| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 2 | Avatar | - | - | - | $283,624,210 | 3,461 | $749,766,139 | Dec 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 112 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | - | - | - | $321,596 | 4,293 | $402,111,870 | Jun 24 | DreamWorks | false |
| 65 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | - | - | - | $1,926,197 | 4,455 | $301,959,197 | Jul 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $284,512,392 | 4,124 | $296,623,634 | Nov 20 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 85 | Up | - | - | - | $824,918 | 3,886 | $293,004,164 | May 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 61 | The Hangover | - | - | - | $2,758,596 | 3,545 | $277,322,503 | Jun 5 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 228 | Star Trek | - | - | - | $8,186 | 4,053 | $257,730,019 | May 8 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | $196,563,318 | 3,407 | $255,959,475 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $120,727,282 | 3,747 | $219,614,612 | Dec 23 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 9 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $102,102,956 | 3,626 | $209,028,679 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 78 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | - | - | - | $1,125,691 | 4,102 | $196,573,705 | Jul 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 74 | Twilight | - | - | - | $1,304,440 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | Nov 21 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 284 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | - | - | - | $414 | 4,102 | $179,883,157 | May 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 135 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | - | - | - | $114,318 | 4,101 | $177,243,721 | May 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 4 | 2012 | - | - | - | $162,349,001 | 3,444 | $166,112,167 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 79 | The Proposal | - | - | - | $1,043,977 | 3,158 | $163,958,031 | Jun 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 62 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | - | - | - | $2,613,298 | 4,007 | $150,201,498 | Aug 7 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $136,889,051 | 3,683 | $137,855,863 | Nov 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 15 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $59,203,022 | 3,119 | $124,870,275 | Sep 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 52 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $5,320,817 | 3,358 | $120,540,719 | Aug 21 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 64 | G-Force | - | - | - | $1,936,622 | 3,697 | $119,436,770 | Jul 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 66 | District 9 | - | - | - | $1,820,407 | 3,180 | $115,646,235 | Aug 14 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 18 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $40,375,875 | 2,955 | $112,735,375 | Dec 25 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 7 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | $108,297,465 | 3,074 | $109,204,945 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $107,696,562 | 2,712 | $107,918,810 | Sep 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $76,035,028 | 3,475 | $104,400,899 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 59 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $3,109,282 | 2,528 | $94,125,426 | Aug 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 89 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $734,142 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 128 | The Ugly Truth | - | - | - | $165,866 | 2,975 | $88,915,214 | Jul 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 21 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $33,655,213 | 2,218 | $83,823,381 | Dec 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 10 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $76,301,979 | 3,735 | $77,233,467 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $75,590,286 | 3,171 | $75,590,286 | Oct 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 13 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | $72,764,227 | 2,890 | $73,357,727 | Oct 16 | Overture Films | false |
