| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $270,190,721 | 4,124 | $296,623,634 | 91.1% | Nov 20, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 2 | 2012 | - | - | - | $156,824,108 | 3,444 | $166,112,167 | 94.4% | Nov 13, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 3 | The Blind Side | - | - | - | $154,704,245 | 3,407 | $255,959,475 | 60.4% | Nov 20, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $127,369,890 | 3,683 | $137,855,863 | 92.4% | Nov 6, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 5 | Couples Retreat | - | - | - | $107,692,615 | 3,074 | $109,204,945 | 98.6% | Oct 9, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 6 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $107,418,102 | 2,712 | $107,918,810 | 99.5% | Sep 25, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $75,733,050 | 3,735 | $77,233,467 | 98.1% | Oct 16, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $75,590,286 | 3,171 | $75,590,286 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 9 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | $72,356,462 | 2,890 | $73,357,727 | 98.6% | Oct 16, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 10 | This Is It | - | - | - | $72,091,016 | 3,481 | $72,091,016 | 100% | Oct 28, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 11 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $58,021,995 | 3,119 | $124,870,275 | 46.5% | Sep 18, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 12 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $41,284,896 | 3,425 | $49,492,060 | 83.4% | Nov 25, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 13 | Precious | - | - | - | $38,880,671 | 1,003 | $47,566,524 | 81.7% | Nov 6, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 14 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $37,686,633 | 3,035 | $42,194,060 | 89.3% | Nov 20, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 15 | Ninja Assassin | - | - | - | $35,487,088 | 2,503 | $38,122,883 | 93.1% | Nov 25, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 16 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $32,531,772 | 3,475 | $104,400,899 | 31.2% | Nov 25, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 17 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | - | - | - | $31,761,518 | 2,453 | $32,428,195 | 97.9% | Nov 6, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 18 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $30,702,446 | 1,752 | $30,702,446 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 19 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $29,062,561 | 2,734 | $29,062,561 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Screen Gems |
| 20 | Saw VI | - | - | - | $27,693,292 | 3,036 | $27,693,292 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 21 | The Fourth Kind | - | - | - | $25,203,455 | 2,530 | $25,486,040 | 98.9% | Nov 6, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $20,408,993 | 2,992 | $38,577,772 | 52.9% | Sep 25, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 23 | Brothers | - | - | - | $19,460,741 | 2,088 | $28,544,157 | 68.2% | Dec 4, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 24 | Astro Boy | - | - | - | $19,088,515 | 3,020 | $19,551,067 | 97.6% | Oct 23, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 25 | The Invention of Lying | - | - | - | $18,451,251 | 1,743 | $18,451,251 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 26 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | - | - | - | $16,786,975 | 2,304 | $21,002,919 | 79.9% | Nov 13, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 27 | The Box | - | - | - | $14,921,251 | 2,635 | $15,051,977 | 99.1% | Nov 6, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Amelia | - | - | - | $14,153,329 | 1,070 | $14,246,488 | 99.3% | Oct 23, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 29 | Capitalism: A Love Story | - | - | - | $13,991,363 | 995 | $14,363,397 | 97.4% | Sep 23, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 30 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | - | - | - | $13,869,515 | 2,754 | $13,869,515 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 31 | Whip It | - | - | - | $13,043,363 | 1,738 | $13,043,363 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 32 | Armored | - | - | - | $12,970,023 | 1,919 | $15,988,876 | 81.1% | Dec 4, 2009 | Screen Gems |
