| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 201 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $140 | 2 | $65,051 | Nov 7 | The Film Desk | false |
| 200 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $150 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 199 | Sex Positive | - | - | - | $228 | 1 | $12,069 | Jun 12 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 198 | 24 City | - | - | - | $315 | 2 | $30,800 | Jun 5 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 197 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $323 | 34 | $870,781 | Mar 27 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 196 | Little Ashes | - | - | - | $418 | 16 | $481,586 | May 8 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 195 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $445 | 33 | $535,499 | Mar 27 | Music Box Films | false |
| 194 | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | $500 | 5 | $116,372 | Apr 3 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 193 | Fuel | - | - | - | $505 | 4 | $32,465 | Sep 18 | - | false |
| 192 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $523 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 191 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | $630 | 353 | $5,306,706 | Jun 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 190 | The Legend of God's Gun | - | - | - | $689 | 8 | $243,768 | Jul 18 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 189 | Home | - | - | - | $811 | 3 | $9,478 | Apr 23 | Monterey Media | false |
| 188 | Blind Date | - | - | - | $890 | 1 | $8,449 | Sep 25 | Variance Films | false |
| 187 | Pretty Ugly People | - | - | - | $945 | 3 | $6,537 | Sep 18 | Osiris Entertainment | false |
| 186 | American Casino | - | - | - | $984 | 3 | $50,437 | Aug 14 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 185 | Streetballers | - | - | - | $1,120 | 2 | $28,642 | Aug 21 | MSK Productions | false |
| 184 | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | $1,207 | 1 | $50,039 | Jun 12 | The Film Desk | false |
| 183 | Box Elder | - | - | - | $1,211 | 2 | $48,996 | Mar 3 | - | false |
| 182 | Walt & El Grupo | - | - | - | $1,390 | 4 | $20,521 | Sep 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 181 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | - | - | - | $1,404 | 6 | $107,797 | Jul 3 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 180 | Earth Days | - | - | - | $1,423 | 5 | $26,748 | Aug 14 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 179 | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,662 | 2 | $11,408 | Aug 14 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 178 | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | $1,685 | 1 | $20,099 | Sep 18 | - | false |
| 177 | Soul Power | - | - | - | $1,825 | 23 | $207,121 | Jul 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 176 | La fille de Monaco | - | - | - | $1,915 | 31 | $602,992 | Jul 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 175 | Bliss 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,934 | 3 | $40,349 | Aug 7 | First Run | false |
| 174 | Laila's Birthday | - | - | - | $2,067 | 3 | $13,689 | May 29 | Kino International | false |
| 173 | Wake Up Sid | - | - | - | $2,181 | 79 | $718,766 | Oct 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 172 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | - | - | - | $2,227 | 34 | $637,421 | Jun 26 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 171 | The Big Gay Musical | - | - | - | $2,339 | 1 | $24,140 | Sep 11 | - | false |
| 170 | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | $2,507 | 1 | $33,216 | Jul 10 | The Film Desk | false |
| 169 | Il Divo | - | - | - | $2,613 | 8 | $240,159 | Apr 24 | Music Box Films | false |
| 168 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | - | - | - | $2,632 | 59 | $197,183 | Oct 16 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 167 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | $2,652 | 2 | $14,471 | Oct 2 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 166 | Beeswax | - | - | - | $2,961 | 3 | $46,590 | Aug 7 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 165 | Home | - | - | - | $2,972 | 2 | $15,925 | Nov 27 | Lorber Films | false |
| 164 | American Fork | - | - | - | $3,074 | 2 | $3,359 | Nov 6 | Monterey Media | false |
| 163 | Whiteout | - | - | - | $3,516 | 2,745 | $10,275,638 | Sep 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 162 | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | $3,731 | 8 | $91,675 | Aug 14 | Music Box Films | false |
| 161 | We Live in Public | - | - | - | $3,806 | 2 | $41,711 | Aug 28 | Abramorama | false |
| 160 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | - | - | - | $3,820 | 4,101 | $177,243,721 | May 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 159 | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | $4,368 | 6 | $98,548 | Jun 19 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 158 | From Mexico with Love | - | - | - | $5,115 | 279 | $548,787 | Oct 9 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 157 | Adventures of Power | - | - | - | $5,623 | 3 | $17,419 | Oct 9 | Variance Films | false |
| 156 | Until the Light Takes Us | - | - | - | $5,776 | 3 | $130,441 | Dec 4 | Variance Films | false |
| 155 | Endgame | - | - | - | $6,243 | 14 | $9,645 | Nov 6 | Monterey Media | false |
| 154 | The Missing Person | - | - | - | $6,246 | 3 | $17,896 | Nov 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 153 | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | $6,247 | 4 | $31,160 | Oct 9 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 152 | Mystery Team | - | - | - | $7,244 | 4 | $89,442 | Aug 28 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 151 | Cold Souls | - | - | - | $7,256 | 52 | $905,209 | Aug 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 150 | World's Greatest Dad | - | - | - | $7,303 | 30 | $221,805 | Aug 21 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 149 | Small Change | - | - | - | $7,487 | 2 | $38,296 | Nov 24 | The Film Desk | false |
