| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Madea Goes to Jail | $48,349,622 | $41,030,947 | 84.9% | $7,318,675 | 15.1% | 2,032 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 2 | Taken | $14,179,177 | $11,281,262 | 79.6% | $2,897,915 | 20.4% | 3,102 | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 3 | Coraline | $13,516,896 | $11,432,124 | 84.6% | $2,084,772 | 15.4% | 2,155 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $13,028,063 | $8,384,680 | 64.4% | $4,643,383 | 35.6% | 2,244 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | He's Just Not That Into You | $11,107,240 | $8,558,225 | 77% | $2,549,015 | 23% | 3,050 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Friday the 13th | $9,834,405 | $7,942,472 | 80.8% | $1,891,933 | 19.2% | 3,105 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 7 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $8,536,245 | $6,742,778 | 79% | $1,793,467 | 21% | 2,507 | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $8,125,967 | $6,821,377 | 84% | $1,304,590 | 16% | 2,835 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Fired Up! | $6,337,210 | $5,483,778 | 86.5% | $853,432 | 13.5% | 1,810 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 10 | The International | $5,932,870 | $4,463,916 | 75.2% | $1,468,954 | 24.8% | 2,364 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 11 | Gran Torino | $4,813,484 | $3,676,310 | 76.4% | $1,137,174 | 23.6% | 2,030 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 12 | The Pink Panther 2 | $4,491,917 | $3,802,292 | 84.6% | $689,625 | 15.4% | 2,658 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 13 | Push | $3,995,858 | $3,119,656 | 78.1% | $876,202 | 21.9% | 1,882 | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 14 | The Reader | $3,720,709 | $2,642,770 | 71% | $1,077,939 | 29% | 962 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 15 | Hotel for Dogs | $2,745,777 | $2,325,378 | 84.7% | $420,399 | 15.3% | 1,716 | 6 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 16 | The Wrestler | $2,397,379 | $1,851,324 | 77.2% | $546,055 | 22.8% | 617 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,621,990 | $1,232,517 | 76% | $389,473 | 24% | 754 | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Uninvited | $1,594,780 | $1,292,129 | 81% | $302,651 | 19% | 1,257 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 19 | Milk | $1,467,823 | $1,066,727 | 72.7% | $401,096 | 27.3% | 411 | 14 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 20 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $1,061,983 | $778,822 | 73.3% | $283,161 | 26.7% | 676 | 5 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 21 | Doubt | $956,506 | $711,360 | 74.4% | $245,146 | 25.6% | 402 | 11 | Miramax | - | false |
| 22 | Frost/Nixon | $793,750 | $653,580 | 82.3% | $140,170 | 17.7% | 381 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | Revolutionary Road | $739,982 | $546,034 | 73.8% | $193,948 | 26.2% | 350 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 24 | Under the Sea 3D | $721,689 | $549,720 | 76.2% | $171,969 | 23.8% | 50 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | Twilight | $679,558 | $489,682 | 72.1% | $189,876 | 27.9% | 406 | 14 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 26 | Defiance | $679,412 | $484,134 | 71.3% | $195,278 | 28.7% | 567 | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 27 | New in Town | $673,972 | $503,174 | 74.7% | $170,798 | 25.3% | 505 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 28 | Delhi-6 | $658,195 | $602,850 | 91.6% | $55,345 | 8.4% | 90 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | My Bloody Valentine | $510,633 | $386,032 | 75.6% | $124,601 | 24.4% | 355 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 30 | Marley & Me | $411,427 | $320,987 | 78% | $90,440 | 22% | 304 | 10 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 31 | The Class | $370,667 | $273,252 | 73.7% | $97,415 | 26.3% | 62 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 32 | Bolt | $316,792 | $316,792 | 100% | $0 | - | 280 | 14 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 33 | Rachel Getting Married | $304,169 | $204,246 | 67.2% | $99,923 | 32.8% | 264 | 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 34 | Bride Wars | $256,582 | $197,216 | 76.9% | $59,366 | 23.1% | 240 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 35 | Yes Man | $233,668 | $175,677 | 75.2% | $57,991 | 24.8% | 222 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 36 | Last Chance Harvey | $233,624 | $157,078 | 67.2% | $76,546 | 32.8% | 161 | 10 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 37 | Inkheart | $222,616 | $174,415 | 78.4% | $48,201 | 21.6% | 211 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 38 | Bedtime Stories | $174,740 | $143,925 | 82.4% | $30,815 | 17.6% | 145 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | The Tale of Despereaux | $160,125 | $130,395 | 81.4% | $29,730 | 18.6% | 221 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Waltz with Bashir | $158,182 | $115,901 | 73.3% | $42,281 | 26.7% | 55 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | The Unborn | $156,665 | $123,540 | 78.9% | $33,125 | 21.1% | 174 | 7 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $144,932 | $105,665 | 72.9% | $39,267 | 27.1% | 60 | 3 | Shorts International | - | false |
| 43 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $125,799 | $97,817 | 77.8% | $27,982 | 22.2% | 151 | 16 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 44 | The Dark Knight | $123,732 | $93,957 | 75.9% | $29,775 | 24.1% | 55 | 32 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | I've Loved You So Long | $107,621 | $69,649 | 64.7% | $37,972 | 35.3% | 69 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 46 | Valkyrie | $100,936 | $66,385 | 65.8% | $34,551 | 34.2% | 115 | 10 | United Artists | - | false |
| 47 | Gomorrah | $91,127 | $60,520 | 66.4% | $30,607 | 33.6% | 6 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | Billu | $90,575 | $73,977 | 81.7% | $16,598 | 18.3% | 70 | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 49 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $86,388 | $37,817 | 43.8% | $48,571 | 56.2% | 6 | 179 | IMAX | - | false |
