| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 2 | 2 | $30,995,300 | -11% | 21.6% | 5 | Fighting | $13,333,340 | 43% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 3 | 4 | $25,765,957 | +20.7% | 18% | 4 | The Soloist | $12,508,138 | 48.5% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 3 | $20,256,994 | -9.8% | 14.1% | 5 | Earth | $12,017,017 | 59.3% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 5 | 1 | $17,488,308 | -50.5% | 12.2% | 6 | 17 Again | $13,837,621 | 79.1% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 5 | $5,592,079 | -57.6% | 3.9% | 2 | Crank: High Voltage | $3,687,632 | 65.9% | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 6 | $2,679,054 | -44.1% | 1.9% | 3 | Knowing | $2,527,415 | 94.3% | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,008,639 | -69.5% | 0.7% | 6 | Taken | $474,427 | 47% | 13 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 9 | $830,413 | -40.5% | 0.6% | 1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $830,413 | 100% | 7 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 8 | $767,783 | -58.7% | 0.5% | 1 | Adventureland | $767,783 | 100% | 4 | Miramax | - |
| 11 | 12 | $477,023 | +10.1% | 0.3% | 7 | Tyson | $130,535 | 27.4% | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 12 | 10 | $434,016 | -25% | 0.3% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $434,016 | 100% | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 11 | $400,757 | -29.3% | 0.3% | 2 | Sin Nombre | $291,643 | 72.8% | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 15 | 24 | $167,673 | +169.6% | 0.1% | 1 | Is Anybody There? | $167,673 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 16 | 17 | $137,666 | -13.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $79,480 | 57.7% | 188 | IMAX | - |
| 17 | 14 | $129,432 | -52% | <0.1% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $106,393 | 82.2% | 25 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | $127,653 | -7% | <0.1% | 2 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $120,019 | 94% | 7 | Truly Indie | - |
| 19 | 16 | $109,399 | -37.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Two Lovers | $67,552 | 61.7% | 11 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 20 | 15 | $106,773 | -39.4% | <0.1% | 5 | Gomorrah | $44,277 | 41.5% | 19 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 13 | $95,639 | -68.7% | <0.1% | 1 | American Violet | $95,639 | 100% | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 22 | 23 | $70,292 | -2% | <0.1% | 2 | Shall We Kiss? | $48,116 | 68.5% | 5 | Music Box Films | - |
| 23 | 27 | $68,002 | +39.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Anvil: The Story of Anvil | $68,002 | 100% | 3 | Abramorama | - |
| 24 | 37 | $62,612 | +257.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Defiance | $62,612 | 100% | 18 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 25 | 25 | $58,715 | +4.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Lymelife | $58,715 | 100% | 4 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 26 | 20 | $48,991 | -46.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Goodbye Solo | $39,879 | 81.4% | 5 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 27 | 32 | $41,529 | +36.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $41,529 | 100% | 63 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 21 | $40,764 | -49.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Tera Mera Ki Rishta | $40,764 | 100% | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 29 | 26 | $37,439 | -27.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,913 | 82.6% | 82 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 30 | 29 | $34,390 | -13.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $34,390 | 100% | 5 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 31 | 33 | $30,804 | +8.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Wendy and Lucy | $17,119 | 55.6% | 21 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 32 | 19 | $30,579 | -67.7% | <0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $30,579 | 100% | 21 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 33 | 35 | $28,152 | +22.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Rolling | $15,200 | 54% | 4 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 34 | 30 | $23,566 | -38.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $23,566 | 100% | 8 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 35 | 34 | $22,267 | -5.9% | <0.1% | 4 | Examined Life | $11,787 | 52.9% | 10 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 36 | 31 | $22,253 | -31.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Tokyo Sonata | $13,960 | 62.7% | 7 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 37 | 51 | $17,640 | +822.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $17,640 | 100% | 7 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 40 | 46 | $12,662 | +17.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $12,662 | 100% | 4 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 41 | 28 | $12,604 | -72.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Sleep Dealer | $12,604 | 100% | 2 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 42 | 39 | $10,768 | -36% | <0.1% | 5 | Perestroika | $6,763 | 62.8% | 6 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 43 | 44 | $10,556 | -24% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $10,556 | 100% | 24 | Kino International | - |
| 44 | 48 | $8,264 | +21.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $5,825 | 70.5% | 11 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 45 | 42 | $8,117 | -47.6% | <0.1% | 1 | In a Dream | $8,117 | 100% | 3 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 46 | 38 | $7,598 | -55.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $7,598 | 100% | 3 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - |
| 48 | 45 | $5,776 | -52.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $5,776 | 100% | 9 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 49 | 40 | $4,989 | -68.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $4,032 | 80.8% | 15 | First Run | - |
| 50 | 36 | $3,628 | -80.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Z | $3,102 | 85.5% | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 51 | 41 | $3,267 | -79.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Enlighten Up! | $3,267 | 100% | 33 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 52 | 50 | $3,148 | +53.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Coyote County Loser | $3,148 | 100% | 6 | Roebuck Media | - |
| 53 | 43 | $2,606 | -82.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Royal Kill | $2,606 | 100% | 3 | 21st Century Film Production | - |
| 54 | 47 | $2,137 | -78.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $2,137 | 100% | 6 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 55 | 49 | $418 | -85.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Home | $226 | 54.1% | 2 | Monterey Media | - |
