| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Final Destination | $15,295,069 | - | 3,121 | - | $4,900 | $50,435,066 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Inglourious Basterds | $14,950,490 | - | 3,358 | - | $4,452 | $95,146,098 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 3 | - | All About Steve | $14,057,806 | - | 2,251 | - | $6,245 | $14,057,806 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 4 | - | Gamer | $11,203,761 | - | 2,502 | - | $4,477 | $11,203,761 | 1 | Lionsgate Films | true | false |
| 5 | - | District 9 | $9,114,591 | - | 3,139 | - | $2,903 | $103,388,712 | 4 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Julie & Julia | $7,077,574 | - | 2,528 | - | $2,799 | $80,717,968 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | - | Halloween II | $6,872,800 | - | 3,088 | - | $2,225 | $26,928,692 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 8 | - | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $6,705,288 | - | 2,846 | - | $2,356 | $141,021,754 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Extract | $5,513,634 | - | 1,611 | - | $3,422 | $5,513,634 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Time Traveler's Wife | $5,465,925 | - | 2,803 | - | $1,950 | $55,809,927 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Shorts | $3,845,717 | - | 2,631 | - | $1,461 | $18,272,777 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | - | G-Force | $2,842,407 | - | 1,477 | - | $1,924 | $115,469,113 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $2,502,248 | - | 1,091 | - | $2,293 | $297,614,366 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | 500 Days of Summer | $2,381,148 | - | 935 | - | $2,546 | $28,449,326 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 15 | - | Taking Woodstock | $1,916,451 | - | 1,395 | - | $1,373 | $6,442,111 | 2 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 16 | - | Ponyo | $1,869,502 | - | 890 | - | $2,100 | $13,519,023 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Hangover | $1,497,906 | - | 709 | - | $2,112 | $272,197,388 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | The Ugly Truth | $1,121,176 | - | 773 | - | $1,450 | $87,565,314 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | - | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $1,010,358 | - | 507 | - | $1,992 | $400,641,549 | 11 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 20 | - | Up | $966,434 | - | 418 | - | $2,312 | $290,866,563 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $802,378 | - | 425 | - | $1,887 | $194,224,066 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 22 | - | The Proposal | $756,916 | - | 441 | - | $1,716 | $161,137,964 | 12 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Aliens in the Attic | $678,583 | - | 522 | - | $1,299 | $23,778,296 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 24 | - | My One and Only | $503,255 | - | 77 | - | $6,535 | $702,355 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | - | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | $446,037 | - | 508 | - | $878 | $14,829,185 | 4 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 26 | - | Star Trek | $406,525 | - | 268 | - | $1,516 | $257,171,491 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | - | Post Grad | $366,778 | - | 673 | - | $544 | $6,203,444 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 28 | - | The Hurt Locker | $335,018 | - | 259 | - | $1,293 | $12,061,786 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 29 | - | Adam | $309,846 | - | 159 | - | $1,948 | $1,809,582 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 30 | - | Under the Sea 3D | $309,040 | - | 65 | - | $4,754 | $17,135,431 | 30 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | - | Orphan | $288,443 | - | 230 | - | $1,254 | $41,038,855 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | - | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $254,654 | - | 205 | - | $1,242 | $176,794,393 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 33 | - | My Sister's Keeper | $243,622 | - | 262 | - | $929 | $48,768,377 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | - | A Perfect Getaway | $221,595 | - | 237 | - | $935 | $15,356,310 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | - | Funny People | $212,935 | - | 252 | - | $844 | $51,679,800 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | - | It Might Get Loud | $208,182 | - | 56 | - | $3,717 | $618,252 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 37 | - | The September Issue | $194,847 | - | 20 | - | $9,742 | $521,064 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 38 | - | In the Loop | $187,780 | - | 92 | - | $2,041 | $2,020,847 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 39 | - | Bandslam | $133,438 | - | 227 | - | $587 | $5,096,559 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 40 | - | Cold Souls | $118,171 | - | 52 | - | $2,272 | $629,727 | 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 41 | - | Carriers | $90,820 | - | 100 | - | $908 | $90,820 | 1 | Paramount Vantage | true | false |
| 42 | - | Paper Heart | $90,713 | - | 89 | - | $1,019 | $1,084,169 | 5 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 43 | - | World's Greatest Dad | $72,038 | - | 29 | - | $2,484 | $117,540 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | - | Amreeka | $71,548 | - | 4 | - | $17,887 | $71,548 | 1 | National Geographic Entertainment | true | false |
| 45 | - | Kaminey | $62,550 | - | 34 | - | $1,839 | $1,286,143 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | - | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $57,811 | - | 14 | - | $4,129 | $132,085 | 3 | Vitagraph Films | false | false |
| 47 | - | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $57,279 | - | 23 | - | $2,490 | $722,545 | 9 | International Film Circuit | false | false |
| 48 | - | Moon | $56,564 | - | 41 | - | $1,379 | $4,733,186 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 49 | - | Still Walking | $54,924 | - | 8 | - | $6,865 | $86,000 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 50 | - | The Collector | $54,891 | - | 72 | - | $762 | $7,610,591 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 51 | - | Food, Inc. | $51,046 | - | 53 | - | $963 | $4,186,562 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 52 | - | The Cove | $42,753 | - | 24 | - | $1,781 | $688,699 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 53 | - | Play the Game | $32,015 | - | 30 | - | $1,067 | $520,849 | 28 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | - | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $31,857 | - | 8 | - | $3,982 | $22,145,086 | 101 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 55 | - | I Love You, Beth Cooper | $30,839 | - | 35 | - | $881 | $14,747,977 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 56 | - | Seraphine | $28,356 | - | 17 | - | $1,668 | $690,730 | 14 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 57 | - | Big Fan | $28,160 | - | 10 | - | $2,816 | $62,436 | 2 | First Independent Pictures | false | false |
