| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $81,887,894 | $63,106,589 | 77.1% | $18,781,305 | 22.9% | 4,056 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | Role Models | $26,427,215 | $19,167,085 | 72.5% | $7,260,130 | 27.5% | 2,792 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 3 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $12,098,584 | $9,159,523 | 75.7% | $2,939,061 | 24.3% | 3,464 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Changeling | $10,071,135 | $7,252,940 | 72% | $2,818,195 | 28% | 1,855 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $8,906,793 | $6,274,530 | 70.4% | $2,632,263 | 29.6% | 2,735 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 6 | Soul Men | $7,020,784 | $5,401,605 | 76.9% | $1,619,179 | 23.1% | 2,044 | 1 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 7 | Saw V | $5,492,817 | $4,067,071 | 74% | $1,425,746 | 26% | 2,829 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | The Secret Life of Bees | $4,476,184 | $3,089,467 | 69% | $1,386,717 | 31% | 1,481 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $4,301,269 | $3,318,694 | 77.2% | $982,575 | 22.8% | 2,576 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $3,558,255 | $2,518,049 | 70.8% | $1,040,206 | 29.2% | 2,359 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Eagle Eye | $3,468,029 | $2,541,602 | 73.3% | $926,427 | 26.7% | 1,407 | 7 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 12 | Max Payne | $2,479,133 | $1,789,136 | 72.2% | $689,997 | 27.8% | 1,476 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Fireproof | $2,200,405 | $1,585,555 | 72.1% | $614,850 | 27.9% | 872 | 7 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 14 | Body of Lies | $2,158,491 | $1,537,219 | 71.2% | $621,272 | 28.8% | 850 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 15 | Rachel Getting Married | $1,984,287 | $1,505,507 | 75.9% | $478,780 | 24.1% | 391 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 16 | Pride and Glory | $1,872,240 | $1,293,389 | 69.1% | $578,851 | 30.9% | 1,340 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | W. | $1,579,054 | $1,120,600 | 71% | $458,454 | 29% | 839 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 18 | RocknRolla | $1,575,212 | $1,047,334 | 66.5% | $527,878 | 33.5% | 826 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | Appaloosa | $968,895 | $668,415 | 69% | $300,480 | 31% | 735 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Religulous | $617,835 | $423,273 | 68.5% | $194,562 | 31.5% | 274 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 21 | The Duchess | $596,057 | $403,984 | 67.8% | $192,073 | 32.2% | 323 | 8 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 22 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $544,061 | $402,076 | 73.9% | $141,985 | 26.1% | 102 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | Burn After Reading | $517,380 | $363,846 | 70.3% | $153,534 | 29.7% | 270 | 9 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 24 | Nights in Rodanthe | $484,581 | $329,346 | 68% | $155,235 | 32% | 402 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | House | $446,413 | $327,445 | 73.4% | $118,968 | 26.6% | 363 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 26 | Synecdoche, New York | $409,555 | $293,646 | 71.7% | $115,909 | 28.3% | 35 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Quarantine | $401,633 | $293,321 | 73% | $108,312 | 27% | 353 | 5 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 28 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $353,293 | $253,085 | 71.6% | $100,208 | 28.4% | 17 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 29 | The Dark Knight | $324,844 | $219,425 | 67.6% | $105,419 | 32.4% | 125 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | $313,564 | $234,349 | 74.7% | $79,215 | 25.3% | 216 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 31 | WALL·E | $293,482 | $208,915 | 71.2% | $84,567 | 28.8% | 239 | 20 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | I've Loved You So Long | $272,927 | $186,821 | 68.4% | $86,106 | 31.6% | 22 | 3 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | What Just Happened | $210,042 | $149,777 | 71.3% | $60,265 | 28.7% | 86 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | City of Ember | $191,273 | $133,651 | 69.9% | $57,622 | 30.1% | 180 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $162,323 | $119,881 | 73.8% | $42,442 | 26.2% | 163 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Let the Right One In | $141,695 | $92,533 | 65.3% | $49,162 | 34.7% | 17 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Tropic Thunder | $140,487 | $95,882 | 68.2% | $44,605 | 31.8% | 165 | 14 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 38 | Ghost Town | $137,438 | $98,827 | 71.9% | $38,611 | 28.1% | 170 | 8 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 39 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $132,316 | $92,153 | 69.6% | $40,163 | 30.4% | 55 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 40 | Righteous Kill | $124,635 | $81,622 | 65.5% | $43,013 | 34.5% | 129 | 9 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 41 | Traitor | $124,467 | $85,505 | 68.7% | $38,962 | 31.3% | 188 | 12 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 42 | Sex Drive | $108,808 | $75,920 | 69.8% | $32,888 | 30.2% | 111 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $105,650 | $32,916 | 31.2% | $72,734 | 68.8% | 30 | 58 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 44 | Igor | $105,064 | $75,434 | 71.8% | $29,630 | 28.2% | 116 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 45 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $104,031 | $75,034 | 72.1% | $28,997 | 27.9% | 9 | 3 | Logo | - | false |
| 46 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $95,164 | $65,334 | 68.6% | $29,830 | 31.4% | 62 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 47 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $71,799 | $53,684 | 74.8% | $18,115 | 25.2% | 8 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 48 | Slumdog Millionaire | $67,697 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Deep Sea | $65,552 | $40,564 | 61.9% | $24,988 | 38.1% | 10 | 141 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $62,467 | $48,832 | 78.2% | $13,635 | 21.8% | 29 | 13 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $62,077 | $24,366 | 39.2% | $37,711 | 60.8% | 7 | 164 | IMAX | - | false |
| 52 | Fashion | $57,858 | $44,158 | 76.3% | $13,700 | 23.7% | 37 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Space Station 3D | $51,032 | $22,761 | 44.6% | $28,271 | 55.4% | 5 | 343 | IMAX | - | false |
| 54 | Tell No One | $50,249 | $27,266 | 54.3% | $22,983 | 45.7% | 21 | 20 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 55 | A Secret | $39,295 | $27,572 | 70.2% | $11,723 | 29.8% | 8 | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 56 | The Women | $39,001 | $24,984 | 64.1% | $14,017 | 35.9% | 70 | 9 | Picturehouse | - | false |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $35,873 | $25,892 | 72.2% | $9,981 | 27.8% | 11 | 39 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | Frozen River | $35,462 | $19,793 | 55.8% | $15,669 | 44.2% | 30 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Man on Wire | $34,935 | $24,649 | 70.6% | $10,286 | 29.4% | 18 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | Forever Strong | $33,821 | $33,821 | 100% | $0 | - | 17 | 8 | Crane Movie Company | - | false |
| 61 | One Day You'll Understand | $31,850 | $22,249 | 69.9% | $9,601 | 30.1% | 7 | 2 | Kino International | - | false |
| 62 | The Longshots | $29,647 | $22,351 | 75.4% | $7,296 | 24.6% | 38 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 63 | My Name Is Bruce | $29,340 | $21,694 | 73.9% | $7,646 | 26.1% | 4 | 2 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 64 | JCVD | $27,065 | $20,119 | 74.3% | $6,946 | 25.7% | 2 | 1 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 65 | Trouble the Water | $23,772 | $13,229 | 55.6% | $10,543 | 44.4% | 12 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 66 | The Other End of the Line | $23,193 | $16,512 | 71.2% | $6,681 | 28.8% | 51 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 67 | Morning Light | $22,704 | $11,322 | 49.9% | $11,382 | 50.1% | 15 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $21,795 | $14,577 | 66.9% | $7,218 | 33.1% | 49 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 69 | Ashes of Time | $20,292 | $13,530 | 66.7% | $6,762 | 33.3% | 7 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | Roving Mars | $18,559 | $9,375 | 50.5% | $9,184 | 49.5% | 6 | 146 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Stranded | $18,109 | $11,977 | 66.1% | $6,132 | 