| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Four Christmases | $22,038,812 | $16,755,478 | 76% | $5,283,334 | 24% | 3,335 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Twilight | $16,739,349 | $13,046,722 | 77.9% | $3,692,627 | 22.1% | 3,620 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 3 | Bolt | $11,799,450 | $9,796,149 | 83% | $2,003,301 | 17% | 3,516 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Australia | $9,729,140 | $7,050,261 | 72.5% | $2,678,879 | 27.5% | 2,721 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 5 | Quantum of Solace | $8,999,966 | $6,752,390 | 75% | $2,247,576 | 25% | 3,423 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $6,181,431 | $5,079,120 | 82.2% | $1,102,311 | 17.8% | 3,317 | 5 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 7 | Transporter 3 | $6,145,303 | $4,668,898 | 76% | $1,476,405 | 24% | 2,626 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 8 | Punisher: War Zone | $5,627,529 | $4,271,451 | 75.9% | $1,356,078 | 24.1% | 2,508 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 9 | Cadillac Records | $4,324,085 | $3,445,559 | 79.7% | $878,526 | 20.3% | 687 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 10 | Role Models | $3,546,495 | $2,574,460 | 72.6% | $972,035 | 27.4% | 1,907 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Milk | $2,542,787 | $1,834,914 | 72.2% | $707,873 | 27.8% | 99 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,935,912 | $1,402,176 | 72.4% | $533,736 | 27.6% | 78 | 5 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,451,353 | $1,031,036 | 71% | $420,317 | 29% | 678 | 5 | Miramax | - | false |
| 14 | Changeling | $722,390 | $501,070 | 69.4% | $221,320 | 30.6% | 681 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Nobel Son | $513,331 | $333,912 | 65% | $179,419 | 35% | 893 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Rachel Getting Married | $398,636 | $285,331 | 71.6% | $113,305 | 28.4% | 170 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 17 | Fireproof | $363,467 | $251,459 | 69.2% | $112,008 | 30.8% | 499 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 18 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $333,961 | $226,098 | 67.7% | $107,863 | 32.3% | 275 | 6 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | The Secret Life of Bees | $317,658 | $217,469 | 68.5% | $100,189 | 31.5% | 432 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $313,277 | $244,722 | 78.1% | $68,555 | 21.9% | 632 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | The Dark Knight | $257,906 | $187,418 | 72.7% | $70,488 | 27.3% | 269 | 21 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Frost/Nixon | $247,459 | $180,708 | 73% | $66,751 | 27% | 3 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Synecdoche, New York | $244,616 | $163,627 | 66.9% | $80,989 | 33.1% | 115 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $230,371 | $156,463 | 67.9% | $73,908 | 32.1% | 26 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | I've Loved You So Long | $209,166 | $144,675 | 69.2% | $64,491 | 30.8% | 51 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 26 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $207,586 | $141,162 | 68% | $66,424 | 32% | 202 | 9 | Miramax | - | false |
| 27 | Soul Men | $176,355 | $133,421 | 75.6% | $42,934 | 24.4% | 233 | 5 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 28 | Let the Right One In | $160,008 | $104,312 | 65.2% | $55,696 | 34.8% | 50 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $150,491 | $114,523 | 76.1% | $35,968 | 23.9% | 248 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Eagle Eye | $150,144 | $113,174 | 75.4% | $36,970 | 24.6% | 205 | 11 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 31 | A Christmas Tale | $129,184 | $91,283 | 70.7% | $37,901 | 29.3% | 44 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 32 | Pride and Glory | $85,973 | $54,637 | 63.6% | $31,336 | 36.4% | 180 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Igor | $81,088 | $65,509 | 80.8% | $15,579 | 19.2% | 162 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 34 | Max Payne | $77,723 | $55,578 | 71.5% | $22,145 | 28.5% | 145 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $73,295 | $39,677 | 54.1% | $33,618 | 45.9% | 18 | 6 | IMAX | - | false |
| 36 | The Duchess | $69,921 | $44,684 | 63.9% | $25,237 | 36.1% | 135 | 12 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 37 | Burn After Reading | $69,526 | $45,414 | 65.3% | $24,112 | 34.7% | 78 | 13 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 38 | WALL·E | $61,727 | $46,898 | 76% | $14,829 | 24% | 166 | 24 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Appaloosa | $60,721 | $40,323 | 66.4% | $20,398 | 33.6% | 104 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 40 | Saw V | $58,825 | $42,029 | 71.4% | $16,796 | 28.6% | 115 | 7 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 41 | Body of Lies | $58,441 | $37,443 | 64.1% | $20,998 | 35.9% | 44 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 42 | Religulous | $56,264 | $35,630 | 63.3% | $20,634 | 36.7% | 59 | 11 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 43 | JCVD | $51,646 | $33,234 | 64.4% | $18,412 | 35.6% | 20 | 5 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 44 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,308 | $50,253 | 99.9% | $55 | 0.1% | 21 | 62 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $44,035 | $15,525 | 35.3% | $28,510 | 64.7% | 15 | 17 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Space Station 3D | $41,531 | $18,420 | 44.4% | $23,111 | 55.6% | 8 | 347 | IMAX | - | false |
