| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Where the Wild Things Are | $39,539,575 | $32,695,407 | 82.7% | $6,844,168 | 17.3% | 3,735 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 2 | Law Abiding Citizen | $27,604,815 | $21,039,502 | 76.2% | $6,565,313 | 23.8% | 2,890 | 1 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 3 | Paranormal Activity | $26,922,425 | $19,617,650 | 72.9% | $7,304,775 | 27.1% | 760 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 4 | Couples Retreat | $21,725,855 | $17,227,390 | 79.3% | $4,498,465 | 20.7% | 3,009 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Stepfather | $13,851,683 | $11,581,586 | 83.6% | $2,270,097 | 16.4% | 2,734 | 1 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 6 | Zombieland | $9,984,194 | $7,616,939 | 76.3% | $2,367,255 | 23.7% | 3,171 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $9,420,562 | $8,017,871 | 85.1% | $1,402,691 | 14.9% | 3,037 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Toy Story 2009 Re-release | $3,596,905 | $3,016,580 | 83.9% | $580,325 | 16.1% | 1,489 | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Surrogates | $2,572,619 | $1,917,315 | 74.5% | $655,304 | 25.5% | 2,326 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 10 | The Invention of Lying | $2,527,400 | $1,907,398 | 75.5% | $620,002 | 24.5% | 1,624 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $2,066,979 | $1,455,510 | 70.4% | $611,469 | 29.6% | 991 | 5 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 12 | Whip It | $1,974,462 | $1,507,379 | 76.3% | $467,083 | 23.7% | 1,482 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | The Informant! | $1,274,527 | $955,456 | 75% | $319,071 | 25% | 1,228 | 5 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 14 | A Serious Man | $1,102,483 | $842,511 | 76.4% | $259,972 | 23.6% | 82 | 3 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 15 | Fame | $1,101,733 | $903,890 | 82% | $197,843 | 18% | 1,555 | 4 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - | false |
| 16 | Love Happens | $735,615 | $547,765 | 74.5% | $187,850 | 25.5% | 1,043 | 5 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 17 | I Can Do Bad All by Myself | $693,096 | $557,799 | 80.5% | $135,297 | 19.5% | 807 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 18 | Coco Before Chanel | $567,092 | $391,618 | 69.1% | $175,474 | 30.9% | 99 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 19 | Bright Star | $551,363 | $396,479 | 71.9% | $154,884 | 28.1% | 295 | 6 | Apparition | - | false |
| 20 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $536,444 | $407,537 | 76% | $128,907 | 24% | 514 | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Good Hair | $528,757 | $398,617 | 75.4% | $130,140 | 24.6% | 178 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 22 | New York, I Love You | $516,969 | $380,605 | 73.6% | $136,364 | 26.4% | 118 | 1 | Vivendi Entertainment | - | false |
| 23 | Inglourious Basterds | $487,466 | $341,410 | 70% | $146,056 | 30% | 436 | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 24 | The Hangover | $372,673 | $267,583 | 71.8% | $105,090 | 28.2% | 359 | 20 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 25 | District 9 | $361,319 | $245,983 | 68.1% | $115,336 | 31.9% | 335 | 10 | TriStar Pictures | - | false |
| 26 | All About Steve | $359,841 | $225,426 | 62.6% | $134,415 | 37.4% | 507 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 27 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $358,259 | $273,341 | 76.3% | $84,918 | 23.7% | 356 | 15 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Julie & Julia | $344,258 | $246,959 | 71.7% | $97,299 | 28.3% | 295 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 29 | An Education | $333,964 | $244,763 | 73.3% | $89,201 | 26.7% | 19 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | G-Force | $306,159 | $248,338 | 81.1% | $57,821 | 18.9% | 287 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | 9 | $300,788 | $232,125 | 77.2% | $68,663 | 22.8% | 488 | 7 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 32 | More Than a Game | $251,649 | $200,253 | 79.6% | $51,396 | 20.4% | 107 | 3 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 33 | Pandorum | $216,100 | $145,985 | 67.6% | $70,115 | 32.4% | 427 | 4 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 34 | The Boys Are Back | $211,738 | $154,237 | 72.8% | $57,501 | 27.2% | 108 | 4 | Miramax | - | false |
| 35 | Black Dynamite | $188,518 | $131,862 | 70% | $56,656 | 30% | 70 | 1 | Apparition | - | false |
