| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Quantum of Solace | $82,082,841 | $67,528,882 | 82.3% | $14,553,959 | 17.7% | 3,451 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $39,559,560 | $35,017,301 | 88.5% | $4,542,259 | 11.5% | 4,065 | 2 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 3 | Role Models | $14,381,360 | $11,150,030 | 77.5% | $3,231,330 | 22.5% | 2,798 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $6,301,884 | $5,656,162 | 89.8% | $645,722 | 10.2% | 3,202 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Changeling | $5,592,190 | $4,254,080 | 76.1% | $1,338,110 | 23.9% | 1,896 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $4,331,280 | $3,146,312 | 72.6% | $1,184,968 | 27.4% | 2,210 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 7 | The Secret Life of Bees | $3,084,724 | $2,338,279 | 75.8% | $746,445 | 24.2% | 1,449 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Soul Men | $2,967,456 | $2,350,141 | 79.2% | $617,315 | 20.8% | 2,048 | 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 9 | Saw V | $2,311,798 | $1,767,405 | 76.4% | $544,393 | 23.6% | 2,002 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $1,847,028 | $1,579,080 | 85.5% | $267,948 | 14.5% | 1,617 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Eagle Eye | $1,797,584 | $1,463,140 | 81.4% | $334,444 | 18.6% | 1,214 | 8 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 12 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $1,749,923 | $1,438,561 | 82.2% | $311,362 | 17.8% | 1,587 | 3 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | Fireproof | $1,662,625 | $1,255,877 | 75.5% | $406,748 | 24.5% | 862 | 8 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 14 | Rachel Getting Married | $1,357,169 | $1,176,000 | - | - | - | 391 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | true |
| 15 | Body of Lies | $912,053 | $674,495 | 74% | $237,558 | 26% | 625 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Max Payne | $806,813 | $620,337 | 76.9% | $186,476 | 23.1% | 845 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 17 | Friendship | $765,254 | $645,604 | 84.4% | $119,650 | 15.6% | 74 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 18 | The Dark Knight | $685,105 | $502,334 | 73.3% | $182,771 | 26.7% | 346 | 18 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 19 | Appaloosa | $639,253 | $454,518 | 71.1% | $184,735 | 28.9% | 737 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $627,246 | $474,390 | 75.6% | $152,856 | 24.4% | 38 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 21 | W. | $589,586 | $444,210 | 75.3% | $145,376 | 24.7% | 505 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 22 | Pride and Glory | $584,289 | $410,530 | 70.3% | $173,759 | 29.7% | 575 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Slumdog Millionaire | $554,748 | $360,018 | 64.9% | $194,730 | 35.1% | 10 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | RocknRolla | $517,592 | $343,980 | 66.5% | $173,612 | 33.5% | 548 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $484,873 | $370,651 | 76.4% | $114,222 | 23.6% | 143 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 26 | Synecdoche, New York | $443,504 | $331,778 | 74.8% | $111,726 | 25.2% | 80 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | The Duchess | $343,718 | $236,779 | 68.9% | $106,939 | 31.1% | 270 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 28 | Religulous | $328,749 | $230,474 | 70.1% | $98,275 | 29.9% | 238 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 29 | Nights in Rodanthe | $284,208 | $212,563 | 74.8% | $71,645 | 25.2% | 314 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 30 | Burn After Reading | $261,939 | $195,748 | 74.7% | $66,191 | 25.3% | 207 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 31 | WALL·E | $231,756 | $192,392 | 83% | $39,364 | 17% | 223 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | I've Loved You So Long | $225,550 | $163,344 | 72.4% | $62,206 | 27.6% | 31 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 33 | Let the Right One In | $189,309 | $123,858 | 65.4% | $65,451 | 34.6% | 26 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Quarantine | $131,781 | $131,781 | 100% | $0 | - | 193 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 35 | City of Ember | $121,831 | $97,067 | 79.7% | $24,764 | 20.3% | 171 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 36 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | $121,289 | $121,289 | 100% | $0 | - | 133 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 37 | House | $116,908 | $83,771 | 71.7% | $33,137 | 28.3% | 234 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 38 | JCVD | $108,765 | $68,357 | 62.8% | $40,408 | 37.2% | 28 | 2 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 39 | A Christmas Tale | $93,462 | $63,837 | 68.3% | $29,625 | 31.7% | 7 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 40 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $92,252 | $74,722 | 81% | $17,530 | 19% | 149 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Space Station 3D | $86,421 | $63,251 | 73.2% | $23,170 | 26.8% | 7 | 344 | IMAX | - | false |
