| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $26,074,706 | $21,623,182 | 82.9% | $4,451,524 | 17.1% | 3,144 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $25,584,474 | $20,828,511 | 81.4% | $4,755,963 | 18.6% | 2,942 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 3 | Gran Torino | $20,371,199 | $16,244,462 | 79.7% | $4,126,737 | 20.3% | 3,045 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | Hotel for Dogs | $14,928,506 | $12,860,944 | 86.2% | $2,067,562 | 13.8% | 3,271 | 2 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $14,198,840 | $10,699,629 | 75.4% | $3,499,211 | 24.6% | 1,411 | 12 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | My Bloody Valentine | $12,672,835 | $10,012,658 | 79% | $2,660,177 | 21% | 2,534 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 7 | Inkheart | $9,091,531 | $7,601,379 | 83.6% | $1,490,152 | 16.4% | 2,655 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 8 | Bride Wars | $8,664,323 | $6,868,664 | 79.3% | $1,795,659 | 20.7% | 2,621 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 9 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $7,885,452 | $6,085,919 | 77.2% | $1,799,533 | 22.8% | 2,263 | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Defiance | $7,399,322 | $5,666,785 | 76.6% | $1,732,537 | 23.4% | 1,793 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 11 | Notorious | $7,216,002 | $5,779,692 | 80.1% | $1,436,310 | 19.9% | 1,641 | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Revolutionary Road | $6,780,801 | $5,185,146 | 76.5% | $1,595,655 | 23.5% | 1,058 | 5 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 13 | The Unborn | $5,225,225 | $4,359,865 | 83.4% | $865,360 | 16.6% | 2,107 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | The Wrestler | $4,926,751 | $3,745,643 | 76% | $1,181,108 | 24% | 566 | 7 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 15 | Frost/Nixon | $3,929,135 | $3,022,250 | 76.9% | $906,885 | 23.1% | 1,099 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 16 | Last Chance Harvey | $3,802,612 | $2,865,298 | 75.4% | $937,314 | 24.6% | 1,108 | 6 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 17 | Marley & Me | $3,772,617 | $3,031,969 | 80.4% | $740,648 | 19.6% | 2,036 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 18 | Bedtime Stories | $2,365,480 | $1,955,408 | 82.7% | $410,072 | 17.3% | 1,660 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Reader | $2,017,771 | $1,403,410 | 69.6% | $614,361 | 30.4% | 367 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | Valkyrie | $1,986,365 | $1,509,786 | 76% | $476,579 | 24% | 1,110 | 6 | United Artists | - | false |
| 21 | Twilight | $1,337,992 | $978,618 | 73.1% | $359,374 | 26.9% | 552 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 22 | Doubt | $1,242,613 | $847,855 | 68.2% | $394,758 | 31.8% | 404 | 7 | Miramax | - | false |
| 23 | Milk | $1,230,908 | $884,715 | 71.9% | $346,193 | 28.1% | 250 | 10 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 24 | Not Easily Broken | $1,138,465 | $960,618 | 84.4% | $177,847 | 15.6% | 483 | 3 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 25 | Yes Man | $1,059,671 | $803,019 | 75.8% | $256,652 | 24.2% | 704 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 26 | The Dark Knight | $880,491 | $667,397 | 75.8% | $213,094 | 24.2% | 350 | 28 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | Rachel Getting Married | $644,180 | $459,641 | 71.4% | $184,539 | 28.6% | 370 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $611,392 | $509,443 | 83.3% | $101,949 | 16.7% | 303 | 12 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 29 | The Tale of Despereaux | $355,255 | $288,540 | 81.2% | $66,715 | 18.8% | 380 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Australia | $306,303 | $211,154 | 68.9% | $95,149 | 31.1% | 241 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 31 | Seven Pounds | $298,514 | $298,514 | 100% | $0 | - | 319 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 32 | Four Christmases | $273,595 | $208,689 | 76.3% | $64,906 | 23.7% | 310 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 33 | Waltz with Bashir | $229,850 | $150,458 | 65.5% | $79,392 | 34.5% | 25 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 34 | Quantum of Solace | $225,161 | $225,161 | 100% | $0 | - | 272 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | Bolt | $215,622 | $182,603 | 84.7% | $33,019 | 15.3% | 181 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $188,458 | $130,607 | 69.3% | $57,851 | 30.7% | 26 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 37 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $181,834 | $138,222 | 76% | $43,612 | 24% | 185 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 38 | CC2C | $150,957 | $125,392 | 83.1% | $25,565 | 16.9% | 130 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $121,785 | $100,858 | 82.8% | $20,927 | 17.2% | 158 | 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Role Models | $103,675 | $75,705 | 73% | $27,970 | 27% | 147 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 41 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $102,917 | $77,453 | 75.3% | $25,464 | 24.7% | 53 | 24 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 42 | Outlander | $86,762 | $59,581 | 68.7% | $27,181 | 31.3% | 81 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| 43 | Let the Right One In | $78,990 | $52,304 | 66.2% | $26,686 | 33.8% | 40 | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Synecdoche, New York | $71,679 | $47,581 | 66.4% | $24,098 | 33.6% | 28 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 45 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $61,665 | $35,577 | 57.7% | $26,088 | 42.3% | 13 | 24 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | I've Loved You So Long | $57,759 | $39,719 | 68.8% | $18,040 | 31.2% | 28 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $56,005 | $24,266 | 43.3% | $31,739 | 56.7% | 6 | 175 | IMAX | - | false |
