| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Four Christmases | $37,678,050 | $31,069,826 | 82.5% | $6,608,224 | 17.5% | 3,310 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Twilight | $31,992,869 | $26,344,032 | 82.3% | $5,648,837 | 17.7% | 3,425 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 3 | Bolt | $29,317,435 | $26,581,002 | 90.7% | $2,736,433 | 9.3% | 3,654 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Quantum of Solace | $22,282,762 | $18,833,552 | 84.5% | $3,449,210 | 15.5% | 3,501 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 5 | Australia | $18,665,103 | $14,800,723 | 79.3% | $3,864,380 | 20.7% | 2,642 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $15,715,692 | $14,207,329 | 90.4% | $1,508,363 | 9.6% | 3,709 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | $14,713,250 | $12,063,452 | 82% | $2,649,798 | 18% | 2,626 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | Role Models | $6,546,525 | $5,284,000 | 80.7% | $1,262,525 | 19.3% | 2,195 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,152,936 | $1,696,187 | 78.8% | $456,749 | 21.2% | 582 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 10 | Milk | $1,961,923 | $1,453,844 | 74.1% | $508,079 | 25.9% | 36 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,738,999 | $1,346,039 | 77.4% | $392,960 | 22.6% | 49 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Changeling | $1,539,985 | $1,207,240 | 78.4% | $332,745 | 21.6% | 1,010 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $1,197,924 | $1,061,628 | 88.6% | $136,296 | 11.4% | 1,385 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $697,798 | $524,425 | 75.2% | $173,373 | 24.8% | 437 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 15 | The Secret Life of Bees | $685,967 | $561,671 | 81.9% | $124,296 | 18.1% | 490 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $668,851 | $530,210 | 79.3% | $138,641 | 20.7% | 216 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 17 | Fireproof | $552,148 | $431,787 | 78.2% | $120,361 | 21.8% | 486 | 10 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 18 | Soul Men | $543,174 | $455,335 | 83.8% | $87,839 | 16.2% | 335 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 19 | The Dark Knight | $437,844 | $343,366 | 78.4% | $94,478 | 21.6% | 305 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 20 | Synecdoche, New York | $378,970 | $285,822 | 75.4% | $93,148 | 24.6% | 119 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 21 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $367,806 | $289,208 | 78.6% | $78,598 | 21.4% | 202 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | Eagle Eye | $306,384 | $247,824 | 80.9% | $58,560 | 19.1% | 325 | 10 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 23 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $298,288 | $253,990 | 85.2% | $44,298 | 14.8% | 317 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | I've Loved You So Long | $282,932 | $211,806 | 74.9% | $71,126 | 25.1% | 52 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | A Christmas Tale | $207,392 | $160,987 | 77.6% | $46,405 | 22.4% | 43 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 26 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $203,342 | $157,878 | 77.6% | $45,464 | 22.4% | 19 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Let the Right One In | $195,196 | $135,692 | 69.5% | $59,504 | 30.5% | 41 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Yuvvraaj | $187,397 | $158,433 | 84.5% | $28,964 | 15.5% | 77 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 29 | Righteous Kill | $155,370 | $105,423 | 67.8% | $49,947 | 32.2% | 197 | 12 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 30 | Saw V | $149,310 | $114,179 | 76.5% | $35,131 | 23.5% | 177 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 31 | WALL·E | $132,964 | $116,758 | 87.8% | $16,206 | 12.2% | 190 | 23 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 32 | Igor | $130,241 | $110,563 | 84.9% | $19,678 | 15.1% | 179 | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 33 | Body of Lies | $117,628 | $84,944 | 72.2% | $32,684 | 27.8% | 80 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Burn After Reading | $116,685 | $86,900 | 74.5% | $29,785 | 25.5% | 97 | 12 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 35 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $112,843 | $41,369 | 36.7% | $71,474 | 63.3% | 21 | 61 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 36 | Friendship | $112,206 | $95,148 | 84.8% | $17,058 | 15.2% | 58 | 3 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 37 | Max Payne | $108,613 | $81,169 | 74.7% | $27,444 | 25.3% | 159 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 38 | Religulous | $90,374 | $62,364 | 