| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Tropic Thunder | $4,547,283 | - | 460 | - | $9,885 | $4,547,283 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Mamma Mia! | $1,297,361 | -31.7% | 443 | -26 | $2,928 | $112,898,509 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Women | $1,108,570 | -28.6% | 371 | +2 | $2,988 | $4,017,803 | 2 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Pineapple Express | $1,002,932 | -59.3% | 388 | -1 | $2,584 | $4,696,623 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | The Duchess | $950,128 | -37.2% | 415 | -11 | $2,289 | $8,729,579 | 3 | Pathé | false | false |
| 6 | 8 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $826,673 | -10.3% | 180 | +13 | $4,592 | $2,446,336 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | RocknRolla | $805,435 | -50.7% | 350 | -12 | $2,301 | $7,829,511 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Disaster Movie | $679,623 | -35.7% | 325 | -27 | $2,091 | $4,143,873 | 3 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Step Brothers | $571,245 | -49.1% | 306 | -38 | $1,866 | $10,705,239 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Strangers | $396,332 | -45.8% | 44 | -226 | $9,007 | $7,372,122 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Dark Knight | $387,054 | -39.3% | 180 | -49 | $2,150 | $87,879,903 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $190,566 | -52.3% | 217 | -74 | $878 | $13,513,071 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | WALL·E | $167,332 | -41% | 301 | -38 | $555 | $40,909,414 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Wild Child | $151,373 | -36.9% | 229 | -28 | $661 | $9,102,844 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Eden Lake | $144,166 | -58.1% | 166 | -18 | $868 | $741,179 | 2 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Get Smart | $128,299 | -53.5% | 181 | -86 | $708 | $8,651,604 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $98,010 | -25.5% | 203 | -14 | $482 | $5,336,319 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Space Chimps | $90,927 | -25.4% | 160 | -3 | $568 | $6,318,407 | 8 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 19 | - | Then She Found Me | $81,474 | - | 60 | - | $1,357 | $81,474 | 1 | Chelsea Films | true | false |
| 20 | - | Linha de Passe | $62,545 | - | 27 | - | $2,316 | $62,545 | 1 | Pathé | true | false |
| 21 | 16 | Bangkok Dangerous | $52,141 | -69.8% | 53 | -173 | $983 | $1,230,194 | 3 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 22 | - | The Wave | $51,238 | - | 26 | - | $1,970 | $51,238 | 1 | Momentum Pictures | true | false |
| 23 | 21 | Kung Fu Panda | $50,991 | -21.8% | 157 | +17 | $324 | $36,363,541 | 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Jar City | $35,660 | -39.4% | 14 | - | $2,547 | $137,821 | 2 | The Works UK Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Mera Pind: My Home | $33,774 | -43.6% | 13 | -2 | $2,598 | $300,515 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $24,616 | -63.1% | 42 | -33 | $586 | $20,861,177 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 27 | - | Unrelated | $24,259 | - | 7 | - | $3,465 | $24,259 | 1 | New Wave Films | true | false |
| 28 | 29 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $23,020 | -3.2% | 42 | +5 | $548 | $6,691,989 | 11 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 29 | - | Saas Bahu Aur Sensex | $22,655 | - | 24 | - | $943 | $22,655 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 30 | 28 | College Road Trip | $19,621 | -20.6% | 45 | -8 | $436 | $737,140 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | Man on Wire | $19,134 | -52.1% | 21 | +2 | $911 | $1,462,450 | 8 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $19,068 | -66.3% | 33 | -50 | $577 | $9,704,895 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | - | The Chaser | $17,673 | - | 9 | - | $1,963 | $17,673 | 1 | Momentum Pictures | true | false |
| 34 | 20 | Babylon A.D. | $17,511 | -73.6% | 18 | -49 | $972 | $2,132,847 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Somers Town | $15,977 | -59.3% | 29 | -13 | $550 | $950,309 | 5 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | $13,358 | -3.8% | 28 | -4 | $477 | $9,934,450 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | The Fox and the Child | $13,086 | -28.2% | 53 | +4 | $246 | $1,014,094 | 7 | Pathé | false | false |
| 38 | 35 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | $12,650 | -6.5% | 18 | -3 | $702 | $731,857 | 6 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | The Wackness | $7,883 | -46.2% | 18 | +9 | $437 | $416,964 | 4 | Revolver Entertainment | false | false |
