| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Tropic Thunder | $16,977,095 | $11,518,611 | 67.8% | $5,458,484 | 32.2% | 3,473 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Babylon A.D. | $13,197,966 | $9,484,627 | 71.9% | $3,713,339 | 28.1% | 3,390 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | The Dark Knight | $12,811,492 | $8,622,879 | 67.3% | $4,188,613 | 32.7% | 2,750 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The House Bunny | $11,547,554 | $8,317,426 | 72% | $3,230,128 | 28% | 2,714 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Traitor | $11,490,248 | $7,868,465 | 68.5% | $3,621,783 | 31.5% | 2,054 | 2 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 6 | Death Race | $9,348,680 | $6,304,635 | 67.4% | $3,044,045 | 32.6% | 2,537 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Disaster Movie | $7,570,833 | $5,836,973 | 77.1% | $1,733,860 | 22.9% | 2,642 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | Mamma Mia! | $6,493,425 | $4,211,495 | 64.9% | $2,281,930 | 35.1% | 1,968 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Pineapple Express | $5,374,492 | $3,535,220 | 65.8% | $1,839,272 | 34.2% | 2,047 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $4,152,522 | $2,711,145 | 65.3% | $1,441,377 | 34.7% | 2,444 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $4,127,121 | $2,815,506 | 68.2% | $1,311,615 | 31.8% | 692 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 12 | Mirrors | $3,875,928 | $2,751,301 | 71% | $1,124,627 | 29% | 1,820 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $3,863,325 | $2,629,445 | 68.1% | $1,233,880 | 31.9% | 1,713 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Longshots | $3,367,260 | $2,310,498 | 68.6% | $1,056,762 | 31.4% | 2,089 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 15 | College | $3,154,506 | $2,153,109 | 68.3% | $1,001,397 | 31.7% | 2,123 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $2,675,171 | $1,773,815 | 66.3% | $901,356 | 33.7% | 801 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Hamlet 2 | $2,506,949 | $1,698,820 | 67.8% | $808,129 | 32.2% | 1,597 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 18 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $2,253,319 | $1,509,198 | 67% | $744,121 | 33% | 630 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 19 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $2,184,754 | $1,435,809 | 65.7% | $748,945 | 34.3% | 1,252 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Step Brothers | $1,982,247 | $1,357,288 | 68.5% | $624,959 | 31.5% | 1,036 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 21 | WALL·E | $1,825,710 | $1,175,863 | 64.4% | $649,847 | 35.6% | 1,155 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Rocker | $1,337,355 | $969,878 | 72.5% | $367,477 | 27.5% | 2,784 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Elegy | $929,849 | $624,069 | 67.1% | $305,780 | 32.9% | 139 | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 24 | Hancock | $919,627 | $664,586 | 72.3% | $255,041 | 27.7% | 465 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Kung Fu Panda | $881,132 | $633,024 | 71.8% | $248,108 | 28.2% | 460 | 13 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 26 | Bottle Shock | $837,998 | $547,225 | 65.3% | $290,773 | 34.7% | 295 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 27 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $586,016 | $396,651 | 67.7% | $189,365 | 32.3% | 303 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Tell No One | $559,990 | $373,623 | 66.7% | $186,367 | 33.3% | 102 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 29 | Space Chimps | $452,932 | $342,627 | 75.6% | $110,305 | 24.4% | 401 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 30 | Transsiberian | $419,456 | $281,949 | 67.2% | $137,507 | 32.8% | 81 | 7 | First Look International | - | false |
| 31 | Frozen River | $378,510 | $256,749 | 67.8% | $121,761 | 32.2% | 69 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 32 | Man on Wire | $369,622 | $236,008 | 63.8% | $133,614 | 36.2% | 91 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Brideshead Revisited | $352,100 | $218,546 | 62.1% | $133,554 | 37.9% | 232 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 34 | Iron Man | $309,516 | $223,636 | 72.2% | $85,880 | 27.8% | 220 | 18 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $249,870 | $166,245 | 66.5% | $83,625 | 33.5% | 204 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Wanted | $228,805 | $158,105 | 69.1% | $70,700 | 30.9% | 186 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $223,521 | $98,482 | 44.1% | $125,039 | 55.9% | 44 | 48 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 38 | Swing Vote | $220,744 | $157,566 | 71.4% | $63,178 | 28.6% | 185 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Goal II: Living the Dream | $197,893 | $150,098 | 75.8% | $47,795 | 24.2% | 99 | 1 | Arenas Entertainment | - | false |