| 33 | Invictus | - | - | - | $11,674,785 | 2,170 | $37,491,364 | 31.1% | Dec 11, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 34 | The Informant! | - | - | - | $11,010,931 | 2,505 | $33,316,821 | 33% | Sep 18, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Fame | - | - | - | $10,956,197 | 3,133 | $22,455,510 | 48.8% | Sep 25, 2009 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 36 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | - | - | - | $8,958,235 | 524 | $10,273,188 | 87.2% | Oct 30, 2009 | Apparition |
| 37 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $8,796,563 | 262 | $9,228,768 | 95.3% | Oct 2, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 38 | Everybody's Fine | - | - | - | $8,253,987 | 2,141 | $9,208,876 | 89.6% | Dec 4, 2009 | Miramax |
| 39 | The Boat That Rocked | - | - | - | $7,770,794 | 883 | $8,017,917 | 96.9% | Nov 13, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 40 | Love Happens | - | - | - | $7,164,610 | 1,922 | $22,965,110 | 31.2% | Sep 18, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | An Education | - | - | - | $6,899,109 | 763 | $12,574,914 | 54.9% | Oct 9, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | - | - | - | $6,306,468 | 2,255 | $51,733,921 | 12.2% | Sep 11, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 43 | Coco Before Chanel | - | - | - | $5,370,510 | 307 | $6,113,834 | 87.8% | Sep 25, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | Inglourious Basterds | - | - | - | $5,320,817 | 3,358 | $120,540,719 | 4.4% | Aug 21, 2009 | The Weinstein Company |
| 45 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $5,005,919 | 2,218 | $83,823,381 | 6% | Dec 4, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 46 | Pandorum | - | - | - | $4,754,451 | 2,506 | $10,330,853 | 46% | Sep 25, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 47 | The Road | - | - | - | $4,266,675 | 396 | $8,117,000 | 52.6% | Nov 25, 2009 | Dimension Films |
| 48 | Good Hair | - | - | - | $4,142,722 | 466 | $4,157,223 | 99.7% | Oct 9, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 49 | 9 | - | - | - | $3,890,867 | 2,060 | $31,749,894 | 12.3% | Sep 9, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 50 | All About Steve | - | - | - | $3,424,581 | 2,265 | $33,862,903 | 10.1% | Sep 4, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 51 | Bright Star | - | - | - | $3,287,766 | 380 | $4,444,637 | 74% | Sep 16, 2009 | Apparition |
| 52 | Julie & Julia | - | - | - | $3,109,282 | 2,528 | $94,125,426 | 3.3% | Aug 7, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 53 | Jennifer's Body | - | - | - | $2,923,199 | 2,738 | $16,204,793 | 18% | Sep 18, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 54 | The Hangover | - | - | - | $2,758,596 | 3,545 | $277,322,503 | 1% | Jun 5, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 55 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | - | - | - | $2,613,298 | 4,007 | $150,201,498 | 1.7% | Aug 7, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 56 | G-Force | - | - | - | $1,936,622 | 3,697 | $119,436,770 | 1.6% | Jul 24, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 57 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | - | - | - | $1,926,197 | 4,455 | $301,959,197 | 0.6% | Jul 15, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 58 | District 9 | - | - | - | $1,820,407 | 3,180 | $115,646,235 | 1.6% | Aug 14, 2009 | TriStar Pictures |
| 59 | New York, I Love You | - | - | - | $1,579,791 | 118 | $1,588,015 | 99.5% | Oct 16, 2009 | Vivendi Entertainment |
| 60 | The Final Destination | - | - | - | $1,548,337 | 3,121 | $66,477,700 | 2.3% | Aug 28, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 61 | The Time Traveler's Wife | - | - | - | $1,544,874 | 2,988 | $63,414,846 | 2.4% | Aug 14, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 62 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $1,412,625 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 3.9% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 63 | Twilight | - | - | - | $1,304,440 | 3,649 | $192,769,854 | 0.7% | Nov 21, 2008 | Summit Entertainment |
| 64 | Halloween II | - | - | - | $1,258,043 | 3,088 | $33,392,973 | 3.8% | Aug 28, 2009 | Dimension Films |
| 65 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | - | - | - | $1,237,225 | 96 | $1,702,112 | 72.7% | Nov 20, 2009 | First Look International |
