| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Distributor
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date |
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | Summit Entertainment | $284,512,392 | 4,124 | $296,623,634 | Nov 20 |
| 2 | Avatar | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $283,624,210 | 3,461 | $749,766,139 | Dec 18 |
| 3 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $196,563,318 | 3,407 | $255,951,749 | Nov 20 |
| 4 | 2012 | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $162,349,001 | 3,444 | $166,112,167 | Nov 13 |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $136,889,051 | 3,683 | $137,562,562 | Nov 6 |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $120,727,282 | 3,747 | $219,553,378 | Dec 23 |
| 7 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | Universal Pictures | $108,297,465 | 3,074 | $109,204,945 | Oct 9 |
| 8 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | Paramount Pictures | $107,696,562 | 2,712 | $107,918,810 | Sep 25 |
| 9 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $102,102,956 | 3,626 | $209,028,679 | Dec 25 |
| 10 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $76,301,979 | 3,735 | $77,233,467 | Oct 16 |
| 11 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $76,035,028 | 3,475 | $97,955,233 | Nov 25 |
| 12 | Zombieland | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $75,296,653 | 3,171 | $75,590,286 | Oct 2 |
| 13 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | Overture Films | $72,764,227 | 2,890 | $73,357,727 | Oct 16 |
| 14 | This Is It | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $72,091,016 | 3,481 | $72,091,016 | Oct 28 |
| 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $59,057,518 | 3,119 | $124,870,275 | Sep 18 |
| 16 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $46,528,573 | 3,425 | $47,397,427 | Nov 25 |
| 17 | Precious | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $42,567,989 | 1,003 | $47,566,524 | Nov 6 |
| 18 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | Universal Pictures | $40,375,875 | 2,955 | $112,735,375 | Dec 25 |
| 19 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $39,410,558 | 3,035 | $42,194,060 | Nov 20 |
| 20 | Ninja Assassin | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $37,303,465 | 2,503 | $38,122,883 | Nov 25 |
| 21 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | Paramount Pictures | $33,655,213 | 2,218 | $83,823,381 | Dec 4 |
| 22 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | Overture Films | $31,976,937 | 2,453 | $32,428,195 | Nov 6 |
| 23 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $30,330,805 | 1,752 | $30,330,805 | Oct 2 |
| 24 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | Screen Gems | $29,062,561 | 2,734 | $29,062,561 | Oct 16 |
| 25 | Saw VI | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $27,693,292 | 3,036 | $27,693,292 | Oct 23 |
| 26 | Invictus | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $26,677,133 | 2,170 | $37,491,364 | Dec 11 |
| 27 | Brothers | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $26,222,779 | 2,088 | $28,544,157 | Dec 4 |
| 28 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | Universal Pictures | $25,396,720 | 2,530 | $25,486,040 | Nov 6 |
| 29 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $20,380,046 | 2,718 | $29,580,087 | Dec 18 |
| 30 | Surrogates | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $20,247,862 | 2,992 | $38,416,641 | Sep 25 |
| 31 | Astro Boy | - | - | - | Summit Entertainment | $19,377,871 | 3,020 | $19,551,067 | Oct 23 |
| 32 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $18,644,556 | 2,304 | $20,958,741 | Nov 13 |
| 33 | The Invention of Lying | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $18,451,251 | 1,743 | $18,451,251 | Oct 2 |
