| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 4 | $418,365 | +536% | 32.3% | 4 | Where the Wild Things Are | $222,703 | 53.2% | 1 | Roadshow Films | - |
| 2 | 2 | $384,663 | -16.7% | 29.7% | 5 | Zombieland | $166,921 | 43.4% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 1 | $286,015 | -58.2% | 22.1% | 3 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $279,818 | 97.8% | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | - |
| 4 | 3 | $66,946 | -50.5% | 5.2% | 3 | The Invention of Lying | $60,194 | 89.9% | 2 | United International Pictures | - |
| 5 | 5 | $33,290 | -36.6% | 2.6% | 2 | A Christmas Carol | $31,285 | 94% | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 6 | 14 | $28,404 | +3,285.5% | 2.2% | 2 | The Informant! | $26,313 | 92.6% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 7 | 7 | $24,011 | -33.3% | 1.9% | 3 | Looking for Eric | $16,600 | 69.1% | 2 | Icon Film Distribution Australia | - |
| 8 | 6 | $15,114 | -58.9% | 1.2% | 2 | Verdi: Aida | $7,987 | 52.8% | 2 | Rialto Distribution | - |
| 9 | 8 | $12,311 | -10.9% | 1% | 2 | De Dana Dan | $8,367 | 68% | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | 9 | $9,627 | -21.8% | 0.7% | 3 | An Education | $8,975 | 93.2% | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | - |
| 11 | 10 | $6,729 | -38.1% | 0.5% | 4 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $5,167 | 76.8% | 2 | Hopscotch Films | - |
| 12 | 11 | $4,055 | -53.9% | 0.3% | 2 | In the Loop | $3,293 | 81.2% | 10 | Madman Entertainment | - |
| 14 | 15 | $1,302 | +106.3% | 0.1% | 1 | City of Life and Death | $1,302 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 15 | 13 | $886 | -34.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Adam | $886 | 100% | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 16 | 12 | $382 | -89.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Kurbaan | $382 | 100% | 3 | Mind Blowing Films | - |