| 66 | The September Issue | - | - | - | $1,164,549 | 143 | $3,820,067 | 30.5% | Aug 28, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 67 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | - | - | - | $1,125,691 | 4,102 | $196,573,705 | 0.6% | Jul 1, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 68 | The Proposal | - | - | - | $1,043,977 | 3,158 | $163,958,031 | 0.6% | Jun 19, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 69 | Sorority Row | - | - | - | $1,031,172 | 2,665 | $11,965,282 | 8.6% | Sep 11, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 70 | More Than a Game | - | - | - | $950,675 | 111 | $950,675 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 71 | De Dana Dan | - | - | - | $944,979 | 69 | $944,979 | 100% | Nov 27, 2009 | Eros Worldwide |
| 72 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | - | - | - | $930,896 | 266 | $1,429,299 | 65.1% | Sep 25, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 73 | Up | - | - | - | $824,918 | 3,886 | $293,004,164 | 0.3% | May 29, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 74 | Paris | - | - | - | $761,680 | 34 | $1,010,194 | 75.4% | Sep 18, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 75 | Kurbaan | - | - | - | $752,772 | 83 | $754,268 | 99.8% | Nov 20, 2009 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 76 | The Boys Are Back | - | - | - | $744,953 | 108 | $809,752 | 92% | Sep 25, 2009 | Miramax |
| 77 | Wake Up Sid | - | - | - | $718,766 | 79 | $718,766 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 78 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | - | - | - | $660,806 | 135 | $1,355,079 | 48.8% | Sep 18, 2009 | Five & Two Pictures |
| 79 | Broken Embraces | - | - | - | $642,695 | 202 | $5,014,305 | 12.8% | Nov 20, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 80 | Shorts | - | - | - | $624,826 | 3,105 | $20,919,166 | 3% | Aug 21, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 81 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $611,798 | 64 | $93,383,953 | 0.7% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 82 | 500 Days of Summer | - | - | - | $608,063 | 1,048 | $32,391,374 | 1.9% | Jul 17, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 83 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $575,652 | 82 | $34,137,524 | 1.7% | Sep 23, 2005 | IMAX |
| 84 | The Messenger | - | - | - | $565,946 | 50 | $1,109,660 | 51% | Nov 13, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 85 | From Mexico with Love | - | - | - | $548,498 | 279 | $548,787 | 99.9% | Oct 9, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 86 | Aliens in the Attic | - | - | - | $525,198 | 3,108 | $25,200,412 | 2.1% | Jul 31, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 87 | It Might Get Loud | - | - | - | $477,416 | 75 | $1,610,163 | 29.7% | Aug 14, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 88 | The Maid | - | - | - | $450,349 | 19 | $576,608 | 78.1% | Oct 16, 2009 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 89 | My One and Only | - | - | - | $435,039 | 256 | $2,479,538 | 17.5% | Aug 21, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 90 | The Damned United | - | - | - | $430,096 | 45 | $449,865 | 95.6% | Oct 9, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 91 | Red Cliff | - | - | - | $408,203 | 42 | $627,047 | 65.1% | Nov 18, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 92 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | - | - | - | $406,085 | 105 | $406,085 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 93 | Antichrist | - | - | - | $404,122 | 19 | $404,122 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 94 | Transylmania | - | - | - | $397,641 | 1,007 | $397,641 | 100% | Dec 4, 2009 | Full Circle Releasing |
| 95 | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | $393,553 | 134 | $1,190,003 | 33.1% | Nov 25, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 96 | The Wizard of Oz 2009 NCM Fathom Event | - | - | - | $360,000 | 451 | $1,140,000 | 31.6% | Sep 23, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 97 | A Single Man | - | - | - | $332,350 | 354 | $9,176,000 | 3.6% | Dec 11, 2009 | The Weinstein Company |
| 98 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | - | - | - | $331,998 | 25 | $1,134,623 | 29.3% | Jul 10, 2009 | International Film Circuit |
| 99 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | - | - | - | $321,596 | 4,293 | $402,111,870 | <0.1% | Jun 24, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 100 | Whiteout | - | - | - | $321,455 | 2,745 | $10,275,638 | 3.1% | Sep 11, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 101 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | - | - | - | $314,735 | 25 | $567,493 | 55.5% | Nov 4, 2009 | Zipporah Films |
