| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Taken | $33,063,598 | $24,717,037 | 74.8% | $8,346,561 | 25.2% | 3,183 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $16,626,958 | $13,872,751 | 83.4% | $2,754,207 | 16.6% | 3,206 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 3 | The Uninvited | $11,979,490 | $10,325,824 | 86.2% | $1,653,666 | 13.8% | 2,344 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 4 | Gran Torino | $11,093,146 | $8,232,278 | 74.2% | $2,860,868 | 25.8% | 3,015 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 5 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,461,329 | $7,628,713 | 72.9% | $2,832,616 | 27.1% | 1,633 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $10,174,065 | $7,581,272 | 74.5% | $2,592,793 | 25.5% | 2,942 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 7 | Hotel for Dogs | $9,890,512 | $8,632,740 | 87.3% | $1,257,772 | 12.7% | 3,160 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 8 | New in Town | $8,628,291 | $6,741,530 | 78.1% | $1,886,761 | 21.9% | 1,941 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 9 | My Bloody Valentine | $5,977,983 | $4,479,662 | 74.9% | $1,498,321 | 25.1% | 1,406 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 10 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $4,719,082 | $3,544,251 | 75.1% | $1,174,831 | 24.9% | 2,126 | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 11 | Inkheart | $4,562,546 | $3,721,492 | 81.6% | $841,054 | 18.4% | 2,655 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | Bride Wars | $4,377,733 | $3,524,896 | 80.5% | $852,837 | 19.5% | 1,985 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 13 | Revolutionary Road | $3,688,345 | $2,674,320 | 72.5% | $1,014,025 | 27.5% | 1,077 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 14 | Defiance | $3,506,564 | $2,503,514 | 71.4% | $1,003,050 | 28.6% | 1,662 | 6 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 15 | The Reader | $3,482,099 | $2,380,376 | 68.4% | $1,101,723 | 31.6% | 1,002 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 16 | The Wrestler | $3,224,515 | $2,313,149 | 71.7% | $911,366 | 28.3% | 722 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | Notorious | $2,275,190 | $1,700,301 | 74.7% | $574,889 | 25.3% | 1,080 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | Milk | $2,149,068 | $1,481,155 | 68.9% | $667,913 | 31.1% | 882 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 19 | Frost/Nixon | $1,966,430 | $1,403,550 | 71.4% | $562,880 | 28.6% | 1,105 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,752,542 | $1,227,208 | 70% | $525,334 | 30% | 893 | 7 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 21 | The Unborn | $1,516,675 | $1,222,980 | 80.6% | $293,695 | 19.4% | 1,308 | 4 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 22 | Marley & Me | $1,260,829 | $960,224 | 76.2% | $300,605 | 23.8% | 1,022 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 23 | Doubt | $1,233,067 | $836,997 | 67.9% | $396,070 | 32.1% | 602 | 8 | Miramax | - | false |
| 24 | Twilight | $880,998 | $623,836 | 70.8% | $257,162 | 29.2% | 413 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 25 | Bedtime Stories | $671,858 | $555,488 | 82.7% | $116,370 | 17.3% | 639 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Valkyrie | $596,074 | $402,518 | 67.5% | $193,556 | 32.5% | 509 | 7 | United Artists | - | false |
| 27 | The Dark Knight | $558,238 | $436,843 | 78.2% | $121,395 | 21.8% | 211 | 29 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Not Easily Broken | $459,173 | $373,286 | 81.3% | $85,887 | 18.7% | 292 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 29 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $403,659 | $326,479 | 80.9% | $77,180 | 19.1% | 275 | 13 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 30 | Rachel Getting Married | $323,060 | $223,075 | 69% | $99,985 | 31% | 220 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 31 | Yes Man | $294,326 | $208,017 | 70.7% | $86,309 | 29.3% | 277 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | The Tale of Despereaux | $282,190 | $229,175 | 81.2% | $53,015 | 18.8% | 312 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Australia | $271,749 | $172,706 | 63.6% | $99,043 | 36.4% | 297 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 34 | Luck by Chance | $247,400 | $217,439 | 87.9% | $29,961 | 12.1% | 57 | 1 | Adlabs Films | - | false |
| 35 | Waltz with Bashir | $244,194 | $157,155 | 64.4% | $87,039 | 35.6% | 44 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 36 | The Class | $236,112 | $155,190 | 65.7% | $80,922 | 34.3% | 25 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 37 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $180,218 | $128,771 | 71.4% | $51,447 | 28.6% | 201 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 38 | Bolt | $158,306 | $122,480 | 77.4% | $35,826 | 22.6% | 173 | 11 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $119,197 | $79,027 | 66.3% | $40,170 | 33.7% | 24 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 40 | Four Christmases | $113,678 | $84,577 | 74.4% | $29,101 | 25.6% | 183 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $84,618 | $67,487 | 79.8% | $17,131 | 20.2% | 136 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $66,489 | $25,959 | 39% | $40,530 | 61% | 7 | 176 | IMAX | - | false |
