| Est. Rank | Rank | Diff | Release
| Est. Gross | Actual | Diff | % Diff | Theaters | Estimated Total | Actual | Weekend | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | - | Race to Witch Mountain | $25,000,000 | $24,402,214 | -$597,786 | -2.4% | 3,187 | $25,000,000 | $24,402,214 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | - | Watchmen | $18,070,000 | $17,817,301 | -$252,699 | -1.4% | 3,611 | $86,005,000 | $85,751,993 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | - | The Last House on the Left | $14,658,000 | $14,118,685 | -$539,315 | -3.7% | 2,401 | $14,658,000 | $14,118,685 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | - | Taken | $6,650,000 | $6,568,651 | -$81,349 | -1.2% | 2,858 | $126,833,000 | $126,752,054 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 5 | 5 | - | Madea Goes to Jail | $5,130,000 | $5,108,532 | -$21,468 | -0.4% | 2,203 | $83,209,000 | $83,187,594 | 4 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 6 | 6 | - | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,025,000 | $5,002,777 | -$22,223 | -0.4% | 2,578 | $132,625,000 | $132,602,820 | 18 | - | - |
| 7 | 7 | - | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $3,100,000 | $3,119,151 | +$19,151 | +0.6% | 2,281 | $137,767,000 | $137,785,983 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 8 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $2,905,000 | $2,939,484 | +$34,484 | +1.2% | 1,890 | $89,004,000 | $89,038,259 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 9 | - | Coraline | $2,655,000 | $2,718,231 | +$63,231 | +2.4% | 1,768 | $69,144,000 | $69,240,852 | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 10 | 10 | - | Miss March | $2,350,000 | $2,409,156 | +$59,156 | +2.5% | 1,742 | $2,350,000 | $2,409,156 | 1 | - | - |
| 11 | 11 | - | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $2,004,000 | $1,941,638 | -$62,362 | -3.1% | 1,591 | $41,357,000 | $41,295,158 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 12 | 12 | - | Fired Up! | $1,650,000 | $1,645,380 | -$4,620 | -0.3% | 1,518 | $15,435,000 | $15,430,103 | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 13 | 13 | - | Gran Torino | $1,500,000 | $1,505,408 | +$5,408 | +0.4% | 1,102 | $143,824,000 | $143,829,449 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 14 | 14 | - | The Reader | $1,346,000 | $1,309,669 | -$36,331 | -2.7% | 1,002 | $31,924,000 | $31,887,248 | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 15 | 15 | - | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $906,000 | $940,270 | +$34,270 | +3.8% | 968 | $18,207,000 | $18,241,586 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | - | The International | $775,000 | $716,479 | -$58,521 | -7.6% | 549 | $25,034,000 | $24,975,097 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 17 | 17 | - | Friday the 13th | $600,000 | $595,165 | -$4,835 | -0.8% | 780 | $64,367,000 | $64,361,909 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 18 | 18 | - | Hotel for Dogs | $565,000 | $577,927 | +$12,927 | +2.3% | 804 | $70,207,000 | $70,040,394 | 9 | DreamWorks | - |
| 19 | 20 | +1 | The Pink Panther 2 | $525,000 | $536,634 | +$11,634 | +2.2% | 627 | $35,410,000 | $35,421,960 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 20 | 19 | -1 | Push | $502,000 | $539,468 | +$37,468 | +7.5% | 615 | $30,527,000 | $30,564,529 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 21 | 21 | - | The Wrestler | $455,000 | $449,060 | -$5,940 | -1.3% | 456 | $25,167,000 | $25,450,588 | 13 | - | - |