| 102 | London Dreams | - | - | - | $300,293 | 82 | $300,293 | 100% | Oct 30, 2009 | Studio 18 |
| 103 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $300,058 | 252 | $23,746,066 | 1.3% | Oct 5, 2007 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 104 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | - | - | - | $293,746 | 21 | $514,354 | 57.1% | Nov 6, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 105 | Amreeka | - | - | - | $289,376 | 40 | $627,436 | 46.1% | Sep 4, 2009 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 106 | Ponyo | - | - | - | $257,230 | 927 | $15,090,399 | 1.7% | Aug 14, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 107 | Larger Than Life in | - | - | - | $246,042 | 509 | $246,042 | 100% | Dec 11, 2009 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 108 | Black Dynamite | - | - | - | $242,578 | 70 | $242,578 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Apparition |
| 109 | (Untitled) | - | - | - | $230,600 | 25 | $230,600 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 110 | Gamer | - | - | - | $230,008 | 2,502 | $20,534,907 | 1.1% | Sep 4, 2009 | Lionsgate |
| 111 | Do Knot Disturb | - | - | - | $213,525 | 57 | $213,525 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Adlabs Films |
| 112 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | - | - | - | $211,224 | 26 | $337,356 | 62.6% | Nov 27, 2009 | Screen Media Films |
| 113 | Paa | - | - | - | $199,228 | 67 | $199,228 | 100% | Dec 4, 2009 | - |
| 114 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | - | - | - | $197,183 | 59 | $197,183 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 115 | Passport to Love | - | - | - | $173,828 | 9 | $173,828 | 100% | Oct 9, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 116 | The Ugly Truth | - | - | - | $165,866 | 2,975 | $88,915,214 | 0.2% | Jul 24, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 117 | The Hurt Locker | - | - | - | $165,730 | 535 | $17,017,811 | 1% | Jun 26, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 118 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $155,674 | 42 | $7,714,996 | 2% | Feb 15, 2008 | 3D Entertainment |
| 119 | The Lovely Bones | - | - | - | $155,590 | 2,638 | $44,114,232 | 0.4% | Dec 11, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 120 | The Yes Men Fix the World | - | - | - | $154,502 | 16 | $194,533 | 79.4% | Sep 25, 2009 | Shadow Distribution |
| 121 | Free Style | - | - | - | $141,108 | 260 | $141,108 | 100% | Oct 9, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 122 | Moon | - | - | - | $139,067 | 252 | $5,010,163 | 2.8% | Jun 12, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 123 | All the Best: Fun Begins | - | - | - | $120,713 | 55 | $120,713 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Yash Raj Films |
| 124 | Extract | - | - | - | $115,261 | 1,614 | $10,823,158 | 1.1% | Sep 4, 2009 | Miramax |
| 125 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | - | - | - | $114,318 | 4,101 | $177,243,721 | <0.1% | May 22, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 126 | Gentlemen Broncos | - | - | - | $113,682 | 18 | $113,682 | 100% | Oct 30, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 127 | The Horse Boy | - | - | - | $110,795 | 5 | $156,612 | 70.7% | Sep 30, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 128 | Bronson | - | - | - | $102,792 | 8 | $104,979 | 97.9% | Oct 9, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 129 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | $102,596 | 38 | $476,270 | 21.5% | Aug 21, 2009 | Vitagraph Films |
| 130 | Ong Bak 2 | - | - | - | $97,959 | 12 | $102,458 | 95.6% | Oct 23, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 131 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $97,846 | 55 | $659,483 | 14.8% | Feb 27, 2009 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 132 | Orphan | - | - | - | $96,742 | 2,750 | $41,596,251 | 0.2% | Jul 24, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 133 | Departures | - | - | - | $96,330 | 27 | $1,498,210 | 6.4% | May 29, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 134 | The House of the Devil | - | - | - | $94,502 | 7 | $101,215 | 93.4% | Oct 30, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 135 | 35 Shots of Rum | - | - | - | $94,251 | 5 | $177,511 | 53.1% | Sep 16, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 136 | Motherhood | - | - | - | $93,388 | 48 | $93,388 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 137 | Crude | - | - | - | $88,230 | 7 | $170,295 | 51.8% | Sep 9, 2009 | First Run |
