| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 6 | $35,931,103 | +354.1% | 26.5% | 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | $31,710,552 | 88.3% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $31,493,152 | -60.1% | 23.2% | 8 | Watchmen | $23,405,080 | 74.3% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 18 | $18,329,990 | +5,839.6% | 13.5% | 2 | The Last House on the Left | $18,126,260 | 98.9% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $10,992,279 | +8.5% | 8.1% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,901,765 | 62.8% | 19 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 5 | 2 | $9,965,686 | -17.9% | 7.3% | 6 | Taken | $8,855,305 | 88.9% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 3 | $6,880,031 | -36.2% | 5.1% | 2 | Madea Goes to Jail | $6,618,622 | 96.2% | 4 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 5 | $6,391,215 | -26.2% | 4.7% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,542,398 | 71.1% | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 7 | $4,509,181 | -8.7% | 3.3% | 2 | Coraline | $4,187,806 | 92.9% | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 9 | 8 | $2,268,755 | -25% | 1.7% | 1 | Fired Up! | $2,268,755 | 100% | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,962,867 | -28.9% | 1.4% | 3 | The Reader | $1,786,995 | 91% | 15 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,517,174 | -19.6% | 1.1% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $1,040,577 | 68.6% | 9 | DreamWorks | - |
| 12 | 10 | $1,256,114 | -40% | 0.9% | 3 | Push | $769,602 | 61.3% | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 13 | 12 | $651,467 | -8.6% | 0.5% | 7 | The Class | $462,981 | 71.1% | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 15 | $566,455 | +0.9% | 0.4% | 3 | Two Lovers | $536,404 | 94.7% | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 19 | $510,608 | +106.7% | 0.4% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $288,423 | 56.5% | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 16 | 13 | $444,366 | -26.9% | 0.3% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $225,636 | 50.8% | 12 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 17 | 16 | $424,523 | -14.9% | 0.3% | 1 | Doubt | $424,523 | 100% | 14 | Miramax | - |
| 18 | 17 | $381,203 | +17.2% | 0.3% | 5 | Gomorrah | $197,378 | 51.8% | 13 | IFC Films | - |
| 19 | 14 | $375,067 | -37.4% | 0.3% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $375,067 | 100% | 13 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 20 | 21 | $176,864 | +18.7% | 0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $103,825 | 58.7% | 361 | IMAX | - |
| 21 | 20 | $103,004 | -41.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $103,004 | 100% | 13 | United Artists | - |
| 22 | 22 | $85,656 | +17.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $85,656 | 100% | 15 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 23 | 23 | $69,492 | +5.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,344 | 72.4% | 76 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 24 | $46,456 | -21.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $46,456 | 100% | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 25 | 38 | $46,348 | +378.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Tokyo Sonata | $41,340 | 89.2% | 1 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 26 | 25 | $42,739 | -17.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $42,739 | 100% | 57 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 30 | $42,055 | +122.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $26,370 | 62.7% | 18 | Kino International | - |
| 29 | 28 | $38,331 | +18.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $38,331 | 100% | 2 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 30 | 27 | $25,216 | -34.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Fados | $14,280 | 56.6% | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 31 | 50 | $20,843 | +1,338.4% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $20,843 | 100% | 17 | Monterey Media | - |
| 32 | 47 | $18,385 | +670.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Throw Down Your Heart | $9,248 | 50.3% | 1 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 33 | 29 | $17,914 | -23.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Carmen and Geoffrey | $8,597 | 48% | 1 | First Run | - |
| 34 | 52 | $15,883 | +1,839.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Z | $15,883 | 100% | 1 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 35 | 34 | $12,490 | -13.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $11,274 | 90.3% | 5 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 36 | 48 | $11,408 | +492.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $11,408 | 100% | 1 | Truly Indie | - |
| 37 | 26 | $11,366 | -74.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Delhi-6 | $11,366 | 100% | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 38 | 31 | $11,270 | -34.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Cherry Blossoms | $10,197 | 90.5% | 9 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 39 | 35 | $11,016 | -22% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $11,016 | 100% | 6 | Shorts International | - |
| 40 | 33 | $10,847 | -27% | <0.1% | 1 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $10,847 | 100% | 2 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 41 | 43 | $9,930 | +196.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Sherman's Way | $9,930 | 100% | 2 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 42 | 36 | $8,788 | -23.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Explicit Ills | $8,788 | 100% | 2 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - |
| 44 | 41 | $3,506 | -35.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Monsieur Verdoux | $3,506 | 100% | 53 | The Film Desk | - |
| 45 | 40 | $2,994 | -62.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | $2,994 | 100% | 3 | Abramorama | - |
| 47 | 42 | $2,484 | -27.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $2,484 | 100% | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 48 | 37 | $1,932 | -80.1% | <0.1% | 1 | An American Affair | $1,932 | 100% | 3 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 49 | 45 | $994 | -64% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $994 | 100% | 19 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 50 | 53 | $822 | +78.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $822 | 100% | 20 | SPEAK Productions | - |