| 43 | Let the Right One In | $59,240 | $37,866 | 63.9% | $21,374 | 36.1% | 29 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 44 | Wendy and Lucy | $58,992 | $45,354 | 76.9% | $13,638 | 23.1% | 13 | 9 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 45 | Space Station 3D | $55,367 | $25,483 | 46% | $29,884 | 54% | 10 | 355 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | I've Loved You So Long | $54,285 | $31,967 | 58.9% | $22,318 | 41.1% | 27 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 47 | Frozen River | $46,259 | $30,036 | 64.9% | $16,223 | 35.1% | 29 | 27 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 48 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,391 | $30,100 | 66.3% | $15,291 | 33.7% | 15 | 70 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $41,646 | $29,383 | 70.6% | $12,263 | 29.4% | 11 | 25 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | Synecdoche, New York | $38,325 | $25,989 | 67.8% | $12,336 | 32.2% | 23 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 51 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $34,074 | $28,245 | 82.9% | $5,829 | 17.1% | 9 | 51 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $30,631 | $20,425 | 66.7% | $10,206 | 33.3% | 25 | 25 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 53 | Roving Mars | $25,891 | $18,357 | 70.9% | $7,534 | 29.1% | 7 | 158 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Deep Sea | $23,672 | $19,653 | 83% | $4,019 | 17% | 6 | 153 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | CC2C | $22,237 | $17,409 | 78.3% | $4,828 | 21.7% | 25 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Service | $18,783 | $12,824 | 68.3% | $5,959 | 31.7% | 2 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 57 | Medicine for Melancholy | $16,587 | $12,625 | 76.1% | $3,962 | 23.9% | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 58 | Outlander | $16,050 | $9,270 | 57.8% | $6,780 | 42.2% | 33 | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| 59 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $15,925 | $12,910 | 81.1% | $3,015 | 18.9% | 46 | 15 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 60 | The Secret Life of Bees | $15,195 | $10,175 | 67% | $5,020 | 33% | 18 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | Of Time and the City | $12,746 | $8,781 | 68.9% | $3,965 | 31.1% | 2 | 3 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 62 | Were the World Mine | $10,789 | $7,189 | 66.6% | $3,600 | 33.4% | 2 | 14 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 63 | A Secret | $9,427 | $7,379 | 78.3% | $2,048 | 21.7% | 5 | 22 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 64 | Between Love & Goodbye | $9,011 | $6,674 | 74.1% | $2,337 | 25.9% | 1 | 1 | Embrem Entertainment | - | false |
| 65 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $7,632 | $5,775 | 75.7% | $1,857 | 24.3% | 10 | 14 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 66 | Trouble the Water | $6,488 | $4,748 | 73.2% | $1,740 | 26.8% | 4 | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 67 | Silent Light | $4,980 | $3,052 | 61.3% | $1,928 | 38.7% | 1 | 5 | Palisades Tartan | - | false |
| 68 | Owl and the Sparrow | $4,503 | $3,382 | 75.1% | $1,121 | 24.9% | 2 | 3 | Wave Releasing | - | false |
| 69 | Blessed Is the Match | $4,396 | $3,316 | 75.4% | $1,080 | 24.6% | 1 | 2 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | Our City Dreams | $4,305 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | First Run | - | false |
| 71 | The Secret of the Grain | $4,289 | $3,063 | 71.4% | $1,226 | 28.6% | 1 | 7 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 72 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,983 | $2,687 | 67.5% | $1,296 | 32.5% | 2 | 13 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 73 | Just Another Love Story | $3,771 | $2,249 | 59.6% | $1,522 | 40.4% | 2 | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 74 | Stranded | $3,617 | $2,544 | 70.3% | $1,073 | 29.7% | 3 | 16 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 75 | Soul Men | $3,534 | $2,590 | 73.3% | $944 | 26.7% | 11 | 13 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 76 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,455 | $2,735 | 79.2% | $720 | 20.8% | 1 | 12 | Kino International | - | false |
| 77 | Killshot | $3,311 | $1,675 | 50.6% | $1,636 | 49.4% | 5 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 78 | Tell No One | $3,307 | $2,407 | 72.8% | $900 | 27.2% | 3 | 32 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 79 | U2 3D | $2,722 | $1,399 | 51.4% | $1,323 | 48.6% | 1 | 55 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 80 | A Christmas Tale | $2,404 | $2,084 | 86.7% | $320 | 13.3% | 5 | 12 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 81 | Ciao | $1,821 | $1,297 | 71.2% | $524 | 28.8% | 1 | 9 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | How About You | $1,574 | $866 | 55% | $708 | 45% | 3 | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 83 | Lola Montès | $1,570 | $1,283 | 81.7% | $287 | 18.3% | 1 | 17 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 84 | The Wild Child | $1,483 | $1,483 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 85 | Eden | $1,356 | $923 | 68.1% | $433 | 31.9% | 2 | 12 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 86 | A Man Named Pearl | $1,244 | $464 | 37.3% | $780 | 62.7% | 2 | 75 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 87 | Love Comes Lately | $1,207 | $586 | 48.6% | $621 | 51.4% | 1 | 34 | Kino International | - | false |
| 88 | Donkey Punch | $1,181 | $819 | 69.4% | $362 | 30.6% | 1 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 89 | Momma's Man | $1,102 | $621 | 56.4% | $481 | 43.6% | 4 | 24 | Kino International | - | false |
| 90 | The Betrayal | $1,088 | $875 | 80.4% | $213 | 19.6% | 3 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 91 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $853 | $500 | 58.6% | $353 | 41.4% | 1 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | Breakfast with Scot | $720 | $720 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 17 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 93 | The Secrets | $154 | $71 | 46.1% | $83 | 53.9% | 1 | 11 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 94 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $87 | $87 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 12 | First Run | - | false |
| - | The Village Barbershop | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 484 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 47 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Made in U.S.A | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| - | Louise Bourgeois | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
