| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Princess and the Frog | $29,651,902 | $24,208,916 | 81.6% | $5,442,986 | 18.4% | 3,434 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 2 | The Blind Side | $19,942,706 | $15,055,258 | 75.5% | $4,887,448 | 24.5% | 3,388 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Invictus | $11,674,785 | $8,611,147 | 73.8% | $3,063,638 | 26.2% | 2,125 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 4 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $10,830,138 | $7,960,394 | 73.5% | $2,869,744 | 26.5% | 3,635 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol | $9,776,983 | $6,833,190 | 69.9% | $2,943,793 | 30.1% | 2,402 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 6 | Brothers | $7,058,950 | $5,014,426 | 71% | $2,044,524 | 29% | 2,088 | 2 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 7 | 2012 | $5,887,268 | $4,351,565 | 73.9% | $1,535,703 | 26.1% | 2,838 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 8 | Old Dogs | $5,698,395 | $4,409,772 | 77.4% | $1,288,623 | 22.6% | 3,090 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 9 | Armored | $4,723,502 | $3,504,374 | 74.2% | $1,219,128 | 25.8% | 1,919 | 2 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 10 | Ninja Assassin | $3,889,797 | $2,707,470 | 69.6% | $1,182,327 | 30.4% | 2,100 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | Up in the Air | $3,417,636 | $2,394,344 | 70.1% | $1,023,292 | 29.9% | 72 | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 12 | Everybody's Fine | $3,120,320 | $2,194,210 | 70.3% | $926,110 | 29.7% | 2,141 | 2 | Miramax | - | false |
| 13 | Planet 51 | $2,811,265 | $2,267,038 | 80.6% | $544,227 | 19.4% | 2,570 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 14 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $1,924,659 | $1,396,148 | 72.5% | $528,511 | 27.5% | 1,268 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 15 | Precious | $1,878,732 | $1,280,550 | 68.2% | $598,182 | 31.8% | 664 | 6 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 16 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $1,276,611 | $793,393 | 62.2% | $483,218 | 37.8% | 524 | 7 | Apparition | - | false |
| 17 | The Road | $760,226 | $505,878 | 66.5% | $254,348 | 33.5% | 135 | 4 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 18 | An Education | $460,763 | $314,439 | 68.2% | $146,324 | 31.8% | 223 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 19 | Couples Retreat | $358,200 | $257,820 | 72% | $100,380 | 28% | 371 | 10 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 20 | A Single Man | $332,350 | $217,332 | 65.4% | $115,018 | 34.6% | 9 | 1 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 21 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $308,313 | $202,035 | 65.5% | $106,278 | 34.5% | 324 | 6 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 22 | The Boat That Rocked | $261,197 | $174,293 | 66.7% | $86,904 | 33.3% | 242 | 5 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 23 | Law Abiding Citizen | $256,059 | $165,937 | 64.8% | $90,122 | 35.2% | 225 | 9 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 24 | Me and Orson Welles | $226,878 | $154,754 | 68.2% | $72,124 | 31.8% | 64 | 4 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | A Serious Man | $225,414 | $146,347 | 64.9% | $79,067 | 35.1% | 152 | 11 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 26 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $224,236 | $146,292 | 65.2% | $77,944 | 34.8% | 96 | 4 | First Look International | - | false |
| 27 | The Fourth Kind | $199,670 | $142,115 | 71.2% | $57,555 | 28.8% | 217 | 6 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 28 | The Lovely Bones | $155,590 | $116,616 | 75% | $38,974 | 25% | 3 | 1 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 29 | Broken Embraces | $155,502 | $109,530 | 70.4% | $45,972 | 29.6% | 6 | 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 30 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $130,007 | $76,700 | 59% | $53,307 | 41% | 16 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | The Box | $120,254 | $81,601 | 67.9% | $38,653 | 32.1% | 203 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 32 | Zombieland | $119,670 | $119,670 | 100% | $0 | - | 236 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 33 | Where the Wild Things Are | $109,927 | $75,065 | 68.3% | $34,862 | 31.7% | 145 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 34 | Red Cliff | $100,222 | $66,202 | 66.1% | $34,020 | 33.9% | 42 | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 35 | Paranormal Activity | $91,288 | $61,704 | 67.6% | $29,584 | 32.4% | 182 | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $84,653 | $39,939 | 47.2% | $44,714 | 52.8% | 27 | 