| 40 | 25 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $6,735 | -86.2% | 17 | -80 | $396 | $21,561,300 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 32 | Times and Winds | $6,691 | -58.8% | 3 | -2 | $2,230 | $116,589 | 4 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 42 | - | Love Letters and Live Wires | $6,155 | - | 18 | - | $341 | $6,155 | 1 | British Film Institute (BFI) | true | false |
| 43 | 37 | Singh Is King | $4,517 | -48.4% | 4 | -1 | $1,129 | $2,466,777 | 7 | Studio 18 | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | The Romance of Astrea and Celadon | $3,900 | -36.9% | 1 | - | $3,900 | $15,155 | 2 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 45 | 30 | Elegy | $3,474 | -83.4% | 6 | -6 | $579 | $512,511 | 7 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 46 | 42 | Bachna Ae Haseeno | $3,366 | -38.2% | 6 | -7 | $561 | $566,570 | 6 | Yash Raj Films | false | false |
| 47 | 40 | Meet Dave | $2,822 | -53.8% | 12 | -7 | $235 | $3,049,326 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 48 | 62 | The Pope's Toilet | $2,589 | +148.5% | 3 | +2 | $863 | $164,865 | 8 | Soda Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | The Edge of Love | $2,274 | -40.8% | 4 | +1 | $568 | $2,371,555 | 14 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 50 | 46 | Paris | $2,164 | -39% | 2 | -2 | $1,082 | $238,096 | 9 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 51 | 70 | Angel | $2,086 | +229.5% | 3 | +1 | $695 | $42,939 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 52 | 66 | Priceless | $1,745 | +99.4% | 2 | - | $872 | $889,980 | 15 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 53 | - | Live! | $1,163 | - | 1 | - | $1,163 | $1,163 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | true | false |
| 54 | 63 | Savage Grace | $1,159 | +16.4% | 4 | +1 | $289 | $277,521 | 11 | Revolver Entertainment | false | false |
| 55 | 47 | The Visitor | $1,113 | -65.9% | 2 | -2 | $556 | $476,658 | 12 | Halcyon Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 45 | Ashes of Time | $1,080 | -71.5% | 1 | - | $1,080 | $8,264 | 2 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 57 | 60 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $954 | -17.4% | 4 | +2 | $238 | $4,156,118 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 58 | 57 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $901 | -51.8% | 3 | - | $300 | $73,448,330 | 18 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 59 | - | The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | $787 | - | 1 | - | $787 | $787 | 1 | Manga Entertainment | true | false |
| 60 | 41 | Summer Hours | $692 | -87.8% | 1 | -5 | $692 | $453,785 | 10 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 61 | 61 | Partition 2008 Re-release | $690 | -40.1% | 1 | - | $690 | $2,276 | 2 | Soda Pictures | false | false |
| 62 | 48 | Make It Happen | $628 | -79.6% | 2 | -8 | $314 | $2,436,085 | 7 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 56 | Badlands | $573 | -69.6% | 1 | -1 | $573 | $50,892 | 4 | British Film Institute (BFI) | false | false |
| 64 | 55 | The Banishment | $390 | -79.6% | 1 | -2 | $390 | $56,977 | 6 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 65 | 71 | The Secret of the Grain | $383 | +27.7% | 1 | - | $383 | $488,387 | 14 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 66 | 58 | Married Life | $363 | -76.7% | 1 | -1 | $363 | $81,417 | 8 | Verve Pictures | false | false |
| 67 | 64 | Before the Rains | $328 | -66.6% | 2 | -1 | $164 | $134,197 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 68 | 73 | The Apartment 2008 Re-release | $227 | +80.2% | 1 | - | $227 | $52,547 | 11 | Park Circus | false | false |
| 69 | 54 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2008 Re-release | $132 | -93.3% | 1 | -1 | $132 | $59,885 | 8 | Park Circus | false | false |
| 70 | 59 | Ben X | $119 | -92% | 1 | - | $119 | $13,562 | 4 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 71 | 53 | Sydney White | $55 | -97.3% | 1 | -4 | $55 | $2,384 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 72 | 72 | Female Agents | $48 | -83.3% | 1 | - | $48 | $490,024 | 13 | Revolver Entertainment | false | false |
| 73 | 52 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $46 | -97.8% | 1 | -1 | $46 | $1,516,102 | 16 | The Works UK Distribution | false | false |
| 74 | - | Grease 2008 Re-release | $37 | - | 1 | - | $37 | $37 | 1 | Park Circus | true | false |
| 75 | 49 | Elite Squad | $37 | -98.7% | 1 | -2 | $37 | $228,394 | 7 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
