| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Taken | $24,717,037 | - | 3,183 | - | $7,765 | $24,717,037 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $13,872,751 | -35.8% | 3,206 | +62 | $4,327 | $83,247,655 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Uninvited | $10,325,824 | - | 2,344 | - | $4,405 | $10,325,824 | 1 | DreamWorks | true | false |
| 4 | 4 | Hotel for Dogs | $8,632,740 | -32.9% | 3,160 | -111 | $2,731 | $48,156,061 | 3 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Gran Torino | $8,232,278 | -49.3% | 3,015 | -30 | $2,730 | $110,178,990 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,628,713 | -28.7% | 1,633 | +222 | $4,671 | $67,193,169 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $7,581,272 | -63.6% | 2,942 | - | $2,576 | $33,165,746 | 2 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 8 | - | New in Town | $6,741,530 | - | 1,941 | - | $3,473 | $6,741,530 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | My Bloody Valentine | $4,479,662 | -55.3% | 1,406 | -1,128 | $3,186 | $44,827,233 | 3 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Inkheart | $3,721,492 | -51% | 2,655 | - | $1,401 | $12,813,023 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $3,544,251 | -41.8% | 2,126 | -137 | $1,667 | $116,473,266 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Bride Wars | $3,524,896 | -48.7% | 1,985 | -636 | $1,775 | $53,891,483 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Revolutionary Road | $2,674,320 | -48.4% | 1,077 | +19 | $2,483 | $16,054,024 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Defiance | $2,503,514 | -55.8% | 1,662 | -131 | $1,506 | $22,800,595 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 15 | 20 | The Reader | $2,380,376 | +69.6% | 1,002 | +635 | $2,375 | $12,655,858 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | The Wrestler | $2,313,149 | -38.2% | 722 | +156 | $3,203 | $13,051,867 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Notorious | $1,700,301 | -70.6% | 1,080 | -561 | $1,574 | $35,011,149 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 18 | 23 | Milk | $1,481,155 | +67.4% | 882 | +632 | $1,679 | $23,464,697 | 10 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Frost/Nixon | $1,403,550 | -53.6% | 1,105 | +6 | $1,270 | $14,316,246 | 9 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,227,208 | -57.2% | 893 | -215 | $1,374 | $11,694,498 | 6 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | The Unborn | $1,222,980 | -71.9% | 1,308 | -799 | $935 | $41,318,365 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | Marley & Me | $960,224 | -68.3% | 1,022 | -1,014 | $939 | $139,793,037 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Doubt | $836,997 | -1.3% | 602 | +198 | $1,390 | $27,984,891 | 8 | Miramax | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Twilight | $623,836 | -36.3% | 413 | -139 | $1,510 | $187,010,870 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | Bedtime Stories | $555,488 | -71.6% | 639 | -1,021 | $869 | $108,566,034 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | The Dark Knight | $436,843 | -34.5% | 211 | -139 | $2,070 | $532,356,746 | 29 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 19 | Valkyrie | $402,518 | -73.3% | 509 | -601 | $790 | $81,619,482 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | Not Easily Broken | $373,286 | -61.1% | 292 | -191 | $1,278 | $10,302,104 | 4 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 29 | 27 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $326,479 | -35.9% | 275 | -28 | $1,187 | $179,282,122 | 13 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | The Tale of Despereaux | $229,175 | -20.6% | 312 | -68 | $734 | $49,899,955 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $223,075 | -51.5% | 220 | -150 | $1,013 | $11,659,863 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 32 | - | Luck by Chance | $217,439 | - | 57 | - | $3,814 | $217,439 | 1 | Adlabs Films | true | false |
| 33 | 25 | Yes Man | $208,017 | -74.1% | 277 | -427 | $750 | $95,848,155 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | Australia | $172,706 | -18.2% | 297 | +56 | $581 | $48,955,455 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Waltz with Bashir | $157,155 | +4.5% | 44 | +19 | $3,571 | $991,343 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | - | The Class | $155,190 | - | 25 | - | $6,207 | $314,334 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | 36 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $128,771 | -6.8% | 201 | +16 | $640 | $78,781,466 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 38 | 34 | Bolt | $122,480 | -32.9% | 173 | -8 | $707 | $112,973,613 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | Four Christmases | $84,577 | -59.5% | 183 | -127 | $462 | $120,073,790 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $79,027 | -39.5% | 24 | -2 | $3,292 | $843,519 | 8 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $67,487 | -33.1% | 136 | -22 | $496 | $94,497,271 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 49 | Wendy and Lucy | $45,354 | +38.8% | 13 | +5 | $3,488 | $251,210 | 8 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 43 | 43 | Let the Right One In | $37,866 | -27.6% | 29 | -11 | $1,305 | $1,828,452 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 46 | I've Loved You So Long | $31,967 | -19.5% | 27 | -1 | $1,183 | $2,649,479 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 44 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,100 | -40.2% | 15 | -1 | $2,006 | $20,727,547 | 70 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 46 | - | Frozen River | $30,036 | - | 25 | - | $1,201 | $2,339,994 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 48 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $29,383 | -17.4% | 11 | -2 | $2,671 | $12,790,022 | 25 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 48 | 55 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $28,245 | +74.1% | 9 | +1 | $3,138 | $5,372,975 | 51 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 49 | 45 | Synecdoche, New York | $25,989 | -45.4% | 23 | -5 | $1,129 | $2,971,177 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $25,959 | +7% | 7 | +1 | $3,708 | $27,357,067 | 176 | IMAX | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | Space Station 3D | $25,483 | +5.6% | 10 | - | $2,548 | $77,554,715 | 355 | IMAX | false | false |