69% | $28,010 | 31% | 61 | 10 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 39 | Appaloosa | $89,262 | $67,012 | 75.1% | $22,250 | 24.9% | 110 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $88,004 | $69,506 | 79% | $18,498 | 21% | 123 | 5 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 41 | W. | $73,671 | $56,678 | 76.9% | $16,993 | 23.1% | 55 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 42 | JCVD | $73,517 | $46,604 | 63.4% | $26,913 | 36.6% | 25 | 4 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 43 | The Duchess | $65,698 | $46,483 | 70.8% | $19,215 | 29.2% | 78 | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 44 | City of Ember | $64,472 | $54,470 | 84.5% | $10,002 | 15.5% | 111 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 45 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $63,756 | $44,448 | 69.7% | $19,308 | 30.3% | 16 | 5 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | Deep Sea | $61,500 | $49,043 | 79.7% | $12,457 | 20.3% | 9 | 144 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $61,401 | $39,281 | 64% | $22,120 | 36% | 42 | 42 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 48 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $55,903 | $33,975 | 60.8% | $21,928 | 39.2% | 3 | 167 | IMAX | - | false |
| 49 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $54,588 | $43,433 | 79.6% | $11,155 | 20.4% | 18 | 16 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 50 | RocknRolla | $53,381 | $38,163 | 71.5% | $15,218 | 28.5% | 40 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 51 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $51,870 | $42,399 | 81.7% | $9,471 | 18.3% | 45 | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 52 | Space Station 3D | $48,847 | $28,104 | 57.5% | $20,743 | 42.5% | 7 | 346 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Nights in Rodanthe | $44,530 | $31,490 | 70.7% | $13,040 | 29.3% | 73 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $35,345 | $29,869 | 84.5% | $5,476 | 15.5% | 15 | 16 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 55 | My Name Is Bruce | $30,503 | $13,284 | 43.6% | $17,219 | 56.4% | 1 | 5 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | The Secrets | $26,481 | $19,536 | 73.8% | $6,945 | 26.2% | 7 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 57 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $25,424 | $20,135 | 79.2% | $5,289 | 20.8% | 4 | 6 | Logo | - | false |
| 58 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $24,140 | $20,551 | 85.1% | $3,589 | 14.9% | 51 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 59 | What Just Happened | $21,376 | $15,234 | 71.3% | $6,142 | 28.7% | 25 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | Pride and Glory | $17,857 | $12,333 | 69.1% | $5,524 | 30.9% | 30 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 61 | I Served the King of England | $17,493 | $12,051 | 68.9% | $5,442 | 31.1% | 9 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 62 | Sex Drive | $17,441 | $11,898 | 68.2% | $5,543 | 31.8% | 52 | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 63 | Man on Wire | $17,175 | $12,366 | 72% | $4,809 | 28% | 8 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | A Secret | $17,009 | $13,065 | 76.8% | $3,944 | 23.2% | 6 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 65 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $16,496 | $10,941 | 66.3% | $5,555 | 33.7% | 3 | 3 | Kino International | - | false |
| 66 | Roving Mars | $15,498 | $8,649 | 55.8% | $6,849 | 44.2% | 6 | 149 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 67 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $13,373 | $10,862 | 81.2% | $2,511 | 18.8% | 6 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 68 | Were the World Mine | $11,291 | $7,714 | 68.3% | $3,577 | 31.7% | 2 | 5 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 69 | Tell No One | $9,551 | $7,931 | 83% | $1,620 | 17% | 6 | 23 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 70 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $8,322 | $5,479 | 65.8% | $2,843 | 34.2% | 29 | 9 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 71 | Frozen River | $7,567 | $3,189 | 42.1% | $4,378 | 57.9% | 6 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | I Can't Think Straight | $7,192 | $6,632 | 92.2% | $560 | 7.8% | 2 | 2 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 73 | A Girl Cut in Two | $6,973 | $4,977 | 71.4% | $1,996 | 28.6% | 9 | 16 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 74 | U2 3D | $6,250 | $5,382 | 86.1% | $868 | 13.9% | 2 | 46 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 75 | How About You | $5,961 | $3,937 | 66% | $2,024 | 34% | 1 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Ashes