| 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $55,955 | $50,350 | 90% | $5,605 | 10% | 21 | 69 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Space Station 3D | $51,030 | $24,127 | 47.3% | $26,903 | 52.7% | 10 | 354 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Wendy and Lucy | $44,838 | $32,672 | 72.9% | $12,166 | 27.1% | 8 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 51 | Fireproof | $41,188 | $36,350 | 88.2% | $4,838 | 11.8% | 62 | 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 52 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $33,714 | $25,629 | 76% | $8,085 | 24% | 83 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 53 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,471 | $16,226 | 55.1% | $13,245 | 44.9% | 8 | 50 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 54 | The Secret Life of Bees | $27,609 | $19,282 | 69.8% | $8,327 | 30.2% | 39 | 15 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Roving Mars | $27,094 | $19,291 | 71.2% | $7,803 | 28.8% | 7 | 157 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $18,408 | $10,537 | 57.2% | $7,871 | 42.8% | 1 | 1 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Deep Sea | $16,809 | $6,899 | 41% | $9,910 | 59% | 6 | 152 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 58 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $15,643 | $10,462 | 66.9% | $5,181 | 33.1% | 27 | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 59 | Killshot | $15,332 | $10,741 | 70.1% | $4,591 | 29.9% | 5 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 60 | Soul Men | $12,526 | $9,329 | 74.5% | $3,197 | 25.5% | 38 | 12 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 61 | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,458 | $8,941 | 71.8% | $3,517 | 28.2% | 4 | 2 | Wave Releasing | - | false |
| 62 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $11,172 | $8,817 | 78.9% | $2,355 | 21.1% | 11 | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 63 | Ghajini | $10,262 | $8,348 | 81.4% | $1,914 | 18.6% | 9 | 6 | Adlabs Films | - | false |
| 64 | Of Time and the City | $8,980 | $5,595 | 62.3% | $3,385 | 37.7% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 65 | Stranded | $8,233 | $3,712 | 45.1% | $4,521 | 54.9% | 4 | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 66 | Silent Light | $7,605 | $5,236 | 68.8% | $2,369 | 31.2% | 1 | 4 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 67 | A Christmas Tale | $7,582 | $5,790 | 76.4% | $1,792 | 23.6% | 10 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 68 | Donkey Punch | $7,553 | $4,744 | 62.8% | $2,809 | 37.2% | 2 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | Were the World Mine | $6,029 | $4,353 | 72.2% | $1,676 | 27.8% | 2 | 13 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 70 | Timecrimes | $6,007 | $4,988 | 83% | $1,019 | 17% | 2 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $4,778 | $3,471 | 72.6% | $1,307 | 27.4% | 16 | 7 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 72 | A Secret | $4,157 | $2,821 | 67.9% | $1,336 | 32.1% | 3 | 21 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 73 | Yonkers Joe | $4,005 | $702 | 17.5% | $3,303 | 82.5% | 2 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | How About You | $3,986 | $2,595 | 65.1% | $1,391 | 34.9% | 4 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 75 | Tell No One | $3,956 | $2,962 | 74.9% | $994 | 25.1% | 3 | 31 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 76 | U2 3D | $3,685 | $2,589 | 70.3% | $1,096 | 29.7% | 1 | 54 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 77 | The Secret of the Grain | $3,478 | $2,470 | 71% | $1,008 | 29% | 1 | 6 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 78 | Ballerina | $2,066 | $1,596 | 77.2% | $470 | 22.8% | 1 | 2 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | Momma's Man | $2,058 | $451 | 21.9% | $1,607 | 78.1% | 1 | 23 | Kino International | - | false |
| 80 | A Man Named Pearl | $2,005 | $1,166 | 58.2% | $839 | 41.8% | 1 | 74 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | The Wild Child | $1,526 | $775 | 50.8% | $751 | 49.2% | 2 | 12 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 82 | Just Another Love Story | $1,483 | $1,055 | 71.1% | $428 | 28.9% | 1 | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 83 | Lola Montès | $1,307 | $1,307 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $1,190 | $977 | 82.1% | $213 | 17.9% | 1 | 12 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 85 | Ciao | $1,025 | $706 | 68.9% | $319 | 31.1% | 1 | 8 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | The Beautiful Truth | $883 | $308 | 34.9% | $575 | 65.1% | 1 | 11 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 87 | Blessed Is the Match | $870 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 88 | Louise Bourgeois | $766 | $766 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 32 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 89 | The Betrayal | $739 | $622 | 84.2% | $117 | 15.8% | 1 | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 90 | Trouble the Water | $732 | $551 | 75.3% | $181 | 24.7% | 1 | 23 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 91 | The Secrets | $251 | $185 | 73.7% | $66 | 26.3% | 1 | 10 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 92 | Monsieur Verdoux | $182 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 46 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 93 | Dog Eat Dog | $80 | $80 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| - | The Class | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | House of the Sleeping Beauties | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| - | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Eden | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Love Comes Lately | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Frozen River | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| - | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Breakfast with Scot | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
