| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | - | - | - | $129,032,435 | 4,102 | $179,883,157 | 71.7% | May 1, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 2 | Star Trek | - | - | - | $79,204,289 | 4,053 | $257,730,019 | 30.7% | May 8, 2009 | Paramount Pictures |
| 3 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | - | - | - | $30,054,386 | 3,175 | $55,250,026 | 54.4% | May 1, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Obsessed | - | - | - | $21,405,242 | 2,634 | $68,261,644 | 31.4% | Apr 24, 2009 | Screen Gems |
| 5 | 17 Again | - | - | - | $11,852,056 | 3,255 | $64,167,069 | 18.5% | Apr 17, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 6 | The Soloist | - | - | - | $11,337,039 | 2,090 | $31,720,158 | 35.7% | Apr 24, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 7 | Monsters vs. Aliens | - | - | - | $10,169,550 | 4,136 | $198,351,526 | 5.1% | Mar 27, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 8 | Earth | - | - | - | $8,600,193 | 1,804 | $32,011,576 | 26.9% | Apr 22, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 9 | Fighting | - | - | - | $7,119,755 | 2,312 | $23,091,010 | 30.8% | Apr 24, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 10 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | - | - | - | $7,079,657 | 3,231 | $79,576,189 | 8.9% | Apr 10, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 11 | State of Play | - | - | - | $6,758,560 | 2,807 | $37,017,955 | 18.3% | Apr 17, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | Fast & Furious | - | - | - | $4,756,440 | 3,674 | $155,064,265 | 3.1% | Apr 3, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 13 | Next Day Air | - | - | - | $4,111,043 | 1,139 | $10,027,047 | 41% | May 8, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 14 | I Love You, Man | - | - | - | $1,525,398 | 2,829 | $71,440,011 | 2.1% | Mar 20, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 15 | Battle for Terra | - | - | - | $1,518,011 | 1,159 | $1,647,083 | 92.2% | May 1, 2009 | Lionsgate Films |
| 16 | Taken | - | - | - | $1,469,994 | 3,184 | $145,000,989 | 1% | Jan 30, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 17 | Knowing | - | - | - | $1,036,866 | 3,337 | $79,957,634 | 1.3% | Mar 20, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 18 | Sunshine Cleaning | - | - | - | $885,330 | 642 | $12,062,558 | 7.3% | Mar 13, 2009 | Overture Films |
| 19 | Crank: High Voltage | - | - | - | $825,021 | 2,223 | $13,684,249 | 6% | Apr 17, 2009 | Lionsgate Films |
| 20 | The Haunting in Connecticut | - | - | - | $710,854 | 2,732 | $55,389,516 | 1.3% | Mar 27, 2009 | Lionsgate Films |
| 21 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $703,990 | 108 | $36,262,926 | 1.9% | Feb 13, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 22 | Is Anybody There? | - | - | - | $677,534 | 165 | $2,026,756 | 33.4% | Apr 17, 2009 | - |
| 23 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | - | - | - | $562,347 | 3,206 | $146,336,178 | 0.4% | Jan 16, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 24 | Observe and Report | - | - | - | $497,109 | 2,727 | $24,007,324 | 2.1% | Apr 10, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 25 | 12 Rounds | - | - | - | $488,635 | 2,331 | $12,234,694 | 4% | Mar 27, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | Adventureland | - | - | - | $407,717 | 1,876 | $16,044,025 | 2.5% | Apr 3, 2009 | Miramax |
