| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $79,009,526 | +337.2% | 53.4% | 8 | Watchmen | $67,934,692 | 86% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $12,136,633 | -36.9% | 8.2% | 6 | Taken | $9,584,295 | 79% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $10,789,312 | -46% | 7.3% | 4 | Madea Goes to Jail | $10,373,735 | 96.1% | 3 | Lionsgate | - |
| 4 | 5 | $10,134,175 | -41.7% | 6.8% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $9,083,613 | 89.6% | 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $8,658,638 | -38.1% | 5.8% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $5,224,153 | 60.3% | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 1 | $7,913,137 | -61% | 5.3% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $4,118,704 | 52% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,938,088 | -42.1% | 3.3% | 2 | Coraline | $4,150,696 | 84.1% | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 8 | 8 | $3,024,672 | -38% | 2% | 1 | Fired Up! | $3,024,672 | 100% | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 9 | 9 | $2,759,111 | -31.7% | 1.9% | 3 | The Reader | $2,642,548 | 95.8% | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 10 | 10 | $2,092,294 | -43.1% | 1.4% | 3 | Push | $1,515,268 | 72.4% | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,886,332 | -39.3% | 1.3% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $1,322,496 | 70.1% | 8 | DreamWorks | - |
| 12 | 13 | $712,395 | -29% | 0.5% | 7 | The Class | $399,079 | 56% | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 13 | 14 | $607,796 | -37.5% | 0.4% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $314,758 | 51.8% | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 14 | 12 | $599,625 | -43.5% | 0.4% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $599,625 | 100% | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 15 | 18 | $561,257 | +2.3% | 0.4% | 2 | Two Lovers | $523,450 | 93.3% | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | $498,753 | -31.5% | 0.3% | 1 | Doubt | $498,753 | 100% | 13 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 20 | $325,258 | +18.8% | 0.2% | 4 | Gomorrah | $185,703 | 57.1% | 12 | IFC Films | - |
| 18 | 15 | $308,605 | -62.6% | 0.2% | 1 | Frost/Nixon | $308,605 | 100% | 14 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 19 | 21 | $246,971 | +3.9% | 0.2% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $246,971 | 100% | 12 | Overture Films | - |
| 20 | 19 | $177,395 | -46.5% | 0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $177,395 | 100% | 12 | United Artists | - |
| 21 | 23 | $148,972 | -1.1% | 0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $88,744 | 59.6% | 360 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 28 | $72,642 | +30.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $72,642 | 100% | 14 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 23 | 25 | $66,083 | +5.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,760 | 76.8% | 75 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 24 | $59,309 | -41.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $56,752 | 95.7% | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 25 | 27 | $51,778 | -7.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $51,778 | 100% | 56 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 22 | $44,048 | -74.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Delhi-6 | $38,921 | 88.4% | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 27 | 30 | $38,430 | +26.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Examined Life | $17,707 | 46.1% | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 29 | 42 | $23,378 | +472.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $15,441 | 66% | 8 | First Run | - |
| 30 | 40 | $18,927 | +211.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $17,717 | 93.6% | 17 | Kino International | - |
| 31 | 32 | $17,278 | -15.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $14,543 | 84.2% | 8 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 32 | 36 | $15,106 | +98.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $15,106 | 100% | 7 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 34 | 31 | $14,504 | -45.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $11,979 | 82.6% | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 35 | 26 | $14,122 | -75.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $14,122 | 100% | 5 | Shorts International | - |
| 37 | 33 | $9,706 | -34.3% | <0.1% | 1 | An American Affair | $9,706 | 100% | 2 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 38 | 35 | $9,691 | +21.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Ciao | $4,644 | 47.9% | 14 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 39 | 29 | $8,951 | -70.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Billu | $8,951 | 100% | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 40 | 39 | $8,030 | +30.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Reunion | $8,030 | 100% | 1 | Abramorama | - |
| 41 | 46 | $5,402 | +1,133.3% | <0.1% | 3 | The Wild Child | $5,142 | 95.2% | 18 | The Film Desk | - |
| 42 | 38 | $3,414 | -47.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $3,414 | 100% | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 45 | 41 | $2,758 | -49.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $2,758 | 100% | 18 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 47 | 43 | $2,387 | -1.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $2,387 | 100% | 7 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 49 | 37 | $1,585 | -77.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Live Fast, Die Young | $1,585 | 100% | 20 | RiverRain Productions | - |
| 50 | 44 | $1,449 | -36.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $1,449 | 100% | 16 | Monterey Media | - |
| 51 | 47 | $886 | +308.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Teeth | $886 | 100% | 60 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 52 | 34 | $819 | -91.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Lola Montès | $819 | 100% | 22 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 53 | 45 | $460 | -17.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $460 | 100% | 19 | SPEAK Productions | - |