| 36 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $167,793 | $130,408 | 77.7% | $37,385 | 22.3% | 181 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 37 | The Proposal | $156,619 | $119,772 | 76.5% | $36,847 | 23.5% | 173 | 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 38 | Jennifer's Body | $155,308 | $116,986 | 75.3% | $38,322 | 24.7% | 313 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 39 | Me and Mrs. Khanna | $148,403 | $121,134 | 81.6% | $27,269 | 18.4% | 59 | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Under the Sea 3D | $138,003 | $85,653 | 62.1% | $52,350 | 37.9% | 32 | 36 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 41 | The September Issue | $134,373 | $91,743 | 68.3% | $42,630 | 31.7% | 77 | 8 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 42 | Up | $134,146 | $105,278 | 78.5% | $28,868 | 21.5% | 162 | 21 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | The Final Destination | $129,077 | $98,530 | 76.3% | $30,547 | 23.7% | 174 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 44 | Sorority Row | $121,327 | $87,667 | 72.3% | $33,660 | 27.7% | 244 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 45 | All the Best: Fun Begins | $120,713 | $96,054 | 79.6% | $24,659 | 20.4% | 55 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| 46 | From Mexico with Love | $107,365 | $85,326 | 79.5% | $22,039 | 20.5% | 139 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 47 | Paris | $106,288 | $75,101 | 70.7% | $31,187 | 29.3% | 33 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 48 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $92,846 | $64,858 | 69.9% | $27,988 | 30.1% | 90 | 5 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 49 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $92,833 | $70,203 | 75.6% | $22,630 | 24.4% | 101 | 10 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 50 | I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | $86,179 | $56,476 | 65.5% | $29,703 | 34.5% | 132 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 51 | It Might Get Loud | $75,871 | $45,009 | 59.3% | $30,862 | 40.7% | 64 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 52 | Halloween II | $74,581 | $56,135 | 75.3% | $18,446 | 24.7% | 140 | 8 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 53 | Aliens in the Attic | $69,148 | $55,612 | 80.4% | $13,536 | 19.6% | 108 | 12 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 54 | 500 Days of Summer | $66,563 | $43,239 | 65% | $23,324 | 35% | 71 | 14 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 55 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $56,553 | $40,008 | 70.7% | $16,545 | 29.3% | 22 | 15 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 56 | The Damned United | $52,581 | $37,675 | 71.6% | $14,906 | 28.4% | 15 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 57 | Lost in Love | $52,453 | $52,453 | 100% | $0 | - | 221 | 1 | Cinedigm Entertainment Group | - | false |
| 58 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $50,805 | $24,564 | 48.4% | $26,241 | 51.6% | 4 | 213 | IMAX | - | false |
| 59 | Shorts | $50,666 | $43,580 | 86% | $7,086 | 14% | 54 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 60 | My One and Only | $46,394 | $32,582 | 70.2% | $13,812 | 29.8% | 58 | 9 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 61 | Passport to Love | $41,993 | $31,908 | 76% | $10,085 | 24% | 6 | 2 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 62 | Space Station 3D | $40,709 | $18,333 | 45% | $22,376 | 55% | 5 | 392 | IMAX | - | false |
| 63 | Wake Up Sid | $34,540 | $25,192 | 72.9% | $9,348 | 27.1% | 33 | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 64 | Amreeka | $28,912 | $20,056 | 69.4% | $8,856 | 30.6% | 18 | 7 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 65 | Moon | $27,899 | $17,083 | 61.2% | $10,816 | 38.8% | 25 | 19 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 66 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,769 | $17,440 | 65.2% | $9,329 | 34.8% | 8 | 107 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 67 | Ponyo | $26,255 | $16,054 | 61.2% | $10,201 | 38.8% | 45 | 10 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 68 | The Maid | $26,082 | $17,036 | 65.3% | $9,046 | 34.7% | 1 | 1 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 69 | Seraphine | $18,952 | $11,978 | 63.2% | $6,974 | 36.8% | 18 | 20 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 70 | Whiteout | $18,691 | $14,022 | 75% | $4,669 | 25% | 41 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 71 | Visual Acoustics | $18,074 | $11,915 | 65.9% | $6,159 | 34.1% | 2 | 2 | Arthouse Films | - | false |