| 47 | Friendship | $39,801 | $30,919 | 77.7% | $8,882 | 22.3% | 34 | 4 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 48 | Yuvvraaj | $38,986 | $34,336 | 88.1% | $4,650 | 11.9% | 77 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 49 | RocknRolla | $38,951 | $25,069 | 64.4% | $13,882 | 35.6% | 36 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | Righteous Kill | $38,085 | $20,908 | 54.9% | $17,177 | 45.1% | 89 | 13 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 51 | City of Ember | $36,752 | $27,861 | 75.8% | $8,891 | 24.2% | 83 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 52 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $35,688 | $17,479 | 49% | $18,209 | 51% | 7 | 168 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $35,315 | $23,467 | 66.4% | $11,848 | 33.6% | 12 | 17 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 54 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $35,069 | $28,101 | 80.1% | $6,968 | 19.9% | 45 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 55 | Deep Sea | $32,080 | $18,587 | 57.9% | $13,493 | 42.1% | 10 | 145 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Don Carlo | $27,834 | $27,834 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 1 | Emerging Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Nights in Rodanthe | $25,112 | $15,423 | 61.4% | $9,689 | 38.6% | 45 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $21,074 | $16,859 | 80% | $4,215 | 20% | 10 | 43 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | Repo! The Genetic Opera | $19,589 | $13,083 | 66.8% | $6,506 | 33.2% | 11 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 60 | My Name Is Bruce | $17,700 | $17,214 | 97.2% | $486 | 2.8% | 1 | 6 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $17,381 | $7,964 | 45.8% | $9,417 | 54.2% | 7 | 150 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Were the World Mine | $14,934 | $9,784 | 65.5% | $5,150 | 34.5% | 3 | 6 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 63 | A Secret | $13,933 | $10,033 | 72% | $3,900 | 28% | 6 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 64 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $13,255 | $9,015 | 68% | $4,240 | 32% | 5 | 7 | Logo | - | false |
| 65 | The Secrets | $12,009 | $8,372 | 69.7% | $3,637 | 30.3% | 5 | 3 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 66 | The Reader | $11,919 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 67 | Call + Response | $11,896 | $5,543 | 46.6% | $6,353 | 53.4% | 2 | 9 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | Man on Wire | $11,529 | $7,728 | 67% | $3,801 | 33% | 5 | 20 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $10,841 | $8,531 | 78.7% | $2,310 | 21.3% | 41 | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 70 | What Just Happened | $10,561 | $7,316 | 69.3% | $3,245 | 30.7% | 17 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | $9,059 | $9,059 | 100% | $0 | - | 24 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy | $8,629 | $6,141 | 71.2% | $2,488 | 28.8% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Tell No One | $8,508 | $5,947 | 69.9% | $2,561 | 30.1% | 4 | 24 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 74 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $8,188 | $5,771 | 70.5% | $2,417 | 29.5% | 3 | 4 | Kino International | - | false |
| 75 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $7,389 | $4,740 | 64.2% | $2,649 | 35.8% | 26 | 10 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 76 | Wendy and Lucy | $7,225 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 77 | Ashes of Time | $7,080 | $5,411 | 76.4% | $1,669 | 23.6% | 11 | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 78 | Trouble the Water | $7,065 | $3,032 | 42.9% | $4,033 | 57.1% | 5 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 79 | Stranded | $7,029 | $4,353 | 61.9% | $2,676 | 38.1% | 4 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 80 | I Served the King of England | $6,069 | $3,953 | 65.1% | $2,116 | 34.9% | 7 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 81 | Save Me | $5,950 | $4,011 | 67.4% | $1,939 | 32.6% | 1 | 14 | First Run | - | false |