| 58 | - | Lorna's Silence | $27,229 | - | 14 | - | $1,944 | $239,736 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 59 | - | Departures | $27,133 | - | 16 | - | $1,695 | $1,322,926 | 15 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 60 | - | Whatever Works | $24,810 | - | 26 | - | $954 | $5,254,492 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 61 | - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,135 | - | 3 | - | $8,045 | $29,822,121 | 207 | IMAX | false | false |
| 62 | - | The Wonder of it All | $23,418 | - | 6 | - | $3,903 | $744,298 | 8 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 63 | - | Terminator Salvation | $20,205 | - | 24 | - | $841 | $125,320,003 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 64 | - | Flame & Citron | $18,495 | - | 8 | - | $2,311 | $111,924 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 65 | - | Tetro | $18,222 | - | 12 | - | $1,518 | $478,597 | 13 | American Zoetrope | false | false |
| 66 | - | U2 3D | $17,015 | - | 3 | - | $5,671 | $10,191,346 | 85 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 67 | - | A Woman in Berlin | $15,703 | - | 8 | - | $1,962 | $178,668 | 8 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 68 | - | The Headless Woman | $14,633 | - | 3 | - | $4,877 | $60,845 | 3 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 69 | - | Space Station 3D | $13,694 | - | 4 | - | $3,423 | $79,723,690 | 386 | IMAX | false | false |
| 70 | - | American Casino | $10,504 | - | 2 | - | $5,252 | $23,473 | 4 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 71 | - | La fille de Monaco | $9,860 | - | 11 | - | $896 | $568,430 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 72 | - | Humpday | $9,407 | - | 11 | - | $855 | $382,009 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 73 | - | Cloud 9 | $9,297 | - | 5 | - | $1,859 | $49,734 | 4 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 74 | - | Soul Power | $8,255 | - | 23 | - | $358 | $172,276 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 75 | - | O'Horten | $6,810 | - | 13 | - | $523 | $285,784 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 76 | - | The Beaches of Agnès | $6,709 | - | 2 | - | $3,354 | $145,339 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 77 | - | Unmistaken Child | $6,595 | - | 4 | - | $1,648 | $232,065 | 14 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 78 | - | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $6,014 | - | 10 | - | $601 | $179,875,159 | 19 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 79 | - | We Live in Public | $4,867 | - | 2 | - | $2,433 | $15,136 | 2 | Abramorama | false | false |
| 80 | - | Il Divo | $4,431 | - | 3 | - | $1,477 | $226,735 | 20 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 81 | - | The Boys | $3,860 | - | 1 | - | $3,860 | $54,852 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 82 | - | Shrink | $3,717 | - | 5 | - | $743 | $185,880 | 7 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 83 | - | Herb & Dorothy | $3,320 | - | 3 | - | $1,106 | $180,551 | 14 | Arthouse Films | false | false |
| 84 | - | The Open Road | $3,169 | - | 6 | - | $528 | $19,348 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | false | false |
| 85 | - | Galapagos | $2,754 | - | 2 | - | $1,377 | $17,649,570 | 515 | IMAX | false | false |
| 86 | - | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $2,594 | - | 5 | - | $518 | $624,968 | 11 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 87 | - | Spread | $2,400 | - | 9 | - | $266 | $249,590 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films | false | false |
| 88 | - | Casi divas 2009 Re-release | $2,353 | - | 3 | - | $784 | $46,180 | 3 | Maya Entertainment | false | false |
| 89 | - | Revanche | $2,213 | - | 1 | - | $2,213 | $257,792 | 19 | Janus Films | false | false |
| 90 | - | Easy Virtue | $2,037 | - | 3 | - | $679 | $2,638,759 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 91 | - | Laila's Birthday | $1,944 | - | 3 | - | $648 | $7,616 | 15 | Kino International | false | false |
| 92 | - | Alien Trespass | $1,753 | - | 1 | - | $1,753 | $104,526 | 23 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 93 | - | Battle for Terra | $1,753 | - | 1 | - | $1,753 | $1,647,083 | 19 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 94 | - | Bliss 2009 Re-release | $1,341 | - | 3 | - | $447 | $31,038 | 5 | First Run | false | false |
| 95 | - | Treeless Mountain | $1,278 | - | 1 | - | $1,278 | $59,052 | 20 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 96 | - | Mystery Team | $1,243 | - | 1 | - | $1,243 | $10,999 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 97 | - | Little Ashes | $1,217 | - | 3 | - | $405 | $473,897 | 18 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 98 | - | Every Little Step | $1,117 | - | 3 | - | $372 | $1,707,554 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 99 | - | Adoration | $942 | - | 2 | - | $471 | $283,154 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 100 | - | One Day You'll Understand | $918 | - | 1 | - | $918 | $144,672 | 45 | Kino International | false | false |
| 101 | - | $9.99 | $853 | - | 2 | - | $426 | $45,854 | 39 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 102 | - | Z | $780 | - | 1 | - | $780 | $81,677 | 26 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 103 | - | Goodbye Solo | $667 | - | 1 | - | $667 | $867,768 | 24 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 104 | - | Jerichow | $658 | - | 1 | - | $658 | $54,405 | 17 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 105 | - | My Führer 2009 Re-release | $476 | - | 1 | - | $476 | $2,388 | 4 | First Run | false | false |
| 106 | - | The Windmill Movie | $416 | - | 2 | - | $208 | $27,976 | 12 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 107 | - | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $335 | - | 1 | - | $335 | $23,479 | 10 | Eleven Arts | false | false |
| 108 | - | The Song of Sparrows | $216 | - | 1 | - | $216 | $107,723 | 23 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
