| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Marley & Me | $6,178,848 | - | 467 | - | $13,230 | $6,178,848 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Watchmen | $1,855,229 | -59.1% | 418 | - | $4,438 | $8,524,311 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Gran Torino | $1,145,823 | -33.2% | 309 | +4 | $3,708 | $7,967,825 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,057,361 | -41.8% | 435 | -2 | $2,430 | $41,438,201 | 10 | Pathé | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The Young Victoria | $887,276 | -38.1% | 403 | +2 | $2,201 | $3,592,028 | 2 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Bolt | $664,601 | -51.9% | 445 | -27 | $1,493 | $24,155,032 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $595,788 | -56.8% | 398 | -16 | $1,496 | $10,732,948 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Unborn | $544,262 | -48.5% | 272 | -25 | $2,000 | $4,754,246 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Hotel for Dogs | $395,674 | -50.8% | 429 | -6 | $922 | $9,245,035 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 10 | - | Bronson | $361,646 | - | 85 | - | $4,254 | $361,646 | 1 | Vertigo Films | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | The International | $247,776 | -58.4% | 211 | -136 | $1,174 | $2,786,397 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | He's Just Not That Into You | $194,840 | -56.5% | 151 | -58 | $1,290 | $12,996,730 | 6 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $98,196 | -67.9% | 115 | -99 | $853 | $12,545,733 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | The Class | $95,108 | -35% | 29 | -4 | $3,279 | $710,966 | 3 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 15 | 17 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $81,618 | -41.5% | 59 | -2 | $1,383 | $3,400,728 | 6 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | The Reader | $78,953 | -47.6% | 75 | -29 | $1,052 | $7,701,782 | 11 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | The Pink Panther 2 | $74,940 | -65.5% | 216 | -85 | $346 | $4,431,320 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Hush | $64,054 | - | 34 | - | $1,883 | $64,054 | 1 | Optimum Releasing | true | false |
| 19 | 12 | New in Town | $56,376 | -81.3% | 108 | -169 | $522 | $1,454,594 | 3 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Doubt | $55,648 | -50.2% | 55 | -18 | $1,011 | $1,621,263 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 23 | Milk | $30,612 | -17.6% | 17 | -5 | $1,800 | $1,874,239 | 8 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 14 | Surveillance | $28,287 | -84.1% | 97 | -85 | $291 | $320,470 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 23 | 29 | Wendy and Lucy | $27,881 | +18.9% | 17 | +9 | $1,640 | $66,972 | 2 | Soda Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 25 | Revolutionary Road | $27,174 | -23.1% | 27 | -18 | $1,006 | $4,898,757 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Notorious | $22,612 | -71.1% | 48 | -34 | $471 | $3,856,215 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 26 | 33 | Friday the 13th | $18,331 | +14.4% | 72 | +34 | $254 | $3,190,029 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 27 | - | In the City of Sylvia | $16,204 | - | 2 | - | $8,102 | $16,204 | 1 | Axiom Films | true | false |
| 28 | 30 | Anvil | $15,448 | -31% | 10 | +1 | $1,544 | $151,450 | 4 | The Works UK Distribution | false | false |
| 29 | 20 | Push | $15,251 | -77.8% | 32 | -76 | $476 | $1,776,022 | 4 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | My Bloody Valentine | $15,067 | -47.5% | 26 | -4 | $579 | $9,635,325 | 9 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 31 | 24 | The Secret of Kells | $13,938 | -61.5% | 24 | - | $580 | $59,832 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 21 | Bedtime Stories | $13,385 | -71.9% | 84 | -17 | $159 | $12,108,222 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $12,685 | -4.4% | 3 | +1 | $4,228 | $154,510 | 5 | IMAX | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $12,303 | -56.9% | 54 | -12 | $227 | $5,149,601 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | Che: Part Two | $11,992 | -15.6% | 11 | -2 | $1,090 | $321,309 | 4 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 60 | City of Ember | $11,946 | +621.4% | 65 | +59 | $183 | $2,468,399 | 23 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Jag Jeondeyan De Mele | $11,499 | -39.3% | 8 | -1 | $1,437 | $170,988 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 38 | 35 | Valkyrie | $8,798 | -36.1% | 8 | -9 | $1,099 | $9,077,290 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 39 | 26 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $8,612 | -71.4% | 33 | -76 | $260 | $34,070,921 | 15 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 40 | 42 | Billu | $8,515 | -23.7% | 19 | +2 | $448 | $739,293 | 5 | Eros Worldwide | false | false |