| 27 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $393,325 | 3,045 | $148,095,302 | 0.3% | Dec 12, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Sin Nombre | - | - | - | $385,090 | 87 | $2,536,665 | 15.2% | Mar 20, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 29 | Duplicity | - | - | - | $340,270 | 2,579 | $40,572,825 | 0.8% | Mar 20, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | Dragonball Evolution | - | - | - | $279,169 | 2,181 | $9,362,785 | 3% | Apr 10, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 31 | Race to Witch Mountain | - | - | - | $253,710 | 3,268 | $67,172,594 | 0.4% | Mar 13, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 32 | Hotel for Dogs | - | - | - | $231,968 | 3,271 | $73,034,460 | 0.3% | Jan 16, 2009 | DreamWorks |
| 33 | The Last House on the Left | - | - | - | $208,015 | 2,402 | $32,752,215 | 0.6% | Mar 13, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 34 | Watchmen | - | - | - | $204,952 | 3,611 | $107,509,799 | 0.2% | Mar 6, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | - | - | - | $181,431 | 38 | $1,755,134 | 10.3% | Mar 18, 2009 | Truly Indie |
| 36 | Tyson | - | - | - | $173,535 | 56 | $887,918 | 19.5% | Apr 24, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 37 | He's Just Not That Into You | - | - | - | $157,734 | 3,175 | $93,953,653 | 0.2% | Feb 6, 2009 | Warner Bros. |
| 38 | Sugar | - | - | - | $153,052 | 51 | $1,082,124 | 14.1% | Apr 3, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 39 | The Merry Gentleman | - | - | - | $138,681 | 33 | $347,977 | 39.9% | May 1, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 40 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | - | - | - | $132,733 | 2,534 | $44,277,350 | 0.3% | Feb 13, 2009 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 41 | Every Little Step | - | - | - | $129,803 | 70 | $1,725,141 | 7.5% | Apr 17, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 42 | Rudo y Cursi | - | - | - | $126,246 | 219 | $1,827,660 | 6.9% | May 8, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 43 | The Limits of Control | - | - | - | $125,463 | 27 | $426,688 | 29.4% | May 1, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 44 | Paris 36 | - | - | - | $124,517 | 52 | $851,540 | 14.6% | Apr 3, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 45 | Coraline | - | - | - | $108,177 | 2,320 | $75,286,229 | 0.1% | Feb 6, 2009 | Focus Features |
| 46 | Lymelife | - | - | - | $106,490 | 35 | $421,307 | 25.3% | Apr 8, 2009 | Screen Media Films |
| 47 | American Violet | - | - | - | $104,447 | 61 | $554,434 | 18.8% | Apr 17, 2009 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 48 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | - | - | - | $101,499 | 82 | $34,137,524 | 0.3% | Sep 23, 2005 | IMAX |
| 49 | Anvil | - | - | - | $99,373 | 27 | $667,911 | 14.9% | Apr 10, 2009 | Abramorama |
| 50 | Lemon Tree | - | - | - | $81,585 | 29 | $569,672 | 14.3% | Apr 17, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 51 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $81,269 | 64 | $93,383,953 | <0.1% | Apr 19, 2002 | IMAX |
| 52 | Two Lovers | - | - | - | $80,788 | 148 | $3,149,034 | 2.6% | Feb 13, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 53 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $80,413 | 2,943 | $141,319,928 | <0.1% | Nov 12, 2008 | - |
| 54 | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | $78,017 | 34 | $870,781 | 9% | Mar 27, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 55 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $76,001 | 713 | $13,816,982 | 0.6% | Aug 15, 2008 | Summit Entertainment |
| 56 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | - | - | - | $69,772 | 42 | $7,714,996 | 0.9% | Feb 15, 2008 | 3D Entertainment |