| 34 | Armored | - | - | - | Screen Gems | $15,498,240 | 1,919 | $15,988,876 | Dec 4 |
| 35 | The Box | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $15,025,279 | 2,635 | $15,051,977 | Nov 6 |
| 36 | Amelia | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $14,207,978 | 1,070 | $14,246,488 | Oct 23 |
| 37 | Capitalism: A Love Story | - | - | - | Overture Films | $13,991,363 | 995 | $14,363,397 | Sep 23 |
| 38 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | - | - | - | Universal Pictures | $13,869,515 | 2,754 | $13,869,515 | Oct 23 |
| 39 | Whip It | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $13,025,018 | 1,738 | $13,025,018 | Oct 2 |
| 40 | The Informant! | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $11,010,931 | 2,505 | $33,316,821 | Sep 18 |
| 41 | Fame | - | - | - | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | $10,956,197 | 3,133 | $22,455,510 | Sep 25 |
| 42 | Nine | - | - | - | The Weinstein Company | $9,844,753 | 1,412 | $19,670,243 | Dec 18 |
| 43 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | - | - | - | Apparition | $9,839,784 | 524 | $10,273,188 | Oct 30 |
| 44 | Everybody's Fine | - | - | - | Miramax | $9,208,876 | 2,141 | $9,208,876 | Dec 4 |
| 45 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | Focus Features | $9,098,436 | 262 | $9,228,768 | Oct 2 |
| 46 | Pirate Radio | - | - | - | Focus Features | $7,949,556 | 883 | $8,017,917 | Nov 13 |
| 47 | Love Happens | - | - | - | Universal Pictures | $7,164,610 | 1,922 | $22,965,110 | Sep 18 |
| 48 | The Road | - | - | - | - | $6,315,678 | 396 | $8,117,000 | Nov 25 |
| 49 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $6,306,468 | 2,255 | $51,733,921 | Sep 11 |
| 50 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | The Weinstein Company | $5,320,817 | 3,358 | $120,540,719 | Aug 21 |
| 51 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $5,267,190 | 47 | $46,403,478 | Mar 3 |
| 52 | Pandorum | - | - | - | Overture Films | $4,754,451 | 2,506 | $10,330,853 | Sep 25 |
| 53 | Good Hair | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $4,144,599 | 466 | $4,157,223 | Oct 9 |
| 54 | 9 | - | - | - | Focus Features | $3,890,867 | 2,060 | $31,749,894 | Sep 9 |
| 55 | All About Steve | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $3,415,616 | 2,265 | $33,853,938 | Sep 4 |
| 56 | Bright Star | - | - | - | Apparition | $3,287,766 | 380 | $4,444,637 | Sep 16 |
| 57 | 3 Idiots | - | - | - | Reliance Big Pictures | $3,262,609 | 156 | $6,532,874 | Dec 23 |
| 58 | Jennifer's Body | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $2,905,353 | 2,738 | $16,186,947 | Sep 18 |
| 59 | The Hangover | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $2,758,596 | 3,545 | $277,322,503 | Jun 5 |
| 60 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | - | - | - | Paramount Pictures | $2,613,298 | 4,007 | $150,201,498 | Aug 7 |
| 61 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $2,598,907 | 2,528 | $94,125,426 | Aug 7 |
| 62 | G-Force | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $2,384,251 | 3,697 | $119,276,703 | Jul 24 |
| 63 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $1,926,197 | 4,455 | $301,959,197 | Jul 15 |
| 64 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $1,662,937 | 108 | $36,227,390 | Feb 13 |
| 65 | New York, I Love You | - | - | - | Vivendi Entertainment | $1,578,715 | 118 | $1,588,015 | Oct 16 |
| 66 | The Final Destination | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $1,548,337 | 3,121 | $66,477,700 | Aug 28 |
| 67 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $1,544,874 | 2,988 | $63,414,846 | Aug 14 |
| 68 | District 9 | - | - | - | TriStar Pictures | $1,524,205 | 3,180 | $115,646,235 | Aug 14 |
| 69 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | - | - | - | IMAX | $1,495,934 | 82 | $34,136,978 | Sep 23 |