of Time | $5,730 | $4,478 | 78.2% | $1,252 | 21.8% | 8 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 77 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $5,530 | $3,241 | 58.6% | $2,289 | 41.4% | 4 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 78 | Trouble the Water | $5,392 | $1,816 | 33.7% | $3,576 | 66.3% | 3 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 79 | The Dukes | $4,967 | $3,698 | 74.4% | $1,269 | 25.6% | 5 | 3 | Cavu Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Antarctica | $4,912 | $2,863 | 58.3% | $2,049 | 41.7% | 1 | 14 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | I.O.U.S.A. | $4,634 | $3,108 | 67.1% | $1,526 | 32.9% | 5 | 15 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 82 | Familiar Strangers | $4,617 | $3,949 | 85.5% | $668 | 14.5% | 3 | 3 | Cavalier Films | - | false |
| 83 | Ballast | $4,152 | $3,022 | 72.8% | $1,130 | 27.2% | 5 | 10 | Alluvial Film Company | - | false |
| 84 | Louise Bourgeois | $3,888 | $2,684 | 69% | $1,204 | 31% | 1 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 85 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,845 | $2,137 | 55.6% | $1,708 | 44.4% | 2 | 4 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | Hounddog | $3,825 | $3,825 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 11 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 87 | Sky Kids | $3,775 | $3,075 | 81.5% | $700 | 18.5% | 1 | 16 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 88 | Stranded | $3,447 | $1,843 | 53.5% | $1,604 | 46.5% | 2 | 7 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 89 | The Betrayal | $3,370 | $2,554 | 75.8% | $816 | 24.2% | 1 | 2 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 90 | The Matador | $3,258 | $1,371 | 42.1% | $1,887 | 57.9% | 1 | 5 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 91 | Haunted Castle | $3,029 | $3,029 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 406 | nWave Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | Call + Response | $2,898 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Special 2008 Re-release | $2,690 | $1,875 | 69.7% | $815 | 30.3% | 1 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 94 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,025 | $1,100 | 54.3% | $925 | 45.7% | 4 | 37 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 95 | The Alphabet Killer | $1,926 | $1,434 | 74.4% | $492 | 25.6% | 2 | 4 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 96 | The First Basket | $1,689 | $1,169 | 69.2% | $520 | 30.8% | 2 | 6 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | - | false |
| 97 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,538 | $1,113 | 72.4% | $425 | 27.6% | 1 | 8 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 98 | The Wild Child | $1,522 | $1,212 | 79.6% | $310 | 20.4% | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 99 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,422 | $1,085 | 76.3% | $337 | 23.7% | 3 | 5 | Kino International | - | false |
| 100 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $1,362 | $940 | 69% | $422 | 31% | 1 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 101 | Lake City | $1,168 | $858 | 73.5% | $310 | 26.5% | 1 | 2 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 102 | House | $992 | $642 | 64.7% | $350 | 35.3% | 2 | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 103 | Galapagos | $916 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 475 | IMAX | - | false |
| 104 | The Other End of the Line | $842 | $577 | 68.5% | $265 | 31.5% | 2 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 105 | Rome & Jewel | $470 | $470 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 106 | Box Elder | $466 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 40 | N/A | - | false |
| 107 | The Pool | $349 | $148 | 42.4% | $201 | 57.6% | 1 | 14 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| - | The Order of Myths | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Amexicano | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Whaledreamers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | Save Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Yella | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Gardens of the Night | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| - | Eden | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Battle in Seattle | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Redwood Palms Pictures | - | false |
| - | August Evening | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Momma's Man | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | A Man Named Pearl | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Longshots | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