| 138 | Adam | - | - | - | $87,871 | 177 | $2,277,396 | 3.9% | Jul 29, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 139 | Seraphine | - | - | - | $86,439 | 24 | $884,613 | 9.8% | Jun 5, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 140 | Cold Souls | - | - | - | $82,483 | 52 | $905,209 | 9.1% | Aug 7, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 141 | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | $80,462 | 5 | $402,088 | 20% | Oct 23, 2009 | N/A |
| 142 | The Burning Plain | - | - | - | $73,374 | 26 | $200,730 | 36.6% | Sep 18, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 143 | Food, Inc. | - | - | - | $73,126 | 155 | $4,417,674 | 1.7% | Jun 12, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 144 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | $67,441 | 9 | $294,014 | 22.9% | Jul 17, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 145 | In the Loop | - | - | - | $62,220 | 92 | $2,388,804 | 2.6% | Jul 24, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 146 | What's Your Raashee? | - | - | - | $59,854 | 78 | $257,868 | 23.2% | Sep 25, 2009 | UTV Motion Pictures |
| 147 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | - | - | - | $59,052 | 6 | $107,797 | 54.8% | Jul 3, 2009 | Eleven Arts |
| 148 | Big Fan | - | - | - | $57,006 | 15 | $234,540 | 24.3% | Aug 28, 2009 | First Independent Pictures |
| 149 | The Cove | - | - | - | $54,470 | 56 | $857,005 | 6.4% | Jul 31, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 150 | Visual Acoustics | - | - | - | $52,467 | 5 | $52,467 | 100% | Oct 9, 2009 | Arthouse Films |
| 151 | Lost in Love | - | - | - | $52,453 | 221 | $52,453 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group |
| 152 | Trucker | - | - | - | $51,192 | 13 | $52,429 | 97.6% | Oct 9, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 153 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $48,322 | 47 | $46,412,757 | 0.1% | Mar 3, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 154 | My Sister's Keeper | - | - | - | $47,831 | 2,606 | $49,200,230 | <0.1% | Jun 26, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 155 | The Beaches of Agnès | - | - | - | $47,741 | 7 | $239,711 | 19.9% | Jul 2, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 156 | That Evening Sun | - | - | - | $47,337 | 10 | $281,350 | 16.8% | Nov 6, 2009 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 157 | Collapse | - | - | - | $46,964 | 5 | $46,964 | 100% | Nov 6, 2009 | Vitagraph Films |
| 158 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe | - | - | - | $46,078 | 6 | $46,078 | 100% | Nov 13, 2009 | Arthouse Films |
| 159 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $44,554 | 4 | $77,303 | 57.6% | Nov 18, 2009 | Lorber Films |
| 160 | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | $43,553 | 5 | $112,313 | 38.8% | Oct 23, 2009 | Sky Island Films |
| 161 | The Way We Get By | - | - | - | $42,999 | 7 | $106,542 | 40.4% | Jul 17, 2009 | International Film Circuit |
| 162 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | - | - | - | $42,399 | 8 | $100,028 | 42.4% | Sep 11, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 163 | Four Seasons Lodge | - | - | - | $40,399 | 3 | $58,334 | 69.3% | Nov 11, 2009 | First Run |
| 164 | The End of Poverty? | - | - | - | $39,933 | 5 | $57,805 | 69.1% | Nov 13, 2009 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 165 | Unmistaken Child | - | - | - | $39,003 | 6 | $306,140 | 12.7% | Jun 3, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 166 | Until the Light Takes Us | - | - | - | $38,247 | 3 | $130,441 | 29.3% | Dec 4, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 167 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $36,819 | 2 | $36,818 | 100% | Oct 31, 2009 | Corinth Films |
| 168 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $36,420 | 23 | $338,795 | 10.7% | Jul 31, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 169 | The Slammin' Salmon | - | - | - | $36,323 | 11 | $41,587 | 87.3% | Dec 11, 2009 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 170 | Oh My God | - | - | - | $36,144 | 7 | $38,244 | 94.5% | Nov 13, 2009 | Mitropoulos Films |
| 171 | Uncertainty | - | - | - | $35,460 | 4 | $36,689 | 96.7% | Nov 13, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 172 | White on Rice | - | - | - | $34,531 | 4 | $69,171 | 49.9% | Sep 11, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 173 | The Providence Effect | - | - | - | $34,395 | 14 | $62,500 | 55% | Sep 25, 2009 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 174 | Paper Heart | - | - | - | $34,309 | 96 | $1,274,062 | 2.7% | Aug 7, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 175 | Mystery Team | - | - | - | $33,233 | 4 | $89,442 | 37.2% | Aug 28, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 176 | The Other Man | - | - | - | $30,158 | 11 | $149,528 | 20.2% | Sep 11, 2009 | Image Entertainment |
| 177 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | $29,686 | 7 | $172,225 | 17.2% | Jun 12, 2009 | Shadow Distribution |
| 178 | Crazy Heart | - | - | - | $25,332 | 1,361 | $39,464,306 | <0.1% | Dec 16, 2009 | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| 179 | Serious Moonlight | - | - | - | $23,392 | 8 | $25,339 | 92.3% | Dec 4, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 180 | World's Greatest Dad | - | - | - | $23,032 | 30 | $221,805 | 10.4% | Aug 21, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 181 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | $21,059 | 353 | $5,306,706 | 0.4% | Jun 19, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 182 | Post Grad | - | - | - | $18,156 | 1,959 | $6,380,019 | 0.3% | Aug 21, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 183 | Dare | - | - | - | $18,000 | 2 | $18,000 | 100% | Nov 13, 2009 | Image Entertainment |
| 184 | Women in Trouble | - | - | - | $18,000 | 3 | $18,000 | 100% | Nov 13, 2009 | Screen Media Films |
| 185 | Disgrace | - | - | - | $17,480 | 9 | $69,705 | 25.1% | Sep 18, 2009 | Paladin |
| 186 | Adventures of Power | - | - | - | $17,419 | 3 | $17,419 | 100% | Oct 9, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 187 | We Live in Public | - | - | - | $16,884 | 2 | $41,711 | 40.5% | Aug 28, 2009 | Abramorama |
| 188 | Splinterheads | - | - | - | $16,392 | 3 | $16,392 | 100% | Nov 6, 2009 | Paladin |
| 189 | Storm | - | - | - | $16,013 | 3 | $16,013 | 100% | Oct 30, 2009 | Film Movement |
| 190 | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | $15,732 | 4 | $31,160 | 50.5% | Oct 9, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 191 | Small Change | - | - | - | $15,076 | 2 | $38,296 | 39.4% | Nov 24, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 192 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | - | - | - | $14,516 | 2 | $33,745 | 43% | Sep 25, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 193 | Nobody | - | - | - | $14,271 | 1 | $14,271 | 100% | Oct 1, 2009 | N/A |
| 194 | Fuel | - | - | - | $13,986 | 4 | $32,465 | 43.1% | Sep 18, 2009 | N/A |
| 195 | Defamation | - | - | - | $12,038 | 4 | $12,038 | 100% | Nov 20, 2009 | First Run |
| 196 | Chelsea on the Rocks | - | - | - | $11,799 | 1 | $11,799 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | Aliquot Films |
| 197 | One Peace at a Time | - | - | - | $11,698 | 2 | $11,698 | 100% | Dec 4, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 198 | Earth Days | - | - | - | $11,525 | 5 | $26,748 | 43.1% | Aug 14, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 199 | La fille de Monaco | - | - | - | $11,396 | 31 | $602,992 | 1.9% | Jul 3, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 200 | Looking for Palladin | - | - | - | $11,268 | 8 | $11,268 | 100% | Oct 30, 2009 | Wildcat Releasing |
| 201 | Soul Power | - | - | - | $10,801 | 23 | $207,121 | 5.2% | Jul 10, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 202 | The Wonder of it All | - | - | - | $10,777 | 39 | $781,016 | 1.4% | Jul 17, 2009 | Indican Pictures |
| 203 | Beeswax | - | - | - | $10,639 | 3 | $46,590 | 22.8% | Aug 7, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 204 | Peter and Vandy | - | - | - | $10,618 | 3 | $11,495 | 92.4% | Oct 9, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 205 | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | $10,607 | 8 | $91,675 | 11.6% | Aug 14, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 206 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | $10,583 | 2 | $14,471 | 73.1% | Oct 2, 2009 | Indican Pictures |
| 207 | Wanted | - | - | - | $10,564 | 71 | $349,637 | 3% | Sep 18, 2009 | Eros Worldwide |
| 208 | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | $10,286 | 6 | $98,548 | 10.4% | Jun 19, 2009 | Shadow Distribution |