| 70 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | - | - | - | First Look International | $1,388,571 | 96 | $1,702,112 | Nov 20 |
| 71 | Twilight | - | - | - | Summit Entertainment | $1,304,440 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 |
| 72 | Halloween II | - | - | - | - | $1,258,043 | 3,088 | $33,392,973 | Aug 28 |
| 73 | A Single Man | - | - | - | The Weinstein Company | $1,244,691 | 354 | $9,152,334 | Dec 11 |
| 74 | The September Issue | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $1,166,901 | 143 | $3,820,067 | Aug 28 |
| 75 | The Young Victoria | - | - | - | Apparition | $1,087,077 | 476 | $11,001,272 | Dec 18 |
| 76 | Sorority Row | - | - | - | Summit Entertainment | $1,031,172 | 2,665 | $11,965,282 | Sep 11 |
| 77 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $1,024,286 | 4,102 | $196,472,300 | Jul 1 |
| 78 | The Proposal | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $965,886 | 3,158 | $163,958,031 | Jun 19 |
| 79 | More Than a Game | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $950,675 | 111 | $950,675 | Oct 2 |
| 80 | De Dana Dan | - | - | - | Eros International | $944,979 | 69 | $944,979 | Nov 27 |
| 81 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | - | - | - | Freestyle Releasing | $930,896 | 266 | $1,429,299 | Sep 25 |
| 82 | It Might Get Loud | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $928,299 | 75 | $1,587,830 | Aug 14 |
| 83 | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | Freestyle Releasing | $850,203 | 134 | $1,190,003 | Nov 25 |
| 84 | Up | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $778,324 | 3,886 | $293,004,164 | May 29 |
| 85 | Kurbaan | - | - | - | UTV Motion Pictures | $747,473 | 83 | $754,268 | Nov 20 |
| 86 | The Boys Are Back | - | - | - | Miramax | $744,953 | 108 | $809,752 | Sep 25 |
| 87 | Paris | - | - | - | IFC Films | $743,543 | 34 | $1,010,194 | Sep 18 |
| 88 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | IMAX | $730,120 | 64 | $93,379,882 | Apr 19 |
| 89 | Wake Up Sid | - | - | - | UTV Motion Pictures | $718,766 | 79 | $718,766 | Oct 2 |
| 90 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $660,985 | 607 | $7,689,607 | Dec 25 |
| 91 | The Messenger | - | - | - | Oscilloscope | $635,619 | 50 | $1,109,660 | Nov 13 |
| 92 | Shorts | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $624,826 | 3,105 | $20,919,166 | Aug 21 |
| 93 | From Mexico with Love | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $553,722 | 279 | $548,787 | Oct 9 |
| 94 | 500 Days of Summer | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $534,001 | 1,048 | $32,391,374 | Jul 17 |
| 95 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $502,730 | 42 | $627,047 | Nov 18 |
| 96 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $497,657 | 21 | $514,354 | Nov 6 |
| 97 | Aliens in the Attic | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $493,490 | 3,108 | $25,168,704 | Jul 31 |
| 98 | The Maid | - | - | - | Elephant Eye Films | $486,232 | 19 | $576,608 | Oct 16 |
| 99 | Crazy Heart | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $481,200 | 1,361 | $39,458,875 | Dec 16 |
| 100 | My One and Only | - | - | - | Freestyle Releasing | $435,039 | 256 | $2,479,538 | Aug 21 |
| 101 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $406,085 | 105 | $406,085 | Oct 23 |
| 102 | Antichrist | - | - | - | IFC Films | $404,122 | 19 | $404,122 | Oct 23 |
| 103 | Transylmania | - | - | - | Full Circle Releasing | $397,641 | 1,007 | $397,641 | Dec 4 |
| 104 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | Zipporah Films | $388,252 | 25 | $500,562 | Nov 4 |
| 105 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | National Geographic Entertainment | $348,903 | 252 | $23,744,066 | Oct 5 |
| 106 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | - | - | - | International Film Circuit | $338,301 | 25 | $1,134,623 | Jul 10 |