33.9% | 4 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 72 | Miracle at St. Anna | $15,799 | $9,749 | 61.7% | $6,050 | 38.3% | 20 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Call + Response | $14,883 | $12,247 | 82.3% | $2,636 | 17.7% | 5 | 5 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | The Alphabet Killer | $14,571 | $11,000 | 75.5% | $3,571 | 24.5% | 1 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 75 | A Girl Cut in Two | $13,120 | $8,835 | 67.3% | $4,285 | 32.7% | 11 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 76 | Mirrors | $13,109 | $9,335 | 71.2% | $3,774 | 28.8% | 20 | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 77 | The Wild Child | $12,691 | $6,680 | 52.6% | $6,011 | 47.4% | 1 | 1 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 78 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father | $12,102 | $6,619 | 54.7% | $5,483 | 45.3% | 3 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 79 | The World Unseen | $11,431 | $9,031 | 79% | $2,400 | 21% | 3 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 80 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $10,959 | $10,959 | 100% | $0 | - | 10 | 7 | InterPositive Media | - | false |
| 81 | Ballast | $10,478 | $6,701 | 64% | $3,777 | 36% | 4 | 7 | Alluvial Film Company | - | false |
| 82 | Choke | $10,457 | $7,457 | 71.3% | $3,000 | 28.7% | 12 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $9,934 | $8,227 | 82.8% | $1,707 | 17.2% | 1 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | August Evening | $9,922 | $9,406 | 94.8% | $516 | 5.2% | 1 | 10 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | I.O.U.S.A. | $9,885 | $6,501 | 65.8% | $3,384 | 34.2% | 8 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 86 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $9,480 | $6,903 | 72.8% | $2,577 | 27.2% | 28 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 87 | U2 3D | $9,425 | $7,072 | 75% | $2,353 | 25% | 8 | 43 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 88 | I Served the King of England | $9,169 | $6,836 | 74.6% | $2,333 | 25.4% | 22 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 89 | Transsiberian | $8,750 | $5,986 | 68.4% | $2,764 | 31.6% | 12 | 17 | First Look International | - | false |
| 90 | Space Chimps | $8,746 | $5,069 | 58% | $3,677 | 42% | 17 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 91 | Flow: For Love of Water | $8,728 | $3,746 | 42.9% | $4,982 | 57.1% | 6 | 34 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 92 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $8,585 | $3,894 | 45.4% | $4,691 | 54.6% | 6 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 93 | My Father My Lord | $8,420 | $5,893 | 70% | $2,527 | 30% | 8 | 26 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | Elegy | $7,756 | $3,324 | 42.9% | $4,432 | 57.1% | 9 | 14 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 95 | The Pool | $7,127 | $5,087 | 71.4% | $2,040 | 28.6% | 5 | 11 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 96 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $6,979 | $4,053 | 58.1% | $2,926 | 41.9% | 2 | 2 | IMAX | - | false |
| 97 | Ek Vivaah... Aisa Bhi | $6,437 | $6,437 | 100% | $0 | - | 7 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 98 | Loins of Punjab Presents | $6,372 | $6,372 | 100% | $0 | - | 8 | 9 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $5,985 | $3,456 | 57.7% | $2,529 | 42.3% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 100 | Save Me | $5,812 | $3,923 | 67.5% | $1,889 | 32.5% | 3 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 101 | Babylon A.D. | $5,738 | $3,977 | 69.3% | $1,761 | 30.7% | 12 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 102 | Hounddog | $5,639 | $3,749 | 66.5% | $1,890 | 33.5% | 2 | 8 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 103 | Gardens of the Night | $4,051 | $3,072 | 75.8% | $979 | 24.2% | 1 | 1 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Lola Montès | $3,556 | $2,150 | 60.5% | $1,406 | 39.5% | 1 | 5 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | Six in Paris | $3,442 | $1,859 | 54% | $1,583 | 46% | 1 | 6 | New Yorker Films | - | false |
| 106 | The Legend of God's Gun | $3,395 | $2,869 | 84.5% | $526 | 15.5% | 1 | 17 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Battle in Seattle | $3,361 | $1,549 | 46.1% | $1,812 | 53.9% | 4 | 8 | Redwood Palms Pictures | - | false |