| 14 | This Is It | - | - | - | $72,091,016 | 3,481 | $72,091,016 | Oct 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 70 | The Final Destination | - | - | - | $1,548,337 | 3,121 | $66,477,700 | Aug 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 71 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | $1,544,874 | 2,988 | $63,414,846 | Aug 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 50 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | - | - | - | $6,306,468 | 2,255 | $51,733,921 | Sep 11 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 16 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $46,528,573 | 3,425 | $49,492,060 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 166 | My Sister's Keeper | - | - | - | $47,831 | 2,606 | $49,200,230 | Jun 26 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Precious | - | - | - | $42,567,989 | 1,003 | $47,566,524 | Nov 6 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 147 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $91,921 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 114 | The Lovely Bones | - | - | - | $318,423 | 2,638 | $44,114,232 | Dec 11 | DreamWorks | false |
| 19 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $39,410,558 | 3,035 | $42,194,060 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 145 | Orphan | - | - | - | $96,742 | 2,750 | $41,596,251 | Jul 24 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 101 | Crazy Heart | - | - | - | $481,200 | 1,361 | $39,464,306 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 29 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $20,408,993 | 2,992 | $38,577,772 | Sep 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 20 | Ninja Assassin | - | - | - | $37,303,465 | 2,503 | $38,122,883 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Invictus | - | - | - | $26,677,133 | 2,170 | $37,491,364 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $1,662,937 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 72 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $1,510,883 | 82 | $34,137,524 | Sep 23 | IMAX | false |
| 56 | All About Steve | - | - | - | $3,424,581 | 2,265 | $33,862,903 | Sep 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 75 | Halloween II | - | - | - | $1,258,043 | 3,088 | $33,392,973 | Aug 28 | - | false |
| 40 | The Informant! | - | - | - | $11,010,931 | 2,505 | $33,316,821 | Sep 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 22 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | $31,976,937 | 2,453 | $32,428,195 | Nov 6 | Overture Films | false |
| 95 | 500 Days of Summer | - | - | - | $608,063 | 1,048 | $32,391,374 | Jul 17 | - | false |
| 55 | 9 | - | - | - | $3,890,867 | 2,060 | $31,749,894 | Sep 9 | Focus Features | false |
| 23 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $30,702,446 | 1,752 | $30,702,446 | Oct 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 30 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $20,380,046 | 2,718 | $29,580,087 | Dec 18 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $29,062,561 | 2,734 | $29,062,561 | Oct 16 | Screen Gems | false |
| 27 | Brothers | - | - | - | $26,222,779 | 2,088 | $28,544,157 | Dec 4 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 25 | Saw VI | - | - | - | $27,693,292 | 3,036 | $27,693,292 | Oct 23 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 28 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $25,396,720 | 2,530 | $25,486,040 | Nov 6 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 97 | Aliens in the Attic | - | - | - | $525,198 | 3,108 | $25,200,412 | Jul 31 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 110 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $354,688 | 252 | $23,746,066 | Oct 5 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 48 | Love Happens | - | - | - | $7,164,610 | 1,922 | $22,965,110 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 41 | Fame | - | - | - | $10,956,197 | 3,133 | $22,455,510 | Sep 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false |
| 32 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | - | - | - | $18,644,556 | 2,304 | $21,002,919 | Nov 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 94 | Shorts | - | - | - | $624,826 | 3,105 | $20,919,166 | Aug 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 122 | Gamer | - | - | - | $230,008 | 2,502 | $20,534,907 | Sep 4 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 42 | Nine | - | - | - | $9,844,753 | 1,412 | $19,676,965 | Dec 18 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 31 | Astro Boy | - | - | - | $19,377,871 | 3,020 | $19,551,067 | Oct 23 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 249 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $3,845 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 33 | The Invention of Lying | - | - | - | $18,451,251 | 1,743 | $18,451,251 | Oct 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 129 | The Hurt Locker | - | - | - | $165,730 | 535 | $17,017,811 | Jun 26 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 60 | Jennifer's Body | - | - | - | $2,923,199 | 2,738 | $16,204,793 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 34 | Armored | - | - | - | $15,498,240 | 1,919 | $15,988,876 | Dec 4 | Screen Gems | false |
| 242 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | - | - | - | $4,969 | 1,849 | $15,122,676 | Aug 14 | Paramount Vantage | false |
