| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Tropic Thunder | $16,100,000 | $16,272,195 | +$172,195 | +1.1% | 3,352 | $65,668,000 | $65,839,915 | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | The House Bunny | $15,100,000 | $14,533,702 | -$566,298 | -3.8% | 2,714 | $15,100,000 | $14,533,702 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Death Race | $12,293,000 | $12,621,090 | +$328,090 | +2.7% | 2,532 | $12,293,000 | $12,621,090 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Dark Knight | $10,305,000 | $10,542,424 | +$237,424 | +2.3% | 3,163 | $489,179,000 | $489,416,885 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $5,660,000 | $5,661,456 | +$1,456 | <0.1% | 3,452 | $24,998,000 | $24,999,054 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Pineapple Express | $5,600,000 | $5,452,163 | -$147,837 | -2.6% | 2,620 | $73,928,000 | $73,780,191 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Mirrors | $4,875,000 | $5,010,663 | +$135,663 | +2.8% | 2,664 | $20,075,000 | $20,211,066 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 10 | +2 | The Longshots | $4,304,000 | $4,080,687 | -$223,313 | -5.2% | 2,089 | $4,304,000 | $4,080,687 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 8 | -1 | Mamma Mia! | $4,303,000 | $4,314,840 | +$11,840 | +0.3% | 2,326 | - | $124,469,900 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | -1 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $4,069,000 | $4,177,950 | +$108,950 | +2.7% | 2,422 | $93,812,000 | $93,921,245 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $3,003,000 | $3,005,031 | +$2,031 | <0.1% | 692 | $8,569,000 | $8,571,505 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | The Rocker | $2,750,000 | $2,636,048 | -$113,952 | -4.1% | 2,784 | $3,800,000 | $3,686,460 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $2,745,000 | $2,807,076 | +$62,076 | +2.3% | 2,170 | $38,257,000 | $38,319,055 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Step Brothers | $2,300,000 | $2,301,992 | +$1,992 | <0.1% | 1,639 | $95,584,000 | $95,586,358 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $2,210,000 | $2,188,254 | -$21,746 | -1% | 1,051 | $91,893,000 | $91,871,213 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $1,435,000 | $1,422,547 | -$12,453 | -0.9% | 540 | $4,185,000 | $4,172,139 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | WALL·E | $905,000 | $965,559 | +$60,559 | +6.7% | 785 | $216,191,000 | $216,252,003 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Bottle Shock | $720,000 | $651,671 | -$68,329 | -9.5% | 324 | $1,740,000 | $1,671,490 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Hancock | $630,000 | $643,128 | +$13,128 | +2.1% | 588 | $226,344,000 | $226,357,065 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Kung Fu Panda | $561,000 | $579,281 | +$18,281 | +3.3% | 437 | $212,667,000 | $212,685,098 | 12 | DreamWorks | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | Elegy | $502,000 | $492,268 | -$9,732 | -1.9% | 92 | $749,000 | $739,357 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | Hamlet 2 | $435,000 | $439,925 | +$4,925 | +1.1% | 103 | $435,000 | $439,925 | 1 | Focus Features | - |
| 23 | 23 | - | Brideshead Revisited | $433,000 | $428,230 | -$4,770 | -1.1% | 444 | $5,491,000 | $5,486,995 | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 24 | 25 | +1 | Tell No One | $368,000 | $344,109 | -$23,891 | -6.5% | 101 | $3,801,000 | $3,778,035 | 8 | Music Box Films | - |
| 25 | 27 | +2 | Swing Vote | $303,000 | $300,014 | -$2,986 | -1% | 372 | $15,461,000 | $15,458,183 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $257,000 | $255,970 | -$1,030 | -0.4% | 286 | $75,110,000 | $75,108,440 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 27 | 29 | +2 | Iron Man | $236,000 | $243,342 | +$7,342 | +3.1% | 257 | $317,466,000 | $317,473,452 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 28 | 30 | +2 | Wanted | $227,000 | $220,985 | -$6,015 | -2.6% | 254 | $133,741,000 | $133,734,905 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 29 | 33 | +4 | Frozen River | $166,000 | $147,116 | -$18,884 | -11.4% | 41 | $450,000 | $431,865 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 30 | 34 | +4 | Transsiberian | $158,000 | $138,493 | -$19,507 | -12.3% | 38 | $530,000 | $510,541 | 6 | First Look International | - |
| 31 | 40 | +9 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $113,000 | $118,492 | +$5,492 | +4.9% | 136 | $315,281,000 | $315,286,725 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 32 | 42 | +10 | The Incredible Hulk | $106,000 | $103,435 | -$2,565 | -2.4% | 151 | $134,391,000 | $134,387,500 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 33 | 47 | +14 | I.O.U.S.A. | $62,300 | $61,313 | -$987 | -1.6% | 18 | $636,000 | $599,754 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 34 | 51 | +17 | Beer for My Horses | $42,200 | $38,309 | -$3,891 | -9.2% | 40 | $415,000 | $410,878 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 35 | 68 | +33 | Boy A | $15,400 | $15,707 | +$307 | +2% | 10 | $106,000 | $106,368 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 36 | 82 | +46 | The Fall | $5,760 | $5,624 | -$136 | -2.4% | 7 | $2,242,000 | $2,231,359 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 37 | 88 | +51 | Before the Rains | $5,540 | $4,024 | -$1,516 | -27.4% | 1 | $1,012,000 | $1,010,070 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - |
