| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $72,190,222 | $59,321,095 | 82.2% | $12,869,127 | 17.8% | 4,104 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $27,689,633 | $23,004,765 | 83.1% | $4,684,868 | 16.9% | 2,732 | 1 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 3 | Knowing | $18,558,602 | $14,702,187 | 79.2% | $3,856,415 | 20.8% | 3,337 | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 4 | I Love You, Man | $17,030,317 | $12,671,533 | 74.4% | $4,358,784 | 25.6% | 2,717 | 2 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 5 | Duplicity | $9,993,595 | $7,672,485 | 76.8% | $2,321,110 | 23.2% | 2,579 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Race to Witch Mountain | $7,378,532 | $5,801,775 | 78.6% | $1,576,757 | 21.4% | 3,268 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | 12 Rounds | $6,721,861 | $5,329,240 | 79.3% | $1,392,621 | 20.7% | 2,331 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 8 | Watchmen | $3,731,223 | $2,732,439 | 73.2% | $998,784 | 26.8% | 2,010 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 9 | The Last House on the Left | $3,566,835 | $2,644,295 | 74.1% | $922,540 | 25.9% | 2,251 | 3 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | Taken | $3,498,308 | $2,695,342 | 77% | $802,966 | 23% | 1,961 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 11 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,691,860 | $1,274,007 | 75.3% | $417,853 | 24.7% | 167 | 3 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,568,884 | $1,164,903 | 74.2% | $403,981 | 25.8% | 840 | 21 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Madea Goes to Jail | $1,454,898 | $1,133,085 | 77.9% | $321,813 | 22.1% | 1,128 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,125,390 | $840,596 | 74.7% | $284,794 | 25.3% | 1,082 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 15 | He's Just Not That Into You | $656,022 | $473,269 | 72.1% | $182,753 | 27.9% | 506 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 16 | Gran Torino | $592,298 | $438,481 | 74% | $153,817 | 26% | 478 | 16 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 17 | Coraline | $452,417 | $305,114 | 67.4% | $147,303 | 32.6% | 360 | 8 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 18 | The Reader | $439,528 | $308,495 | 70.2% | $131,033 | 29.8% | 324 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 19 | Hotel for Dogs | $418,751 | $314,942 | 75.2% | $103,809 | 24.8% | 381 | 11 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 20 | The Cross | $402,029 | $309,455 | 77% | $92,574 | 23% | 221 | 1 | 8x Entertainment | - | false |
| 21 | Under the Sea 3D | $377,812 | $200,922 | 53.2% | $176,890 | 46.8% | 37 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 22 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $352,237 | $254,390 | 72.2% | $97,847 | 27.8% | 358 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 23 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $301,213 | $208,157 | 69.1% | $93,056 | 30.9% | 246 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 24 | The Class | $256,957 | $181,697 | 70.7% | $75,260 | 29.3% | 123 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | Two Lovers | $254,761 | $183,444 | 72% | $71,317 | 28% | 137 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | Fired Up! | $223,217 | $178,979 | 80.2% | $44,238 | 19.8% | 377 | 6 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 27 | Gomorrah | $143,202 | $98,764 | 69% | $44,438 | 31% | 49 | 15 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 28 | Bride Wars | $141,512 | $102,085 | 72.1% | $39,427 | 27.9% | 143 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 29 | The Great Buck Howard | $135,728 | $93,645 | 69% | $42,083 | 31% | 56 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | The Wrestler | $135,508 | $93,910 | 69.3% | $41,598 | 30.7% | 143 | 16 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Marley & Me | $132,909 | $98,123 | 73.8% | $34,786 | 26.2% | 129 | 15 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 32 | Push | $124,973 | $92,307 | 73.9% | $32,666 | 26.1% | 123 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 33 | Doubt | $122,079 | $82,339 | 67.4% | $39,740 | 32.6% | 115 | 16 | Miramax | - | false |
| 34 | Inkheart | $118,716 | $82,732 | 69.7% | $35,984 | 30.3% | 152 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 35 | Sin Nombre | $98,895 | $70,167 | 71% | $28,728 | 29% | 6 | 2 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 36 | The Uninvited | $98,333 | $74,688 | 76% | $23,645 | 24% | 170 | 9 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 37 | Revolutionary Road | $96,785 | $63,113 | 65.2% | $33,672 | 34.8% | 142 | 14 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 38 | Last Chance Harvey | $95,208 | $64,408 | 67.6% | $30,800 | 32.4% | 135 | 15 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 39 | Miss March | $86,175 | $60,837 | 70.6% | $25,338 | 29.4% | 169 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $85,512 | $33,429 | 39.1% | $52,083 | 60.9% | 6 | 184 | IMAX | - | false |
