| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Madea Goes to Jail | $41,120,000 | $41,030,947 | -$89,053 | -0.2% | 2,032 | $41,120,000 | $41,030,947 | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 2 | 3 | +1 | Taken | $11,400,000 | $11,281,262 | -$118,738 | -1% | 3,102 | $95,153,000 | $95,034,161 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | -1 | Coraline | $11,031,000 | $11,432,124 | +$401,124 | +3.6% | 2,155 | $53,393,000 | $53,766,843 | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $8,540,000 | $8,558,225 | +$18,225 | +0.2% | 3,050 | $70,083,000 | $70,100,901 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,050,000 | $8,384,680 | +$334,680 | +4.2% | 2,244 | $98,020,000 | $98,354,395 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Friday the 13th | $7,825,000 | $7,942,472 | +$117,472 | +1.5% | 3,105 | $55,002,000 | $55,119,663 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 8 | +1 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $7,019,000 | $6,742,778 | -$276,222 | -3.9% | 2,507 | $27,654,000 | $27,378,049 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | -1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $7,000,000 | $6,821,377 | -$178,623 | -2.6% | 2,835 | $121,380,000 | $121,200,930 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Fired Up! | $6,000,000 | $5,483,778 | -$516,222 | -8.6% | 1,810 | $6,000,000 | $5,483,778 | 1 | Screen Gems | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | The International | $4,450,000 | $4,463,916 | +$13,916 | +0.3% | 2,364 | $17,017,000 | $17,031,200 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | The Pink Panther 2 | $3,700,000 | $3,802,292 | +$102,292 | +2.8% | 2,658 | $29,374,000 | $29,475,898 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Gran Torino | $3,640,000 | $3,676,310 | +$36,310 | +1% | 2,030 | $134,436,000 | $134,472,755 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Push | $3,100,000 | $3,119,656 | +$19,656 | +0.6% | 1,882 | $24,733,000 | $24,752,472 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | The Reader | $2,810,000 | $2,642,770 | -$167,230 | -6% | 962 | $23,180,000 | $23,011,596 | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Hotel for Dogs | $2,200,000 | $2,325,378 | +$125,378 | +5.7% | 1,716 | $65,410,000 | $65,535,469 | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The Wrestler | $1,825,000 | $1,851,324 | +$26,324 | +1.4% | 617 | $21,552,000 | $21,578,377 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | The Uninvited | $1,326,000 | $1,292,129 | -$33,871 | -2.6% | 1,257 | $26,024,000 | $25,990,057 | 4 | DreamWorks | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,215,000 | $1,232,517 | +$17,517 | +1.4% | 754 | $124,194,000 | $124,211,606 | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 19 | 19 | - | Milk | $1,099,000 | $1,066,727 | -$32,273 | -2.9% | 411 | $28,176,000 | $28,120,218 | 13 | Focus Features | - |
| 20 | 20 | - | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $750,000 | $778,822 | +$28,822 | +3.8% | 676 | $45,035,000 | $45,064,150 | 5 | Screen Gems | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | Doubt | $719,000 | $711,360 | -$7,640 | -1.1% | 402 | $31,135,000 | $31,126,827 | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | Frost/Nixon | $678,000 | $653,580 | -$24,420 | -3.6% | 381 | $17,411,000 | $17,386,586 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 23 | 24 | +1 | Under the Sea 3D | $556,000 | $549,720 | -$6,280 | -1.1% | 50 | - | $1,700,685 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 24 | 25 | +1 | Revolutionary Road | $543,000 | $546,034 | +$3,034 | +0.6% | 350 | $21,373,000 | $21,376,846 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 25 | 26 | +1 | New in Town | $510,000 | $503,174 | -$6,826 | -1.3% | 505 | $15,307,000 | $15,299,806 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 26 | 27 | +1 | Twilight | $467,000 | $489,682 | +$22,682 | +4.9% | 406 | $189,421,000 | $189,443,645 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 28 | +1 | Defiance | $460,000 | $484,134 | +$24,134 | +5.2% | 567 | $27,153,000 | $27,176,722 | 8 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 28 | 29 | +1 | My Bloody Valentine | $380,000 | $386,032 | +$6,032 | +1.6% | 355 | $51,285,000 | $51,290,643 | 6 | Lionsgate | - |
| 29 | 32 | +3 | The Class | $345,000 | $273,252 | -$71,748 | -20.8% | 62 | $1,321,000 | $1,248,101 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 30 | 33 | +3 | Rachel Getting Married | $240,000 | $204,246 | -$35,754 | -14.9% | 264 | $12,390,000 | $12,354,351 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 31 | 41 | +10 | Waltz with Bashir | $135,000 | $115,901 | -$19,099 | -14.1% | 55 | $1,611,000 | $1,599,005 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 32 | 39 | +7 | The Tale of Despereaux | $120,000 | $130,395 | +$10,395 | +8.7% | 221 | $50,643,000 | $50,653,875 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 33 | 40 | +7 | The Unborn | $120,000 | $123,540 | +$3,540 | +3% | 174 | $42,493,000 | $42,497,050 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 34 | 43 | +9 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $93,000 | $97,817 | +$4,817 | +5.2% | 151 | $179,978,000 | $179,982,968 | 16 | DreamWorks | - |
| 35 | 49 | +14 | Gomorrah | $66,800 | $60,520 | -$6,280 | -9.4% | 6 | $211,000 | $204,810 | 10 | IFC Films | - |
| 36 | 47 | +11 | Valkyrie | $63,000 | $66,385 | +$3,385 | +5.4% | 115 | $82,367,000 | $82,370,632 | 9 | United Artists | - |
| 37 | 48 | +11 | Fanboys | $62,000 | $65,590 | +$3,590 | +5.8% | 34 | $395,000 | $398,301 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 38 | 55 | +17 | Wendy and Lucy | $45,600 | $42,359 | -$3,241 | -7.1% | 19 | $437,000 | $433,881 | 11 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 39 | 70 | +31 | Outlander | $7,000 | $7,404 | +$404 | +5.8% | 19 | $139,000 | $139,884 | 5 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
