| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $26,074,706 | -39.8% | 3,144 | - | $8,293 | $69,374,904 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $25,584,474 | - | 2,942 | - | $8,696 | $25,584,474 | 1 | Screen Gems | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Gran Torino | $20,371,199 | -33.4% | 3,045 | +73 | $6,690 | $101,946,712 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Hotel for Dogs | $14,928,506 | -39.3% | 3,271 | - | $4,563 | $39,523,321 | 2 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 5 | 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | $14,198,840 | +66.5% | 1,411 | +829 | $10,062 | $59,564,456 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | My Bloody Valentine | $12,672,835 | -54.2% | 2,534 | - | $5,001 | $40,347,571 | 2 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 7 | - | Inkheart | $9,091,531 | - | 2,655 | - | $3,424 | $9,091,531 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Bride Wars | $8,664,323 | -45.4% | 2,621 | -607 | $3,305 | $50,366,587 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $7,885,452 | -1.7% | 2,263 | +40 | $3,484 | $112,929,015 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Defiance | $7,399,322 | -41.1% | 1,793 | +4 | $4,126 | $20,297,081 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Notorious | $7,216,002 | -72.3% | 1,641 | +3 | $4,397 | $33,310,848 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 12 | 16 | Revolutionary Road | $6,780,801 | +156% | 1,058 | +887 | $6,409 | $13,379,704 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | The Unborn | $5,225,225 | -55.1% | 2,107 | -252 | $2,479 | $40,095,385 | 3 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 19 | The Wrestler | $4,926,751 | +97.1% | 566 | +422 | $8,704 | $10,738,718 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 15 | 25 | Frost/Nixon | $3,929,135 | +283.6% | 1,099 | +946 | $3,575 | $12,912,696 | 8 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Last Chance Harvey | $3,802,612 | -37.4% | 1,108 | +54 | $3,431 | $10,467,290 | 6 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 17 | 9 | Marley & Me | $3,772,617 | -56.4% | 2,036 | -916 | $1,852 | $138,832,813 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Bedtime Stories | $2,365,480 | -64.9% | 1,660 | -959 | $1,424 | $108,010,546 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | The Reader | $2,017,771 | +2.5% | 367 | -50 | $5,498 | $10,275,482 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Valkyrie | $1,986,365 | -64% | 1,110 | -897 | $1,789 | $81,216,964 | 6 | United Artists | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Twilight | $1,337,992 | -48.2% | 552 | -352 | $2,423 | $186,387,034 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Doubt | $1,242,613 | -33.7% | 404 | -321 | $3,075 | $27,147,894 | 7 | Miramax | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Milk | $1,230,908 | +6.9% | 250 | +27 | $4,923 | $21,983,542 | 10 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Not Easily Broken | $1,138,465 | -57% | 483 | -242 | $2,357 | $9,928,818 | 3 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | Yes Man | $1,059,671 | -70.8% | 704 | -1,000 | $1,505 | $95,640,138 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | 65 | The Dark Knight | $880,491 | +7,481.9% | 350 | +344 | $2,515 | $531,919,903 | 28 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 35 | Rachel Getting Married | $644,180 | +300.1% | 370 | +308 | $1,741 | $11,436,788 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $611,392 | -21.3% | 303 | -31 | $2,017 | $178,955,643 | 12 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | The Tale of Despereaux | $355,255 | -69.3% | 380 | -490 | $934 | $49,670,780 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 31 | Australia | $306,303 | -30.2% | 241 | -46 | $1,270 | $48,782,749 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 31 | 22 | Seven Pounds | $298,514 | -82.4% | 319 | -802 | $935 | $69,951,824 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 32 | Four Christmases | $273,595 | -29.9% | 310 | -52 | $882 | $119,989,213 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 37 | Waltz with Bashir | $229,850 | +52.4% | 25 | +16 | $9,194 | $820,490 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 34 | 30 | Quantum of Solace | $225,161 | -53.5% | 272 | -57 | $827 | $168,368,427 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Bolt | $215,622 | -60.3% | 181 | -158 | $1,191 | $112,851,133 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 33 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $188,458 | -25% | 26 | +1 | $7,248 | $764,492 | 7 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 37 | 28 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $181,834 | -71.5% | 185 | -126 | $982 | $78,652,695 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 38 | 27 | CC2C | $150,957 | -79.7% | 130 | - | $1,161 | $895,176 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 34 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $121,785 | -37.7% | 158 | -35 | $770 | $94,429,784 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 36 | Role Models | $103,675 | -32% | 147 | -40 | $705 | $67,294,270 | 12 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $102,917 | -18.9% | 53 | -35 | $1,941 | $23,143,616 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 42 | - | Outlander | $86,762 | - | 81 | - | $1,071 | $86,762 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing | true | false |
| 43 | 40 | Let the Right One In | $78,990 | -14.5% | 40 | +1 | $1,974 | $1,790,586 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 44 | 49 | Synecdoche, New York | $71,679 | +19.6% | 28 | -5 | $2,559 | $2,945,188 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 45 | 51 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $61,665 | +6.9% | 13 | - | $4,743 | $12,760,639 | 24 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 46 | 45 | I've Loved You So Long | $57,759 | -13.7% | 28 | +5 | $2,062 | $2,617,512 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $56,005 | -18% | 6 | - | $9,334 | $27,331,108 | 175 | IMAX | false | false |