| 209 | Fix | - | - | - | $9,890 | 1 | $9,890 | 100% | Nov 20, 2009 | Mangusta Productions |
| 210 | Mammoth | - | - | - | $9,580 | 1 | $9,580 | 100% | Nov 20, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 211 | The Headless Woman | - | - | - | $9,445 | 3 | $100,177 | 9.4% | Aug 19, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 212 | The Janky Promoters | - | - | - | $9,069 | 22 | $9,069 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Third Rail Releasing |
| 213 | Act of God | - | - | - | $9,033 | 1 | $9,955 | 90.7% | Jul 31, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 214 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $8,662 | 10 | $278,356 | 3.1% | Mar 13, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 215 | Star Trek | - | - | - | $8,186 | 4,053 | $257,730,019 | <0.1% | May 8, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 216 | Home | - | - | - | $8,048 | 2 | $15,925 | 50.5% | Nov 27, 2009 | Lorber Films |
| 217 | Walt & El Grupo | - | - | - | $8,002 | 4 | $20,521 | 39% | Sep 9, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 218 | The Missing Person | - | - | - | $7,968 | 3 | $17,896 | 44.5% | Nov 20, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 219 | Humpday | - | - | - | $7,868 | 27 | $407,377 | 1.9% | Jul 10, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 220 | Teza | - | - | - | $7,827 | 1 | $30,070 | 26% | Sep 18, 2009 | Mypheduh Films |
| 221 | American Casino | - | - | - | $7,821 | 3 | $50,437 | 15.5% | Aug 14, 2009 | Argot Pictures |
| 222 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $7,488 | 686 | $10,363,341 | <0.1% | Jan 23, 2008 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 223 | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | $7,267 | 5 | $116,372 | 6.2% | Apr 3, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 224 | Il Divo | - | - | - | $6,834 | 8 | $240,159 | 2.8% | Apr 24, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 225 | La Bohème | - | - | - | $6,425 | 49 | $54,464 | 11.8% | Sep 23, 2009 | Emerging Pictures |
| 226 | Endgame | - | - | - | $6,327 | 14 | $9,645 | 65.6% | Nov 6, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 227 | The Big Gay Musical | - | - | - | $6,045 | 1 | $24,140 | 25% | Sep 11, 2009 | N/A |
| 228 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | - | - | - | $5,704 | 34 | $637,421 | 0.9% | Jun 26, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 229 | The Strip | - | - | - | $5,107 | 8 | $5,107 | 100% | Dec 4, 2009 | Truly Indie |
| 230 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | - | - | - | $4,969 | 1,849 | $15,122,676 | <0.1% | Aug 14, 2009 | Paramount Vantage |
| 231 | Blind Date | - | - | - | $4,943 | 1 | $8,449 | 58.5% | Sep 25, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 232 | Afghan Star | - | - | - | $4,487 | 5 | $102,115 | 4.4% | Jun 26, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 233 | Taking Woodstock | - | - | - | $4,473 | 1,395 | $7,460,204 | <0.1% | Aug 26, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 234 | The Ministers | - | - | - | $4,447 | 2 | $4,447 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | Maya Entertainment |
| 235 | Laila's Birthday | - | - | - | $4,318 | 3 | $13,689 | 31.5% | May 29, 2009 | Kino International |
| 236 | Afterschool | - | - | - | $3,911 | 1 | $3,911 | 100% | Oct 2, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 237 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $3,845 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX |
| 238 | Bliss 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,821 | 3 | $40,349 | 9.5% | Aug 7, 2009 | First Run |
| 239 | Le combat dans l'île | - | - | - | $3,714 | 1 | $50,039 | 7.4% | Jun 12, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 240 | American Fork | - | - | - | $3,359 | 2 | $3,359 | 100% | Nov 6, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 241 | Jerichow | - | - | - | $3,322 | 3 | $60,379 | 5.5% | May 15, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 242 | Every Little Step | - | - | - | $3,217 | 70 | $1,725,141 | 0.2% | Apr 17, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 243 | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | $3,112 | 1 | $33,216 | 9.4% | Jul 10, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 244 | Pretty Ugly People | - | - | - | $3,031 | 3 | $6,537 | 46.4% | Sep 18, 2009 | Osiris Entertainment |