| 41 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $85,225 | $35,439 | 41.6% | $49,786 | 58.4% | 15 | 78 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 42 | Space Station 3D | $82,653 | $31,865 | 38.6% | $50,788 | 61.4% | 9 | 363 | IMAX | - | false |
| 43 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $71,326 | $51,808 | 72.6% | $19,518 | 27.4% | 81 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 44 | Defiance | $68,359 | $48,982 | 71.6% | $19,377 | 28.4% | 80 | 14 | Paramount Vantage | - | false |
| 45 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $66,809 | $43,699 | 65.4% | $23,110 | 34.6% | 6 | 59 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 46 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $60,976 | $31,106 | 51% | $29,870 | 49% | 2 | 3 | Truly Indie | - | false |
| 47 | Everlasting Moments | $60,832 | $42,197 | 69.4% | $18,635 | 30.6% | 23 | 4 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $58,686 | $36,034 | 61.4% | $22,652 | 38.6% | 9 | 33 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 49 | Twilight | $58,373 | $42,434 | 72.7% | $15,939 | 27.3% | 150 | 19 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | Tokyo Sonata | $55,293 | $38,735 | 70% | $16,558 | 30% | 10 | 3 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 51 | Friday the 13th | $53,470 | $39,994 | 74.8% | $13,476 | 25.2% | 94 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 52 | Crossing Over | $52,624 | $36,095 | 68.6% | $16,529 | 31.4% | 42 | 5 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 53 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $50,836 | $33,032 | 65% | $17,804 | 35% | 33 | 16 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 54 | Milk | $50,536 | $35,394 | 70% | $15,142 | 30% | 54 | 19 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 55 | Goodbye Solo | $50,473 | $38,042 | 75.4% | $12,431 | 24.6% | 3 | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 56 | Wendy and Lucy | $42,339 | $30,328 | 71.6% | $12,011 | 28.4% | 32 | 17 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 57 | Yes Man | $41,046 | $30,265 | 73.7% | $10,781 | 26.3% | 59 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 58 | Brothers at War | $40,990 | $31,784 | 77.5% | $9,206 | 22.5% | 15 | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 59 | Shall We Kiss? | $38,929 | $28,680 | 73.7% | $10,249 | 26.3% | 4 | 1 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 60 | Waltz with Bashir | $32,731 | $18,420 | 56.3% | $14,311 | 43.7% | 46 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 61 | Tokyo! | $27,803 | $18,409 | 66.2% | $9,394 | 33.8% | 8 | 4 | Liberation Entertainment | - | false |
| 62 | Hunger | $26,475 | $16,550 | 62.5% | $9,925 | 37.5% | 5 | 17 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 63 | Ballerina | $23,480 | $15,456 | 65.8% | $8,024 | 34.2% | 5 | 11 | First Run | - | false |
| 64 | Play the Game | $21,771 | $14,830 | 68.1% | $6,941 | 31.9% | 13 | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 65 | Roving Mars | $19,432 | $12,882 | 66.3% | $6,550 | 33.7% | 5 | 166 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | Valkyrie | $16,781 | $11,877 | 70.8% | $4,904 | 29.2% | 32 | 15 | United Artists | - | false |
| 67 | Fanboys | $16,641 | $10,193 | 61.2% | $6,448 | 38.8% | 28 | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 68 | American Swing | $14,847 | $10,174 | 68.5% | $4,673 | 31.5% | 1 | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 69 | The Education of Charlie Banks | $11,461 | $8,538 | 74.5% | $2,923 | 25.5% | 3 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 70 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $11,307 | $7,685 | 68% | $3,622 | 32% | 1 | 1 | Trela Media | - | false |