| 42 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $85,223 | $47,318 | 55.5% | $37,905 | 44.5% | 21 | 59 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $83,821 | $55,950 | 66.8% | $27,871 | 33.2% | 39 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 44 | What Just Happened | $80,049 | $58,888 | 73.6% | $21,161 | 26.4% | 62 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 45 | Righteous Kill | $68,009 | $44,127 | 64.9% | $23,882 | 35.1% | 108 | 10 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 46 | Igor | $58,448 | $49,463 | 84.6% | $8,985 | 15.4% | 78 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 47 | Deep Sea | $57,848 | $35,869 | 62% | $21,979 | 38% | 10 | 142 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 48 | Traitor | $54,966 | $39,544 | 71.9% | $15,422 | 28.1% | 124 | 13 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 49 | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | $50,545 | $38,496 | 76.2% | $12,049 | 23.8% | 37 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Sex Drive | $48,613 | $34,959 | 71.9% | $13,654 | 28.1% | 62 | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $45,081 | $32,314 | 71.7% | $12,767 | 28.3% | 7 | 4 | Logo | - | false |
| 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $44,019 | $19,650 | 44.6% | $24,369 | 55.4% | 5 | 165 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Tell No One | $35,562 | $23,326 | 65.6% | $12,236 | 34.4% | 30 | 21 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 54 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $32,969 | $23,106 | 70.1% | $9,863 | 29.9% | 40 | 40 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | Miracle at St. Anna | $32,334 | $22,112 | 68.4% | $10,222 | 31.6% | 76 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $28,665 | $21,237 | 74.1% | $7,428 | 25.9% | 27 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 57 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $28,189 | $19,029 | 67.5% | $9,160 | 32.5% | 8 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 58 | Man on Wire | $24,841 | $16,953 | 68.2% | $7,888 | 31.8% | 15 | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 59 | A Secret | $24,564 | $16,745 | 68.2% | $7,819 | 31.8% | 7 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 60 | Frozen River | $24,242 | $15,562 | 64.2% | $8,680 | 35.8% | 26 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 61 | My Name Is Bruce | $24,203 | $13,336 | 55.1% | $10,867 | 44.9% | 4 | 3 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | Roving Mars | $22,776 | $10,612 | 46.6% | $12,164 | 53.4% | 6 | 147 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | The Longshots | $20,216 | $16,814 | 83.2% | $3,402 | 16.8% | 36 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 64 | Morning Light | $19,475 | $13,692 | 70.3% | $5,783 | 29.7% | 21 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | The Women | $15,331 | $10,000 | 65.2% | $5,331 | 34.8% | 26 | 10 | Picturehouse | - | false |
| 66 | Stranded | $15,250 | $8,609 | 56.4% | $6,641 | 43.6% | 7 | 5 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 67 | One Day You'll Understand | $13,671 | $10,095 | 73.8% | $3,576 | 26.2% | 7 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 68 | Familiar Strangers | $13,296 | $11,553 | 86.9% | $1,743 | 13.1% | 2 | 1 | Cavalier Films | - | false |
| 69 | Ashes of Time | $12,228 | $7,356 | 60.2% | $4,872 | 39.8% | 15 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 70 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $11,200 | $7,310 | 65.3% | $3,890 | 34.7% | 3 | 2 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | Call + Response | $11,042 | $3,731 | 33.8% | $7,311 | 66.2% | 4 | 6 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $10,890 | $7,792 | 71.6% | $3,098 | 28.4% | 5 | 3 | IMAX | - | false |
| 73 | A Girl Cut in Two | $9,598 | $5,639 | 58.8% | $3,959 | 41.2% | 12 | 14 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | I Served the King of England | $9,209 | $7,065 | 76.7% | $2,144 | 23.3% | 16 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 75 | How About You | $9,146 | $6,022 | 65.8% | $3,124 | 34.2% | 1 | 1 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Trouble the Water | $8,747 | $4,806 | 54.9% | $3,941 | 45.1% | 8 | 13 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 77 | Choke | $8,373 | $4,642 | 55.4% | $3,731 | 44.6% | 19 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | The Dukes | $8,371 | $6,067 | 72.5% | $2,304 | 27.5% | 4 | 1 | Cavu Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | The First Basket | $8,359 | $6,275 | 75.1% | $2,084 | 24.9% | 3 | 4 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | - | false |
| 80 | U2 3D | $8,346 | $6,710 | 80.4% | $1,636 | 19.6% | 6 | 44 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | Ballast | $8,088 | $5,552 | 68.6% | $2,536 | 31.4% | 5 | 8 | Alluvial Film Company | - | false |
| 82 | Space Chimps | $8,076 | $6,315 | 78.2% | $1,761 | 21.8% | 17 | 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 83 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $6,801 | $4,859 | 71.4% | $1,942 | 28.6% | 4 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 84 | The Alphabet Killer | $6,400 | $5,123 | 80% | $1,277 | 20% | 2 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 85 | Mirrors | $5,733 | $4,565 | 79.6% | $1,168 | 20.4% | 11 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 86 | The Beautiful Truth | $5,125 | $3,025 | 59% | $2,100 | 41% | 2 | 1 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 87 | The Other End of the Line | $4,958 | $3,377 | 68.1% | $1,581 | 31.9% | 5 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 88 | I.O.U.S.A. | $4,878 | $3,324 | 68.1% | $1,554 | 31.9% | 7 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 89 | Eden | $4,744 | $3,084 | 65% | $1,660 | 35% | 1 | 1 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 90 | The Wild Child | $4,734 | $2,669 | 56.4% | $2,065 | 43.6% | 1 | 2 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 91 | Hounddog | $4,650 | $4,650 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 9 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 92 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $4,628 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Kino International | - | false |