| 40 | Get Smart | $195,861 | $132,712 | 67.8% | $63,149 | 32.2% | 118 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $171,733 | $127,090 | 74% | $44,643 | 26% | 193 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 42 | Henry Poole Is Here | $110,942 | $71,001 | 64% | $39,941 | 36% | 102 | 3 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 43 | Sex and the City | $109,340 | $69,413 | 63.5% | $39,927 | 36.5% | 107 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $108,582 | $87,441 | 80.5% | $21,141 | 19.5% | 94 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 45 | The Incredible Hulk | $106,955 | $73,495 | 68.7% | $33,460 | 31.3% | 100 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 46 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $106,869 | $71,246 | 66.7% | $35,623 | 33.3% | 13 | 29 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 47 | Bachna Ae Haseeno | $88,395 | $66,004 | 74.7% | $22,391 | 25.3% | 35 | 3 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 48 | I Served the King of England | $85,169 | $53,218 | 62.5% | $31,951 | 37.5% | 8 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | The Wackness | $74,773 | $46,940 | 62.8% | $27,833 | 37.2% | 51 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 50 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $70,963 | $45,075 | 63.5% | $25,888 | 36.5% | 83 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 51 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $69,704 | $42,593 | 61.1% | $27,111 | 38.9% | 100 | 11 | Picturehouse | - | false |
| 52 | Trouble the Water | $63,057 | $43,380 | 68.8% | $19,677 | 31.2% | 8 | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 53 | I.O.U.S.A. | $58,972 | $37,320 | 63.3% | $21,652 | 36.7% | 21 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 54 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $57,955 | $31,003 | 53.5% | $26,952 | 46.5% | 3 | 154 | IMAX | - | false |
| 55 | Deep Sea | $55,567 | $35,573 | 64% | $19,994 | 36% | 8 | 131 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Meet Dave | $54,739 | $41,732 | 76.2% | $13,007 | 23.8% | 58 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 57 | American Teen | $53,585 | $34,345 | 64.1% | $19,240 | 35.9% | 74 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 58 | Brick Lane | $53,211 | $36,852 | 69.3% | $16,359 | 30.7% | 31 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Space Station 3D | $47,183 | $25,792 | 54.7% | $21,391 | 45.3% | 11 | 333 | IMAX | - | false |
| 60 | The Happening | $40,713 | $36,275 | 89.1% | $4,438 | 10.9% | 25 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 61 | U2 3D | $40,057 | $31,594 | 78.9% | $8,463 | 21.1% | 5 | 33 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $39,669 | $25,107 | 63.3% | $14,562 | 36.7% | 33 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | A Girl Cut in Two | $39,095 | $24,984 | 63.9% | $14,111 | 36.1% | 7 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 64 | Roving Mars | $37,138 | $24,304 | 65.4% | $12,834 | 34.6% | 5 | 136 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | The Children of Huang Shi | $36,486 | $23,924 | 65.6% | $12,562 | 34.4% | 25 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Beer for My Horses | $35,922 | $26,260 | 73.1% | $9,662 | 26.9% | 29 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 67 | The Last Mistress | $34,433 | $20,344 | 59.1% | $14,089 | 40.9% | 21 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $32,874 | $22,455 | 68.3% | $10,419 | 31.7% | 9 | 5 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | $30,824 | $21,086 | 68.4% | $9,738 | 31.6% | 3 | 1 | TLA Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | The Edge of Heaven | $27,253 | $17,400 | 63.8% | $9,853 | 36.2% | 9 | 16 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $26,501 | $17,575 | 66.3% | $8,926 | 33.7% | 6 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 72 | The Visitor | $24,078 | $13,641 | 56.6% | $10,437 | 43.4% | 28 | 21 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 73 | Encounters at the End of the World | $20,639 | $11,898 | 57.6% | $8,741 | 42.4% | 16 | 13 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 74 | Up the Yangtze | $19,874 | $9,954 | 50.1% | $9,920 | 49.9% | 11 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 75 | Gonzo | $19,206 | $11,104 | 57.8% | $8,102 | 42.2% | 15 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Roman de gare | $18,684 | $12,548 | 67.2% | $6,136 | 32.8% | 15 | 19 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 77 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $15,112 | $9,856 | 65.2% | $5,256 | 34.8% | 1 | 1 | First Look International | - | false |
| 78 | Momma's Man | $14,099 | $9,155 | 64.9% | $4,944 | 35.1% | 3 | 2 | Kino International | - | false |
| 79 | What We Do Is Secret | $14,076 | $8,878 | 63.1% | $5,198 | 36.9% | 7 | 4 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 80 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $13,392 | $7,591 | 56.7% | $5,801 | 43.3% | 16 | 13 | Picturehouse | - | false |
| 81 | Sky Kids | $13,273 | $7,509 | 56.6% | $5,764 | 43.4% | 2 | 3 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | What Happens in Vegas | $13,047 | $9,467 | 72.6% | $3,580 | 27.4% | 30 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 83 | Kabluey | $12,743 | $8,953 | 70.3% | $3,790 | 29.7% | 2 | 9 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Beautiful Losers | $12,193 | $8,062 | 66.1% | $4,131 | 33.9% | 2 | 4 | Sidetrack Films | - | false |