| 82 | U2 3D | $5,856 | $4,644 | 79.3% | $1,212 | 20.7% | 2 | 47 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 83 | Gardens of the Night | $5,806 | $4,904 | 84.5% | $902 | 15.5% | 1 | 5 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Frozen River | $5,401 | $2,597 | 48.1% | $2,804 | 51.9% | 6 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 85 | Hounddog | $5,388 | $5,388 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 12 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 86 | I Can't Think Straight | $5,149 | $3,380 | 65.6% | $1,769 | 34.4% | 3 | 3 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | A Girl Cut in Two | $4,944 | $3,156 | 63.8% | $1,788 | 36.2% | 13 | 17 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 88 | Ciao | $4,368 | $2,672 | 61.2% | $1,696 | 38.8% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 89 | August Evening | $4,343 | $3,866 | 89% | $477 | 11% | 2 | 14 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 90 | How About You | $4,196 | $2,974 | 70.9% | $1,222 | 29.1% | 1 | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 91 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $4,112 | $2,210 | 53.8% | $1,902 | 46.2% | 6 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 92 | One Day You'll Understand | $3,662 | $2,467 | 67.4% | $1,195 | 32.6% | 3 | 6 | Kino International | - | false |
| 93 | Hunger | $3,561 | $1,980 | 55.6% | $1,581 | 44.4% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 94 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,489 | $2,637 | 75.6% | $852 | 24.4% | 1 | 5 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 95 | Ballast | $3,398 | $2,053 | 60.4% | $1,345 | 39.6% | 4 | 11 | Alluvial Film Company | - | false |
| 96 | Familiar Strangers | $3,302 | $2,516 | 76.2% | $786 | 23.8% | 4 | 4 | Cavalier Films | - | false |
| 97 | Amexicano | $3,176 | $2,245 | 70.7% | $931 | 29.3% | 1 | 12 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 98 | Eden | $3,170 | $1,852 | 58.4% | $1,318 | 41.6% | 2 | 4 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 99 | I.O.U.S.A. | $2,795 | $1,712 | 61.2% | $1,083 | 38.8% | 3 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 100 | Flow: For Love of Water | $2,600 | $1,900 | 73.1% | $700 | 26.9% | 6 | 38 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 101 | Breakfast with Scot | $2,354 | $1,666 | 70.8% | $688 | 29.2% | 1 | 9 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | The Dukes | $1,518 | $800 | 52.7% | $718 | 47.3% | 2 | 4 | Cavu Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | The Wild Child | $1,427 | $831 | 58.2% | $596 | 41.8% | 1 | 5 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 104 | Yella | $1,208 | $870 | 72% | $338 | 28% | 1 | 30 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 105 | Lake City | $1,177 | $782 | 66.4% | $395 | 33.6% | 2 | 3 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 106 | Battle in Seattle | $1,118 | $1,118 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 12 | Redwood Palms Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Box Elder | $1,100 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 41 | N/A | - | false |
| 108 | The First Basket | $925 | $655 | 70.8% | $270 | 29.2% | 1 | 7 | Laemmle/Zeller Films | - | false |
| 109 | The Matador | $888 | $636 | 71.6% | $252 | 28.4% | 1 | 6 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 110 | House | $881 | $648 | 73.6% | $233 | 26.4% | 2 | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 111 | The Alphabet Killer | $673 | $435 | 64.6% | $238 | 35.4% | 1 | 5 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 112 | Whaledreamers | $612 | $612 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 11 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 113 | Momma's Man | $568 | $250 | 44% | $318 | 56% | 2 | 16 | Kino International | - | false |
| 114 | Sky Kids | $568 | $350 | 61.6% | $218 | 38.4% | 1 | 17 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 115 | Louise Bourgeois | $514 | $514 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 25 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 116 | Antarctica | $501 | $297 | 59.3% | $204 | 40.7% | 1 | 15 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 117 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | $400 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 67 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 118 | The Other End of the Line | $303 | $215 | 71% | $88 | 29% | 1 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 119 | Galapagos | $187 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 476 | IMAX | - | false |
| 120 | The Order of Myths | $1 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | The Black Balloon | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | NeoClassics Films | - | false |
| - | Extreme Movie | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| - | Everybody Wants to Be Italian | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 14 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Lola Montès | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Bottle Shock | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
