| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 2 | $40,305,270 | +73.6% | 32.4% | 4 | This Is It | $32,646,810 | 81% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 1 | $20,715,037 | -26.2% | 16.6% | 2 | Paranormal Activity | $20,589,825 | 99.4% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 3 | 3 | $13,243,745 | -38.1% | 10.6% | 3 | Couples Retreat | $8,985,755 | 67.8% | 4 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $11,273,452 | -36.1% | 9.1% | 3 | Law Abiding Citizen | $10,618,948 | 94.2% | 3 | Overture Films | - |
| 5 | 4 | $9,930,057 | -49.6% | 8% | 10 | Where the Wild Things Are | $8,324,373 | 83.8% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 6 | $7,038,277 | -60% | 5.7% | 2 | Saw VI | $6,956,487 | 98.8% | 2 | Lionsgate | - |
| 7 | 7 | $4,662,814 | -41.2% | 3.7% | 2 | Astro Boy | $4,628,934 | 99.3% | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 8 | 9 | $4,595,229 | -22.7% | 3.7% | 5 | Amelia | $4,233,878 | 92.1% | 2 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - |
| 9 | 8 | $4,267,061 | -43.1% | 3.4% | 1 | The Stepfather | $4,267,061 | 100% | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 10 | 11 | $1,460,529 | -4.1% | 1.2% | 2 | A Serious Man | $1,410,086 | 96.5% | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 11 | 13 | $1,294,276 | +9.8% | 1% | 8 | An Education | $644,813 | 49.8% | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 12 | 10 | $1,233,432 | -53.6% | 1% | 8 | Surrogates | $372,516 | 30.2% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 13 | 14 | $1,009,175 | +185% | 0.8% | 2 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $816,531 | 80.9% | 1 | Apparition | - |
| 14 | 12 | $695,430 | -47.7% | 0.6% | 6 | Good Hair | $592,127 | 85.1% | 4 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 15 | 29 | $600,610 | +1,324% | 0.5% | 1 | Halloween II | $600,610 | 100% | 10 | Dimension Films | - |
| 16 | 15 | $279,001 | -12.4% | 0.2% | 5 | All About Steve | $109,847 | 39.4% | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 17 | 16 | $268,449 | -15.1% | 0.2% | 1 | New York, I Love You | $268,449 | 100% | 3 | Vivendi Entertainment | - |
| 19 | 17 | $184,814 | -29.6% | 0.1% | 1 | Inglourious Basterds | $184,814 | 100% | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 20 | 20 | $153,530 | -16.3% | 0.1% | 2 | Antichrist | $83,523 | 54.4% | 2 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 23 | $96,557 | +6.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $52,549 | 54.4% | 394 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 24 | $87,850 | +12.5% | <0.1% | 7 | The House of the Devil | $35,521 | 40.4% | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 23 | 19 | $82,319 | -60.7% | <0.1% | 1 | District 9 | $82,319 | 100% | 12 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 24 | 22 | $81,997 | -26.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Boys Are Back | $81,997 | 100% | 6 | Miramax | - |
| 25 | 18 | $78,699 | -68.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Fame | $78,699 | 100% | 6 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 26 | 26 | $78,275 | +32% | <0.1% | 1 | The Maid | $78,275 | 100% | 3 | Elephant Eye Films | - |
| 27 | 27 | $55,462 | +2.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $49,352 | 89% | 17 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 28 | 28 | $50,226 | +2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $50,226 | 100% | 7 | Five & Two Pictures | - |
| 29 | 21 | $43,788 | -61.3% | <0.1% | 3 | My One and Only | $23,014 | 52.6% | 11 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 30 | 31 | $40,169 | +27.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Amreeka | $21,376 | 53.2% | 9 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 31 | 33 | $35,680 | +49.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Passport to Love | $26,265 | 73.6% | 4 | Variance Films | - |
| 32 | 46 | $28,040 | +603.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $28,040 | 100% | 36 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 33 | 30 | $26,210 | -27.5% | <0.1% | 2 | (Untitled) | $21,304 | 81.3% | 2 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 34 | 45 | $24,825 | +249.6% | <0.1% | 4 | The Beaches of Agnès | $13,209 | 53.2% | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 35 | 35 | $21,392 | +52% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $21,392 | 100% | 90 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 36 | 32 | $20,866 | -16.8% | <0.1% | 3 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $20,609 | 98.8% | 6 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 38 | 37 | $12,409 | -4.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Departures | $11,405 | 91.9% | 23 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 39 | 43 | $12,330 | +60.6% | <0.1% | 2 | A Woman in Berlin | $8,049 | 65.3% | 16 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 40 | 40 | $10,324 | +11.3% | <0.1% | 4 | Seraphine | $7,514 | 72.8% | 22 | Music Box Films | - |
| 41 | 39 | $10,045 | -8.2% | <0.1% | 3 | The Horse Boy | $8,852 | 88.1% | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 42 | 25 | $8,833 | -86.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Wake Up Sid | $4,427 | 50.1% | 5 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 43 | 36 | $8,795 | -37.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Trucker | $8,795 | 100% | 4 | Monterey Media | - |
| 44 | 34 | $7,145 | -63.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Crude | $7,145 | 100% | 9 | First Run | - |
| 45 | 42 | $7,107 | -15.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Killing Kasztner | $7,107 | 100% | 2 | Sky Island Films | - |
| 46 | 41 | $6,082 | -30.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Big Fan | $6,082 | 100% | 10 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 47 | 38 | $5,424 | -55.4% | <0.1% | 1 | No Impact Man: The Documentary | $5,424 | 100% | 8 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 48 | 44 | $4,485 | -39.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | $4,485 | 100% | 11 | Vitagraph Films | - |
| 51 | 47 | $1,967 | -50% | <0.1% | 1 | Laila's Birthday | $1,967 | 100% | 23 | Kino International | - |
| 52 | 48 | $1,666 | -50.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | $1,666 | 100% | 18 | Eleven Arts | - |
| 53 | 52 | $1,449 | +489% | <0.1% | 3 | Mississippi Mermaid | $1,249 | 86.2% | 17 | The Film Desk | - |
| 54 | 50 | $1,327 | -19% | <0.1% | 1 | Pretty Ugly People | $1,327 | 100% | 7 | Osiris Entertainment | - |
| 55 | 51 | $996 | +141.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $996 | 100% | 5 | Indican Pictures | - |
