| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Twilight | $2,658,471 | -29.4% | 457 | +2 | $5,817 | $12,588,712 | 3 | SND Films | false | false |
| 2 | - | Revolutionary Road | $2,658,461 | - | 300 | - | $8,861 | $2,658,461 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Seven Pounds | $2,116,043 | -34.3% | 346 | +2 | $6,115 | $5,803,985 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | Yes Man | $1,994,747 | - | 403 | - | $4,949 | $1,994,747 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | De l'autre côté du lit | $1,909,413 | -33.4% | 578 | - | $3,303 | $9,262,615 | 3 | Mars Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | - | Special Correspondents | $1,795,248 | - | 493 | - | $3,641 | $1,795,248 | 1 | EuropaCorp | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,278,268 | -5.9% | 156 | +30 | $8,194 | $2,905,622 | 2 | Pathé | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Defiance | $585,167 | -41.3% | 238 | - | $2,458 | $1,755,978 | 2 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Afterwards | $549,255 | -49.8% | 250 | - | $2,197 | $1,806,590 | 2 | Mars Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $514,687 | -34.8% | 384 | -122 | $1,340 | $41,355,527 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | - | Diamond 13 | $477,897 | - | 297 | - | $1,609 | $477,897 | 1 | MK2 Diffusion | true | false |
| 12 | 7 | Australia | $469,997 | -52.7% | 388 | -178 | $1,211 | $12,874,401 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Che: Part One | $460,384 | -49.9% | 345 | -36 | $1,334 | $3,384,975 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch | $352,054 | -52.8% | 317 | -139 | $1,110 | $13,209,621 | 6 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 33 | Seraphine | $307,899 | +763% | 160 | +100 | $1,924 | $4,255,396 | 17 | Diaphana Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | A Man and His Dog | $288,502 | -62.4% | 277 | - | $1,041 | $1,173,389 | 2 | Océan Films | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Beauties at War | $222,807 | -71.4% | 336 | -30 | $663 | $1,105,996 | 2 | Gaumont | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Burn After Reading | $183,950 | -52.3% | 197 | -98 | $933 | $11,095,692 | 7 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Louise hires a contract killer | $174,952 | -43.4% | 150 | - | $1,166 | $2,614,978 | 5 | Ad Vitam Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Trouble at Timpetill | $154,659 | -37% | 212 | -67 | $729 | $5,252,212 | 6 | Pathé | false | false |
| 21 | 44 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $146,058 | +629.6% | 120 | +101 | $1,217 | $14,748,167 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | - | Modern Life | $143,420 | - | 80 | - | $1,792 | $2,306,409 | 18 | Ad Vitam Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Beaches of Agnès | $138,541 | +13.2% | 89 | - | $1,556 | $1,222,646 | 6 | Les Films du Losange | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Frozen River | $135,300 | -40.5% | 63 | - | $2,147 | $731,529 | 3 | Rézo Films | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | The Sea Wall | $114,749 | -62.1% | 105 | -15 | $1,092 | $1,020,538 | 3 | Diaphana Distribution | false | false |
| 26 | 18 | The Flight Before Christmas | $96,022 | -40% | 173 | -77 | $555 | $4,413,957 | 6 | Bac Films | false | false |
| 27 | 20 | Mia and the Migoo | $93,693 | -31.1% | 160 | -23 | $585 | $3,236,331 | 7 | Gébéka Films | false | false |
| 28 | 52 | Home | $88,411 | +1,061.8% | 71 | +47 | $1,245 | $858,735 | 13 | Diaphana Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | - | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | $75,610 | - | 50 | - | $1,512 | $767,847 | 12 | CTV International | false | false |
| 30 | - | Clubbed | $71,872 | - | 46 | - | $1,562 | $71,872 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 31 | 21 | Three Monkeys | $67,058 | -47.9% | 68 | +11 | $986 | $223,843 | 2 | Pyramide Distribution | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | Two Lovers | $57,982 | -48.5% | 89 | -58 | $651 | $6,252,503 | 10 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false | false |