| 50 | Fanboys | $86,233 | $65,590 | 76.1% | $20,643 | 23.9% | 34 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 51 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $85,976 | $47,280 | 55% | $38,696 | 45% | 10 | 28 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | Australia | $85,011 | $56,850 | 66.9% | $28,161 | 33.1% | 93 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 53 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $78,630 | $54,662 | 69.5% | $23,968 | 30.5% | 72 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 54 | Two Lovers | $76,768 | $55,379 | 72.1% | $21,389 | 27.9% | 7 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Space Station 3D | $75,795 | $37,537 | 49.5% | $38,258 | 50.5% | 9 | 358 | IMAX | - | false |
| 56 | Notorious | $75,307 | $50,759 | 67.4% | $24,548 | 32.6% | 67 | 6 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 57 | Wendy and Lucy | $56,833 | $42,359 | 74.5% | $14,474 | 25.5% | 19 | 12 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 58 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $45,335 | $34,873 | 76.9% | $10,462 | 23.1% | 7 | 54 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 59 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $43,294 | $22,623 | 52.2% | $20,671 | 47.8% | 15 | 73 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 60 | Let the Right One In | $41,014 | $24,333 | 59.3% | $16,681 | 40.7% | 26 | 18 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 61 | Roving Mars | $34,390 | $24,373 | 70.9% | $10,017 | 29.1% | 6 | 161 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 62 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $31,248 | $21,160 | 67.7% | $10,088 | 32.3% | 12 | 11 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 63 | Frozen River | $30,069 | $21,009 | 69.9% | $9,060 | 30.1% | 24 | 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 64 | Deep Sea | $23,424 | $12,548 | 53.6% | $10,876 | 46.4% | 4 | 156 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 65 | Katyn | $18,017 | $11,053 | 61.4% | $6,964 | 38.6% | 1 | 2 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 66 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $13,179 | $10,094 | 76.6% | $3,085 | 23.4% | 4 | 15 | Kino International | - | false |
| 67 | Synecdoche, New York | $12,679 | $8,178 | 64.5% | $4,501 | 35.5% | 17 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 68 | Medicine for Melancholy | $11,002 | $8,697 | 79% | $2,305 | 21% | 4 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 69 | Outlander | $10,824 | $7,404 | 68.4% | $3,420 | 31.6% | 19 | 5 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| 70 | The Secret of the Grain | $9,783 | $7,660 | 78.3% | $2,123 | 21.7% | 3 | 10 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 71 | Service | $8,912 | $6,209 | 69.7% | $2,703 | 30.3% | 2 | 4 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 72 | Just Another Love Story | $8,160 | $5,855 | 71.8% | $2,305 | 28.2% | 3 | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 73 | The Secret Life of Bees | $6,731 | $2,919 | 43.4% | $3,812 | 56.6% | 6 | 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | Made in U.S.A | $6,592 | $4,708 | 71.4% | $1,884 | 28.6% | 1 | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | Eleven Minutes | $5,766 | $3,670 | 63.6% | $2,096 | 36.4% | 4 | 1 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $5,272 | $3,252 | 61.7% | $2,020 | 38.3% | 1 | 5 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Cherry Blossoms | $5,211 | $3,524 | 67.6% | $1,687 | 32.4% | 1 | 6 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 78 | Examined Life | $5,203 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 79 | Absurdistan | $3,737 | $2,290 | 61.3% | $1,447 | 38.7% | 2 | 3 | First Run | - | false |
| 80 | U2 3D | $3,523 | $2,636 | 74.8% | $887 | 25.2% | 2 | 58 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 81 | Lola Montès | $3,120 | $1,182 | 37.9% | $1,938 | 62.1% | 2 | 20 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | The Wild Child | $3,118 | $1,796 | 57.6% | $1,322 | 42.4% | 1 | 16 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 83 | Owl and the Sparrow | $2,466 | $1,685 | 68.3% | $781 | 31.7% | 2 | 6 | Wave Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Louise Bourgeois | $2,387 | $1,075 | 45% | $1,312 | 55% | 1 | 36 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 85 | How About You | $2,005 | $1,733 | 86.4% | $272 | 13.6% | 1 | 15 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | Trouble the Water | $2,003 | $1,660 | 82.9% | $343 | 17.1% | 3 | 27 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 87 | Were the World Mine | $1,832 | $1,134 | 61.9% | $698 | 38.1% | 2 | 17 | SPEAK Productions | - | false |
| 88 | The Secrets | $1,801 | $1,384 | 76.8% | $417 | 23.2% | 1 | 14 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 89 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,557 | $753 | 48.4% | $804 | 51.6% | 2 | 27 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 90 | Ballerina | $1,475 | $910 | 61.7% | $565 | 38.3% | 1 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 91 | A Secret | $1,263 | $1,188 | 94.1% | $75 | 5.9% | 2 | 25 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 92 | Luck by Chance | $1,164 | $637 | 54.7% | $527 | 45.3% | 7 | 4 | Adlabs Films | - | false |
| 93 | The Village Barbershop | $1,012 | $810 | 80% | $202 | 20% | 2 | 6 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 94 | Dev.D | $967 | $967 | 100% | $0 | - | 4 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 95 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $569 | $83 | 14.6% | $486 | 85.4% | 2 | 16 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 96 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | $300 | 75% | $100 | 25% | 2 | 78 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - | false |
| 97 | Monsieur Verdoux | $348 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 50 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 98 | Stranded | $307 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 99 | Galapagos | $287 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 487 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 28 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| - | Box Elder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 52 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Man on Wire | - | - | - | - | - | - | 31 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| - | One Day You'll Understand | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | The Betrayal | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Live Fast, Die Young | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | RiverRain Productions | - | false |