| 117 | Ponyo | - | - | - | $257,230 | 927 | $15,090,399 | Aug 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 35 | The Box | - | - | - | $15,025,279 | 2,635 | $15,051,977 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 270 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | - | - | - | $1,769 | 1,872 | $14,800,725 | Jul 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 37 | Capitalism: A Love Story | - | - | - | $13,991,363 | 995 | $14,363,397 | Sep 23 | Overture Films | false |
| 36 | Amelia | - | - | - | $14,207,978 | 1,070 | $14,246,488 | Oct 23 | - | false |
| 38 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | - | - | - | $13,869,515 | 2,754 | $13,869,515 | Oct 23 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 39 | Whip It | - | - | - | $13,043,363 | 1,738 | $13,043,363 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 47 | An Education | - | - | - | $7,611,690 | 763 | $12,574,914 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 80 | Sorority Row | - | - | - | $1,031,172 | 2,665 | $11,965,282 | Sep 11 | Summit Entertainment | false |
| 63 | The Young Victoria | - | - | - | $1,969,390 | 476 | $11,001,272 | Dec 18 | Apparition | false |
| 134 | Extract | - | - | - | $115,261 | 1,614 | $10,823,158 | Sep 4 | Miramax | false |
| 234 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $7,488 | 686 | $10,363,341 | Jan 23 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 53 | Pandorum | - | - | - | $4,754,451 | 2,506 | $10,330,853 | Sep 25 | Overture Films | false |
| 113 | Whiteout | - | - | - | $321,455 | 2,745 | $10,275,638 | Sep 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | - | - | - | $9,839,784 | 524 | $10,273,188 | Oct 30 | Apparition | false |
| 45 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $9,098,436 | 262 | $9,228,768 | Oct 2 | Focus Features | false |
| 44 | Everybody's Fine | - | - | - | $9,208,876 | 2,141 | $9,208,876 | Dec 4 | Miramax | false |
| 76 | A Single Man | - | - | - | $1,244,691 | 354 | $9,176,000 | Dec 11 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 49 | The Road | - | - | - | $6,315,678 | 396 | $8,117,000 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 46 | The Boat That Rocked | - | - | - | $7,949,556 | 883 | $8,017,917 | Nov 13 | Focus Features | false |
| 127 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $170,342 | 42 | $7,714,996 | Feb 15 | 3D Entertainment | false |
| 92 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | $660,985 | 607 | $7,689,607 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 245 | Taking Woodstock | - | - | - | $4,473 | 1,395 | $7,460,204 | Aug 26 | Focus Features | false |
| 58 | 3 Idiots | - | - | - | $3,264,664 | 156 | $6,532,874 | Dec 23 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 192 | Post Grad | - | - | - | $18,156 | 1,959 | $6,380,019 | Aug 21 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 51 | Coco Before Chanel | - | - | - | $5,437,646 | 307 | $6,113,834 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 191 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | $21,059 | 353 | $5,306,706 | Jun 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 69 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $1,582,754 | 202 | $5,014,305 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 132 | Moon | - | - | - | $139,067 | 252 | $5,010,163 | Jun 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 57 | Bright Star | - | - | - | $3,287,766 | 380 | $4,444,637 | Sep 16 | Apparition | false |
| 154 | Food, Inc. | - | - | - | $73,126 | 155 | $4,417,674 | Jun 12 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 54 | Good Hair | - | - | - | $4,144,599 | 466 | $4,157,223 | Oct 9 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 77 | The September Issue | - | - | - | $1,169,242 | 143 | $3,820,067 | Aug 28 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 267 | Easy Virtue | - | - | - | $1,957 | 255 | $2,656,784 | May 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 104 | My One and Only | - | - | - | $435,039 | 256 | $2,479,538 | Aug 21 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 156 | In the Loop | - | - | - | $62,220 | 92 | $2,388,804 | Jul 24 | IFC Films | false |
| 150 | Adam | - | - | - | $87,871 | 177 | $2,277,396 | Jul 29 | - | false |
| 254 | Every Little Step | - | - | - | $3,217 | 70 | $1,725,141 | Apr 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 73 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | - | - | - | $1,388,571 | 96 | $1,702,112 | Nov 20 | First Look International | false |
| 102 | It Might Get Loud | - | - | - | $477,416 | 75 | $1,610,163 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 68 | New York, I Love You | - | - | - | $1,588,015 | 118 | $1,588,015 | Oct 16 | Vivendi Entertainment | false |
