| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Wild Hogs | $38,000,000 | $39,699,023 | +$1,699,023 | +4.5% | 3,287 | $38,000,000 | $39,699,023 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Zodiac | $13,100,000 | $13,395,610 | +$295,610 | +2.3% | 2,362 | $13,100,000 | $13,395,610 | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Ghost Rider | $11,500,000 | $11,553,469 | +$53,469 | +0.5% | 3,608 | $94,757,000 | $94,810,845 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Bridge to Terabithia | $8,587,000 | $8,904,512 | +$317,512 | +3.7% | 3,159 | $57,889,000 | $58,207,144 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | The Number 23 | $7,050,000 | - | - | - | 2,759 | $24,684,000 | - | 2 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Norbit | $6,446,000 | $6,398,696 | -$47,304 | -0.7% | 2,827 | $82,953,000 | $82,905,396 | 4 | DreamWorks | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Music and Lyrics | $4,895,000 | $4,888,337 | -$6,663 | -0.1% | 2,644 | $38,680,000 | $38,673,388 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Black Snake Moan | $4,016,000 | $4,143,199 | +$127,199 | +3.2% | 1,252 | $4,016,000 | $4,143,199 | 1 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Reno 911!: Miami | $3,750,000 | $3,942,926 | +$192,926 | +5.1% | 2,702 | $16,413,000 | $16,605,822 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Breach | $3,483,000 | $3,617,670 | +$134,670 | +3.9% | 1,498 | $25,421,000 | $25,556,015 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Amazing Grace | $3,002,000 | - | - | - | 791 | $8,202,000 | - | 2 | IDP Distribution | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Daddy's Little Girls | $2,250,000 | $2,275,340 | +$25,340 | +1.1% | 1,146 | $28,396,000 | $28,421,602 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | The Astronaut Farmer | $2,150,000 | $2,212,155 | +$62,155 | +2.9% | 2,155 | $7,730,000 | $7,792,554 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Night at the Museum | $1,475,000 | $1,455,768 | -$19,232 | -1.3% | 927 | $243,548,000 | $243,529,237 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Because I Said So | $1,346,000 | $1,334,505 | -$11,495 | -0.9% | 1,131 | $40,456,000 | $40,444,925 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Pan's Labyrinth | $1,187,000 | $1,194,796 | +$7,796 | +0.7% | 525 | $34,215,000 | $34,224,074 | 10 | Picturehouse | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Last King of Scotland | $975,000 | $961,122 | -$13,878 | -1.4% | 517 | $15,310,000 | $15,295,804 | 23 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | The Queen | $913,000 | - | - | - | 545 | $54,263,000 | - | 23 | Miramax | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | The Lives of Others | $808,000 | $781,095 | -$26,905 | -3.3% | 112 | $2,347,000 | $2,320,756 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | The Messengers | $750,000 | $709,275 | -$40,725 | -5.4% | 706 | $34,498,000 | $34,457,349 | 5 | Screen Gems | - |
| 21 | 23 | +2 | Happy Feet | $385,000 | $466,309 | +$81,309 | +21.1% | 621 | $194,695,000 | $194,776,258 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 22 | 24 | +2 | Notes on a Scandal | $300,000 | $296,690 | -$3,310 | -1.1% | 222 | $16,751,000 | $16,748,003 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 23 | 25 | +2 | Letters from Iwo Jima | $240,000 | $252,345 | +$12,345 | +5.1% | 285 | $13,316,000 | $13,328,600 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 24 | 29 | +5 | The Abandoned | $201,000 | - | - | - | 515 | $1,272,000 | - | 2 | After Dark Films | - |
| 25 | 32 | +7 | Volver | $186,000 | $176,949 | -$9,051 | -4.9% | 106 | $12,327,000 | $12,317,354 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 26 | 36 | +10 | Venus | $141,000 | $136,875 | -$4,125 | -2.9% | 143 | $3,080,000 | $3,075,855 | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 27 | 45 | +18 | Orchestra Seats | $112,000 | $103,045 | -$8,955 | -8% | 17 | $191,000 | $181,855 | 3 | THINKFilm | - |
| 28 | 50 | +22 | Breaking and Entering | $57,900 | $65,001 | +$7,101 | +12.3% | 38 | $533,000 | $539,960 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 29 | 53 | +24 | Days of Glory | $46,800 | $50,798 | +$3,998 | +8.5% | 29 | $175,000 | $179,111 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 30 | 79 | +49 | Gray Matters | $6,200 | $6,898 | +$698 | +11.3% | 10 | $41,500 | $42,167 | 2 | Yari Film Group Releasing | - |
