151 | Aug 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 126 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | - | - | - | $8,075 | 1 | $27,052 | Mar 27 | Trela Media | false |
| 127 | Reunion | - | - | - | $8,030 | 2 | $8,030 | Mar 6 | Abramorama | false |
| 128 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | - | - | - | $7,627 | 5 | $90,066 | Nov 7 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 129 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | - | - | - | $7,399 | 1 | $9,166 | Feb 27 | Abramorama | false |
| 130 | Lola Montès | - | - | - | $7,316 | 4 | $120,306 | Oct 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 131 | How About You | - | - | - | $6,740 | 7 | $78,234 | Nov 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 132 | A Secret | - | - | - | $6,276 | 11 | $623,558 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 133 | Perestroika | - | - | - | $6,235 | 1 | $26,064 | Mar 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 134 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $6,197 | 2 | $65,051 | Nov 7 | The Film Desk | false |
| 135 | Absurdistan | - | - | - | $6,114 | 3 | $39,683 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 136 | Waiting for Dublin | - | - | - | $5,925 | 4 | $5,925 | Mar 13 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 137 | Spinning Into Butter | - | - | - | $5,760 | 4 | $8,064 | Mar 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 138 | Our City Dreams | - | - | - | $5,164 | 3 | $34,972 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 139 | Dhoondte Reh Jaoge | - | - | - | $5,127 | 10 | $5,127 | Mar 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 140 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $4,472 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 141 | Three Monkeys | - | - | - | $4,005 | 3 | $41,343 | Mar 27 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 142 | Live Fast, Die Young | - | - | - | $3,857 | 1 | $18,335 | Oct 24 | - | false |
| 143 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $3,586 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 144 | Familiar Strangers | - | - | - | $3,009 | 4 | $34,068 | Nov 14 | Cavalier Films | false |
| 145 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $2,690 | 3 | $86,356 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 146 | Between Love & Goodbye | - | - | - | $2,603 | 2 | $18,480 | Jan 30 | Embrem Entertainment | false |
| 147 | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | $2,520 | 6 | $98,548 | Jun 19 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 148 | Stranded | - | - | - | $2,495 | 7 | $89,473 | Oct 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 149 | Eleven Minutes | - | - | - | $2,118 | 4 | $7,986 | Feb 20 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 150 | Shuttle | - | - | - | $1,925 | 1 | $1,925 | Mar 6 | Truly Indie | false |
| 151 | Made in U.S.A | - | - | - | $1,606 | 2 | $95,209 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 152 | Were the World Mine | - | - | - | $1,408 | 4 | $123,789 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 153 | Box Elder | - | - | - | $1,319 | 2 | $48,996 | Mar 3 | - | false |
| 154 | Tulpan | - | - | - | $1,240 | 4 | $158,741 | Apr 1 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 155 | Of Time and the City | - | - | - | $1,057 | 2 | $32,677 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 156 | Teeth | - | - | - | $886 | 16 | $347,578 | Jan 18 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 157 | Momma's Man | - | - | - | $562 | 9 | $100,435 | Aug 22 | Kino International | false |
| 158 | The Village Barbershop | - | - | - | $330 | 2 | $2,359 | Jan 16 | Monterey Media | false |
| 159 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $301 | 17 | $224,614 | Aug 1 | First Independent Pictures | false |
| 160 | I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar | - | - | - | $260 | 1 | $12,876 | Feb 25 | The Film Desk | false |
| 161 | America Betrayed | - | - | - | $175 | 1 | $1,311 | Mar 27 | First Run | false |
| 162 | I.O.U.S.A. | - | - | - | $146 | 358 | $821,046 | Aug 22 | Roadside Attractions | false |