| 48 | 43 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $55,955 | -25.5% | 21 | - | $2,664 | $20,697,447 | 69 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 49 | 46 | Space Station 3D | $51,030 | -22.5% | 10 | +1 | $5,103 | $77,529,232 | 354 | IMAX | false | false |
| 50 | 63 | Wendy and Lucy | $44,838 | +224.2% | 8 | +4 | $5,604 | $205,856 | 8 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 51 | 48 | Fireproof | $41,188 | -34.8% | 62 | -9 | $664 | $33,456,317 | 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 52 | 42 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $33,714 | -58.2% | 83 | -72 | $406 | $90,543,491 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,471 | +17.2% | 8 | -1 | $3,683 | $5,344,730 | 50 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 54 | 47 | The Secret Life of Bees | $27,609 | -56.7% | 39 | -19 | $707 | $37,712,926 | 15 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 56 | Roving Mars | $27,094 | -7.7% | 7 | - | $3,870 | $9,940,723 | 157 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | - | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $18,408 | - | 1 | - | $18,408 | $18,408 | 1 | Argot Pictures | true | false |
| 57 | 61 | Deep Sea | $16,809 | +3.7% | 6 | - | $2,801 | $37,383,210 | 152 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 58 | 55 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $15,643 | -49.8% | 27 | -23 | $579 | $31,457,946 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 59 | - | Killshot | $15,332 | - | 5 | - | $3,066 | $15,332 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | true | false |
| 60 | 52 | Soul Men | $12,526 | -68.5% | 38 | -52 | $329 | $12,078,857 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 61 | 64 | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,458 | -3.8% | 4 | +1 | $3,114 | $25,406 | 2 | Wave Releasing | false | false |
| 62 | 62 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $11,172 | -27.6% | 11 | -1 | $1,015 | $13,552,180 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 53 | Ghajini | $10,262 | -73.7% | 9 | -13 | $1,140 | $2,430,627 | 6 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 64 | 87 | Of Time and the City | $8,980 | +496.3% | 1 | - | $8,980 | $10,486 | 2 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 65 | 77 | Stranded | $8,233 | +148.5% | 4 | +1 | $2,058 | $80,767 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 66 | 60 | Silent Light | $7,605 | -58.4% | 1 | - | $7,605 | $49,241 | 4 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 67 | 58 | A Christmas Tale | $7,582 | -60.1% | 10 | -10 | $758 | $1,058,518 | 11 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 68 | - | Donkey Punch | $7,553 | - | 2 | - | $3,776 | $7,553 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | true | false |
| 69 | 93 | Were the World Mine | $6,029 | +1,242.8% | 2 | +1 | $3,014 | $95,921 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 70 | 67 | Timecrimes | $6,007 | -38.3% | 2 | - | $3,003 | $39,127 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 71 | 66 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,778 | -58.6% | 16 | -7 | $298 | $7,503,736 | 7 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 72 | 81 | A Secret | $4,157 | +60.7% | 3 | -1 | $1,385 | $589,895 | 21 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 73 | 89 | Yonkers Joe | $4,005 | +271.9% | 2 | - | $2,002 | $8,286 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 74 | 84 | How About You | $3,986 | +110% | 4 | +3 | $996 | $58,849 | 11 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 75 | 72 | Tell No One | $3,956 | -20.9% | 3 | - | $1,318 | $6,171,511 | 31 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 76 | 76 | U2 3D | $3,685 | -0.5% | 1 | -2 | $3,685 | $9,688,831 | 54 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 77 | 73 | The Secret of the Grain | $3,478 | -29.7% | 1 | - | $3,478 | $59,744 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 78 | 74 | Ballerina | $2,066 | -55.7% | 1 | - | $2,066 | $6,733 | 2 | First Run | false | false |
| 79 | - | Momma's Man | $2,058 | - | 1 | - | $2,058 | $98,084 | 23 | Kino International | false | false |
| 80 | - | A Man Named Pearl | $2,005 | - | 1 | - | $2,005 | $203,608 | 74 | Tentmakers Entertainment | false | false |
| 81 | 94 | The Wild Child | $1,526 | +306.9% | 2 | +1 | $763 | $34,427 | 12 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 82 | 75 | Just Another Love Story | $1,483 | -64.5% | 1 | - | $1,483 | $11,188 | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 83 | 68 | Lola Montès | $1,307 | -86.5% | 1 | - | $1,307 | $103,556 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 84 | 69 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $1,190 | -87.3% | 1 | -3 | $1,190 | $64,001 | 12 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 85 | 83 | Ciao | $1,025 | -50% | 1 | -1 | $1,025 | $31,570 | 8 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 86 | 91 | The Beautiful Truth | $883 | -3% | 1 | - | $883 | $15,387 | 11 | Cinema Libre Studio | false | false |
| 87 | - | Blessed Is the Match | $870 | - | 1 | - | $870 | $870 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | true | false |
| 88 | 90 | Louise Bourgeois | $766 | -18.5% | 1 | - | $766 | $90,938 | 32 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 89 | 80 | The Betrayal | $739 | -72.8% | 1 | - | $739 | $15,833 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 90 | 85 | Trouble the Water | $732 | -61.1% | 1 | - | $732 | $493,640 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 91 | 79 | The Secrets | $251 | -91.1% | 1 | -2 | $251 | $63,456 | 10 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 92 | 88 | Monsieur Verdoux | $182 | -87% | 1 | - | $182 | $42,911 | 46 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 93 | - | Dog Eat Dog | $80 | - | 1 | - | $80 | $80 | 1 | IFC Films | true | false |