| 71 | 12 | $11,141 | $7,743 | 69.5% | $3,398 | 30.5% | 6 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | U2 3D | $10,867 | $8,577 | 78.9% | $2,290 | 21.1% | 6 | 63 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 73 | I've Loved You So Long | $10,665 | $7,143 | 67% | $3,522 | 33% | 10 | 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 74 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $10,384 | $7,191 | 69.2% | $3,193 | 30.8% | 14 | 16 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 75 | Cherry Blossoms | $9,778 | $6,870 | 70.3% | $2,908 | 29.7% | 5 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Katyn | $9,482 | $6,262 | 66% | $3,220 | 34% | 2 | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 77 | Fados | $9,413 | $6,273 | 66.6% | $3,140 | 33.4% | 4 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 78 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | $8,750 | $7,373 | 84.3% | $1,377 | 15.7% | 15 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 79 | Spinning Into Butter | $8,064 | $5,534 | 68.6% | $2,530 | 31.4% | 4 | 1 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 80 | Z | $7,343 | $4,606 | 62.7% | $2,737 | 37.3% | 1 | 3 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 81 | Notorious | $7,078 | $5,514 | 77.9% | $1,564 | 22.1% | 11 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | Let the Right One In | $7,011 | $4,100 | 58.5% | $2,911 | 41.5% | 5 | 23 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | The Secrets | $6,754 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 19 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 84 | Mancora | $6,408 | $4,577 | 71.4% | $1,831 | 28.6% | 2 | 2 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | Enlighten Up! | $6,340 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 29 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| 86 | Medicine for Melancholy | $6,205 | $4,338 | 69.9% | $1,867 | 30.1% | 3 | 9 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 87 | Absurdistan | $6,187 | $4,662 | 75.4% | $1,525 | 24.6% | 1 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 88 | Three Monkeys | $5,610 | $3,045 | 54.3% | $2,565 | 45.7% | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 89 | Skills Like This | $5,374 | $2,986 | 55.6% | $2,388 | 44.4% | 1 | 2 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 90 | One Day You'll Understand | $5,134 | $3,676 | 71.6% | $1,458 | 28.4% | 6 | 22 | Kino International | - | false |
| 91 | Rachel Getting Married | $4,862 | $2,649 | 54.5% | $2,213 | 45.5% | 5 | 26 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 92 | The New Twenty | $3,817 | $2,623 | 68.7% | $1,194 | 31.3% | 1 | 2 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,685 | $3,080 | 83.6% | $605 | 16.4% | 5 | 20 | Kino International | - | false |
| 94 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $3,036 | $2,076 | 68.4% | $960 | 31.6% | 3 | 4 | Adlabs Films | - | false |
| 95 | Made in U.S.A | $2,971 | $688 | 23.2% | $2,283 | 76.8% | 1 | 12 | Rialto Pictures | - | false |
| 96 | Perestroika | $2,405 | $1,780 | 74% | $625 | 26% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 97 | Just Another Love Story | $1,890 | $1,265 | 66.9% | $625 | 33.1% | 1 | 12 | Koch Lorber Films | - | false |
| 98 | Tulpan | $1,737 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 99 | Throw Down Your Heart | $1,659 | $1,107 | 66.7% | $552 | 33.3% | 1 | 3 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $1,568 | $911 | 58.1% | $657 | 41.9% | 1 | 10 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 101 | Ciao | $1,233 | $938 | 76.1% | $295 | 23.9% | 1 | 17 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | Trouble the Water | $1,049 | $676 | 64.4% | $373 | 35.6% | 1 | 32 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 103 | The Betrayal | $935 | $703 | 75.2% | $232 | 24.8% | 1 | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 104 | Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion | $933 | $547 | 58.6% | $386 | 41.4% | 11 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 105 | Of Time and the City | $802 | $678 | 84.5% | $124 | 15.5% | 1 | 11 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 106 | Galapagos | $727 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 492 | IMAX | - | false |
| 107 | How About You | $377 | $260 | 69% | $117 | 31% | 1 | 20 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 108 | America Betrayed | $245 | $245 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 109 | Monsieur Verdoux | $113 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 55 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 110 | The Village Barbershop | $35 | $35 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 11 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | Examined Life | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Alexandra | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 54 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Owl and the Sparrow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Wave Releasing | - | false |
| - | A Secret | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Balcony Releasing | - | false |
| - | Between Love & Goodbye | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | Embrem Entertainment | - | false |