| 144 | Departures | - | - | - | $96,798 | 27 | $1,498,210 | May 29 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 83 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | - | - | - | $930,896 | 266 | $1,429,299 | Sep 25 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 91 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | - | - | - | $662,280 | 135 | $1,355,079 | Sep 18 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 185 | Paper Heart | - | - | - | $34,309 | 96 | $1,274,062 | Aug 7 | Overture Films | false |
| 84 | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | $850,203 | 134 | $1,190,003 | Nov 25 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 109 | The Wizard of Oz 2009 NCM Fathom Event | - | - | - | $360,000 | 451 | $1,140,000 | Sep 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 111 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | - | - | - | $338,885 | 25 | $1,134,623 | Jul 10 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 93 | The Messenger | - | - | - | $635,619 | 50 | $1,109,660 | Nov 13 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 86 | Paris | - | - | - | $771,737 | 34 | $1,010,194 | Sep 18 | IFC Films | false |
| 81 | More Than a Game | - | - | - | $950,675 | 111 | $950,675 | Oct 2 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 82 | De Dana Dan | - | - | - | $944,979 | 69 | $944,979 | Nov 27 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 152 | Cold Souls | - | - | - | $82,483 | 52 | $905,209 | Aug 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 148 | Seraphine | - | - | - | $89,559 | 24 | $884,613 | Jun 5 | Music Box Films | false |
| 276 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $1,215 | 34 | $870,781 | Mar 27 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 160 | The Cove | - | - | - | $54,470 | 56 | $857,005 | Jul 31 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 88 | The Boys Are Back | - | - | - | $744,953 | 108 | $809,752 | Sep 25 | Miramax | false |
| 207 | The Wonder of it All | - | - | - | $13,099 | 39 | $781,016 | Jul 17 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 87 | Kurbaan | - | - | - | $754,268 | 83 | $754,268 | Nov 20 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 90 | Wake Up Sid | - | - | - | $718,766 | 79 | $718,766 | Oct 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 143 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $97,846 | 55 | $659,483 | Feb 27 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false |
| 240 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | - | - | - | $5,704 | 34 | $637,421 | Jun 26 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 116 | Amreeka | - | - | - | $290,712 | 40 | $627,436 | Sep 4 | National Geographic Entertainment | false |
| 98 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | $502,730 | 42 | $627,047 | Nov 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 213 | La fille de Monaco | - | - | - | $11,396 | 31 | $602,992 | Jul 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 100 | The Maid | - | - | - | $486,232 | 19 | $576,608 | Oct 16 | Elephant Eye Films | false |
| 108 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | $395,472 | 25 | $567,493 | Nov 4 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 96 | From Mexico with Love | - | - | - | $548,730 | 279 | $548,787 | Oct 9 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 260 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $2,278 | 33 | $535,499 | Mar 27 | Music Box Films | false |
| 282 | Tetro | - | - | - | $838 | 16 | $518,522 | Jun 11 | American Zoetrope | false |
| 99 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $497,632 | 21 | $514,354 | Nov 6 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 274 | Little Ashes | - | - | - | $1,366 | 16 | $481,586 | May 8 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 140 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | $102,596 | 38 | $476,270 | Aug 21 | Vitagraph Films | false |
| 103 | The Damned United | - | - | - | $438,235 | 45 | $449,865 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 230 | Humpday | - | - | - | $7,868 | 27 | $407,377 | Jul 10 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 105 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | - | - | - | $406,085 | 105 | $406,085 | Oct 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 106 | Antichrist | - | - | - | $404,122 | 19 | $404,122 | Oct 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 151 | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | $85,483 | 5 | $402,088 | Oct 23 | - | false |
| 107 | Transylmania | - | - | - | $397,641 | 1,007 | $397,641 | Dec 4 | Full Circle Releasing | false |
