| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $423,776 | -17% | 20.8% | 4 | Gran Torino | $277,514 | 65.5% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 2 | $412,750 | +10.2% | 20.2% | 6 | Will You Marry Us? | $156,471 | 37.9% | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $319,014 | -9.5% | 15.7% | 4 | The Reader | $163,928 | 51.4% | 5 | Ascot Elite Entertainment Group | - |
| 4 | 5 | $300,659 | +5.3% | 14.7% | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $300,659 | 100% | 11 | Pathé | - |
| 5 | 4 | $182,984 | -39.1% | 9% | 1 | Marley & Me | $182,984 | 100% | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 6 | 6 | $181,566 | -22.4% | 8.9% | 9 | The Unborn | $67,853 | 37.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $52,444 | +23.1% | 2.6% | 1 | Mid-August Lunch | $52,444 | 100% | 16 | Xenix Filmdistribution | - |