| 107 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | - | - | - | DreamWorks | $321,596 | 4,293 | $402,111,870 | Jun 24 |
| 108 | Whiteout | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $319,788 | 2,745 | $10,275,638 | Sep 11 |
| 109 | The Lovely Bones | - | - | - | DreamWorks | $318,423 | 2,638 | $44,114,232 | Dec 11 |
| 110 | London Dreams | - | - | - | Studio 18 | $300,293 | 82 | $300,293 | Oct 30 |
| 111 | Amreeka | - | - | - | National Geographic Entertainment | $272,216 | 40 | $626,933 | Sep 4 |
| 112 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | - | - | - | Screen Media Films | $254,788 | 26 | $337,356 | Nov 27 |
| 113 | Larger Than Life in 3D | - | - | - | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | $246,042 | 509 | $246,042 | Dec 11 |
| 114 | Black Dynamite | - | - | - | Apparition | $242,578 | 70 | $242,578 | Oct 16 |
| 115 | Ponyo | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $236,381 | 927 | $15,090,399 | Aug 14 |
| 116 | (Untitled) | - | - | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $230,600 | 25 | $230,600 | Oct 23 |
| 117 | Gamer | - | - | - | Lionsgate | $230,008 | 2,502 | $20,534,907 | Sep 4 |
| 118 | Do Knot Disturb | - | - | - | Adlabs Films | $213,525 | 57 | $213,525 | Oct 2 |
| 119 | Paa | - | - | - | - | $199,228 | 67 | $199,228 | Dec 4 |
| 120 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | - | - | - | UTV Motion Pictures | $197,183 | 59 | $197,183 | Oct 16 |
| 121 | Passport to Love | - | - | - | Variance Films | $173,828 | 9 | $173,828 | Oct 9 |
| 122 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | 3D Entertainment | $167,513 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 |
| 123 | The Hurt Locker | - | - | - | Summit Entertainment | $165,730 | 535 | $17,017,811 | Jun 26 |
| 124 | Free Style | - | - | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $141,108 | 260 | $141,108 | Oct 9 |
| 125 | Moon | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $134,496 | 252 | $5,010,163 | Jun 12 |
| 126 | The Ugly Truth | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Releasing | $124,479 | 2,975 | $88,915,214 | Jul 24 |
| 127 | All the Best: Fun Begins | - | - | - | - | $120,713 | 55 | $120,713 | Oct 16 |
| 128 | Extract | - | - | - | Miramax | $115,261 | 1,614 | $10,823,158 | Sep 4 |
| 129 | Gentlemen Broncos | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $111,996 | 18 | $111,996 | Oct 30 |
| 130 | The Horse Boy | - | - | - | Zeitgeist Films | $111,824 | 5 | $138,291 | Sep 30 |
| 131 | Bronson | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $104,979 | 8 | $104,979 | Oct 9 |
| 132 | Ong Bak 2 | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $102,458 | 12 | $102,458 | Oct 23 |
| 133 | The House of the Devil | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $101,215 | 7 | $101,215 | Oct 30 |
| 134 | Orphan | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $96,742 | 2,750 | $41,596,251 | Jul 24 |
| 135 | Play the Game | - | - | - | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | $96,547 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 |
| 136 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | Vitagraph Films | $94,534 | 38 | $476,270 | Aug 21 |
| 137 | Departures | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $93,988 | 27 | $1,496,341 | May 29 |
| 138 | Motherhood | - | - | - | Freestyle Releasing | $93,388 | 48 | $93,388 | Oct 23 |
| 139 | Séraphine | - | - | - | Music Box Films | $86,491 | 24 | $884,613 | Jun 5 |
| 140 | Crude | - | - | - | First Run | $86,103 | 7 | $169,796 | Sep 9 |
| 141 | Adam | - | - | - | Fox Searchlight Pictures | $83,163 | 177 | $2,277,396 | Jul 29 |
| 142 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $82,593 | 4,101 | $177,211,996 | May 22 |
| 143 | Cold Souls | - | - | - | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | $74,557 | 52 | $905,209 | Aug 7 |
