| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 9 | $41,920,153 | +1,284.3% | 29.4% | 3 | Madea Goes to Jail | $41,030,947 | 97.9% | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 2 | 1 | $21,183,324 | -68.9% | 14.9% | 8 | He's Just Not That Into You | $8,558,225 | 40.4% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $15,087,585 | -47.7% | 10.6% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $6,821,377 | 45.2% | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 5 | $12,498,851 | -20.2% | 8.8% | 2 | Coraline | $11,432,124 | 91.5% | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 5 | 3 | $11,910,977 | -40.6% | 8.4% | 5 | Taken | $11,281,262 | 94.7% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 6 | $10,289,682 | +9.8% | 7.2% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,384,680 | 81.5% | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $7,227,868 | -53.9% | 5.1% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $6,742,778 | 93.3% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 10 | $6,262,600 | +162.8% | 4.4% | 2 | Fired Up! | $5,483,778 | 87.6% | 1 | Screen Gems | - |
| 9 | 7 | $3,715,324 | -58% | 2.6% | 3 | Hotel for Dogs | $2,325,378 | 62.6% | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 10 | 8 | $3,656,618 | -51.8% | 2.6% | 3 | Push | $3,119,656 | 85.3% | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 11 | 11 | $2,708,360 | +18.6% | 1.9% | 2 | The Reader | $2,642,770 | 97.6% | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 13 | $1,232,517 | -23.5% | 0.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,232,517 | 100% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 13 | 12 | $1,030,168 | -39.5% | 0.7% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $546,034 | 53% | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 14 | 14 | $907,515 | -2.9% | 0.6% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $653,580 | 72% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 15 | 15 | $711,360 | +13.9% | 0.5% | 1 | Doubt | $711,360 | 100% | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 16 | $692,235 | +25.9% | 0.5% | 6 | The Class | $273,252 | 39.5% | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 17 | 35 | $603,817 | +14,477.9% | 0.4% | 2 | Delhi-6 | $602,850 | 99.8% | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | $157,078 | -54.6% | 0.1% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $157,078 | 100% | 9 | Overture Films | - |
| 19 | 21 | $105,665 | -17.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $105,665 | 100% | 3 | Shorts International | - |
| 20 | 22 | $98,037 | -22.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Gomorrah | $60,520 | 61.7% | 10 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 19 | $79,712 | -41% | <0.1% | 2 | Two Lovers | $55,379 | 69.5% | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 22 | 23 | $75,354 | -1.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $37,817 | 50.2% | 179 | IMAX | - |
| 23 | 17 | $73,977 | -85.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Billu | $73,977 | 100% | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 24 | 20 | $66,385 | -48.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $66,385 | 100% | 9 | United Artists | - |
| 25 | 25 | $42,359 | +8.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $42,359 | 100% | 11 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 26 | 24 | $34,873 | -22.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $34,873 | 100% | 54 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 26 | $25,259 | -9% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $22,623 | 89.6% | 73 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 29 | 39 | $10,094 | +403.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $10,094 | 100% | 14 | Kino International | - |
| 31 | 27 | $7,404 | -63.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $7,404 | 100% | 5 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 32 | 31 | $6,445 | -28.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $3,524 | 54.7% | 6 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 33 | 34 | $5,890 | +32.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Made in U.S.A | $4,708 | 79.9% | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 34 | 36 | $3,252 | +11.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $3,252 | 100% | 5 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 35 | 30 | $3,200 | -68.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Absurdistan | $2,290 | 71.6% | 3 | First Run | - |
| 36 | 38 | $2,735 | +33.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Trouble the Water | $1,660 | 60.7% | 27 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 37 | 37 | $2,194 | -20.4% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $1,384 | 63.1% | 13 | Monterey Media | - |
| 38 | 41 | $1,796 | +47.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $1,796 | 100% | 16 | The Film Desk | - |
| 39 | 33 | $1,685 | -67.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $1,685 | 100% | 6 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 40 | 32 | $1,134 | -82% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $1,134 | 100% | 17 | SPEAK Productions | - |
| 41 | 43 | $753 | +106.9% | <0.1% | 1 | I.O.U.S.A. | $753 | 100% | 27 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 42 | 28 | $637 | -95.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $637 | 100% | 4 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 43 | 42 | $300 | -33.3% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $300 | 100% | 78 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
| 44 | 40 | $83 | -95.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $83 | 100% | 16 | Balcony Releasing | - |
