| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $9,555,521 | +390.1% | 48.3% | 4 | Terminator Salvation | $7,636,415 | 79.9% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 1 | $4,303,045 | +2.2% | 21.7% | 3 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $3,857,601 | 89.6% | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 3 | 2 | $2,054,963 | -33.4% | 10.4% | 1 | Drag Me to Hell | $2,054,963 | 100% | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 4 | 4 | $1,413,907 | -2.9% | 7.1% | 2 | Star Trek | $1,363,079 | 96.4% | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | - |
| 5 | 14 | $1,028,275 | +18,073.8% | 5.2% | 2 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,023,102 | 99.5% | 1 | Momentum Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $598,745 | +7.7% | 3% | 2 | Coraline | $591,207 | 98.7% | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - |
| 7 | 5 | $520,775 | -12.9% | 2.6% | 2 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $411,843 | 79.1% | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 8 | 17 | $144,786 | +6,990.4% | 0.7% | 3 | Anything for Her | $142,935 | 98.7% | 1 | Metrodome Distribution | - |
| 9 | 9 | $52,362 | -15.1% | 0.3% | 1 | Synecdoche, New York | $52,362 | 100% | 4 | Revolver Entertainment | - |
| 10 | 10 | $47,492 | +23.5% | 0.2% | 3 | In the Loop | $28,411 | 59.8% | 8 | Optimum Releasing | - |
| 11 | 7 | $35,087 | -68.6% | 0.2% | 2 | Tormented | $24,851 | 70.8% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 12 | $18,109 | -4.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Sleep Furiously | $18,109 | 100% | 2 | New Wave Films | - |
| 16 | 13 | $2,139 | -66.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,139 | 100% | 22 | Pathé | - |
| 19 | 16 | $633 | -78.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Sounds Like Teen Spirit | $633 | 100% | 5 | Warner Music | - |