| 245 | Leonera | - | - | - | $2,599 | 1 | $14,739 | 17.6% | Jul 3, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 246 | Adoration | - | - | - | $2,349 | 20 | $294,244 | 0.8% | May 8, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 247 | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,338 | 1 | $10,289 | 22.7% | Jul 10, 2009 | Kino International |
| 248 | Box Elder | - | - | - | $2,133 | 2 | $48,996 | 4.4% | Mar 3, 2008 | N/A |
| 249 | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,126 | 2 | $11,408 | 18.6% | Aug 14, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 250 | O'Horten | - | - | - | $2,060 | 23 | $302,232 | 0.7% | May 22, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 251 | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | $2,003 | 1 | $20,099 | 10% | Sep 18, 2009 | N/A |
| 252 | Streetballers | - | - | - | $1,994 | 2 | $28,642 | 7% | Aug 21, 2009 | MSK Productions |
| 253 | The Legend of God's Gun | - | - | - | $1,982 | 8 | $243,768 | 0.8% | Jul 18, 2008 | Indican Pictures |
| 254 | Easy Virtue | - | - | - | $1,957 | 255 | $2,656,784 | <0.1% | May 22, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 255 | $9.99 | - | - | - | $1,910 | 4 | $52,384 | 3.6% | Dec 12, 2008 | Regent Releasing |
| 256 | The Canyon | - | - | - | $1,785 | 2 | $1,785 | 100% | Oct 23, 2009 | Truly Indie |
| 257 | I Love You, Beth Cooper | - | - | - | $1,769 | 1,872 | $14,800,725 | <0.1% | Jul 10, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 258 | Still Walking | - | - | - | $1,460 | 13 | $167,047 | 0.9% | Aug 28, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 259 | Flame & Citron | - | - | - | $1,428 | 8 | $148,089 | 1% | Jul 31, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 260 | Home | - | - | - | $1,394 | 3 | $9,478 | 14.7% | Apr 23, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 261 | Little Ashes | - | - | - | $1,366 | 16 | $481,586 | 0.3% | May 8, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 262 | The Windmill Movie | - | - | - | $1,356 | 4 | $30,050 | 4.5% | Jun 17, 2009 | The Film Desk |
| 263 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $1,282 | 33 | $535,499 | 0.2% | Mar 27, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 264 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $1,215 | 34 | $870,781 | 0.1% | Mar 27, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 265 | A Town Called Panic | - | - | - | $1,193 | 10 | $165,509 | 0.7% | Dec 16, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 266 | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | - | - | - | $1,181 | 1 | $1,181 | 100% | Oct 16, 2009 | First Run |
| 267 | 24 City | - | - | - | $966 | 2 | $30,800 | 3.1% | Jun 5, 2009 | The Cinema Guild |
| 268 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | - | - | - | $901 | 2 | $125,493 | 0.7% | - | Janus Films |
| 269 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $855 | 2 | $65,051 | 1.3% | Nov 7, 2008 | The Film Desk |
| 270 | Shrink | - | - | - | $847 | 27 | $189,621 | 0.4% | Jul 24, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 271 | Tetro | - | - | - | $838 | 16 | $518,522 | 0.2% | Jun 11, 2009 | American Zoetrope |
| 272 | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | $677 | 2 | $64,636 | 1% | Mar 14, 2008 | The Film Desk |
| 273 | Ricky | - | - | - | $600 | 1 | $3,457 | 17.4% | Dec 16, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 274 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | - | - | - | $414 | 4,102 | $179,883,157 | <0.1% | May 1, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 275 | Sex Positive | - | - | - | $400 | 1 | $12,069 | 3.3% | Jun 12, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 276 | Tru Loved | - | - | - | $391 | 4 | $9,467 | 4.1% | Oct 17, 2008 | Regent Releasing |
| 277 | The Blue Tooth Virgin | - | - | - | $360 | 2 | $2,762 | 13% | Sep 25, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 278 | Herb & Dorothy | - | - | - | $324 | 8 | $194,721 | 0.2% | Jun 5, 2009 | Arthouse Films |
| 279 | Loren Cass | - | - | - | $299 | 2 | $8,125 | 3.7% | Jul 24, 2009 | Kino International |
| 280 | Gogol Bordello Non-Stop | - | - | - | $137 | 1 | $5,532 | 2.5% | Sep 11, 2009 | Lorber Films |
| 281 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | - | - | - | $84 | 5 | $32,917 | 0.3% | Sep 11, 2009 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 282 | If I Die Tonight | - | - | - | $50 | 2 | $20,214 | 0.2% | Jul 31, 2009 | Indican Pictures |