| 93 | My Father My Lord | $4,256 | $3,044 | 71.5% | $1,212 | 28.5% | 5 | 27 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | Fashion | $4,191 | $4,191 | 100% | $0 | - | 13 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Flow: For Love of Water | $4,100 | $3,100 | 75.6% | $1,000 | 24.4% | 5 | 35 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 96 | Lola Montès | $3,976 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 97 | The World Unseen | $3,589 | $2,364 | 65.9% | $1,225 | 34.1% | 3 | 2 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 98 | Battle in Seattle | $3,489 | $2,182 | 62.5% | $1,307 | 37.5% | 10 | 9 | Redwood Palms Pictures | - | false |
| 99 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $3,251 | $1,535 | 47.2% | $1,716 | 52.8% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 100 | Good Dick | $3,020 | $3,020 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 6 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 101 | August Evening | $2,728 | $2,089 | 76.6% | $639 | 23.4% | 4 | 11 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 102 | Momma's Man | $2,670 | $2,243 | 84% | $427 | 16% | 6 | 13 | Kino International | - | false |
| 103 | Sky Kids | $2,328 | $1,475 | 63.4% | $853 | 36.6% | 2 | 14 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | XXY | $2,323 | $2,164 | 93.2% | $159 | 6.8% | 1 | 29 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 105 | Babylon A.D. | $2,284 | $2,284 | 100% | $0 | - | 9 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 106 | The Grocer's Son | $2,125 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 24 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 107 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father | $1,800 | $1,800 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 3 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 108 | America the Beautiful | $1,670 | $1,134 | 67.9% | $536 | 32.1% | 1 | 28 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 109 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $1,617 | $1,086 | 67.2% | $531 | 32.8% | 5 | 7 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 110 | Moving Midway | $1,418 | $62 | 4.4% | $1,356 | 95.6% | 1 | 10 | First Run | - | false |
| 111 | Louise Bourgeois | $1,372 | $585 | 42.6% | $787 | 57.4% | 2 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 112 | Box Elder | $1,250 | $1,250 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 38 | N/A | - | false |
| 113 | God and Gays: Bridging the Gap | $1,172 | $567 | 48.4% | $605 | 51.6% | 1 | 4 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 114 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $1,093 | $665 | 60.8% | $428 | 39.2% | 3 | 16 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 115 | Gardens of the Night | $1,074 | $780 | 72.6% | $294 | 27.4% | 1 | 2 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 116 | Breakfast with Scot | $828 | $594 | 71.7% | $234 | 28.3% | 1 | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 117 | Galapagos | $751 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 473 | IMAX | - | false |
| 118 | A Man Named Pearl | $740 | $60 | 8.1% | $680 | 91.9% | 1 | 64 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 119 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $662 | $589 | 89% | $73 | 11% | 1 | 16 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 120 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $568 | $568 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 121 | The Pool | $560 | $377 | 67.3% | $183 | 32.7% | 2 | 12 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 122 | Dare Not Walk Alone | $501 | $387 | 77.2% | $114 | 22.8% | 1 | 30 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 123 | Whaledreamers | $466 | $85 | 18.2% | $381 | 81.8% | 2 | 8 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 124 | Filth and Wisdom | $457 | $329 | 72% | $128 | 28% | 1 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 125 | Save Me | $430 | $246 | 57.2% | $184 | 42.8% | 1 | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| 126 | Days and Clouds | $419 | $317 | 75.7% | $102 | 24.3% | 1 | 19 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 127 | Tru Loved | $399 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 128 | Ice Blues | $363 | $268 | 73.8% | $95 | 26.2% | 1 | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 129 | Fall of Hyperion | $198 | $133 | 67.2% | $65 | 32.8% | 1 | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 130 | Baghead | $180 | $90 | 50% | $90 | 50% | 1 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 131 | The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | $89 | $69 | 77.5% | $20 | 22.5% | 1 | 8 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 36 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Matador | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| - | Antarctica | - | $1,213 | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Faded Memories | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Rocky Mountain Pictures | - | false |
| - | College | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Cthulhu | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Haunted Castle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 404 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| - | Were the World Mine | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| - | Ghost Town | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| - | Tropic Thunder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| - | Alexandra | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