| 144 | Food, Inc. | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $66,780 | 155 | $4,417,674 | Jun 12 |
| 145 | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | - | $66,483 | 5 | $400,705 | Oct 23 |
| 146 | The Burning Plain | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $65,769 | 26 | $200,730 | Sep 18 |
| 147 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | Strand Releasing | $64,972 | 9 | $294,014 | Jul 17 |
| 148 | What's Your Raashee? | - | - | - | UTV Motion Pictures | $59,854 | 78 | $257,868 | Sep 25 |
| 149 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | - | - | - | Eleven Arts | $57,250 | 6 | $107,797 | Jul 3 |
| 150 | The Cove | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $54,470 | 56 | $857,005 | Jul 31 |
| 151 | In the Loop | - | - | - | IFC Films | $54,318 | 92 | $2,388,804 | Jul 24 |
| 152 | Big Fan | - | - | - | First Independent Pictures | $53,596 | 15 | $234,422 | Aug 28 |
| 153 | Lost in Love | - | - | - | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | $52,453 | 221 | $52,453 | Oct 16 |
| 154 | Trucker | - | - | - | Monterey Media | $51,192 | 13 | $52,166 | Oct 9 |
| 155 | The Beaches of Agnès | - | - | - | The Cinema Guild | $49,911 | 7 | $238,978 | Jul 2 |
| 156 | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | Freestyle Releasing | $48,110 | 10 | $281,350 | Nov 6 |
| 157 | My Sister's Keeper | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $47,831 | 2,606 | $49,200,230 | Jun 26 |
| 158 | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | Sky Island Films | $47,552 | 5 | $85,779 | Oct 23 |
| 159 | Collapse | - | - | - | Vitagraph Films | $46,964 | 5 | $46,964 | Nov 6 |
| 160 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Lorber Films | $46,368 | 4 | $62,602 | Nov 18 |
| 161 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | - | - | - | Arthouse Films | $46,078 | 6 | $46,078 | Nov 13 |
| 162 | Until the Light Takes Us | - | - | - | Variance Films | $45,326 | 3 | $127,013 | Dec 4 |
| 163 | The Way We Get By | - | - | - | International Film Circuit | $42,450 | 7 | $106,542 | Jul 17 |
| 164 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | - | - | - | Oscilloscope | $39,367 | 8 | $100,028 | Sep 11 |
| 165 | The Slammin' Salmon | - | - | - | Anchor Bay Films | $38,920 | 11 | $41,587 | Dec 11 |
| 166 | Police, Adjective | - | - | - | IFC Films | $38,424 | 8 | $53,206 | Dec 23 |
| 167 | Oh My God | - | - | - | Mitropoulos Films | $38,245 | 7 | $38,244 | Nov 13 |
| 168 | Unmistaken Child | - | - | - | Oscilloscope | $37,998 | 6 | $306,140 | Jun 3 |
| 169 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | Corinth Films | $36,821 | 2 | $36,818 | Oct 31 |
| 170 | Uncertainty | - | - | - | IFC Films | $36,689 | 4 | $36,689 | Nov 13 |
| 171 | Paper Heart | - | - | - | Overture Films | $34,309 | 96 | $1,274,062 | Aug 7 |
| 172 | Mystery Team | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $33,233 | 4 | $89,442 | Aug 28 |
| 173 | The Other Man | - | - | - | Image Entertainment | $29,919 | 11 | $149,528 | Sep 11 |
| 174 | The Providence Effect | - | - | - | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | $29,711 | 14 | $62,500 | Sep 25 |
| 175 | Serious Moonlight | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $25,339 | 8 | $25,339 | Dec 4 |
| 176 | The Girl from Monaco 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $24,134 | 31 | $595,022 | Jul 3 |
| 177 | World's Greatest Dad | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $21,895 | 30 | $221,805 | Aug 21 |
| 178 | We Live in Public | - | - | - | Abramorama | $21,434 | 2 | $40,552 | Aug 28 |
| 179 | Beeswax | - | - | - | The Cinema Guild | $20,172 | 3 | $41,439 | Aug 7 |
| 180 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $20,127 | 353 | $5,306,706 | Jun 19 |
| 181 | Dare | - | - | - | Image Entertainment | $18,087 | 2 | $18,088 | Nov 13 |
