| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Twilight | $93,362,477 | $69,637,740 | 74.6% | $23,724,737 | 25.4% | 3,425 | 1 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 2 | Quantum of Solace | $40,502,141 | $26,707,945 | 65.9% | $13,794,196 | 34.1% | 3,501 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | Bolt | $40,267,838 | $26,223,128 | 65.1% | $14,044,710 | 34.9% | 3,654 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $23,411,586 | $15,661,936 | 66.9% | $7,749,650 | 33.1% | 3,709 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 5 | Four Christmases | $14,984,642 | - | - | - | - | 3,200 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Role Models | $11,688,245 | $7,324,445 | 62.7% | $4,363,800 | 37.3% | 2,195 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | $6,167,306 | - | - | - | - | 2,626 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | Australia | $5,203,733 | - | - | - | - | 2,617 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | Changeling | $3,672,510 | $2,695,450 | 73.4% | $977,060 | 26.6% | 1,010 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $2,874,688 | $2,049,144 | 71.3% | $825,544 | 28.7% | 1,385 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,492,769 | $1,647,514 | 66.1% | $845,255 | 33.9% | 582 | 3 | Miramax | - | false |
| 12 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $2,264,931 | $1,605,579 | 70.9% | $659,352 | 29.1% | 437 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 13 | The Secret Life of Bees | $1,717,177 | $1,264,991 | 73.7% | $452,186 | 26.3% | 476 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,575,890 | $947,795 | 60.1% | $628,095 | 39.9% | 49 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Fireproof | $1,269,950 | $909,404 | 71.6% | $360,546 | 28.4% | 480 | 9 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 16 | Soul Men | $1,209,175 | $912,269 | 75.4% | $296,906 | 24.6% | 335 | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 17 | Rachel Getting Married | $1,020,295 | $751,611 | 73.7% | $268,684 | 26.3% | 300 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 18 | Eagle Eye | $912,201 | $667,605 | 73.2% | $244,596 | 26.8% | 325 | 9 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 19 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $672,548 | $468,078 | 69.6% | $204,470 | 30.4% | 317 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Saw V | $613,753 | $459,081 | 74.8% | $154,672 | 25.2% | 177 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 21 | The Dark Knight | $589,782 | $370,449 | 62.8% | $219,333 | 37.2% | 322 | 19 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Milk | $487,628 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 1 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 23 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $484,825 | $385,013 | 79.4% | $99,812 | 20.6% | 123 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $477,142 | $338,071 | 70.8% | $139,071 | 29.2% | 202 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 25 | Synecdoche, New York | $467,089 | $319,110 | 68.3% | $147,979 | 31.7% | 111 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 26 | Yuvvraaj | $343,707 | $264,362 | 76.9% | $79,345 | 23.1% | 77 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 27 | Body of Lies | $331,009 | $244,258 | 73.8% | $86,751 | 26.2% | 106 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Friendship | $326,649 | $222,712 | 68.2% | $103,937 | 31.8% | 73 | 2 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 29 | I've Loved You So Long | $271,697 | $194,337 | 71.5% | $77,360 | 28.5% | 37 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | Appaloosa | $263,601 | $193,270 | 73.3% | $70,331 | 26.7% | 127 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | A Christmas Tale | $227,173 | $162,689 | 71.6% | $64,484 | 28.4% | 36 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 32 | Max Payne | $207,171 | $150,463 | 72.6% | $56,708 | 27.4% | 161 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 33 | WALL·E | $204,570 | $134,989 | 66% | $69,581 | 34% | 190 | 22 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 34 | Let the Right One In | $195,788 | $118,410 | 60.5% | $77,378 | 39.5% | 39 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | W. | $181,154 | $131,523 | 72.6% | $49,631 | 27.4% | 55 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 36 | Religulous | $178,254 | $123,599 | 69.3% | $54,655 | 30.7% | 61 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 37 | Burn After Reading | $165,903 | $112,607 | 67.9% | $53,296 | 32.1% | 97 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 38 | The Duchess | $161,072 | $117,896 | 73.2% | $43,176 | 26.8% | 78 | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 39 | Righteous Kill | $149,278 | $82,619 | 55.4% | $66,659 | 44.6% | 197 | 11 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 40 | Nights in Rodanthe | $136,331 | $104,021 | 76.3% | $32,310 | 23.7% | 86 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | RocknRolla | $124,897 | $88,451 | 70.8% | $36,446 | 29.2% | 52 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | JCVD | $94,457 | $61,242 | 64.8% | $33,215 | 35.2% | 26 | 3 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 43 | City of Ember | $93,351 | $62,389 | 66.8% | $30,962 | 33.2% | 110 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | Pride and Glory | $92,041 | $67,952 | 73.8% | $24,089 | 26.2% | 33 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $89,114 | $42,718 | 47.9% | $46,396 | 52.1% | 12 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 46 | Igor | $75,071 | $41,327 | 55% | $33,744 | 45% | 179 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 47 | Sex Drive | $69,197 | $48,980 | 70.8% | $20,217 | 29.2% | 52 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 48 | Deep Sea | $65,426 | $30,808 | 47.1% | $34,618 | 52.9% | 9 | 143 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $61,986 | $40,905 | 66% | $21,081 | 34% | 21 | 60 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,053 | $43,433 | 71.1% | $17,620 | 28.9% | 18 | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 51 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $60,982 | $44,913 | 73.6% | $16,069 | 26.4% | 63 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $60,083 | $25,814 | 43% | $34,269 | 57% | 7 | 166 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $56,229 | $33,876 | 60.2% | $22,353 | 39.8% | 16 | 15 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | Space Station 3D | $51,665 | $20,063 | 38.8% | $31,602 | 61.2% | 8 | 345 | IMAX | - | false |
| 55 | What Just Happened | $35,906 | $27,103 | 75.5% | $8,803 | 24.5% | 42 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $27,911 | $18,729 | 67.1% | $9,182 | 32.9% | 4 | 5 | Logo | - | false |
| 57 | Were the World Mine | $26,654 | $19,192 | 72% | $7,462 | 28% | 3 | 4 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 58 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $24,462 | $12,752 | 52.1% | $11,710 | 47.9% | 6 | 4 | IMAX | - | false |
| 59 | My Name Is Bruce | $23,978 | $22,598 | 94.2% | $1,380 | 5.8% | 4 | 4 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 60 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $23,038 | $14,088 | 61.2% | $8,950 | 38.8% | 3 | 2 | Kino International | - | false |
| 61 | Man on Wire | $22,558 | $16,058 | 71.2% | $6,500 | 28.8% | 12 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Lola Montès | $20,736 | $15,296 | 73.8% | $5,440 | 26.2% | 1 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 63 | Tell No One | $20,283 | $13,848 | 68.3% | $6,435 | 31.7% | 16 | 22 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 64 | Roving Mars | $20,108 | $7,224 | 35.9% | $12,884 | 64.1% | 6 | 148 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | I Can't Think Straight | $20,057 | $15,239 | 76% | $4,818 | 24% | 3 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 66 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $19,765 | $15,805 | 80% | $3,960 | 20% | 11 | 41 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | I Served the King of England | $19,401 | $12,926 | 66.6% | $6,475 | 33.4% | 14 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 68 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $19,108 | - | - | - | - | 45 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | A Secret | $18,335 | $13,004 | 70.9% | $5,331 | 29.1% | 7 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | The Longshots | $16,115 | $13,215 | 82% | $2,900 | 18% | 32 | 14 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 71 | Traitor | $13,946 | $10,863 | 77.9% | $3,083 | 22.1% | 39 | 14 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 72 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,800 | $8,057 | 58.4% | $5,743 | 41.6% | 6 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 73 | The Dukes | $12,019 | $9,631 | 80.1% | $2,388 | 19.9% | 11 | 2 | Cavu Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | Frozen River | $11,199 | $5,525 | 49.3% | $5,674 | 50.7% | 15 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 75 | Lake City | $10,115 | $9,355 | 92.5% | $760 | 7.5% | 1 | 1 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 76 | A Girl Cut in Two | $9,322 | $7,164 | 76.8% | $2,158 | 23.2% | 10 | 15 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 77 | How About You | $8,939 | $5,515 | 61.7% | $3,424 | 38.3% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 78 | Familiar Strangers | $8,454 | $6,686 | 79.1% | $1,768 | 20.9% | 3 | 2 | Cavalier Films | - | false |
| 79 | The Betrayal | $8,094 | $5,864 | 72.4% | $2,230 | 27.6% | 1 | 1 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 80 | U2 3D | $7,263 | $5,966 | 82.1% | $1,297 | 17.9% | 6 | 45 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | The Beautiful Truth | $6,074 | $4,396 | 72.4% | $1,678 | 27.6% | 1 | 2 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 82 | House | $5,829 | $4,537 | 77.8% | $1,292 | 22.2% | 14 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 83 | One Day You'll Understand | $5,615 | $4,068 | 72.4% | $1,547 | 27.6% | 6 | 4 | Kino International | - | false |