| 72 | The Burning Plain | $17,832 | $11,602 | 65.1% | $6,230 | 34.9% | 13 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 73 | Bronson | $17,745 | $11,241 | 63.4% | $6,504 | 36.6% | 2 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | The Horse Boy | $17,545 | $11,400 | 65% | $6,145 | 35% | 4 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 75 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $14,491 | $9,344 | 64.5% | $5,147 | 35.5% | 9 | 9 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 76 | Departures | $14,381 | $9,484 | 66% | $4,897 | 34% | 10 | 21 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 77 | Cold Souls | $13,707 | $7,559 | 55.2% | $6,148 | 44.8% | 20 | 11 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 78 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $13,030 | $8,097 | 62.1% | $4,933 | 37.9% | 1 | 4 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 79 | In the Loop | $12,042 | $7,282 | 60.5% | $4,760 | 39.5% | 11 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 80 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $10,836 | $8,565 | 79% | $2,271 | 21% | 17 | 22 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 81 | Play the Game | $10,591 | $6,106 | 57.6% | $4,485 | 42.4% | 14 | 34 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | Adam | $9,700 | $6,351 | 65.5% | $3,349 | 34.5% | 17 | 13 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | Unmistaken Child | $9,644 | $5,815 | 60.3% | $3,829 | 39.7% | 5 | 21 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 84 | The Cove | $9,473 | $4,863 | 51.3% | $4,610 | 48.7% | 19 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 85 | 35 Shots of Rum | $9,374 | $6,290 | 67.1% | $3,084 | 32.9% | 2 | 6 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 86 | The Janky Promoters | $9,069 | $5,702 | 62.9% | $3,367 | 37.1% | 22 | 1 | Third Rail Releasing | - | false |
| 87 | The Providence Effect | $8,342 | $5,588 | 67% | $2,754 | 33% | 4 | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - | false |
| 88 | Trucker | $8,333 | $6,513 | 78.2% | $1,820 | 21.8% | 4 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 89 | Crude | $8,187 | $5,112 | 62.4% | $3,075 | 37.6% | 5 | 7 | First Run | - | false |
| 90 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $8,159 | $6,276 | 76.9% | $1,883 | 23.1% | 5 | 88 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 91 | Food, Inc. | $8,101 | $6,222 | 76.8% | $1,879 | 23.2% | 11 | 19 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 92 | World's Greatest Dad | $6,440 | $4,031 | 62.6% | $2,409 | 37.4% | 5 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | Big Fan | $6,379 | $4,274 | 67% | $2,105 | 33% | 7 | 8 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 94 | Fuel | $5,275 | $4,180 | 79.2% | $1,095 | 20.8% | 3 | 5 | N/A | - | false |
| 95 | The Other Man | $5,016 | $3,280 | 65.4% | $1,736 | 34.6% | 6 | 6 | Image Entertainment | - | false |
| 96 | We Live in Public | $4,939 | $4,939 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 8 | Abramorama | - | false |
| 97 | Lorna's Silence | $4,652 | $2,172 | 46.7% | $2,480 | 53.3% | 12 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 98 | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | $4,473 | $2,774 | 62% | $1,699 | 38% | 2 | 19 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 99 | The Ministers | $4,447 | $2,844 | 64% | $1,603 | 36% | 2 | 1 | Maya Entertainment | - | false |
| 100 | Adventures of Power | $4,037 | $2,236 | 55.4% | $1,801 | 44.6% | 1 | 2 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 101 | A Woman in Berlin | $3,691 | $2,553 | 69.2% | $1,138 | 30.8% | 3 | 14 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 102 | La fille de Monaco | $3,429 | $2,558 | 74.6% | $871 | 25.4% | 3 | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 103 | Humpday | $3,114 | $2,785 | 89.4% | $329 | 10.6% | 4 | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 104 | Paper Heart | $3,101 | $1,890 | 61% | $1,211 | 39% | 9 | 11 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 105 | The Beaches of Agnès | $2,614 | $874 | 33.4% | $1,740 | 66.6% | 3 | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 106 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $2,561 