| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | $784,269 | -18% | 29.7% | 5 | Gran Torino | $419,404 | 53.5% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 8 | $500,661 | +1,206.3% | 18.9% | 3 | Marley & Me | $474,313 | 94.7% | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 3 | 3 | $486,763 | +54.5% | 18.4% | 4 | The Reader | $256,178 | 52.6% | 3 | Ascot Elite Entertainment Group | - |
| 4 | 2 | $356,879 | -14.3% | 13.5% | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $356,879 | 100% | 9 | Pathé | - |
| 5 | 4 | $193,711 | -38.2% | 7.3% | 7 | Hotel for Dogs | $86,634 | 44.7% | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - |
| 6 | 5 | $193,429 | -33.9% | 7.3% | 4 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $80,249 | 41.5% | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $76,159 | -12.5% | 2.9% | 2 | Home | $48,161 | 63.2% | 21 | Filmcoopi Zürich | - |
| 8 | 7 | $52,333 | -35% | 2% | 1 | The Wrestler | $52,333 | 100% | 3 | Frenetic Films | - |