| 84 | Trouble the Water | $4,985 | $1,804 | 36.2% | $3,181 | 63.8% | 4 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 85 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $4,709 | $2,718 | 57.7% | $1,991 | 42.3% | 3 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 86 | Special 2008 Re-release | $4,512 | $3,232 | 71.6% | $1,280 | 28.4% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 87 | Sky Kids | $3,850 | $1,392 | 36.2% | $2,458 | 63.8% | 1 | 15 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Ashes of Time | $3,797 | $2,097 | 55.2% | $1,700 | 44.8% | 7 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 89 | The First Basket | $3,745 | $2,471 | 66% | $1,274 | 34% | 3 | 5 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | - | false |
| 90 | Haunted Castle | $3,706 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 405 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | Eden | $3,478 | $2,729 | 78.5% | $749 | 21.5% | 2 | 2 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 92 | The Alphabet Killer | $3,037 | $2,258 | 74.4% | $779 | 25.6% | 2 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 93 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $2,850 | $772 | 27.1% | $2,078 | 72.9% | 29 | 8 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 94 | The World Unseen | $2,788 | $1,812 | 65% | $976 | 35% | 3 | 3 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 95 | My Father My Lord | $2,667 | $2,263 | 84.8% | $404 | 15.2% | 5 | 28 | Kino International | - | false |
| 96 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,660 | $1,760 | 66.2% | $900 | 33.8% | 5 | 36 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 97 | Ballast | $2,575 | $1,729 | 67.2% | $846 | 32.8% | 1 | 9 | Alluvial Film Company | - | false |
| 98 | The Secrets | $2,422 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 99 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,407 | $1,664 | 69.1% | $743 | 30.9% | 5 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 100 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,182 | $924 | 42.4% | $1,258 | 57.6% | 1 | 3 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | The Other End of the Line | $2,049 | $1,515 | 73.9% | $534 | 26.1% | 2 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 102 | Battle in Seattle | $1,706 | $1,074 | 63% | $632 | 37% | 4 | 10 | Redwood Palms Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | Hounddog | $1,675 | $1,675 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 104 | Whaledreamers | $1,460 | $868 | 59.4% | $592 | 40.6% | 6 | 9 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 105 | Days and Clouds | $1,327 | $1,327 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 20 | Film Movement | - | false |
| 106 | The Pool | $1,313 | $1,313 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 13 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 107 | The Matador | $1,198 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 108 | Filth and Wisdom | $1,181 | $1,181 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 109 | Momma's Man | $1,142 | $1,038 | 90.9% | $104 | 9.1% | 3 | 14 | Kino International | - | false |
| 110 | A Man Named Pearl | $1,061 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 65 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 111 | Louise Bourgeois | $926 | $517 | 55.8% | $409 | 44.2% | 1 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 112 | Tru Loved | $896 | $745 | 83.2% | $151 | 16.8% | 2 | 6 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 113 | Antarctica | $772 | $613 | 79.4% | $159 | 20.6% | 1 | 13 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 114 | Breakfast with Scot | $770 | $770 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 115 | Stranded | $718 | $538 | 74.9% | $180 | 25.1% | 1 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 116 | August Evening | $623 | $567 | 91% | $56 | 9% | 1 | 12 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 117 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $428 | $340 | 79.4% | $88 | 20.6% | 2 | 17 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 118 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $240 | $240 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 119 | America the Beautiful | $153 | $153 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 29 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 120 | Alexandra | $54 | $54 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 36 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 121 | Cthulhu | $32 | $32 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 14 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 122 | The Wild Child | $2 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Miracle at St. Anna | - | $8,655 | - | - | - | 35 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | Morning Light | - | $2,900 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Nightmare Before Christmas 2009 3D Release | - | $967 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 17 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | Babylon A.D. | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 474 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Call + Response | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
