| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $38,476,884 | $30,480,153 | 79.2% | $7,996,731 | 20.8% | 3,560 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Four Christmases | $17,707,948 | $13,074,470 | 73.8% | $4,633,478 | 26.2% | 3,540 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Twilight | $11,139,204 | $7,951,131 | 71.4% | $3,188,073 | 28.6% | 3,649 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 4 | Bolt | $9,368,480 | $7,464,282 | 79.7% | $1,904,198 | 20.3% | 3,133 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | Australia | $6,024,361 | $4,169,277 | 69.2% | $1,855,084 | 30.8% | 2,703 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 6 | Quantum of Solace | $5,280,820 | $3,715,522 | 70.4% | $1,565,298 | 29.6% | 2,635 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,619,074 | $3,531,664 | 76.5% | $1,087,410 | 23.5% | 1,671 | 1 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 8 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $4,066,296 | $3,181,231 | 78.2% | $885,065 | 21.8% | 2,768 | 6 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 9 | Milk | $3,688,545 | $2,598,638 | 70.4% | $1,089,907 | 29.6% | 328 | 4 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 10 | Transporter 3 | $3,361,497 | $2,351,229 | 70% | $1,010,268 | 30% | 2,541 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $3,110,504 | $2,175,518 | 69.9% | $934,986 | 30.1% | 169 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Role Models | $2,358,750 | $1,543,625 | 65.4% | $815,125 | 34.6% | 1,328 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Punisher: War Zone | $2,126,635 | $1,383,898 | 65.1% | $742,737 | 34.9% | 2,508 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | Cadillac Records | $2,115,417 | $1,585,407 | 75% | $530,010 | 25% | 688 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $1,105,202 | $920,995 | 83.3% | $184,207 | 16.7% | 83 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 16 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $1,027,362 | $685,465 | 66.7% | $341,897 | 33.3% | 679 | 6 | Miramax | - | false |
| 17 | Frost/Nixon | $865,751 | $626,377 | 72.4% | $239,374 | 27.6% | 39 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Doubt | $718,600 | $507,226 | 70.6% | $211,374 | 29.4% | 15 | 1 | Miramax | - | false |
| 19 | Delgo | $694,782 | $511,920 | 73.7% | $182,862 | 26.3% | 2,160 | 1 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 20 | Gran Torino | $391,639 | $271,720 | 69.4% | $119,919 | 30.6% | 6 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 21 | Changeling | $390,585 | $256,840 | 65.8% | $133,745 | 34.2% | 393 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | The Polar Express 2008 IMAX Release | $348,977 | $212,812 | 61% | $136,165 | 39% | 26 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 23 | Rachel Getting Married | $315,252 | $221,323 | 70.2% | $93,929 | 29.8% | 151 | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Eagle Eye | $285,811 | $198,135 | 69.3% | $87,676 | 30.7% | 320 | 12 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 25 | The Reader | $244,531 | $168,051 | 68.7% | $76,480 | 31.3% | 8 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 26 | Fireproof | $216,625 | $147,543 | 68.1% | $69,082 | 31.9% | 346 | 12 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 27 | The Secret Life of Bees | $176,052 | $114,061 | 64.8% | $61,991 | 35.2% | 271 | 9 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $169,560 | $100,786 | 59.4% | $68,774 | 40.6% | 163 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 29 | Synecdoche, New York | $168,426 | $104,777 | 62.2% | $63,649 | 37.8% | 97 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | I've Loved You So Long | $154,021 | $102,590 | 66.6% | $51,431 | 33.4% | 46 | 8 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | The Dark Knight | $148,449 | $112,253 | 75.6% | $36,196 | 24.4% | 205 | 22 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $147,484 | $101,527 | 68.8% | $45,957 | 31.2% | 260 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $129,440 | $86,872 | 67.1% | $42,568 | 32.9% | 144 | 10 | Miramax | - | false |
