| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 7 | $20,269,879 | +123.7% | 14.4% | 4 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $14,006,321 | 69.1% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $19,967,302 | -59.7% | 14.2% | 3 | Madea Goes to Jail | $19,355,705 | 96.9% | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 3 | 5 | $19,238,071 | +28.2% | 13.7% | 6 | Taken | $12,667,032 | 65.8% | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 2 | $18,071,246 | -33.3% | 12.8% | 8 | He's Just Not That Into You | $7,977,341 | 44.1% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $17,394,523 | +12.2% | 12.4% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $15,518,652 | 89.2% | 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 6 | 3 | $13,980,941 | -24.6% | 9.9% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $6,937,159 | 49.6% | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 7 | 6 | $8,527,558 | -43.1% | 6.1% | 2 | Coraline | $6,520,310 | 76.5% | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 8 | 8 | $4,877,845 | -34.1% | 3.5% | 2 | Fired Up! | $4,422,841 | 90.7% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 9 | 11 | $4,041,710 | +6.2% | 2.9% | 3 | The Reader | $3,845,496 | 95.1% | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 10 | 9 | $3,676,962 | -22.8% | 2.6% | 3 | Push | $2,881,119 | 78.4% | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 11 | 10 | $3,108,555 | -30.4% | 2.2% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $2,184,103 | 70.3% | 7 | DreamWorks | - |
| 12 | 12 | $1,060,819 | -34.6% | 0.8% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,060,819 | 100% | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 13 | 15 | $1,003,388 | +2% | 0.7% | 7 | The Class | $378,200 | 37.7% | 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 13 | $971,775 | -31.5% | 0.7% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $531,927 | 54.7% | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 15 | 14 | $825,615 | -25.7% | 0.6% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $491,840 | 59.6% | 13 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | $728,109 | -23.9% | 0.5% | 1 | Doubt | $728,109 | 100% | 12 | Miramax | - |
| 18 | 22 | $548,607 | +365.8% | 0.4% | 3 | Two Lovers | $488,332 | 89% | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 19 | 23 | $331,666 | +228.6% | 0.2% | 1 | Valkyrie | $331,666 | 100% | 11 | United Artists | - |
| 20 | 21 | $273,885 | +91.3% | 0.2% | 4 | Gomorrah | $213,503 | 78% | 11 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 18 | $237,692 | +1.7% | 0.2% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $237,692 | 100% | 11 | Overture Films | - |
| 22 | 17 | $171,431 | -74% | 0.1% | 1 | Delhi-6 | $171,431 | 100% | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 23 | 19 | $150,658 | -7.3% | 0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $76,394 | 50.7% | 359 | IMAX | - |
| 25 | 26 | $62,474 | +33.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $52,159 | 83.5% | 74 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 20 | $57,606 | -60.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $57,606 | 100% | 4 | Shorts International | - |
| 27 | 27 | $56,152 | +23.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $56,152 | 100% | 55 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 25 | $55,642 | -2.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $55,642 | 100% | 13 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 29 | 24 | $30,469 | -66.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Billu | $30,469 | 100% | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 30 | 32 | $30,300 | +206.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Examined Life | $25,352 | 83.7% | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 31 | 28 | $26,471 | +1.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $20,721 | 78.3% | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 32 | 34 | $20,412 | +140.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $13,765 | 67.4% | 7 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 34 | 33 | $9,470 | -2.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Lola Montès | $8,049 | 85% | 21 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 35 | 29 | $7,950 | -45.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Service | $7,603 | 95.6% | 5 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 36 | 31 | $7,593 | -29.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $7,593 | 100% | 6 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 40 | 30 | $6,081 | -53.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,376 | 55.5% | 16 | Kino International | - |
| 41 | 43 | $5,427 | +853.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $5,427 | 100% | 17 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 42 | 36 | $4,082 | -21.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $4,082 | 100% | 7 | First Run | - |
| 43 | 35 | $2,427 | -54% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $2,427 | 100% | 6 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 44 | 38 | $2,274 | -19.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $2,274 | 100% | 15 | Monterey Media | - |
| 45 | 40 | $558 | -69.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $558 | 100% | 18 | SPEAK Productions | - |
| 46 | 37 | $438 | -87.4% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $438 | 100% | 17 | The Film Desk | - |
| 47 | 41 | $217 | -86.1% | <0.1% | 2 | I.O.U.S.A. | $217 | 100% | 28 | Roadside Attractions | - |