| 57 | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | $60,591 | 33 | $535,499 | 11.3% | Mar 27, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 58 | The Class | - | - | - | $60,335 | 126 | $3,766,810 | 1.6% | Dec 19, 2008 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 59 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $56,027 | 50 | $1,579,146 | 3.5% | Dec 19, 2008 | IFC Films |
| 60 | Push | - | - | - | $54,096 | 2,313 | $31,811,527 | 0.2% | Feb 6, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 61 | Il Divo | - | - | - | $51,949 | 8 | $240,159 | 21.6% | Apr 24, 2009 | Music Box Films |
| 62 | Little Ashes | - | - | - | $44,991 | 16 | $481,586 | 9.3% | May 8, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 63 | Everlasting Moments | - | - | - | $42,584 | 30 | $610,825 | 7% | Mar 6, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 64 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | - | - | - | $42,358 | 252 | $23,746,066 | 0.2% | Oct 5, 2007 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 65 | Revanche | - | - | - | $39,495 | 10 | $258,388 | 15.3% | May 1, 2009 | Janus Films |
| 66 | Enlighten Up! | - | - | - | $34,821 | 12 | $246,649 | 14.1% | Sep 12, 2008 | Balcony Releasing |
| 67 | Stomp! Shout! Scream! | - | - | - | $34,514 | 8 | $112,791 | 30.6% | Apr 10, 2009 | Indican Pictures |
| 68 | The Great Buck Howard | - | - | - | $33,455 | 76 | $750,587 | 4.5% | Mar 20, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 69 | Roving Mars | - | - | - | $27,241 | 27 | $10,407,978 | 0.3% | Jan 27, 2006 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 70 | The Reader | - | - | - | $25,244 | 1,203 | $34,194,407 | <0.1% | Dec 10, 2008 | The Weinstein Company |
| 71 | Adoration | - | - | - | $24,915 | 20 | $294,244 | 8.5% | May 8, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 72 | U2 3D | - | - | - | $23,432 | 686 | $10,363,341 | 0.2% | Jan 23, 2008 | National Geographic Entertainment |
| 73 | Tokyo! | - | - | - | $23,326 | 18 | $351,059 | 6.6% | Mar 6, 2009 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 74 | Outrage | - | - | - | $20,922 | 18 | $287,198 | 7.3% | May 8, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 75 | Love N' Dancing | - | - | - | $16,236 | 35 | $47,812 | 34% | May 8, 2009 | Screen Media Films |
| 76 | The Cross | - | - | - | $15,734 | 221 | $741,557 | 2.1% | Mar 27, 2009 | 8x Entertainment |
| 77 | Not Forgotten | - | - | - | $14,716 | 4 | $53,744 | 27.4% | May 1, 2009 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 78 | Tokyo Sonata | - | - | - | $14,711 | 10 | $278,356 | 5.3% | Mar 13, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 79 | Three Monkeys | - | - | - | $14,593 | 3 | $41,343 | 35.3% | Mar 27, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 80 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $14,391 | 1,164 | $8,742,261 | 0.2% | Feb 27, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 81 | The Wrestler | - | - | - | $13,995 | 776 | $26,238,243 | <0.1% | Dec 17, 2008 | - |
| 82 | Rolling | - | - | - | $13,861 | 4 | $103,318 | 13.4% | Apr 3, 2009 | Indican Pictures |
| 83 | Examined Life | - | - | - | $11,035 | 6 | $120,712 | 9.1% | Feb 25, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 84 | Treeless Mountain | - | - | - | $10,657 | 4 | $60,336 | 17.7% | Apr 22, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 85 | 12 | - | - | - | $10,458 | 20 | $125,120 | 8.4% | Mar 4, 2009 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 86 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | $10,431 | 13 | $268,431 | 3.9% | Nov 19, 2008 | Kino International |
| 87 | The Garden | - | - | - | $10,385 | 4 | $26,931 | 38.6% | Apr 24, 2009 | Oscilloscope |
| 88 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | - | - | - | $10,235 | 39 | $1,497,109 | 0.7% | Dec 12, 2008 | IFC Films |
