| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 7 | $34,312,815 | +931.9% | 25.7% | 4 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,324,487 | 94.2% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $30,825,605 | -59.6% | 23.1% | 3 | Fast & Furious | $27,237,905 | 88.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 2 | $28,327,350 | -30.1% | 21.2% | 3 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $21,812,253 | 77% | 3 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 8 | $12,272,945 | +539.8% | 9.2% | 6 | Observe and Report | $11,017,334 | 89.8% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 6 | $6,723,646 | +68.4% | 5% | 6 | Dragonball Evolution | $4,756,488 | 70.7% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $6,561,328 | -21% | 4.9% | 3 | Knowing | $6,433,433 | 98.1% | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 7 | 3 | $6,104,994 | -38.7% | 4.6% | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $5,901,215 | 96.7% | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 8 | 5 | $3,353,618 | -41.9% | 2.5% | 1 | Adventureland | $3,353,618 | 100% | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 9 | 9 | $1,768,211 | -4.2% | 1.3% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,733,473 | 98% | 5 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 12 | $596,019 | +59.5% | 0.4% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $596,019 | 100% | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 11 | $519,760 | +38.4% | 0.4% | 3 | Sin Nombre | $333,187 | 64.1% | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 10 | $331,351 | -41.6% | 0.2% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $282,366 | 85.2% | 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 13 | 14 | $302,365 | +17.4% | 0.2% | 7 | The Class | $114,242 | 37.8% | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 13 | $259,803 | -4.8% | 0.2% | 4 | Two Lovers | $153,335 | 59% | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 16 | $176,057 | +5.5% | 0.1% | 6 | Gomorrah | $84,842 | 48.2% | 17 | IFC Films | - |
| 16 | 15 | $129,500 | -41.4% | <0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $105,107 | 81.2% | 18 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 18 | 19 | $101,100 | +30.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $63,378 | 62.7% | 186 | IMAX | - |
| 19 | 22 | $91,392 | +60.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $91,392 | 100% | 4 | Truly Indie | - |
| 20 | 24 | $87,497 | +95.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Shall We Kiss? | $87,497 | 100% | 3 | Music Box Films | - |
| 21 | 17 | $83,380 | -36.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $83,380 | 100% | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 22 | 20 | $76,370 | +3.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Goodbye Solo | $66,567 | 87.2% | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 23 | 18 | $52,943 | -43.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $52,943 | 100% | 3 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 27 | $41,456 | +17.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,520 | 73.6% | 80 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 31 | $36,345 | +76% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $36,345 | 100% | 6 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 28 | $35,979 | +32.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Tokyo Sonata | $21,044 | 58.5% | 5 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 29 | 30 | $28,762 | +21.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Defiance | $28,762 | 100% | 15 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 32 | 23 | $25,869 | -50.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $25,869 | 100% | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 33 | 25 | $25,554 | -31.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $25,554 | 100% | 61 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 34 | 35 | $22,821 | +107% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $22,036 | 96.6% | 21 | Kino International | - |
| 35 | 29 | $20,480 | -21.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $20,480 | 100% | 18 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 36 | 34 | $18,469 | +60.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Tulpan | $9,065 | 49.1% | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 37 | 37 | $12,829 | +24.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $12,829 | 100% | 2 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 38 | 38 | $10,627 | +4.2% | <0.1% | 4 | Absurdistan | $5,271 | 49.6% | 10 | First Run | - |
| 39 | 32 | $10,205 | -38.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Enlighten Up! | $9,413 | 92.2% | 31 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 40 | 36 | $9,120 | -16.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Rolling | $5,390 | 59.1% | 2 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 41 | 26 | $8,390 | -76.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Bart Got a Room | $8,390 | 100% | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
| 42 | 49 | $5,556 | +181.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | $3,606 | 64.9% | 1 | Monterey Media | - |
| 44 | 41 | $4,793 | -48.6% | <0.1% | 3 | A Secret | $2,755 | 57.5% | 32 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 45 | 43 | $3,953 | -43.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $3,953 | 100% | 4 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 46 | 42 | $3,830 | -46.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $3,175 | 82.9% | 8 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 47 | 44 | $3,503 | -25.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $3,503 | 100% | 3 | Trela Media | - |
| 48 | 48 | $1,794 | -20.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Between Love & Goodbye | $1,794 | 100% | 11 | Embrem Entertainment | - |
| 49 | 47 | $1,628 | -36.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Mancora | $1,628 | 100% | 4 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 50 | 52 | $1,523 | +1,148.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $1,523 | 100% | 5 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 52 | 46 | $702 | -80.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $702 | 100% | 16 | United Artists | - |
| 53 | 40 | $686 | -92.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Made in U.S.A | $686 | 100% | 14 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 54 | 51 | $438 | -36.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $438 | 100% | 21 | The Cinema Guild | - |