| 148 | Food, Inc. | - | - | - | $7,611 | 155 | $4,417,674 | Jun 12 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 147 | Defamation | - | - | - | $7,736 | 4 | $12,038 | Nov 20 | First Run | false |
| 146 | Mammoth | - | - | - | $8,383 | 1 | $9,580 | Nov 20 | IFC Films | false |
| 145 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | $8,506 | 7 | $172,225 | Jun 12 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 144 | Act of God | - | - | - | $9,033 | 1 | $9,955 | Jul 31 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 143 | Adam | - | - | - | $9,290 | 177 | $2,277,396 | Jul 29 | - | false |
| 142 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | - | - | - | $9,477 | 8 | $100,028 | Sep 11 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 141 | The Cove | - | - | - | $9,636 | 56 | $857,005 | Jul 31 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 140 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $9,763 | 23 | $338,795 | Jul 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 139 | Fix | - | - | - | $9,890 | 1 | $9,890 | Nov 20 | Mangusta Productions | false |
| 138 | Big Fan | - | - | - | $9,960 | 15 | $234,540 | Aug 28 | First Independent Pictures | false |
| 137 | Looking for Palladin | - | - | - | $10,280 | 8 | $11,268 | Oct 30 | Wildcat Releasing | false |
| 136 | The Burning Plain | - | - | - | $10,498 | 26 | $200,730 | Sep 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 135 | Trucker | - | - | - | $10,587 | 13 | $52,429 | Oct 9 | Monterey Media | false |
| 134 | Storm | - | - | - | $12,427 | 3 | $16,013 | Oct 30 | Film Movement | false |
| 133 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $13,864 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 132 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | - | - | - | $14,574 | 266 | $1,429,299 | Sep 25 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 131 | Sorority Row | - | - | - | $15,131 | 2,665 | $11,965,282 | Sep 11 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 130 | Splinterheads | - | - | - | $16,392 | 3 | $16,392 | Nov 6 | Paladin | false |
| 129 | White on Rice | - | - | - | $17,188 | 4 | $69,171 | Sep 11 | Variance Films | false |
| 128 | Women in Trouble | - | - | - | $18,000 | 3 | $18,000 | Nov 13 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 127 | Dare | - | - | - | $18,000 | 2 | $18,000 | Nov 13 | Image Entertainment | false |
| 126 | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | $19,908 | 5 | $112,313 | Oct 23 | Sky Island Films | false |
| 125 | Ponyo | - | - | - | $20,020 | 927 | $15,090,399 | Aug 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 124 | Seraphine | - | - | - | $20,211 | 24 | $884,613 | Jun 5 | Music Box Films | false |
| 123 | Motherhood | - | - | - | $21,050 | 48 | $93,388 | Oct 23 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 122 | The Beaches of Agnès | - | - | - | $21,319 | 7 | $239,711 | Jul 2 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 121 | The Way We Get By | - | - | - | $21,833 | 7 | $106,542 | Jul 17 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 120 | Oh My God | - | - | - | $22,538 | 7 | $38,244 | Nov 13 | Mitropoulos Films | false |
| 119 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | $23,321 | 38 | $476,270 | Aug 21 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 118 | The End of Poverty? | - | - | - | $24,396 | 5 | $57,805 | Nov 13 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 117 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | $24,470 | 9 | $294,014 | Jul 17 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 116 | Visual Acoustics | - | - | - | $26,234 | 5 | $52,467 | Oct 9 | Arthouse Films | false |
| 115 | Uncertainty | - | - | - | $26,388 | 4 | $36,689 | Nov 13 | IFC Films | false |
| 114 | The Proposal | - | - | - | $27,065 | 3,158 | $163,958,031 | Jun 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 113 | District 9 | - | - | - | $27,507 | 3,180 | $115,646,235 | Aug 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 112 | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | $28,420 | 5 | $177,511 | Sep 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 111 | Departures | - | - | - | $28,746 | 27 | $1,498,210 | May 29 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 110 | Collapse | - | - | - | $29,463 | 5 | $46,964 | Nov 6 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 109 | Crude | - | - | - | $30,855 | 7 | $170,295 | Sep 9 | First Run | false |
| 108 | Four Seasons Lodge | - | - | - | $31,850 | 3 | $58,334 | Nov 11 | First Run | false |
| 107 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $33,572 | 4 | $77,303 | Nov 18 | Lorber Films | false |
| 106 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $34,463 | 2 | $36,818 | Oct 31 | Corinth Films | false |
| 105 | Moon | - | - | - | $34,923 | 252 | $5,010,163 | Jun 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 104 | Bronson | - | - | - | $34,968 | 8 | $104,979 | Oct 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 103 | Passport to Love | - | - | - | $39,375 | 9 | $173,828 | Oct 9 | Variance Films | false |
| 102 | Ong Bak 2 | - | - | - | $39,975 | 12 | $102,458 | Oct 23 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 101 | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | $40,698 | 10 | $281,350 | Nov 6 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 100 | The Boys Are Back | - | - | - | $41,118 | 108 | $809,752 | Sep 25 | Miramax | false |
| 99 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | - | - | - | $43,962 | 6 | $46,078 | Nov 13 | Arthouse Films | false |