| 89 | In a Dream | - | - | - | $9,706 | 4 | $54,640 | 17.8% | Apr 10, 2009 | International Film Circuit |
| 90 | Hunger | - | - | - | $9,572 | 11 | $154,084 | 6.2% | Dec 5, 2008 | IFC Films |
| 91 | Gigantic | - | - | - | $9,477 | 11 | $102,704 | 9.2% | Apr 3, 2009 | First Independent Pictures |
| 92 | Julia | - | - | - | $9,057 | 4 | $65,108 | 13.9% | May 8, 2009 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 93 | Bride Wars | - | - | - | $6,980 | 3,228 | $58,715,510 | <0.1% | Jan 9, 2009 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 94 | The Legend of God's Gun | - | - | - | $6,849 | 8 | $243,768 | 2.8% | Jul 18, 2008 | Indican Pictures |
| 95 | Tulpan | - | - | - | $6,738 | 4 | $158,741 | 4.2% | Apr 1, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 96 | Fados | - | - | - | $6,658 | 6 | $129,150 | 5.2% | Mar 6, 2009 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 97 | Nursery University | - | - | - | $6,461 | 4 | $26,042 | 24.8% | Apr 24, 2009 | Variance Films |
| 98 | Throw Down Your Heart | - | - | - | $6,014 | 4 | $89,521 | 6.7% | Mar 13, 2009 | Argot Pictures |
| 99 | Z | - | - | - | $5,814 | 2 | $83,305 | 7% | Mar 13, 2009 | Rialto Pictures |
| 100 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $5,615 | 208 | $2,283,849 | 0.2% | Dec 25, 2008 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 101 | Skills Like This | - | - | - | $5,520 | 7 | $63,163 | 8.7% | Mar 20, 2009 | Shadow Distribution |
| 102 | A Wink and a Smile | - | - | - | $4,946 | 4 | $20,169 | 24.5% | May 1, 2009 | First Run |
| 103 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $4,504 | 14 | $18,630,372 | <0.1% | Oct 29, 1999 | IMAX |
| 104 | Ballerina | - | - | - | $4,418 | 5 | $114,507 | 3.9% | Jan 16, 2009 | First Run |
| 105 | The Song of Sparrows | - | - | - | $4,337 | 5 | $116,372 | 3.7% | Apr 3, 2009 | Regent Releasing |
| 106 | Cherry Blossoms | - | - | - | $3,713 | 8 | $104,589 | 3.6% | Jan 16, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 107 | Home | - | - | - | $3,407 | 3 | $9,478 | 35.9% | Apr 23, 2009 | Monterey Media |
| 108 | The Skeptic | - | - | - | $3,378 | 2 | $6,671 | 50.6% | May 1, 2009 | IFC Films |
| 109 | Play the Game | - | - | - | $3,113 | 55 | $659,483 | 0.5% | Feb 27, 2009 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing |
| 110 | Katyn | - | - | - | $3,110 | 2 | $118,095 | 2.6% | Feb 18, 2009 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 111 | The Wild Child | - | - | - | $2,644 | 2 | $65,051 | 4.1% | Nov 7, 2008 | The Film Desk |
| 112 | The Golden Boys | - | - | - | $2,505 | 20 | $43,600 | 5.7% | Apr 17, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 113 | Kabei: Our Mother | - | - | - | $2,355 | 1 | $14,416 | 16.3% | May 8, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 114 | Coyote County Loser | - | - | - | $1,687 | 2 | $24,375 | 6.9% | Mar 20, 2009 | Roebuck Media |
| 115 | Of Time and the City | - | - | - | $1,643 | 2 | $32,677 | 5% | Jan 21, 2009 | Strand Releasing |
| 116 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | - | - | - | $1,119 | 20 | $80,283 | 1.4% | Apr 10, 2009 | - |
| 117 | Alien Trespass | - | - | - | $1,023 | 40 | $104,526 | 1% | Apr 3, 2009 | Roadside Attractions |
| 118 | Our City Dreams | - | - | - | $960 | 3 | $34,972 | 2.7% | Feb 6, 2009 | First Run |
| 119 | Absurdistan | - | - | - | $945 | 3 | $39,683 | 2.4% | Feb 6, 2009 | First Run |
| 120 | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | $716 | 7 | $145,642 | 0.5% | Oct 31, 2008 | Kino International |
| 121 | A Secret | - | - | - | $409 | 11 | $623,558 | <0.1% | Sep 5, 2008 | Strand Releasing |