| 34 | Let the Right One In | $120,875 | $76,549 | 63.3% | $44,326 | 36.7% | 51 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $108,961 | $61,070 | 56% | $47,891 | 44% | 2 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 36 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $102,486 | $70,981 | 69.3% | $31,505 | 30.7% | 173 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 37 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $87,578 | $41,138 | 47% | $46,440 | 53% | 18 | 7 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | A Christmas Tale | $86,306 | $61,982 | 71.8% | $24,324 | 28.2% | 43 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 39 | The Wrestler | $85,506 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $84,442 | $40,333 | 47.8% | $44,109 | 52.2% | 21 | 63 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 41 | Soul Men | $66,523 | $49,944 | 75.1% | $16,579 | 24.9% | 95 | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 42 | Max Payne | $63,705 | $45,734 | 71.8% | $17,971 | 28.2% | 121 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 43 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $61,569 | $40,479 | 65.8% | $21,090 | 34.2% | 28 | 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 44 | Igor | $58,548 | $45,700 | 78.1% | $12,848 | 21.9% | 118 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 45 | Burn After Reading | $53,478 | $32,481 | 60.7% | $20,997 | 39.3% | 57 | 14 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 46 | RocknRolla | $50,646 | $28,624 | 56.5% | $22,022 | 43.5% | 123 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 47 | JCVD | $44,783 | $27,473 | 61.4% | $17,310 | 38.6% | 20 | 6 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 48 | WALL·E | $43,284 | $30,820 | 71.2% | $12,464 | 28.8% | 123 | 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $41,692 | $19,562 | 46.9% | $22,130 | 53.1% | 5 | 169 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Body of Lies | $40,684 | $24,176 | 59.4% | $16,508 | 40.6% | 37 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 51 | Religulous | $37,151 | $21,664 | 58.3% | $15,487 | 41.7% | 42 | 12 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 52 | Space Station 3D | $36,443 | $15,471 | 42.4% | $20,972 | 57.6% | 8 | 348 | IMAX | - | false |
| 53 | Deep Sea | $33,060 | $19,028 | 57.6% | $14,032 | 42.4% | 10 | 146 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 54 | Appaloosa | $30,049 | $18,789 | 62.5% | $11,260 | 37.5% | 65 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $27,692 | $14,890 | 53.8% | $12,802 | 46.2% | 12 | 18 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 56 | Wendy and Lucy | $27,421 | $18,218 | 66.4% | $9,203 | 33.6% | 2 | 2 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 57 | Nobel Son | $26,241 | $16,603 | 63.3% | $9,638 | 36.7% | 99 | 2 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 58 | Were the World Mine | $23,835 | $15,905 | 66.7% | $7,930 | 33.3% | 4 | 7 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 59 | City of Ember | $23,716 | $16,760 | 70.7% | $6,956 | 29.3% | 63 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 60 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $18,712 | $13,020 | 69.6% | $5,692 | 30.4% | 5 | 6 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | My Name Is Bruce | $18,238 | $18,238 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 7 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | Dark Streets | $16,815 | $10,958 | 65.2% | $5,857 | 34.8% | 18 | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 63 | Roving Mars | $16,121 | $6,809 | 42.2% | $9,312 | 57.8% | 6 | 151 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Call + Response | $14,904 | $14,308 | 96% | $596 | 4% | 1 | 10 | Fair Trade Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $14,253 | $10,298 | 72.2% | $3,955 | 27.8% | 16 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 66 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $12,703 | $10,586 | 83.3% | $2,117 | 16.7% | 10 | 44 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | A Secret | $12,695 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 68 | Frozen River | $12,021 | $8,951 | 74.5% | $3,070 | 25.5% | 13 | 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 69 | Nights in Rodanthe | $11,450 | $7,640 | 66.7% | $3,810 | 33.3% | 23 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 70 | Man on Wire | $8,364 | $5,827 | 69.7% | $2,537 | 30.3% | 4 | 21 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | The Secrets | $8,275 | $6,561 | 79.3% | $1,714 | 20.7% | 6 | 4 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 72 | Righteous Kill | $7,611 | $4,634 | 60.9% | $2,977 | 39.1% | 36 | 14 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 73 | Timecrimes | $7,023 | $4,351 | 62% | $2,672 | 38% | 2 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | What Just Happened | $6,788 | $5,206 | 76.7% | $1,582 | 23.3% | 12 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,287 | $3,978 | 63.3% | $2,309 | 36.7% | 3 | 5 | Kino International | - | false |
| 76 | A Girl Cut in Two | $5,903 | $2,910 | 49.3% | $2,993 | 50.7% | 11 | 18 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 77 | I Served the King of England | $5,368 | $3,232 | 60.2% | $2,136 | 39.8% | 3 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 78 | Stranded | $5,298 | $2,712 | 51.2% | $2,586 | 48.8% | 4 | 9 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 79 | The Matador | $5,079 | $4,179 | 82.3% | $900 | 17.7% | 2 | 7 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 80 | Ashes of Time | $5,068 | $3,139 | 61.9% | $1,929 | 38.1% | 14 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 81 | Tell No One | $4,950 | $3,269 | 66% | $1,681 | 34% | 5 | 25 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 82 | Trouble the Water | $4,635 | $2,561 | 55.2% | $2,074 | 44.8% | 5 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 83 | How About You | $4,626 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 5 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | U2 3D | $4,043 | $2,990 | 74% | $1,053 | 26% | 2 | 48 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | Hounddog | $3,869 | $2,144 | 55.4% | $1,725 | 44.6% | 2 | 13 | Empire Pictures Inc. | - | false |
| 86 | Ciao | $3,622 | $2,896 | 80% | $726 | 20% | 1 | 2 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | House | $3,586 | $2,427 | 67.7% | $1,159 | 32.3% | 11 | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 88 | Where God Left His Shoes | $3,447 | $2,918 | 84.6% | $529 | 15.4% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 89 | Eden | $2,953 | $1,661 | 56.2% | $1,292 | 43.8% | 3 | 5 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 90 | I Can't Think Straight | $2,710 | $2,127 | 78.5% | $583 | 21.5% | 3 | 4 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 91 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $2,454 | $1,889 | 77% | $565 | 23% | 4 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 92 | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | $2,379 | $1,535 | 64.5% | $844 | 35.5% | 2 | 8 | Logo | - | false |
| 93 | Monsieur Verdoux | $2,273 | $1,227 | 54% | $1,046 | 46% | 1 | 40 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 94 | August Evening | $1,922 | $1,197 | 62.3% | $725 | 37.7% | 2 | 15 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 95 | The Alphabet Killer | $1,732 | $1,732 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 6 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 96 | Breakfast with Scot | $1,520 | $973 | 64% | $547 | 36% | 1 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Familiar Strangers | $1,390 | $672 | 48.4% | $718 | 51.6% | 2 | 5 | Cavalier Films | - | false |
| 98 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,307 | $991 | 75.8% | $316 | 24.2% | 1 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 99 | Louise Bourgeois | $1,181 | $697 | 59% | $484 | 41% | 1 | 26 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 100 | Lola Montès | $1,079 | $634 | 58.8% | $445 | 41.2% | 1 | 10 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,029 | $788 | 76.6% | $241 | 23.4% | 3 | 7 | Kino International | - | false |
| 102 | Amexicano | $842 | $574 | 68.2% | $268 | 31.8% | 1 | 13 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 103 | $9.99 | $781 | $478 | 61.2% | $303 | 38.8% | 1 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 104 | Sky Kids | $666 | $290 | 43.5% | $376 | 56.5% | 1 | 18 | Dark Coast Pictures | - | false |
| 105 | Galapagos | $626 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 477 | IMAX | - | false |
| 106 | Gardens of the Night | $505 | $210 | 41.6% | $295 | 58.4% | 1 | 6 | City Lights Pictures | - | false |
| 107 | Save Me | $476 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 108 | Lake City | $307 | $226 | 73.6% | $81 | 26.4% | 1 | 4 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 109 | Momma's Man | $75 | $75 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | While She Was Out | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| - | What Doesn't Kill You | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | Yari Film Group Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Antarctica | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