| 98 | The Horse Boy | - | - | - | $44,026 | 5 | $156,612 | Sep 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 97 | My One and Only | - | - | - | $44,931 | 256 | $2,479,538 | Aug 21 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 96 | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | $45,436 | 5 | $402,088 | Oct 23 | - | false |
| 95 | Amreeka | - | - | - | $46,245 | 40 | $627,436 | Sep 4 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 94 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $50,421 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 93 | Up | - | - | - | $50,625 | 3,886 | $293,004,164 | May 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 92 | Love Happens | - | - | - | $62,290 | 1,922 | $22,965,110 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 91 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | - | - | - | $65,584 | 26 | $337,356 | Nov 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 90 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | - | - | - | $66,498 | 4,007 | $150,201,498 | Aug 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 89 | The Yes Men Fix the World | - | - | - | $67,087 | 16 | $194,533 | Sep 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 88 | The House of the Devil | - | - | - | $68,614 | 7 | $101,215 | Oct 30 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 87 | Aliens in the Attic | - | - | - | $72,842 | 3,108 | $25,200,412 | Jul 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 86 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $75,692 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 85 | Jennifer's Body | - | - | - | $76,620 | 2,738 | $16,204,793 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 84 | It Might Get Loud | - | - | - | $81,038 | 75 | $1,610,163 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 83 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $84,756 | 21 | $514,354 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 82 | Pandorum | - | - | - | $86,696 | 2,506 | $10,330,853 | Sep 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 81 | The Hurt Locker | - | - | - | $88,512 | 535 | $17,017,811 | Jun 26 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 80 | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | $91,128 | 134 | $1,190,003 | Nov 25 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 79 | 500 Days of Summer | - | - | - | $102,281 | 1,048 | $32,391,374 | Jul 17 | - | false |
| 78 | Gentlemen Broncos | - | - | - | $104,814 | 18 | $113,682 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 77 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $105,514 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 76 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | - | - | - | $108,755 | 25 | $1,134,623 | Jul 10 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 75 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | $121,799 | 42 | $627,047 | Nov 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 74 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | - | - | - | $128,766 | 135 | $1,355,079 | Sep 18 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 73 | The Wizard of Oz 2009 NCM Fathom Event | - | - | - | $131,428 | 451 | $1,140,000 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 72 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | - | - | - | $135,785 | 105 | $406,085 | Oct 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 71 | More Than a Game | - | - | - | $138,687 | 111 | $950,675 | Oct 2 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 70 | Fame | - | - | - | $148,413 | 3,133 | $22,455,510 | Sep 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 69 | London Dreams | - | - | - | $157,332 | 82 | $300,293 | Oct 30 | Studio 18 | false |
| 68 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | $168,100 | 25 | $567,493 | Nov 4 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 67 | The Damned United | - | - | - | $181,126 | 45 | $449,865 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 66 | (Untitled) | - | - | - | $186,462 | 25 | $230,600 | Oct 23 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 65 | Paris | - | - | - | $198,700 | 34 | $1,010,194 | Sep 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 64 | The September Issue | - | - | - | $220,354 | 143 | $3,820,067 | Aug 28 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 63 | Antichrist | - | - | - | $225,191 | 19 | $404,122 | Oct 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 62 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | - | - | - | $233,691 | 4,102 | $196,573,705 | Jul 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 61 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $239,240 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 60 | The Maid | - | - | - | $252,993 | 19 | $576,608 | Oct 16 | Elephant Eye Films | false |
| 59 | The Final Destination | - | - | - | $260,945 | 3,121 | $66,477,700 | Aug 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $265,455 | 1,752 | $30,702,446 | Oct 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 57 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $291,736 | 202 | $5,014,305 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 56 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $313,026 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 55 | The Messenger | - | - | - | $316,104 | 50 | $1,109,660 | Nov 13 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 54 | Bright Star | - | - | - | $340,220 | 380 | $4,444,637 | Sep 16 | Apparition | false |
| 53 | 9 | - | - | - | $368,943 | 2,060 | $31,749,894 | Sep 9 | Focus Features | false |
| 52 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | - | - | - | $382,338 | 4,455 | $301,959,197 | Jul 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | Halloween II | - | - | - | $384,692 | 3,088 | $33,392,973 | Aug 28 | - | false |
