| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Friday the 13th | $42,245,000 | $40,570,365 | -$1,674,635 | -4% | 3,105 | $42,245,000 | $40,570,365 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $19,610,000 | $19,518,465 | -$91,535 | -0.5% | 3,175 | $55,078,000 | $54,986,933 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Taken | $19,250,000 | $18,985,260 | -$264,740 | -1.4% | 3,109 | $77,925,000 | $77,660,012 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $15,406,000 | $15,066,360 | -$339,640 | -2.2% | 2,507 | $15,406,000 | $15,066,360 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Coraline | $15,323,000 | $14,783,157 | -$539,843 | -3.5% | 2,320 | $35,585,000 | $35,019,078 | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $11,700,000 | $10,983,319 | -$716,681 | -6.1% | 2,965 | $110,515,000 | $109,797,819 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | The International | $10,000,000 | $9,331,739 | -$668,261 | -6.7% | 2,364 | $10,000,000 | $9,331,739 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | The Pink Panther 2 | $9,000,000 | $8,513,476 | -$486,524 | -5.4% | 3,245 | $22,321,000 | $21,834,470 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,150,000 | $7,284,808 | +$134,808 | +1.9% | 1,634 | $86,546,000 | $86,680,723 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Push | $6,931,000 | $6,863,022 | -$67,978 | -1% | 2,313 | $19,325,000 | $19,257,450 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Gran Torino | $6,750,000 | $6,488,047 | -$261,953 | -3.9% | 2,303 | $128,893,000 | $128,631,419 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | The Uninvited | $4,762,000 | $4,347,464 | -$414,536 | -8.7% | 1,803 | $24,128,000 | $23,713,227 | 3 | DreamWorks | - |
| 13 | 12 | -1 | Hotel for Dogs | $4,233,000 | $4,351,535 | +$118,535 | +2.8% | 2,207 | $60,202,000 | $60,320,496 | 5 | DreamWorks | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $2,450,000 | $2,382,933 | -$67,067 | -2.7% | 1,224 | $43,530,000 | $43,463,630 | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | The Reader | $2,048,000 | $2,209,080 | +$161,080 | +7.9% | 742 | $18,996,000 | $19,157,194 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 16 | 18 | +2 | My Bloody Valentine | $1,860,000 | $1,553,385 | -$306,615 | -16.5% | 532 | $50,861,000 | $50,554,146 | 5 | Lionsgate | - |
| 17 | 16 | -1 | The Wrestler | $1,800,000 | $1,848,627 | +$48,627 | +2.7% | 667 | $18,703,000 | $18,751,411 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 18 | 19 | +1 | New in Town | $1,720,000 | $1,474,885 | -$245,115 | -14.3% | 1,022 | $14,543,000 | $14,298,188 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 19 | 17 | -2 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,604,000 | $1,611,370 | +$7,370 | +0.5% | 909 | $122,249,000 | $122,256,143 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Revolutionary Road | $978,000 | $987,212 | +$9,212 | +0.9% | 511 | $20,310,000 | $20,319,509 | 8 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | Milk | $816,000 | $878,057 | +$62,057 | +7.6% | 387 | $26,491,000 | $26,542,976 | 12 | Focus Features | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | Defiance | $700,000 | $714,404 | +$14,404 | +2.1% | 442 | $26,352,000 | $26,366,732 | 7 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Under the Sea 3D | $650,000 | $661,185 | +$11,185 | +1.7% | 49 | - | $661,185 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 24 | 23 | -1 | Twilight | $624,000 | $693,397 | +$69,397 | +11.1% | 460 | $188,546,000 | $188,615,708 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 25 | - | Doubt | $576,000 | $624,614 | +$48,614 | +8.4% | 326 | $29,974,000 | $30,022,601 | 10 | Miramax | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | Bride Wars | $515,000 | $493,050 | -$21,950 | -4.3% | 449 | $57,118,000 | $57,096,515 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 27 | 26 | -1 | Frost/Nixon | $473,000 | $515,780 | +$42,780 | +9% | 270 | $16,389,000 | $16,432,026 | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 28 | 30 | +2 | Marley & Me | $385,000 | $392,147 | +$7,147 | +1.9% | 334 | $141,053,000 | $141,060,468 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 29 | 34 | +5 | The Unborn | $254,000 | $238,065 | -$15,935 | -6.3% | 177 | $42,347,000 | $42,331,100 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 30 | 36 | +6 | The Class | $223,000 | $219,958 | -$3,042 | -1.4% | 35 | $869,000 | $866,384 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 31 | 35 | +4 | Notorious | $222,000 | $227,599 | +$5,599 | +2.5% | 158 | $36,612,000 | $36,617,963 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 32 | 38 | +6 | The Tale of Despereaux | $173,000 | $181,050 | +$8,050 | +4.7% | 255 | $50,403,000 | $50,411,335 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 33 | 39 | +6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $173,000 | $155,635 | -$17,365 | -10% | 182 | $179,826,000 | $179,808,450 | 15 | DreamWorks | - |
| 34 | 44 | +10 | Waltz with Bashir | $130,000 | $113,639 | -$16,361 | -12.6% | 46 | $1,407,000 | $1,405,707 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 35 | 43 | +8 | Rachel Getting Married | $129,000 | $124,494 | -$4,506 | -3.5% | 87 | $12,082,000 | $12,077,692 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 36 | 40 | +4 | Valkyrie | $123,000 | $129,409 | +$6,409 | +5.2% | 162 | $82,227,000 | $82,233,215 | 8 | United Artists | - |
| 37 | 48 | +11 | Gomorrah | $73,700 | $77,700 | +$4,000 | +5.4% | 5 | $84,700 | $88,105 | 9 | IFC Films | - |
| 38 | 49 | +11 | Fanboys | $59,700 | $74,599 | +$14,899 | +25% | 41 | $280,000 | $295,026 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 39 | 54 | +15 | Wendy and Lucy | $38,000 | $39,016 | +$1,016 | +2.7% | 15 | $366,000 | $367,197 | 10 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 40 | 61 | +21 | Outlander | $17,000 | $20,057 | +$3,057 | +18% | 34 | $124,000 | $126,923 | 4 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 41 | 64 | +23 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $10,700 | $12,440 | +$1,740 | +16.3% | 7 | $23,209,000 | $23,210,634 | 27 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