| 218 | Wanted | - | - | - | $10,564 | 71 | $349,637 | Sep 18 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 182 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $36,420 | 23 | $338,795 | Jul 31 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 118 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | - | - | - | $254,788 | 26 | $337,356 | Nov 27 | Screen Media Films | false |
| 176 | Unmistaken Child | - | - | - | $39,003 | 6 | $306,140 | Jun 3 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 263 | O'Horten | - | - | - | $2,060 | 23 | $302,232 | May 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 115 | London Dreams | - | - | - | $300,293 | 82 | $300,293 | Oct 30 | Studio 18 | false |
| 258 | Adoration | - | - | - | $2,349 | 20 | $294,244 | May 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 155 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | $67,441 | 9 | $294,014 | Jul 17 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 165 | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | $48,110 | 10 | $281,350 | Nov 6 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 227 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $8,662 | 10 | $278,356 | Mar 13 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 157 | What's Your Raashee? | - | - | - | $59,854 | 78 | $257,868 | Sep 25 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 119 | Larger Than Life in | - | - | - | $246,042 | 509 | $246,042 | Dec 11 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | false |
| 266 | The Legend of God's Gun | - | - | - | $1,982 | 8 | $243,768 | Jul 18 | Indican Pictures | false |
| 120 | Black Dynamite | - | - | - | $242,578 | 70 | $242,578 | Oct 16 | Apparition | false |
| 236 | Il Divo | - | - | - | $6,834 | 8 | $240,159 | Apr 24 | Music Box Films | false |
| 163 | The Beaches of Agnès | - | - | - | $51,777 | 7 | $239,711 | Jul 2 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 159 | Big Fan | - | - | - | $57,365 | 15 | $234,540 | Aug 28 | First Independent Pictures | false |
| 121 | (Untitled) | - | - | - | $230,600 | 25 | $230,600 | Oct 23 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 190 | World's Greatest Dad | - | - | - | $23,032 | 30 | $221,805 | Aug 21 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 123 | Do Knot Disturb | - | - | - | $213,525 | 57 | $213,525 | Oct 2 | Adlabs Films | false |
| 216 | Soul Power | - | - | - | $10,801 | 23 | $207,121 | Jul 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 153 | The Burning Plain | - | - | - | $73,374 | 26 | $200,730 | Sep 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 124 | Paa | - | - | - | $199,228 | 67 | $199,228 | Dec 4 | - | false |
| 125 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | - | - | - | $197,183 | 59 | $197,183 | Oct 16 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 288 | Herb & Dorothy | - | - | - | $324 | 8 | $194,721 | Jun 5 | Arthouse Films | false |
| 130 | The Yes Men Fix the World | - | - | - | $155,418 | 16 | $194,533 | Sep 25 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 281 | Shrink | - | - | - | $847 | 27 | $189,621 | Jul 24 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 139 | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | $103,068 | 5 | $177,511 | Sep 16 | The Cinema Guild | false |
| 126 | Passport to Love | - | - | - | $173,828 | 9 | $173,828 | Oct 9 | Variance Films | false |
| 187 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | $30,391 | 7 | $172,225 | Jun 12 | Shadow Distribution | false |
| 149 | Crude | - | - | - | $89,456 | 7 | $170,295 | Sep 9 | First Run | false |
| 271 | Still Walking | - | - | - | $1,460 | 13 | $167,047 | Aug 28 | IFC Films | false |
| 202 | A Town Called Panic | - | - | - | $14,767 | 10 | $165,509 | Dec 16 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 137 | The Horse Boy | - | - | - | $112,956 | 5 | $156,612 | Sep 30 | Zeitgeist Films | false |
| 188 | The Other Man | - | - | - | $30,158 | 11 | $149,528 | Sep 11 | Image Entertainment | false |
| 272 | Flame & Citron | - | - | - | $1,428 | 8 | $148,089 | Jul 31 | IFC Films | false |
| 131 | Free Style | - | - | - | $141,108 | 260 | $141,108 | Oct 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false |
| 171 | Until the Light Takes Us | - | - | - | $45,326 | 3 | $130,441 | Dec 4 | Variance Films | false |
| 279 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | - | - | - | $901 | 2 | $125,493 | - | Janus Films | false |
| 133 | All the Best: Fun Begins | - | - | - | $120,713 | 55 | $120,713 | Oct 16 | Yash Raj Films | false |
| 235 | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | $7,267 | 5 | $116,372 | Apr 3 | Regent Releasing | false |
| 136 | Gentlemen Broncos | - | - | - | $113,682 | 18 | $113,682 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 167 | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | $47,552 | 5 | $112,313 | Oct 23 | Sky Island Films | false |
| 158 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | - | - | - | $59,052 | 6 | $107,797 | Jul 3 | Eleven Arts | false |