| 52 | 40 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $20,425 | -73.6% | 25 | -28 | $817 | $23,164,041 | 25 | - | false | false |
| 53 | 63 | Deep Sea | $19,653 | +184.9% | 6 | - | $3,275 | $37,402,863 | 153 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | Roving Mars | $18,357 | -4.8% | 7 | - | $2,622 | $9,959,080 | 158 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 55 | 38 | CC2C | $17,409 | -86.1% | 25 | -105 | $696 | $912,585 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 56 | 50 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $12,910 | -49.6% | 46 | -37 | $280 | $90,556,401 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | - | Service | $12,824 | - | 2 | - | $6,412 | $12,824 | 1 | Regent Releasing | true | false |
| 58 | - | Medicine for Melancholy | $12,625 | - | 1 | - | $12,625 | $12,625 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
| 59 | 54 | The Secret Life of Bees | $10,175 | -47.2% | 18 | -21 | $565 | $37,723,101 | 16 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 42 | Outlander | $9,270 | -84.4% | 33 | -48 | $280 | $96,032 | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | false | false |
| 61 | 65 | Of Time and the City | $8,781 | +56.9% | 2 | +1 | $4,390 | $19,267 | 2 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 73 | A Secret | $7,379 | +161.6% | 4 | +1 | $1,844 | $597,274 | 22 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 69 | Were the World Mine | $7,189 | +65.2% | 2 | - | $3,594 | $103,110 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 64 | - | Between Love & Goodbye | $6,674 | - | 1 | - | $6,674 | $6,674 | 1 | Embrem Entertainment | true | false |
| 65 | 61 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $5,775 | -34.5% | 10 | -1 | $577 | $13,557,955 | 14 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 66 | 87 | Trouble the Water | $4,748 | +761.7% | 4 | +3 | $1,187 | $498,388 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 67 | 60 | Owl and the Sparrow | $3,382 | -62.2% | 2 | -2 | $1,691 | $28,788 | 3 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 68 | - | Blessed Is the Match | $3,316 | - | 1 | - | $3,316 | $4,186 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | true | false |
| 69 | 76 | The Secret of the Grain | $3,063 | +24% | 1 | - | $3,063 | $62,807 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 70 | 66 | Silent Light | $3,052 | -41.7% | 1 | - | $3,052 | $52,293 | 4 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 71 | - | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,735 | - | 1 | - | $2,735 | $72,333 | 11 | Kino International | false | false |
| 72 | 81 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,687 | +175% | 4 | +2 | $671 | $66,688 | 13 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 73 | 59 | Soul Men | $2,590 | -72.2% | 11 | -27 | $235 | $12,081,447 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 74 | 70 | Stranded | $2,544 | -31.5% | 3 | -1 | $848 | $83,311 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 75 | 72 | Tell No One | $2,407 | -18.7% | 3 | - | $802 | $6,173,918 | 31 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 76 | 80 | Just Another Love Story | $2,249 | +113.2% | 2 | +1 | $1,124 | $13,437 | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 77 | 64 | A Christmas Tale | $2,084 | -64% | 5 | -5 | $416 | $1,060,602 | 12 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 78 | 56 | Killshot | $1,675 | -84.4% | 5 | - | $335 | $17,007 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 79 | 82 | The Wild Child | $1,483 | +91.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,483 | $35,910 | 13 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 80 | 75 | U2 3D | $1,399 | -46% | 2 | +1 | $699 | $9,690,230 | 54 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 81 | 84 | Ciao | $1,297 | +83.7% | 1 | - | $1,297 | $32,867 | 9 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 82 | 78 | Lola Montès | $1,283 | -1.8% | 2 | - | $641 | $104,839 | 17 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 83 | - | Eden | $923 | - | 2 | - | $461 | $14,823 | 12 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 84 | 86 | The Betrayal | $875 | +40.7% | 3 | +2 | $291 | $16,708 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 85 | 74 | How About You | $866 | -66.6% | 3 | -1 | $288 | $59,715 | 12 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 86 | 68 | Donkey Punch | $819 | -82.7% | 1 | -1 | $819 | $8,372 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 87 | - | Breakfast with Scot | $720 | - | 1 | - | $720 | $44,103 | 17 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 88 | 88 | Momma's Man | $621 | +37.7% | 3 | +2 | $207 | $98,705 | 24 | Kino International | false | false |
| 89 | - | Love Comes Lately | $586 | - | 1 | - | $586 | $77,458 | 34 | Kino International | false | false |
| 90 | - | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $500 | - | 1 | - | $500 | $10,942 | 13 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 91 | 79 | A Man Named Pearl | $464 | -60.2% | 2 | +1 | $232 | $204,072 | 75 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 92 | - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $87 | - | 1 | - | $87 | $4,509 | 12 | First Run | false | false |
| 93 | 90 | The Secrets | $71 | -61.6% | 1 | - | $71 | $63,527 | 10 | Monterey Media | false | false |