| 22 | 22 | - | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $400,000 | $430,323 | +$30,323 | +7.6% | 453 | $8,128,000 | $8,158,438 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 23 | 25 | +2 | The Class | $365,000 | $333,337 | -$31,663 | -8.7% | 120 | $2,488,000 | $2,456,132 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 24 | 24 | - | The Uninvited | $335,000 | $352,095 | +$17,095 | +5.1% | 411 | $28,116,000 | $28,133,091 | 7 | DreamWorks | - |
| 25 | 26 | +1 | Under the Sea 3D | $290,000 | $307,542 | +$17,542 | +6% | 50 | - | $3,225,474 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 26 | 27 | +1 | Doubt | $288,000 | $289,388 | +$1,388 | +0.5% | 275 | $32,887,000 | $32,888,223 | 14 | Miramax | - |
| 27 | 28 | +1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $275,000 | $270,835 | -$4,165 | -1.5% | 281 | $126,537,000 | $126,532,358 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 28 | 29 | +1 | Twilight | $252,000 | $259,817 | +$7,817 | +3.1% | 338 | $191,090,000 | $191,098,026 | 17 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 29 | 30 | +1 | Milk | $239,000 | $233,060 | -$5,940 | -2.5% | 228 | $31,560,000 | $31,549,014 | 16 | Focus Features | - |
| 30 | 31 | +1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $214,000 | $219,190 | +$5,190 | +2.4% | 4 | $214,000 | $219,190 | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 31 | 34 | +3 | New in Town | $190,000 | $187,336 | -$2,664 | -1.4% | 239 | $16,557,000 | $16,554,406 | 7 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 32 | 40 | +8 | Gomorrah | $159,000 | $141,383 | -$17,617 | -11.1% | 39 | $794,000 | $776,006 | 13 | IFC Films | - |
| 33 | 37 | +4 | Defiance | $155,000 | $155,864 | +$864 | +0.6% | 202 | $28,260,000 | $28,260,750 | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 34 | 35 | +1 | Revolutionary Road | $153,000 | $157,766 | +$4,766 | +3.1% | 181 | $22,570,000 | $22,575,245 | 12 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 35 | 39 | +4 | Frost/Nixon | $148,000 | $148,245 | +$245 | +0.2% | 182 | $18,476,000 | $18,475,446 | 15 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 36 | 41 | +5 | Crossing Over | $103,000 | $102,331 | -$669 | -0.6% | 38 | $273,000 | $272,175 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 37 | 46 | +9 | Everlasting Moments | $62,400 | $56,947 | -$5,453 | -8.7% | 13 | $119,000 | $113,767 | 2 | IFC Films | - |
| 38 | 47 | +9 | Waltz with Bashir | $59,100 | $52,317 | -$6,783 | -11.5% | 82 | $2,133,000 | $2,126,007 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 39 | 44 | +5 | Wendy and Lucy | $59,000 | $65,628 | +$6,628 | +11.2% | 40 | $636,000 | $642,267 | 14 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 40 | 51 | +11 | Brothers at War | $35,000 | $33,142 | -$1,858 | -5.3% | 7 | $35,000 | $33,142 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 41 | 54 | +13 | Play the Game | $32,200 | $30,052 | -$2,148 | -6.7% | 16 | $165,000 | $163,372 | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 42 | 55 | +13 | Tokyo Sonata | $30,000 | $28,345 | -$1,655 | -5.5% | 2 | $30,000 | $28,345 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 43 | 58 | +15 | Fanboys | $25,100 | $23,727 | -$1,373 | -5.5% | 27 | $586,000 | $585,604 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 44 | 56 | +12 | Tokyo! | $20,300 | $25,701 | +$5,401 | +26.6% | 6 | $52,600 | $58,011 | 2 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 45 | 65 | +20 | 12 | $12,000 | $11,433 | -$567 | -4.7% | 7 | $30,800 | $30,189 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 46 | 71 | +25 | Z | $10,500 | $10,144 | -$356 | -3.4% | 1 | $10,500 | $10,144 | 1 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 47 | 90 | +43 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | $2,600 | $2,408 | -$192 | -7.4% | 1 | $8,770 | $8,580 | 3 | Abramorama | - |
