| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 8 | $104,203,195 | +10,231.1% | 52.2% | 6 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $102,624,147 | 98.5% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 5 | $28,801,631 | +64.7% | 14.4% | 7 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $19,796,245 | 68.7% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $15,461,839 | -40% | 7.7% | 4 | The Soloist | $7,387,609 | 47.8% | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 1 | $14,844,976 | -57.3% | 7.4% | 1 | Obsessed | $14,844,976 | 100% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 5 | 2 | $13,820,335 | -55.4% | 6.9% | 5 | Fighting | $5,109,680 | 37% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $11,128,768 | -45.1% | 5.6% | 5 | Earth | $5,933,974 | 53.3% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 6 | $2,581,309 | -53.8% | 1.3% | 3 | Battle for Terra | $1,343,997 | 52.1% | 1 | Lionsgate | - |
| 9 | 7 | $832,457 | -68.9% | 0.4% | 3 | Knowing | $733,569 | 88.1% | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 10 | 9 | $595,237 | -28.3% | 0.3% | 1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $595,237 | 100% | 8 | Overture Films | - |
| 11 | 11 | $459,438 | -3.7% | 0.2% | 7 | Sugar | $111,562 | 24.3% | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 12 | 13 | $410,086 | +2.3% | 0.2% | 3 | Sin Nombre | $258,562 | 63.1% | 7 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 15 | $393,625 | +134.8% | 0.2% | 1 | Is Anybody There? | $393,625 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
| 14 | 12 | $335,461 | -22.7% | 0.2% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $335,461 | 100% | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 15 | 10 | $276,689 | -64% | 0.1% | 1 | Adventureland | $276,689 | 100% | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 21 | $189,155 | +97.8% | <0.1% | 2 | The Merry Gentleman | $99,093 | 52.4% | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 17 | 20 | $145,850 | +36.6% | <0.1% | 6 | Lemon Tree | $53,298 | 36.5% | 3 | IFC Films | - |
| 18 | 16 | $123,926 | -10% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $67,653 | 54.6% | 189 | IMAX | - |
| 19 | 18 | $117,786 | -7.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $117,786 | 100% | 8 | Truly Indie | - |
| 20 | 22 | $92,443 | +31.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Shall We Kiss? | $49,797 | 53.9% | 6 | Music Box Films | - |
| 21 | 19 | $83,712 | -23.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Two Lovers | $58,924 | 70.4% | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 22 | 25 | $78,926 | +34.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Lymelife | $78,926 | 100% | 5 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 23 | 23 | $76,342 | +12.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Anvil: The Story of Anvil | $76,342 | 100% | 4 | Abramorama | - |
| 24 | 17 | $67,781 | -47.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Slumdog Millionaire | $56,060 | 82.7% | 26 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 25 | 27 | $57,127 | +37.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $57,127 | 100% | 64 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 29 | $47,280 | +26.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $29,152 | 61.7% | 83 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 33 | $42,351 | +50.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Stomp! Shout! Scream! | $25,994 | 61.4% | 4 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 28 | 26 | $39,503 | -19.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Goodbye Solo | $37,204 | 94.2% | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 29 | 35 | $30,054 | +35% | <0.1% | 4 | Three Monkeys | $13,267 | 44.1% | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 31 | 32 | $20,878 | -31.7% | <0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $20,878 | 100% | 22 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 32 | 51 | $19,187 | +487.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Enlighten Up! | $19,187 | 100% | 34 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 33 | 34 | $18,139 | -23% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $18,139 | 100% | 9 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 34 | 31 | $17,166 | -44.3% | <0.1% | 2 | The Garden | $8,597 | 50.1% | 2 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 35 | 36 | $16,063 | -27.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Tokyo Sonata | $11,978 | 74.6% | 8 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 36 | 30 | $12,905 | -62.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $12,905 | 100% | 6 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 38 | 43 | $9,875 | -6.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $9,159 | 92.7% | 25 | Kino International | - |
| 39 | 45 | $9,055 | +11.6% | <0.1% | 1 | In a Dream | $9,055 | 100% | 4 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 40 | 49 | $7,843 | +57.2% | <0.1% | 4 | Ballerina | $4,058 | 51.7% | 16 | First Run | - |
| 41 | 40 | $7,572 | -40.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $7,572 | 100% | 5 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 42 | 37 | $4,822 | -72.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $4,822 | 100% | 8 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 43 | 39 | $4,706 | -69.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Nursery University | $4,706 | 100% | 2 | Variance Films | - |
| 44 | 42 | $4,601 | -57.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $2,729 | 59.3% | 16 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 45 | 54 | $3,732 | +74.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $3,732 | 100% | 7 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 46 | 55 | $2,525 | +504.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Home | $2,525 | 100% | 3 | Monterey Media | - |
| 48 | 50 | $2,113 | -41.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Z | $2,113 | 100% | 8 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 49 | 48 | $1,877 | -67.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $1,877 | 100% | 10 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 50 | 46 | $972 | -87.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $972 | 100% | 4 | Peace Arch Entertainment Group | - |