| 182 | Women in Trouble | - | - | - | Screen Media Films | $18,000 | 3 | $18,000 | Nov 13 |
| 183 | Adventures of Power | - | - | - | Variance Films | $17,419 | 3 | $17,419 | Oct 9 |
| 184 | Earth Days | - | - | - | Zeitgeist Films | $17,379 | 5 | $25,842 | Aug 14 |
| 185 | Splinterheads | - | - | - | Paladin | $16,392 | 3 | $16,392 | Nov 6 |
| 186 | Storm 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Film Movement | $16,013 | 3 | $16,013 | Oct 30 |
| 187 | Small Change | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $15,075 | 2 | $37,610 | Nov 24 |
| 188 | A Town Called Panic | - | - | - | Zeitgeist Films | $14,767 | 10 | $161,624 | Dec 16 |
| 189 | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | Strand Releasing | $13,875 | 4 | $30,162 | Oct 9 |
| 190 | Disgrace 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Paladin | $12,254 | 9 | $69,705 | Sep 18 |
| 191 | Defamation | - | - | - | First Run | $12,038 | 4 | $12,038 | Nov 20 |
| 192 | Nobody | - | - | - | - | $11,896 | 1 | $11,896 | Oct 1 |
| 193 | Chelsea on the Rocks | - | - | - | Aliquot Films | $11,799 | 1 | $11,799 | Oct 2 |
| 194 | One Peace at a Time | - | - | - | Monterey Media | $11,698 | 2 | $11,698 | Dec 4 |
| 195 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | - | - | - | IFC Films | $11,312 | 2 | $33,745 | Sep 25 |
| 196 | Looking for Palladin | - | - | - | Wildcat Releasing | $11,268 | 8 | $11,268 | Oct 30 |
| 197 | Soul Power | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $10,386 | 23 | $207,121 | Jul 10 |
| 198 | Fix | - | - | - | Mangusta Productions | $9,890 | 1 | $9,890 | Nov 20 |
| 199 | Mammoth | - | - | - | IFC Films | $9,580 | 1 | $9,580 | Nov 20 |
| 200 | Home 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | Lorber Films | $9,478 | 2 | $15,677 | Nov 27 |
| 201 | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | Shadow Distribution | $9,387 | 6 | $97,798 | Jun 19 |
| 202 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | Shadow Distribution | $9,207 | 7 | $170,825 | Jun 12 |
| 203 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $8,326 | 10 | $277,387 | Mar 13 |
| 204 | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $8,311 | 5 | $116,305 | Apr 3 |
| 205 | Star Trek | - | - | - | Paramount Pictures | $8,186 | 4,053 | $257,730,019 | May 8 |
| 206 | Teza | - | - | - | Mypheduh Films | $7,827 | 1 | $30,070 | Sep 18 |
| 207 | American Casino | - | - | - | Argot Pictures | $7,759 | 3 | $50,437 | Aug 14 |
| 208 | Laila's Birthday | - | - | - | Kino International | $7,355 | 3 | $13,027 | May 29 |
| 209 | U2 3D | - | - | - | National Geographic Entertainment | $7,203 | 686 | $10,335,294 | Jan 23 |
| 210 | Little Ashes | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $7,092 | 16 | $481,258 | May 8 |
| 211 | Humpday | - | - | - | Magnolia Pictures | $7,061 | 27 | $407,377 | Jul 10 |
| 212 | Walt & El Grupo | - | - | - | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | $6,796 | 4 | $15,843 | Sep 9 |
| 213 | Streetballers | - | - | - | MSK Productions | $6,124 | 2 | $27,523 | Aug 21 |
| 214 | The Big Gay Musical | - | - | - | - | $6,049 | 1 | $24,140 | Sep 11 |
| 215 | Jerichow | - | - | - | The Cinema Guild | $5,979 | 3 | $59,726 | May 15 |
| 216 | Il Divo | - | - | - | Music Box Films | $5,969 | 8 | $239,294 | Apr 24 |
| 217 | Bliss 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | First Run | $5,709 | 3 | $37,493 | Aug 7 |
| 218 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $5,704 | 34 | $637,421 | Jun 26 |
| 219 | The Janky Promoters | - | - | - | Third Rail Releasing | $5,702 | 22 | $5,702 | Oct 16 |
| 220 | $9.99 | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $5,700 | 4 | $51,563 | Dec 12 |
| 221 | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $5,552 | 1 | $49,545 | Jun 12 |