| 108 | Days and Clouds | $3,343 | $2,256 | 67.5% | $1,087 | 32.5% | 2 | 18 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 109 | The Order of Myths | $3,029 | $2,030 | 67% | $999 | 33% | 1 | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 110 | An American Carol | $2,924 | $2,072 | 70.9% | $852 | 29.1% | 12 | 6 | Vivendi Entertainment | - | false |
| 111 | Gonzo | $2,888 | $1,022 | 35.4% | $1,866 | 64.6% | 4 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 112 | Splinter | $2,652 | $1,416 | 53.4% | $1,236 | 46.6% | 1 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 113 | The Matador | $2,143 | $1,658 | 77.4% | $485 | 22.6% | 1 | 2 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | Haunted Castle | $2,071 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 403 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 115 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $1,630 | $1,063 | 65.2% | $567 | 34.8% | 1 | 15 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 116 | College | $1,607 | $1,035 | 64.4% | $572 | 35.6% | 6 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 117 | The First Basket | $1,459 | $942 | 64.6% | $517 | 35.4% | 1 | 3 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | - | false |
| 118 | Filth and Wisdom | $1,371 | $843 | 61.5% | $528 | 38.5% | 3 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 119 | Were the World Mine | $1,351 | $487 | 36% | $864 | 64% | 1 | 2 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 120 | God and Gays: Bridging the Gap | $1,317 | $898 | 68.2% | $419 | 31.8% | 1 | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 121 | Brick Lane | $1,281 | $881 | 68.8% | $400 | 31.2% | 2 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 122 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $1,277 | $926 | 72.5% | $351 | 27.5% | 2 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 123 | Sky Kids | $1,040 | $800 | 76.9% | $240 | 23.1% | 1 | 13 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 124 | A Man Named Pearl | $913 | $497 | 54.4% | $416 | 45.6% | 3 | 63 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 125 | Breakfast with Scot | $900 | $553 | 61.4% | $347 | 38.6% | 1 | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 126 | Baghead | $670 | $360 | 53.7% | $310 | 46.3% | 3 | 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 127 | Tru Loved | $637 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 128 | America the Beautiful | $493 | $346 | 70.2% | $147 | 29.8% | 1 | 27 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 129 | Louise Bourgeois | $455 | $265 | 58.2% | $190 | 41.8% | 1 | 21 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 130 | Walking on Dead Fish | $422 | $154 | 36.5% | $268 | 63.5% | 1 | 8 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 131 | Yella | $333 | $333 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 26 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 132 | Saving Marriage | $324 | $179 | 55.2% | $145 | 44.8% | 1 | 4 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 133 | Beer for My Horses | $279 | $279 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 134 | Whaledreamers | $214 | $200 | 93.5% | $14 | 6.5% | 1 | 7 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 135 | Momma's Man | $171 | $155 | 90.6% | $16 | 9.4% | 1 | 12 | Kino International | - | false |
| 136 | Moving Midway | $119 | $119 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Talento de barrio | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Eden Lake | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| - | XXY | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | The Express | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 472 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Fall of Hyperion | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| - | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | N/A | - | false |
| - | The Grocer's Son | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | Film Movement | - | false |
| - | Mamma Mia! | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| - | Good Dick | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Abramorama | - | false |
| - | Dare Not Walk Alone | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Ice Blues | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |