| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 231 | Dog Eat Dog | - | - | - | $80 | 1 | $80 | Jan 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 230 | The Objective | - | - | - | $95 | 1 | $95 | Feb 4 | IFC Films | false |
| 229 | Moving Midway | - | - | - | $163 | 4 | $40,864 | Sep 12 | First Run | false |
| 228 | America Betrayed | - | - | - | $175 | 1 | $1,311 | Mar 27 | First Run | false |
| 227 | I Can No Longer Hear the Guitar | - | - | - | $260 | 1 | $12,876 | Feb 25 | The Film Desk | false |
| 226 | I Can't Think Straight | - | - | - | $290 | 3 | $39,576 | Nov 21 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 225 | Save Me | - | - | - | $746 | 5 | $83,397 | Sep 5 | First Run | false |
| 224 | Breakfast with Scot | - | - | - | $858 | 6 | $46,060 | Oct 10 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 223 | The Order of Myths | - | - | - | $881 | 3 | $62,645 | Jul 25 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 222 | Teeth | - | - | - | $886 | 16 | $347,578 | Jan 18 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 221 | August Evening | - | - | - | $999 | 4 | $74,759 | Sep 5 | Maya Entertainment | false |
| 220 | Ashes of Time | - | - | - | $1,110 | 18 | $174,273 | Oct 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 219 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | $1,122 | 1 | $4,509 | Nov 14 | First Run | false |
| 218 | Love Comes Lately | - | - | - | $1,207 | 6 | $78,079 | Jun 13 | Kino International | false |
| 217 | Tulpan | - | - | - | $1,240 | 4 | $158,741 | Apr 1 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 216 | Box Elder | - | - | - | $1,319 | 2 | $48,996 | Mar 3 | - | false |
| 215 | Eden | - | - | - | $1,711 | 3 | $15,611 | Nov 14 | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 214 | Shuttle | - | - | - | $1,925 | 1 | $1,925 | Mar 6 | Truly Indie | false |
| 213 | The Village Barbershop | - | - | - | $2,200 | 2 | $2,359 | Jan 16 | Monterey Media | false |
| 212 | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | $2,520 | 6 | $98,548 | Jun 19 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 211 | Yiddish Theater: A Love Story | - | - | - | $2,571 | 3 | $40,182 | Nov 21 | New Love Films | false |
| 210 | Alexandra | - | - | - | $2,875 | 4 | $128,222 | Mar 26 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 209 | Familiar Strangers | - | - | - | $3,009 | 4 | $34,068 | Nov 14 | Cavalier Films | false |
| 208 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | - | - | - | $3,140 | 2 | $11,295 | Nov 7 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 207 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,549 | 17 | $224,614 | Aug 1 | First Independent Pictures | false |
| 206 | Three Monkeys | - | - | - | $4,005 | 3 | $41,343 | Mar 27 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 205 | The Beautiful Truth | - | - | - | $4,188 | 2 | $15,387 | Nov 14 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 204 | Momma's Man | - | - | - | $4,816 | 9 | $100,435 | Aug 22 | Kino International | false |
| 203 | Dhoondte Reh Jaoge | - | - | - | $5,127 | 10 | $5,127 | Mar 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 202 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $5,214 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 201 | Spinning Into Butter | - | - | - | $5,760 | 4 | $8,064 | Mar 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 200 | Waiting for Dublin | - | - | - | $5,925 | 4 | $5,925 | Mar 13 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 199 | Perestroika | - | - | - | $6,235 | 1 | $26,064 | Mar 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 198 | A Man Named Pearl | - | - | - | $6,789 | 9 | $208,392 | Aug 31 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false |
| 197 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $6,970 | 2 | $64,636 | Mar 14 | The Film Desk | false |
| 196 | Call + Response | - | - | - | $7,561 | 17 | $215,185 | Oct 10 | Fair Trade Pictures | false |
| 195 | Louise Bourgeois | - | - | - | $7,868 | 4 | $95,865 | Jun 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 194 | Eleven Minutes | - | - | - | $7,986 | 4 | $7,986 | Feb 20 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 193 | Reunion | - | - | - | $8,030 | 2 | $8,030 | Mar 6 | Abramorama | false |
| 192 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | - | - | - | $8,075 | 1 | $27,052 | Mar 27 | Trela Media | false |
| 191 | Yonkers Joe | - | - | - | $8,286 | 2 | $8,286 | Jan 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 190 | Live Fast, Die Young | - | - | - | $8,494 | 1 | $18,335 | Oct 24 | - | false |
| 189 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | - | - | - | $9,166 | 1 | $9,166 | Feb 27 | Abramorama | false |
| 188 | The Education of Charlie Banks | - | - | - | $9,915 | 3 | $15,078 | Mar 27 | Anchor Bay Films | false |
| 187 | American Swing | - | - | - | $10,605 | 2 | $30,156 | Mar 27 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 186 | WALL·E | - | - | - | $10,750 | 3,992 | $223,808,164 | Jun 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 185 | I.O.U.S.A. | - | - | - | $10,850 | 358 | $821,046 | Aug 22 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 184 | Antarctica | - | - | - | $10,872 | 2 | $21,679 | Aug 29 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 183 | Between Love & Goodbye | - | - | - | $11,614 | 2 | $18,480 | Jan 30 | Embrem Entertainment | false |
| 182 | Throw Down Your Heart | - | - | - | $11,998 | 4 | $89,521 | Mar 13 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 181 | The New Twenty | - | - | - | $12,311 | 1 | $17,625 | Mar 20 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 180 | Sherman's Way | - | - | - | $13,282 | 4 | $13,282 | Mar 6 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 179 | Carmen and Geoffrey | - | - | - | $13,834 | 1 | $14,130 | Mar 13 | First Run | false |
| 178 | Mancora | - | - | - | $14,765 | 2 | $29,697 | Mar 20 | Maya Entertainment | false |
| 177 | Coyote County Loser | - | - | - | $14,844 | 2 | $24,375 | Mar 20 | Roebuck Media | false |
| 176 | Chocolate | - | - | - | $14,845 | 7 | $14,845 | Feb 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 175 | Skills Like This | - | - | - | $15,128 | 7 | $63,163 | Mar 20 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 174 | Absurdistan | - | - | - | $17,529 | 3 | $39,683 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 173 | Dev.D | - | - | - | $18,613 | 4 | $18,613 | Feb 6 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 172 | Timecrimes | - | - | - | $18,633 | 7 | $39,127 | Dec 12 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 171 | Killshot | - | - | - | $18,643 | 5 | $18,643 | Jan 23 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 170 | Blessed Is the Match | - | - | - | $18,654 | 3 | $18,654 | Jan 28 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 169 | Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America | - | - | - | $18,728 | 1 | $18,728 | Mar 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 168 | Donkey Punch | - | - | - | $19,367 | 4 | $19,367 | Jan 23 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 167 | City of Ember | - | - | - | $23,791 | 2,023 | $7,873,007 | Oct 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 166 | Good | - | - | - | $23,802 | 8 | $27,276 | Dec 31 | THINKFilm | false |
| 165 | The Betrayal | - | - | - | $24,063 | 3 | $41,271 | Nov 21 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 164 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $24,568 | 7 | $145,642 | Oct 31 | Kino International | false |
| 163 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $25,253 | 2 | $65,051 | Nov 7 | The Film Desk | false |
| 162 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $26,017 | 18 | $433,797 | Oct 31 | IMAX | false |
| 161 | Max Payne | - | - | - | $26,520 | 3,381 | $40,689,393 | Oct 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 160 | Stranded | - | - | - | $27,598 | 7 | $89,473 | Oct 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 159 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $27,805 | 33 | $535,499 | Mar 27 | Music Box Films | false |
| 158 | Runaways | - | - | - | $27,908 | 20 | $27,908 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 157 | An American Affair | - | - | - | $28,044 | 2 | $28,044 | Feb 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 156 | Explicit Ills | - | - | - | $28,564 | 2 | $28,564 | Mar 6 | - | false |
| 155 | Ciao | - | - | - | $29,679 | 3 | $49,494 | Dec 5 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 154 | Of Time and the City | - | - | - | $29,823 | 2 | $32,677 | Jan 21 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 153 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | - | - | - | $30,695 | 80 | $30,955 | Mar 20 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 152 | Our City Dreams | - | - | - | $31,223 | 3 | $34,972 | Feb 6 | First Run | false |
| 151 | Lola Montès | - | - | - | $31,369 | 4 | $120,306 | Oct 10 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 150 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | - | - | - | $31,815 | 5 | $90,066 | Nov 7 | Balcony Releasing | false |
| 149 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $31,860 | 93 | $2,962,242 | Jul 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 148 | JCVD | - | - | - | $32,752 | 28 | $470,691 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 147 | Trouble the Water | - | - | - | $32,864 | 15 | $520,151 | Aug 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 146 | Tell No One | - | - | - | $33,485 | 112 | $6,177,192 | Jul 2 | Music Box Films | false |
| 145 | Were the World Mine | - | - | - | $34,179 | 4 | $123,789 | Oct 31 | - | false |
| 144 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | - | - | - | $36,340 | 6 | $36,594 | Mar 6 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 143 | Z | - | - | - | $37,026 | 2 | $83,305 | Mar 13 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 142 | Just Another Love Story | - | - | - | $38,481 | 3 | $45,835 | Jan 9 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 141 | How About You | - | - | - | $38,977 | 7 | $78,234 | Nov 14 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 140 | Transporter 3 | - | - | - | $39,431 | 2,626 | $31,715,062 | Nov 26 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 139 | Hunger | - | - | - | $39,696 | 11 | $154,084 | Dec 5 | IFC Films | false |
| 138 | A Secret | - | - | - | $41,492 | 11 | $623,558 | Sep 5 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 137 | Owl and the Sparrow | - | - | - | $42,632 | 4 | $47,071 | Jan 16 | Wave Releasing | false |
| 136 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $44,205 | 34 | $870,781 | Mar 27 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 135 | Fados | - | - | - | $48,868 | 6 | $129,150 | Mar 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 134 | 12 | - | - | - | $51,464 | 20 | $125,120 | Mar 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 133 | The Secrets | - | - | - | $57,081 | 9 | $122,094 | Nov 26 | Monterey Media | false |
| 132 | Examined Life | - | - | - | $58,076 | 6 | $120,712 | Feb 25 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 131 | Silent Light | - | - | - | $60,200 | 1 | $60,200 | Jan 7 | Palisades Tartan | false |
| 130 | Ballerina | - | - | - | $61,432 | 5 | $114,507 | Jan 16 | First Run | false |
| 129 | Service | - | - | - | $62,095 | 4 | $64,536 | Jan 30 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 128 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $64,004 | 3 | $86,356 | Dec 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 127 | Soul Men | - | - | - | $65,063 | 2,048 | $12,082,391 | Nov 7 | - | false |
| 126 | Made in U.S.A | - | - | - | $69,067 | 2 | $95,209 | Jan 9 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 125 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | - | - | - | $69,907 | 4 | $70,219 | Jan 23 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 124 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $73,937 | 8 | $104,589 | Jan 16 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 123 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | - | - | - | $77,440 | 2,652 | $13,559,812 | Oct 31 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 122 | Katyn | - | - | - | $79,776 | 2 | $118,095 | Feb 18 | Koch Lorber Films | false |
| 121 | Brothers at War | - | - | - | $82,305 | 18 | $153,148 | Mar 13 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 120 | Igor | - | - | - | $82,671 | 2,341 | $19,528,602 | Sep 19 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 119 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $87,446 | 26 | $1,705,694 | Nov 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 118 | Medicine for Melancholy | - | - | - | $99,313 | 7 | $111,551 | Jan 30 | IFC Films | false |
| 117 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | - | - | - | $101,971 | 38 | $1,755,134 | Mar 18 | Truly Indie | false |
| 116 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | $102,172 | 13 | $268,431 | Nov 19 | Kino International | false |
| 115 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $103,805 | 10 | $278,356 | Mar 13 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 114 | Nights in Rodanthe | - | - | - | $104,788 | 2,704 | $41,850,659 | Sep 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 113 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $121,874 | 686 | $10,363,341 | Jan 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 112 | A Christmas Tale | - | - | - | $125,910 | 52 | $1,060,922 | Nov 14 | IFC Films | false |
| 111 | Appaloosa | - | - | - | $138,841 | 1,290 | $20,211,394 | Sep 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 110 | Changeling | - | - | - | $141,585 | 1,896 | $35,739,802 | Oct 24 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 109 | Tokyo! | - | - | - | $144,189 | 18 | $351,059 | Mar 6 | Liberation Entertainment | false |
| 108 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | - | - | - | $150,977 | 83 | $2,078,956 | Dec 12 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 107 | Outlander | - | - | - | $166,003 | 81 | $166,003 | Jan 23 | Third Rail Releasing | false |
| 106 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $191,083 | 2,714 | $39,394,666 | Oct 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 105 | Sin Nombre | - | - | - | $200,116 | 87 | $2,536,665 | Mar 20 | Focus Features | false |
| 104 | Frozen River | - | - | - | $201,694 | 96 | $2,511,476 | Aug 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 103 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $218,010 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 102 | Everlasting Moments | - | - | - | $230,019 | 30 | $610,825 | Mar 6 | IFC Films | false |
| 101 | Eagle Eye | - | - | - | $241,757 | 3,614 | $101,440,743 | Sep 26 | DreamWorks | false |
| 100 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | - | - | - | $244,203 | 2,735 | $31,457,946 | Oct 31 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 99 | The Great Buck Howard | - | - | - | $259,321 | 76 | $750,587 | Mar 20 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 98 | Fireproof | - | - | - | $270,676 | 905 | $33,456,317 | Sep 26 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 97 | The Cross | - | - | - | $287,160 | 221 | $741,557 | Mar 27 | 8x Entertainment | false |
| 96 | Happy-Go-Lucky | - | - | - | $291,405 | 202 | $3,512,016 | Oct 10 | Miramax | false |
| 95 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | - | - | - | $324,934 | 679 | $9,046,156 | Nov 7 | Miramax | false |
| 94 | The Secret Life of Bees | - | - | - | $326,311 | 1,630 | $37,770,162 | Oct 17 | - | false |
| 93 | Nothing Like the Holidays | - | - | - | $340,457 | 1,671 | $7,503,736 | Dec 12 | Overture Films | false |
| 92 | Cadillac Records | - | - | - | $351,355 | 701 | $8,195,551 | Dec 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 91 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $354,763 | 27 | $10,407,978 | Jan 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 90 | Luck by Chance | - | - | - | $356,019 | 57 | $356,019 | Jan 30 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 89 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $380,438 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 88 | Crossing Over | - | - | - | $410,304 | 42 | $455,654 | Feb 27 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 87 | Synecdoche, New York | - | - | - | $433,845 | 119 | $3,083,538 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 86 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $443,961 | 726 | $23,216,709 | Aug 15 | - | false |
| 85 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $570,973 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 84 | Fanboys | - | - | - | $626,129 | 45 | $688,529 | Feb 6 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 83 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | - | - | - | $644,635 | 60 | $644,635 | Feb 6 | Shorts International | false |
| 82 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $661,283 | 3,626 | $90,559,416 | Oct 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 81 | Wendy and Lucy | - | - | - | $662,352 | 40 | $865,695 | Dec 10 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 80 | Echelon Conspiracy | - | - | - | $665,900 | 400 | $666,009 | Feb 27 | After Dark Films | false |
| 79 | Ghajini | - | - | - | $721,680 | 83 | $2,430,627 | Dec 24 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 78 | Let the Right One In | - | - | - | $732,350 | 53 | $2,122,065 | Oct 24 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 77 | Billu | - | - | - | $754,928 | 70 | $754,928 | Feb 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 76 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $852,223 | 713 | $13,816,982 | Aug 15 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 75 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $863,173 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 74 | Delhi-6 | - | - | - | $879,913 | 90 | $879,913 | Feb 20 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 73 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $913,583 | 69 | $3,169,305 | Oct 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 72 | CC2C | - | - | - | $921,738 | 130 | $921,738 | Jan 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | Role Models | - | - | - | $926,455 | 2,798 | $67,294,270 | Nov 7 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 70 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $971,942 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 69 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $972,438 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 68 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $1,079,103 | 50 | $1,579,146 | Dec 19 | IFC Films | false |