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 107 | U2 3D | $2,072 | $1,505 | 72.6% | $567 | 27.4% | 2 | 92 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 108 | White on Rice | $1,771 | $1,181 | 66.7% | $590 | 33.3% | 1 | 6 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 109 | Earth Days | $1,769 | $734 | 41.5% | $1,035 | 58.5% | 1 | 10 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 110 | Cloud 9 | $1,671 | $1,245 | 74.5% | $426 | 25.5% | 4 | 10 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 111 | Peter and Vandy | $1,669 | $1,299 | 77.8% | $370 | 22.2% | 1 | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 112 | Whatever Works | $1,632 | $852 | 52.2% | $780 | 47.8% | 3 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 113 | Afghan Star | $1,607 | $1,035 | 64.4% | $572 | 35.6% | 2 | 17 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 114 | Soul Power | $1,416 | $709 | 50.1% | $707 | 49.9% | 4 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 115 | The Way We Get By | $1,283 | $438 | 34.1% | $845 | 65.9% | 4 | 14 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 116 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,233 | $958 | 77.7% | $275 | 22.3% | 1 | 16 | Eleven Arts | - | false |
| 117 | Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution | $1,181 | $595 | 50.4% | $586 | 49.6% | 1 | 1 | First Run | - | false |
| 118 | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $1,178 | $215 | 18.2% | $963 | 81.8% | 2 | 17 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 119 | The Wonder of it All | $1,163 | $989 | 85% | $174 | 15% | 1 | 14 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 120 | Under Our Skin | $1,152 | $29 | 2.5% | $1,123 | 97.5% | 1 | 18 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 121 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $1,087 | $785 | 72.2% | $302 | 27.8% | 1 | 3 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 122 | $9.99 | $916 | $625 | 68.2% | $291 | 31.8% | 2 | 45 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 123 | Galapagos | $786 | $786 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 521 | IMAX | - | false |
| 124 | Il Divo | $772 | $772 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 26 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 125 | Amarcord Undated Brazil Release | $745 | $432 | 58% | $313 | 42% | 2 | 2 | Janus Films | - | false |
| 126 | The Song of Sparrows | $656 | $656 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 29 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 127 | American Casino | $635 | $439 | 69.1% | $196 | 30.9% | 1 | 10 | Argot Pictures | - | false |
| 128 | Free Style | $584 | $463 | 79.3% | $121 | 20.7% | 5 | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - | false |
| 129 | Beeswax | $478 | $382 | 79.9% | $96 | 20.1% | 1 | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 130 | The Legend of God's Gun | $467 | $364 | 77.9% | $103 | 22.1% | 1 | 66 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 131 | Tokyo Sonata | $450 | $378 | 84% | $72 | 16% | 1 | 32 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 132 | What's Your Raashee? | $410 | $410 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 133 | Taxidermia 2009 Re-release | $375 | $114 | 30.4% | $261 | 69.6% | 1 | 10 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 134 | Nobody | $330 | $330 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 4 | N/A | - | false |
| 135 | Chelsea on the Rocks | $305 | $305 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 3 | Aliquot Films | - | false |
| 136 | Box Elder | $287 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 86 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Walt & El Grupo | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Wild Child | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 50 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Goodbye Solo | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 30 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Pretty Ugly People | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | Osiris Entertainment | - | false |
| - | Vanished Empire 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | The Big Gay Musical | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Laila's Birthday | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | Kino International | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Jerichow | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