| 222 | The Strip | - | - | - | Truly Indie | $5,107 | 8 | $5,107 | Dec 4 |
| 223 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | - | - | - | Paramount Vantage | $4,969 | 1,849 | $15,122,676 | Aug 14 |
| 224 | Taking Woodstock | - | - | - | Focus Features | $4,473 | 1,395 | $7,460,204 | Aug 26 |
| 225 | The Ministers | - | - | - | Maya Entertainment | $4,447 | 2 | $4,447 | Oct 16 |
| 226 | The Fall | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $4,436 | 111 | $2,266,905 | May 9 |
| 227 | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | Music Box Films | $4,348 | 8 | $90,884 | Aug 14 |
| 228 | Afghan Star | - | - | - | Zeitgeist Films | $4,279 | 5 | $102,115 | Jun 26 |
| 229 | Afterschool | - | - | - | IFC Films | $3,911 | 1 | $3,911 | Oct 2 |
| 230 | Galapagos | - | - | - | IMAX | $3,786 | 14 | $18,629,106 | Oct 29 |
| 231 | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $3,654 | 1 | $31,413 | Jul 10 |
| 232 | Ricky | - | - | - | IFC Films | $3,457 | 1 | $3,457 | Dec 16 |
| 233 | The Legend of God's Gun | - | - | - | Indican Pictures | $3,055 | 8 | $243,079 | Jul 18 |
| 234 | Every Little Step | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $2,791 | 70 | $1,725,141 | Apr 17 |
| 235 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | Music Box Films | $2,600 | 33 | $534,684 | Mar 27 |
| 236 | The Wonder of It All | - | - | - | Indican Pictures | $2,322 | 39 | $781,016 | Jul 17 |
| 237 | The Headless Woman | - | - | - | Strand Releasing | $2,281 | 3 | $98,969 | Aug 19 |
| 238 | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | $2,094 | 2 | $48,996 | Mar 3 |
| 239 | Adoration | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,854 | 20 | $294,244 | May 8 |
| 240 | The Canyon | - | - | - | Truly Indie | $1,785 | 2 | $1,785 | Oct 23 |
| 241 | Easy Virtue | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,756 | 255 | $2,656,784 | May 22 |
| 242 | O'Horten | - | - | - | Sony Pictures Classics | $1,585 | 23 | $302,232 | May 22 |
| 243 | 24 City | - | - | - | The Cinema Guild | $1,514 | 2 | $30,358 | Jun 5 |
| 244 | The Windmill Movie | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $1,342 | 4 | $30,050 | Jun 17 |
| 245 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | Indican Pictures | $1,270 | 2 | $13,179 | Oct 2 |
| 246 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $1,215 | 34 | $870,781 | Mar 27 |
| 247 | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | - | - | - | First Run | $1,181 | 1 | $1,181 | Oct 16 |
| 248 | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | - | $1,098 | 1 | $17,695 | Sep 18 |
| 249 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $1,072 | 2 | $64,048 | Nov 7 |
| 250 | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $878 | 2 | $11,408 | Aug 14 |
| 251 | Shrink | - | - | - | Roadside Attractions | $845 | 27 | $189,621 | Jul 24 |
| 252 | Post Grad | - | - | - | Twentieth Century Fox | $754 | 1,959 | $6,362,617 | Aug 21 |
| 253 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | The Film Desk | $701 | 2 | $63,643 | Mar 14 |
| 254 | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | Kino International | $649 | 1 | $8,043 | Jul 10 |
| 255 | Home | - | - | - | Monterey Media | $553 | 3 | $9,478 | Apr 23 |
| 256 | Lion's Den | - | - | - | Strand Releasing | $521 | 1 | $12,140 | Jul 3 |
| 257 | Tru Loved | - | - | - | Regent Releasing | $470 | 4 | $9,192 | Oct 17 |
| 258 | Loren Cass | - | - | - | Kino International | $223 | 2 | $8,125 | Jul 24 |
| 259 | La Bohème | - | - | - | Emerging Pictures | $144 | 49 | $54,464 | Sep 23 |
| 260 | Gogol Bordello Non-Stop | - | - | - | Lorber Films | $104 | 1 | $5,532 | Sep 11 |
| 261 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | - | - | - | Anchor Bay Films | $84 | 5 | $32,917 | Sep 11 |
| 262 | The Wizard of Oz 2009 NCM Fathom Event | - | - | - | Warner Bros. | $0 | 451 | $910,000 | Sep 23 |