| 67 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | - | - | - | $1,167,454 | 3,239 | $94,514,402 | Oct 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 66 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $1,199,410 | 39 | $1,497,109 | Dec 12 | IFC Films | false |
| 65 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $2,081,518 | 208 | $2,283,849 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 64 | Two Lovers | - | - | - | $2,234,915 | 148 | $3,149,034 | Feb 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 63 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $2,420,432 | 4,366 | $533,345,358 | Jul 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 62 | Sunshine Cleaning | - | - | - | $2,680,867 | 642 | $12,062,558 | Mar 13 | Overture Films | false |
| 61 | Rachel Getting Married | - | - | - | $2,684,741 | 391 | $12,796,841 | Oct 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 60 | The Class | - | - | - | $2,907,096 | 126 | $3,766,810 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 59 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $3,109,625 | 3,501 | $168,368,427 | Nov 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 58 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $4,323,016 | 4,065 | $180,010,950 | Nov 7 | DreamWorks | false |
| 57 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $4,379,151 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | Australia | - | - | - | $4,418,394 | 2,721 | $49,554,002 | Nov 26 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 55 | Miss March | - | - | - | $4,498,961 | 1,742 | $4,543,320 | Mar 13 | - | false |
| 54 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $6,009,738 | 3,540 | $120,146,040 | Nov 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 53 | 12 Rounds | - | - | - | $6,087,220 | 2,331 | $12,234,694 | Mar 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 52 | The Spirit | - | - | - | $6,738,782 | 2,509 | $19,806,188 | Dec 25 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 51 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $8,566,786 | 1,164 | $8,742,261 | Feb 27 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 50 | Bolt | - | - | - | $8,673,100 | 3,654 | $114,053,579 | Nov 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 49 | Not Easily Broken | - | - | - | $10,572,742 | 725 | $10,572,742 | Jan 9 | Screen Gems | false |
| 48 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $12,069,749 | 3,560 | $79,366,978 | Dec 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 47 | Frost/Nixon | - | - | - | $14,252,811 | 1,105 | $18,622,031 | Dec 5 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 46 | Last Chance Harvey | - | - | - | $14,522,355 | 1,108 | $14,889,042 | Dec 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 45 | New in Town | - | - | - | $16,734,283 | 1,941 | $16,734,283 | Jan 30 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 44 | The Tale of Despereaux | - | - | - | $16,857,755 | 3,107 | $50,877,145 | Dec 19 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 43 | Fired Up! | - | - | - | $17,117,989 | 1,811 | $17,231,291 | Feb 20 | Screen Gems | false |
| 42 | Milk | - | - | - | $17,202,340 | 882 | $31,841,299 | Nov 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 41 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $17,221,882 | 2,655 | $17,303,424 | Jan 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 40 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | - | - | - | $19,160,240 | 1,276 | $19,162,740 | Feb 27 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 39 | Twilight | - | - | - | $20,784,183 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 38 | Doubt | - | - | - | $21,544,826 | 1,287 | $33,446,470 | Dec 12 | Miramax | false |
| 37 | Revolutionary Road | - | - | - | $22,581,761 | 1,077 | $22,911,480 | Dec 26 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 36 | Seven Pounds | - | - | - | $24,012,839 | 2,758 | $69,951,824 | Dec 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $24,816,018 | 776 | $26,238,243 | Dec 17 | - | false |
| 34 | The International | - | - | - | $25,450,527 | 2,364 | $25,450,527 | Feb 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | The Haunting in Connecticut | - | - | - | $25,629,557 | 2,732 | $55,389,516 | Mar 27 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 32 | Duplicity | - | - | - | $26,941,995 | 2,579 | $40,572,825 | Mar 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
