| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 2 | 2 | $24,676,170 | -9.4% | 21.7% | 5 | Fighting | $11,024,370 | 44.7% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $20,380,671 | +21.2% | 17.9% | 4 | The Soloist | $9,716,458 | 47.7% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 4 | $15,781,947 | +11% | 13.9% | 5 | Earth | $8,825,760 | 55.9% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 1 | $14,032,208 | -51.1% | 12.3% | 6 | 17 Again | $11,518,495 | 82.1% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | $4,115,499 | -59.6% | 3.6% | 2 | Crank: High Voltage | $2,618,379 | 63.6% | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,043,601 | -44.6% | 1.8% | 3 | Knowing | $1,943,154 | 95.1% | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 8 | 7 | $767,599 | -70.2% | 0.7% | 6 | Taken | $355,149 | 46.3% | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | $587,176 | -41.3% | 0.5% | 1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $587,176 | 100% | 7 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 8 | $532,270 | -60% | 0.5% | 1 | Adventureland | $532,270 | 100% | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 11 | 10 | $357,883 | -24.5% | 0.3% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $357,883 | 100% | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 12 | 12 | $325,054 | +10.5% | 0.3% | 7 | Sugar | $91,739 | 28.2% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 11 | $287,750 | -30.8% | 0.3% | 2 | Sin Nombre | $206,935 | 71.9% | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 15 | 24 | $116,479 | +152.1% | 0.1% | 1 | Is Anybody There? | $116,479 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 16 | 14 | $85,123 | -50.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $71,403 | 83.9% | 24 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 17 | 18 | $78,404 | -5.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $73,297 | 93.5% | 6 | Truly Indie | - |
| 18 | 15 | $75,005 | -38.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Two Lovers | $44,864 | 59.8% | 11 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 19 | 16 | $67,875 | -39.1% | <0.1% | 5 | Gomorrah | $26,960 | 39.7% | 19 | IFC Films | - |
| 20 | 13 | $66,510 | -72.6% | <0.1% | 1 | American Violet | $66,510 | 100% | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 21 | 17 | $60,974 | -27.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $36,465 | 59.8% | 188 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 23 | $50,378 | +1.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Shall We Kiss? | $36,511 | 72.5% | 5 | Music Box Films | - |
| 23 | 28 | $46,466 | +42.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Anvil: The Story of Anvil | $46,466 | 100% | 3 | Abramorama | - |
| 24 | 25 | $41,505 | -1.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Lymelife | $41,505 | 100% | 3 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 25 | 41 | $40,672 | +275.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Defiance | $40,672 | 100% | 17 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 26 | 20 | $33,803 | -46.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Goodbye Solo | $27,306 | 80.8% | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 27 | 22 | $31,067 | -46.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Tera Mera Ki Rishta | $31,067 | 100% | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 28 | 27 | $24,393 | -30.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,977 | 77.8% | 82 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 29 | 34 | $23,231 | +25.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Rolling | $13,288 | 57.2% | 4 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 30 | 32 | $22,394 | +7.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $22,394 | 100% | 63 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 31 | 19 | $20,822 | -67.9% | <0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $20,822 | 100% | 20 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 32 | 30 | $17,900 | -24.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $17,900 | 100% | 5 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 33 | 33 | $17,494 | -5.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Wendy and Lucy | $8,366 | 47.8% | 20 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 34 | 29 | $14,998 | -43.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $14,998 | 100% | 8 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 35 | 31 | $14,671 | -33.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Tokyo Sonata | $9,181 | 62.6% | 7 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 36 | 35 | $14,020 | -5.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Examined Life | $7,317 | 52.2% | 9 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 38 | 49 | $11,134 | +482% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $11,134 | 100% | 7 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 39 | 45 | $8,837 | +2.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $8,837 | 100% | 4 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 41 | 26 | $7,962 | -77.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Sleep Dealer | $7,962 | 100% | 2 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 42 | 43 | $6,128 | -30.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,128 | 100% | 23 | Kino International | - |
| 43 | 47 | $5,735 | +19.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $4,075 | 71.1% | 10 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 44 | 39 | $5,498 | -52% | <0.1% | 1 | In a Dream | $5,498 | 100% | 3 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 46 | 37 | $4,893 | -58% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $4,893 | 100% | 3 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - |
| 47 | 44 | $4,572 | -48.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Perestroika | $2,383 | 52.1% | 6 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 48 | 40 | $3,231 | -71% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $2,751 | 85.1% | 15 | First Run | - |
| 49 | 46 | $3,064 | -58.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $3,064 | 100% | 9 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 50 | 42 | $2,519 | -73.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Z | $1,993 | 79.1% | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 51 | 51 | $2,220 | +48.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Coyote County Loser | $2,220 | 100% | 6 | Roebuck Media | - |
| 52 | 38 | $1,976 | -83% | <0.1% | 1 | Enlighten Up! | $1,976 | 100% | 33 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 54 | 36 | $1,610 | -88.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Royal Kill | $1,610 | 100% | 3 | 21st Century Film Production | - |
| 55 | 48 | $373 | -82.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Home | $226 | 60.6% | 1 | Monterey Media | - |