| 41 | 44 | Che: Part One | $8,383 | +7% | 11 | +5 | $762 | $1,841,797 | 11 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | - | Alone | $8,017 | - | 3 | - | $2,672 | $8,017 | 1 | Most Production | true | false |
| 43 | 40 | Flame & Citron | $7,657 | -39.6% | 7 | - | $1,093 | $31,403 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | Delhi-6 | $7,534 | -42.1% | 6 | -5 | $1,255 | $314,853 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 48 | Twilight | $6,288 | +20.3% | 10 | -4 | $628 | $16,330,001 | 13 | Contender Entertainment Group | false | false |
| 46 | 49 | Frost/Nixon | $5,789 | +30% | 7 | +5 | $827 | $2,630,066 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 47 | 37 | The Wrestler | $5,728 | -56.7% | 14 | -3 | $409 | $3,520,819 | 9 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 48 | - | The Burning Plain | $5,652 | - | 6 | - | $942 | $5,652 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 49 | - | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | $5,489 | - | 1 | - | $5,489 | $5,489 | 1 | Optimum Releasing | true | false |
| 50 | 38 | The Secret of Moonacre | $5,164 | -60.9% | 31 | -34 | $166 | $1,223,278 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 51 | 22 | The Tale of Despereaux | $3,471 | -92.3% | 21 | -84 | $165 | $3,651,436 | 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 52 | 53 | Follow Kadri, Not Your Heart | $2,300 | -38.4% | 2 | - | $1,150 | $8,645 | 2 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false | false |
| 53 | 31 | American Teen | $2,284 | -88.6% | 5 | -10 | $456 | $32,256 | 2 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 41 | Franklyn | $2,119 | -81.7% | 3 | -28 | $706 | $146,198 | 3 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 55 | 50 | Rachel Getting Married | $2,090 | -51.9% | 3 | -2 | $696 | $451,873 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 56 | 55 | Inkheart | $1,674 | -41% | 9 | -6 | $186 | $5,483,198 | 14 | Entertainment Film Distributors | false | false |
| 57 | 54 | Role Models | $1,470 | -53.5% | 2 | -4 | $735 | $12,119,463 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 58 | - | The Governor | $1,279 | - | 2 | - | $639 | $1,279 | 1 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | true | false |
| 59 | 47 | Three Monkeys | $1,180 | -77.9% | 1 | -7 | $1,180 | $103,498 | 5 | New Wave Films | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | Sex Drive | $1,132 | -32% | 1 | -1 | $1,132 | $2,211,079 | 10 | Entertainment One | false | false |
| 61 | 62 | I've Loved You So Long | $992 | -8.3% | 2 | +1 | $496 | $1,820,421 | 25 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 62 | 57 | Defiance | $928 | -49.8% | 2 | -2 | $464 | $5,285,679 | 10 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | 52 | Recep Ivedik 2 | $892 | -78.7% | 1 | -1 | $892 | $145,812 | 5 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 64 | 70 | A Christmas Tale | $873 | +3,017.9% | 3 | +2 | $291 | $84,121 | 9 | New Wave Films | false | false |
| 65 | 65 | Waltz with Bashir | $570 | -41.1% | 1 | -2 | $570 | $973,420 | 17 | Artificial Eye | false | false |
| 66 | 64 | The Dark Knight | $561 | -42.1% | 1 | - | $561 | $89,065,022 | 34 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 67 | - | Wonderful Town | $420 | - | 1 | - | $420 | $420 | 1 | Soda Pictures | true | false |
| 68 | 63 | Zill-E-Shah | $332 | -65.7% | 1 | -1 | $332 | $2,941 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 69 | - | North Face | $244 | - | 1 | - | $244 | $69,177 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 70 | 66 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $209 | -75% | 1 | - | $209 | $53,452 | 13 | Park Circus | false | false |
| 71 | - | Burn After Reading | $192 | - | 1 | - | $192 | $12,710,743 | 22 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 72 | 74 | Gomorrah | $165 | +489.3% | 1 | - | $165 | $1,410,522 | 23 | Optimum Releasing | false | false |
| 73 | 43 | Igor | $154 | -98.2% | 1 | -63 | $154 | $6,731,423 | 23 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 74 | 61 | Dean Spanley 2008 Re-release | $28 | -97.5% | 1 | -1 | $28 | $291,446 | 14 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 75 | 71 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $28 | - | 1 | - | $28 | $595,050 | 18 | Momentum Pictures | false | false |
| 76 | 72 | Hunger | $28 | - | 1 | - | $28 | $1,200,337 | 20 | Pathé | false | false |
| 77 | 68 | The Good the Bad the Weird | $28 | -67.1% | 1 | - | $28 | $54,815 | 6 | Icon Film Distribution | false | false |
| 78 | 73 | Lorna's Silence | $28 | - | 1 | - | $28 | $49,580 | 16 | New Wave Films | false | false |