| 33 | 25 | Secret Defense | $57,273 | -46% | 89 | -14 | $643 | $4,563,241 | 7 | UGC Distribution | false | false |
| 34 | 23 | Il Divo | $52,015 | -55.5% | 45 | -16 | $1,155 | $743,487 | 4 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 35 | - | The Square | $47,575 | - | 25 | - | $1,903 | $47,575 | 1 | La Fabrique de Films | true | false |
| 36 | - | Religulous | $46,422 | - | 26 | - | $1,785 | $46,422 | 1 | Metropolitan Filmexport | true | false |
| 37 | 39 | Hunger | $45,109 | +70.7% | 72 | +9 | $626 | $834,623 | 9 | MK2 Diffusion | false | false |
| 38 | 28 | Anything for Her | $33,263 | -58.2% | 99 | -38 | $335 | $5,169,270 | 8 | Wild Bunch Distribution | false | false |
| 39 | - | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $33,123 | - | 59 | - | $561 | $10,499,301 | 27 | StudioCanal | false | false |
| 40 | - | Choke | $26,440 | - | 10 | - | $2,644 | $26,440 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 41 | 30 | Changeling | $23,132 | -55.7% | 73 | -43 | $316 | $10,030,754 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 42 | - | One Day You'll Understand | $21,407 | - | 15 | - | $1,427 | $21,407 | 1 | Pierre Grise Distribution | true | false |
| 43 | 42 | The Apprentice | $21,355 | -12.8% | 39 | - | $547 | $455,518 | 8 | TFM Distribution | false | false |
| 44 | 31 | Idiots and Angels | $19,351 | -51.8% | 10 | -2 | $1,935 | $75,970 | 2 | E.D. Distribution | false | false |
| 45 | - | Young@Heart | $18,890 | - | 60 | - | $314 | $469,226 | 5 | Le Pacte | false | false |
| 46 | 36 | Igor | $17,198 | -46.4% | 51 | -57 | $337 | $1,554,432 | 6 | TFM Distribution | false | false |
| 47 | - | Better Things | $16,149 | - | 10 | - | $1,614 | $16,149 | 1 | Memento Films | true | false |
| 48 | 27 | Eagle Eye | $15,130 | -82.2% | 22 | -42 | $687 | $2,694,083 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 49 | - | Birdsong | $14,483 | - | 10 | - | $1,448 | $14,483 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 50 | 38 | The Visitor | $14,252 | -46.4% | 41 | -15 | $347 | $1,752,716 | 13 | TFM Distribution | false | false |
| 51 | 37 | Le vilain | $13,913 | -52.1% | 45 | -64 | $309 | $7,816,546 | 11 | SND Films | false | false |
| 52 | 32 | Fados | $13,581 | -65.3% | 12 | - | $1,131 | $58,713 | 2 | TFM Distribution | false | false |
| 53 | 29 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $12,776 | -81.5% | 35 | -72 | $365 | $8,960,971 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 54 | - | Mascarades | $12,445 | - | 34 | - | $366 | $469,226 | 7 | Haut et Court | false | false |
| 55 | 46 | Musée haut, musée bas | $11,810 | -13.9% | 25 | -5 | $472 | $3,808,948 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 56 | 57 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $11,402 | +219.9% | 2 | - | $5,701 | $1,800,744 | 13 | MK2 Diffusion | false | false |
| 57 | 19 | The Spirit | $10,498 | -92.3% | 47 | -112 | $223 | $2,369,254 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 58 | 49 | Stella | $10,373 | +10.7% | 41 | +10 | $253 | $667,837 | 11 | Diaphana Distribution | false | false |
| 59 | 41 | 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | $9,559 | -61.6% | 9 | - | $1,062 | $43,422 | 2 | Eurozoom | false | false |
| 60 | 43 | Parc | $9,462 | -61.3% | 13 | - | $727 | $40,405 | 2 | Ad Vitam Distribution | false | false |
| 61 | 47 | The Wedding Song | $7,898 | -41.4% | 29 | -7 | $272 | $284,074 | 6 | Pyramide Distribution | false | false |
| 62 | - | Fragments of Conversations with Jean-Luc Godard | $4,721 | - | 1 | - | $4,721 | $4,721 | 1 | Éditions Montparnasse | true | false |
| 63 | 56 | The Joy of Singing | $3,509 | -15.6% | 16 | +1 | $219 | $439,377 | 9 | Pyramide Distribution | false | false |
| 64 | - | Combalimon | $3,334 | - | 1 | - | $3,334 | $3,334 | 1 | Eurozoom | true | false |
| 65 | 35 | Four Christmases | $1,454 | -95.8% | 8 | -52 | $181 | $1,751,664 | 4 | Metropolitan Filmexport | false | false |
| 66 | 54 | Everything Is Fine | $239 | -96.3% | 3 | -1 | $79 | $35,206 | 3 | UGC Distribution | false | false |