44 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $79,535 | - | - | - | - | 119 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 38 | The Messenger | $69,368 | $45,204 | 65.2% | $24,164 | 34.8% | 50 | 5 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 39 | Amelia | $63,830 | $43,830 | 68.7% | $20,000 | 31.3% | 118 | 8 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 40 | Coco Before Chanel | $63,634 | $38,522 | 60.5% | $25,112 | 39.5% | 68 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 41 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $63,460 | $32,720 | 51.6% | $30,740 | 48.4% | 20 | 7 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 42 | Astro Boy | $59,365 | $44,232 | 74.5% | $15,133 | 25.5% | 122 | 8 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 43 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $51,253 | $34,629 | 67.6% | $16,624 | 32.4% | 26 | 3 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 44 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $45,671 | $19,509 | 42.7% | $26,162 | 57.3% | 3 | 221 | IMAX | - | false |
| 45 | Space Station 3D | $41,738 | $23,048 | 55.2% | $18,690 | 44.8% | 5 | 400 | IMAX | - | false |
| 46 | Inglourious Basterds | $41,437 | $23,791 | 57.4% | $17,646 | 42.6% | 61 | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 47 | The Slammin' Salmon | $36,323 | $26,167 | 72% | $10,156 | 28% | 11 | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 48 | The Invention of Lying | $33,726 | $21,557 | 63.9% | $12,169 | 36.1% | 68 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $28,706 | $18,931 | 66% | $9,775 | 34% | 8 | 115 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 50 | New York, I Love You | $28,117 | $17,459 | 62.1% | $10,658 | 37.9% | 24 | 9 | Vivendi Entertainment | - | false |
| 51 | The Hangover | $28,088 | $18,956 | 67.5% | $9,132 | 32.5% | 49 | 28 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 52 | The Maid | $26,280 | $18,327 | 69.7% | $7,953 | 30.3% | 19 | 9 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 53 | Crazy Heart | $25,332 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Paris | $23,828 | $15,038 | 63.1% | $8,790 | 36.9% | 28 | 13 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 55 | Transylmania | $23,173 | $16,018 | 69.1% | $7,155 | 30.9% | 118 | 2 | Full Circle Releasing | - | false |
| 56 | Whiteout | $18,761 | $11,969 | 63.8% | $6,792 | 36.2% | 85 | 14 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 57 | De Dana Dan | $17,640 | $17,640 | 100% | $0 | - | 69 | 3 | Eros Worldwide | - | false |
| 58 | The Damned United | $16,491 | $10,630 | 64.5% | $5,861 | 35.5% | 30 | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 59 | Antichrist | $16,088 | $9,036 | 56.2% | $7,052 | 43.8% | 13 | 8 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 60 | Until the Light Takes Us | $15,783 | $10,362 | 65.6% | $5,421 | 34.4% | 3 | 2 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 61 | Shorts | $13,962 | $11,105 | 79.5% | $2,857 | 20.5% | 46 | 17 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 62 | Deep Sea | $12,353 | $7,461 | 60.4% | $4,892 | 39.6% | 5 | 198 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 63 | Good Hair | $9,607 | $6,855 | 71.4% | $2,752 | 28.6% | 14 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 64 | Kurbaan | $9,563 | $6,407 | 67% | $3,156 | 33% | 13 | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 65 | Mystery Team | $9,469 | $4,746 | 50.1% | $4,723 | 49.9% | 2 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 66 | Capitalism: A Love Story | $9,331 | $5,727 | 61.4% | $3,604 | 38.6% | 35 | 13 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 67 | The Little Traitor | $9,102 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | N/A | - | false |
| 68 | The Informant! | $9,010 | $5,771 | 64% | $3,239 | 36% | 18 | 13 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 69 | Killing Kasztner | $8,693 | $5,334 | 61.4% | $3,359 | 38.6% | 1 | 8 | Sky Island Films | - | false |
| 70 | Serious Moonlight | $7,450 | $4,981 | 66.9% | $2,469 | 33.1% | 8 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 71 | It Might Get Loud | $7,405 | $4,518 | 61% | $2,887 | 39% | 4 | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 72 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $7,367 | $5,150 | 69.9% | $2,217 | 30.1% | 23 | 23 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 73 | Collapse | $7,346 | $7,346 | 100% | $0 | - | 5 | 6 | Vitagraph Films | - | false |
| 74 | The September Issue | $7,236 | $4,971 | 68.7% | $2,265 | 31.3% | 8 | 16 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 75 | 35 Shots of Rum | $7,103 | $5,079 | 71.5% | $2,024 | 28.5% | 5 | 14 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 76 | Four Seasons Lodge | $6,197 | $4,083 | 65.9% | $2,114 | 34.1% | 3 | 6 | First Run | - | false |
| 77 | Uncertainty | $6,176 | $4,274 | 69.2% | $1,902 | 30.8% | 4 | 5 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 78 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $6,054 | $4,145 | 68.5% | $1,909 | 31.5% | 11 | 12 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 79 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $5,947 | $4,575 | 76.9% | $1,372 | 23.1% | 4 | 96 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 80 | The Horse Boy | $5,795 | $3,083 | 53.2% | $2,712 | 46.8% | 2 | 12 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 81 | The House of the Devil | $5,707 | $3,003 | 52.6% | $2,704 | 47.4% | 5 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | Ong Bak 2 | $5,336 | $2,299 | 43.1% | $3,037 | 56.9% | 4 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 83 | The Headless Woman | $5,163 | $2,832 | 54.8% | $2,331 | 45.2% | 2 | 18 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 84 | Amreeka | $4,897 | $4,065 | 83% | $832 | 17% | 5 | 15 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 85 | Crude | $3,706 | $2,274 | 61.4% | $1,432 | 38.6% | 6 | 15 | First Run | - | false |
| 86 | The Beaches of Agnès | $3,644 | $1,893 | 52% | $1,751 | 48% | 4 | 25 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 87 | One Peace at a Time | $3,314 | $1,124 | 33.9% | $2,190 | 66.1% | 2 | 2 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 88 | Oh My God | $2,764 | $1,662 | 60.1% | $1,102 | 39.9% | 2 | 5 | Mitropoulos Films | - | false |
| 89 | The End of Poverty? | $2,245 | $1,241 | 55.3% | $1,004 | 44.7% | 3 | 5 | Cinema Libre Studio | - | false |
| 90 | Bicycle Thieves 2008 Re-release | $2,208 | $2,208 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | Corinth Films | - | false |
| 91 | Seraphine | $2,110 | $1,498 | 71% | $612 | 29% | 2 | 28 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 92 | Bronson | $1,847 | $1,262 | 68.3% | $585 | 31.7% | 3 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 93 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $1,473 | $782 | 53.1% | $691 | 46.9% | 2 | 5 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 94 | The Way We Get By | $1,450 | $950 | 65.5% | $500 | 34.5% | 1 | 22 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 95 | Defamation | $1,285 | $657 | 51.1% | $628 | 48.9% | 1 | 4 | First Run | - | false |
| 96 | Small Change | $1,218 | $684 | 56.2% | $534 | 43.8% | 1 | 4 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 97 | A Town Called Panic | $1,193 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 98 | That Evening Sun | $998 | $625 | 62.6% | $373 | 37.4% | 2 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 99 | Big Fan | $948 | $653 | 68.9% | $295 | 31.1% | 1 | 16 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 100 | Earth Days | $906 | $642 | 70.9% | $264 | 29.1% | 1 | 18 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 101 | Home | $712 | $462 | 64.9% | $250 | 35.1% | 1 | 3 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 102 | Ricky | $600 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 103 | Trucker | $591 | $369 | 62.4% | $222 | 37.6% | 2 | 10 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 104 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $588 | $386 | 65.6% | $202 | 34.4% | 3 | 23 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 105 | Bliss 2009 Re-release | $345 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 19 | First Run | - | false |
| 106 | The Cove | $236 | $211 | 89.4% | $25 | 10.6% | 3 | 20 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 107 | Departures | $212 | $66 | 31.1% | $146 | 68.9% | 1 | 29 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 108 | From Mexico with Love | $56 | $56 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 10 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 109 | Monsieur Verdoux | $54 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 92 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 110 | Endgame | $19 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year | - | - | - | - | - | 63 | 1 | Yash Raj Films | - | false |
| - | The Stoning of Soraya M. | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 25 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Peter and Vandy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Beeswax | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| - | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | The Missing Person | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | Shall We Kiss? | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| - | The Wonder of it All | - | - | - | - | - | - | 22 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