| 85 | My Mexican Shivah | $9,640 | $6,100 | 63.3% | $3,540 | 36.7% | 1 | 1 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 86 | The Legend of God's Gun | $9,452 | $6,475 | 68.5% | $2,977 | 31.5% | 3 | 7 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | The Fall | $9,092 | $5,965 | 65.6% | $3,127 | 34.4% | 11 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 88 | Days and Clouds | $8,823 | $4,207 | 47.7% | $4,616 | 52.3% | 3 | 8 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 89 | America the Beautiful | $8,818 | $5,669 | 64.3% | $3,149 | 35.7% | 5 | 17 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 90 | Elsa & Fred | $8,649 | $4,181 | 48.3% | $4,468 | 51.7% | 5 | 10 | Mitropoulos Films | - | false |
| 91 | A Man Named Pearl | $8,029 | $4,276 | 53.3% | $3,753 | 46.7% | 8 | 53 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 92 | Young@Heart | $5,381 | $2,855 | 53.1% | $2,526 | 46.9% | 6 | 22 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Horton Hears a Who! | $5,069 | $3,662 | 72.2% | $1,407 | 27.8% | 12 | 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 94 | Chris & Don: A Love Story | $4,914 | $1,913 | 38.9% | $3,001 | 61.1% | 3 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 95 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $4,797 | $3,084 | 64.3% | $1,713 | 35.7% | 1 | 19 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 96 | YPF | $4,732 | $3,220 | 68% | $1,512 | 32% | 1 | 1 | Blowtorch Entertainment | - | false |
| 97 | Constantine's Sword | $4,261 | $3,283 | 77% | $978 | 23% | 3 | 20 | First Run | - | false |
| 98 | The Grocer's Son | $3,783 | $2,293 | 60.6% | $1,490 | 39.4% | 2 | 13 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 99 | Before the Rains | $3,722 | $2,163 | 58.1% | $1,559 | 41.9% | 2 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 100 | Baghead | $3,596 | $2,234 | 62.1% | $1,362 | 37.9% | 7 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 101 | No Regret 2008 Re-release | $3,446 | $2,117 | 61.4% | $1,329 | 38.6% | 1 | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | The Pool | $3,091 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 103 | A Jihad for Love | $2,658 | $1,634 | 61.5% | $1,024 | 38.5% | 2 | 16 | First Run | - | false |
| 104 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $2,383 | $1,085 | 45.5% | $1,298 | 54.5% | 4 | 8 | THINKFilm | - | false |
| 105 | Aida | $1,995 | $1,995 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 39 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 106 | Tuya's Marriage | $1,894 | $1,129 | 59.6% | $765 | 40.4% | 1 | 22 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 107 | La Traviata | $1,628 | $1,168 | 71.7% | $460 | 28.3% | 1 | 29 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 108 | Antarctica | $1,468 | $798 | 54.4% | $670 | 45.6% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 109 | Cthulhu | $1,276 | $685 | 53.7% | $591 | 46.3% | 1 | 2 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 110 | XXY | $1,007 | $560 | 55.6% | $447 | 44.4% | 1 | 18 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 111 | Love and Honor | $986 | $561 | 56.9% | $425 | 43.1% | 1 | 18 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 112 | Love Comes Lately | $946 | $527 | 55.7% | $419 | 44.3% | 1 | 12 | Kino International | - | false |
| 113 | The Sensation of Sight | $904 | $572 | 63.3% | $332 | 36.7% | 2 | 43 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 114 | My Father My Lord | $676 | $307 | 45.4% | $369 | 54.6% | 1 | 16 | Kino International | - | false |
| 115 | Jellyfish | $611 | $295 | 48.3% | $316 | 51.7% | 1 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 116 | Girls Rock! | $500 | $500 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 26 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 117 | La forza del destino | $480 | $480 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 23 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | Haunted Castle | $445 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 393 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 119 | Teeth | $403 | $53 | 13.2% | $350 | 86.8% | 1 | 33 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 120 | Emma Smith: My Story | $380 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 21 | Candlelight Media Group | - | false |
| 121 | Monsieur Verdoux | $330 | $200 | 60.6% | $130 | 39.4% | 2 | 25 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 122 | Ripple Effect | $301 | $121 | 40.2% | $180 | 59.8% | 1 | 11 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 123 | A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... | $294 | $258 | 87.8% | $36 | 12.2% | 1 | 27 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 124 | La Rondine | $140 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 16 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| - | Hell Ride | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| - | Boy A | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| - | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 462 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Il trittico dell'amore | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| - | T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous | - | - | - | - | - | - | 515 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Contempt 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Love Guru | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| - | Then She Found Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | THINKFilm | - | false |