| 50 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | $401,703 | 2,988 | $63,414,846 | Aug 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | All About Steve | - | - | - | $403,209 | 2,265 | $33,862,903 | Sep 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 48 | Shorts | - | - | - | $419,995 | 3,105 | $20,919,166 | Aug 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Whip It | - | - | - | $477,098 | 1,738 | $13,043,363 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 46 | The Hangover | - | - | - | $507,825 | 3,545 | $277,322,503 | Jun 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 45 | De Dana Dan | - | - | - | $544,700 | 69 | $944,979 | Nov 27 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 44 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $566,019 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | New York, I Love You | - | - | - | $579,341 | 118 | $1,588,015 | Oct 16 | Vivendi Entertainment | false |
| 42 | The Informant! | - | - | - | $592,901 | 2,505 | $33,316,821 | Sep 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 41 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $619,353 | 2,528 | $94,125,426 | Aug 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 40 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | - | - | - | $621,567 | 96 | $1,702,112 | Nov 20 | First Look International | false |
| 39 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $657,089 | 2,992 | $38,577,772 | Sep 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 38 | Kurbaan | - | - | - | $686,198 | 83 | $754,268 | Nov 20 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 37 | G-Force | - | - | - | $739,294 | 3,697 | $119,436,770 | Jul 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Capitalism: A Love Story | - | - | - | $770,922 | 995 | $14,363,397 | Sep 23 | Overture Films | false |
| 35 | Good Hair | - | - | - | $780,186 | 466 | $4,157,223 | Oct 9 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 34 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $826,293 | 3,358 | $120,540,719 | Aug 21 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 33 | The Invention of Lying | - | - | - | $873,715 | 1,743 | $18,451,251 | Oct 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | Twilight | - | - | - | $1,304,440 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 31 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $1,347,610 | 3,475 | $104,400,899 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Road | - | - | - | $2,099,515 | 396 | $8,117,000 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 29 | Coco Before Chanel | - | - | - | $2,381,804 | 307 | $6,113,834 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 28 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $3,883,095 | 262 | $9,228,768 | Oct 2 | Focus Features | false |
| 27 | An Education | - | - | - | $4,044,679 | 763 | $12,574,914 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 26 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | - | - | - | $4,092,290 | 2,754 | $13,869,515 | Oct 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 25 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $4,733,919 | 3,171 | $75,590,286 | Oct 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $5,052,627 | 3,119 | $124,870,275 | Sep 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 23 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $5,341,849 | 2,734 | $29,062,561 | Oct 16 | Screen Gems | false |
| 22 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | - | - | - | $5,490,446 | 524 | $10,273,188 | Oct 30 | Apparition | false |
| 21 | Saw VI | - | - | - | $6,428,289 | 3,036 | $27,693,292 | Oct 23 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 20 | Amelia | - | - | - | $6,475,890 | 1,070 | $14,246,488 | Oct 23 | - | false |
| 19 | The Boat That Rocked | - | - | - | $6,881,161 | 883 | $8,017,917 | Nov 13 | Focus Features | false |
| 18 | Astro Boy | - | - | - | $9,133,772 | 3,020 | $19,551,067 | Oct 23 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 17 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | - | - | - | $10,334,849 | 2,304 | $21,002,919 | Nov 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | The Box | - | - | - | $14,750,828 | 2,635 | $15,051,977 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $15,036,906 | 3,735 | $77,233,467 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | $21,571,520 | 3,074 | $109,204,945 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 13 | Ninja Assassin | - | - | - | $22,130,797 | 2,503 | $38,122,883 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | $22,310,879 | 2,890 | $73,357,727 | Oct 16 | Overture Films | false |
| 11 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $24,641,815 | 2,530 | $25,486,040 | Nov 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $24,956,036 | 3,425 | $49,492,060 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $26,326,114 | 2,712 | $107,918,810 | Sep 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 8 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $28,813,235 | 3,035 | $42,194,060 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | $30,610,727 | 2,453 | $32,428,195 | Nov 6 | Overture Films | false |
| 6 | Precious | - | - | - | $32,849,946 | 1,003 | $47,566,524 | Nov 6 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 5 | This Is It | - | - | - | $45,784,050 | 3,481 | $72,091,016 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 4 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | $102,302,162 | 3,407 | $255,959,475 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $105,553,830 | 3,683 | $137,855,863 | Nov 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 2 | 2012 | - | - | - | $139,415,313 | 3,444 | $166,112,167 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
