| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $24,600,000 | $25,038,803 | +$438,803 | +1.8% | 3,119 | $60,036,000 | $60,474,555 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Surrogates | $15,000,000 | $14,902,692 | -$97,308 | -0.6% | 2,951 | $15,000,000 | $14,902,692 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | Fame | $10,033,000 | $10,011,682 | -$21,318 | -0.2% | 3,096 | $10,033,000 | $10,011,682 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | The Informant! | $6,915,000 | $6,624,085 | -$290,915 | -4.2% | 2,505 | $20,992,000 | $20,700,946 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $4,750,000 | $4,759,833 | +$9,833 | +0.2% | 2,120 | $44,543,000 | $44,552,477 | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Pandorum | $4,408,000 | $4,424,126 | +$16,126 | +0.4% | 2,506 | $4,408,000 | $4,424,126 | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Love Happens | $4,327,000 | $4,307,980 | -$19,020 | -0.4% | 1,898 | $14,728,000 | $14,708,710 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | Jennifer's Body | $3,500,000 | $3,664,559 | +$164,559 | +4.7% | 2,738 | $12,306,000 | $12,470,373 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | 9 | $2,832,000 | $2,959,231 | +$127,231 | +4.5% | 2,025 | $27,101,000 | $27,227,811 | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Inglourious Basterds | $2,722,000 | $2,683,198 | -$38,802 | -1.4% | 1,960 | $114,460,000 | $114,420,733 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | All About Steve | $2,300,000 | $2,285,666 | -$14,334 | -0.6% | 1,965 | $29,954,000 | $29,939,811 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 12 | 13 | +1 | Julie & Julia | $1,200,000 | $1,263,283 | +$63,283 | +5.3% | 1,328 | $90,537,000 | $90,600,766 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 14 | +1 | Sorority Row | $1,113,000 | $1,083,874 | -$29,126 | -2.6% | 1,523 | $10,748,000 | $10,719,202 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 15 | +1 | District 9 | $1,080,000 | $1,082,176 | +$2,176 | +0.2% | 925 | $113,520,000 | $113,522,260 | 7 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 15 | 16 | +1 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $835,000 | $845,390 | +$10,390 | +1.2% | 895 | $147,405,000 | $147,415,055 | 8 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 16 | 17 | +1 | Bright Star | $682,000 | $671,895 | -$10,105 | -1.5% | 130 | $973,000 | $962,153 | 2 | Apparition | - |
| 17 | 19 | +2 | Gamer | $520,000 | $550,353 | +$30,353 | +5.8% | 780 | $20,115,000 | $20,145,136 | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | The Time Traveler's Wife | $495,000 | $566,137 | +$71,137 | +14.4% | 810 | $61,678,000 | $61,748,749 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 19 | 21 | +2 | Whiteout | $430,000 | $421,450 | -$8,550 | -2% | 1,055 | $9,834,000 | $9,825,004 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 20 | 12 | -8 | The Final Destination | $405,000 | $1,376,614 | +$971,614 | +239.9% | 1,175 | $64,607,000 | $64,603,402 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 21 | 24 | +3 | 500 Days of Summer | $382,000 | $389,223 | +$7,223 | +1.9% | 414 | $31,656,000 | $31,663,608 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 22 | 25 | +3 | The September Issue | $371,000 | $380,446 | +$9,446 | +2.5% | 143 | $2,502,000 | $2,512,304 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 23 | 26 | +3 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $369,000 | $366,909 | -$2,091 | -0.6% | 120 | $369,000 | $366,909 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 24 | 27 | +3 | Halloween II | $358,000 | $347,033 | -$10,967 | -3.1% | 479 | $32,067,000 | $32,056,389 | 5 | Dimension Films | - |
| 25 | 29 | +4 | My One and Only | $304,000 | $283,767 | -$20,233 | -6.7% | 256 | $1,979,000 | $1,959,110 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 26 | 28 | +2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $280,000 | $286,119 | +$6,119 | +2.2% | 285 | $195,385,000 | $195,391,552 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 27 | 32 | +5 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $240,000 | $231,964 | -$8,036 | -3.3% | 4 | $307,000 | $298,550 | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 28 | 34 | +6 | Extract | $192,000 | $195,561 | +$3,561 | +1.9% | 262 | $10,639,000 | $10,642,511 | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 29 | 35 | +6 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $185,000 | $195,247 | +$10,247 | +5.5% | 275 | $401,740,000 | $401,750,700 | 14 | DreamWorks | - |
| 30 | 22 | -8 | Coco Before Chanel | $177,000 | $406,768 | +$229,768 | +129.8% | 43 | $177,000 | $406,768 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 31 | 37 | +6 | Aliens in the Attic | $175,000 | $171,137 | -$3,863 | -2.2% | 252 | $24,654,000 | $24,649,698 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 32 | 40 | +8 | Paris | $151,000 | $144,014 | -$6,986 | -4.6% | 31 | $220,000 | $213,304 | 2 | IFC Films | - |
| 33 | 41 | +8 | It Might Get Loud | $141,000 | $114,814 | -$26,186 | -18.6% | 70 | $1,133,000 | $1,107,092 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 34 | 45 | +11 | Amreeka | $96,200 | $95,676 | -$524 | -0.5% | 30 | $314,000 | $313,159 | 4 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 35 | 50 | +15 | Star Trek | $65,000 | $65,844 | +$844 | +1.3% | 89 | $257,703,000 | $257,704,099 | 21 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 36 | 52 | +16 | The Boys Are Back | $51,000 | $49,342 | -$1,658 | -3.3% | 6 | $51,000 | $49,342 | 1 | Miramax | - |
| 37 | 53 | +16 | The Hurt Locker | $49,000 | $45,164 | -$3,836 | -7.8% | 82 | $12,490,000 | $12,486,356 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 38 | 56 | +18 | The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | $39,000 | $40,390 | +$1,390 | +3.6% | 113 | $15,100,000 | $15,102,127 | 7 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 39 | 60 | +21 | Taking Woodstock | $34,600 | $34,400 | -$200 | -0.6% | 78 | $7,443,000 | $7,443,007 | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 40 | 63 | +23 | Adam | $30,000 | $29,530 | -$470 | -1.6% | 45 | $2,181,000 | $2,180,035 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 41 | 70 | +29 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | $20,600 | $18,510 | -$2,090 | -10.1% | 1 | $20,600 | $18,510 | 1 | IFC Films | - |
| 42 | 73 | +31 | The Other Man | $16,300 | $15,606 | -$694 | -4.3% | 11 | $116,000 | $115,251 | 3 | Image Entertainment | - |
| 43 | 82 | +39 | White on Rice | $10,100 | $9,805 | -$295 | -2.9% | 4 | $32,000 | $31,707 | 3 | Variance Films | - |
| 44 | 101 | +57 | Blind Date | $3,100 | $2,787 | -$313 | -10.1% | 1 | $3,100 | $2,787 | 1 | Variance Films | - |
