| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $146,530,209 | $75,617,183 | 51.6% | $70,913,026 | 48.4% | 3,456 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $102,102,956 | $62,304,277 | 61% | $39,798,679 | 39% | 3,626 | 1 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $94,013,649 | $48,875,415 | 52% | $45,138,234 | 48% | 3,700 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | It's Complicated | $40,375,875 | $22,100,820 | 54.7% | $18,275,055 | 45.3% | 2,897 | 1 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Blind Side | $23,886,682 | $11,519,345 | 48.2% | $12,367,337 | 51.8% | 2,766 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | The Princess and the Frog | $21,360,349 | $9,004,610 | 42.2% | $12,355,739 | 57.8% | 3,475 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | Up in the Air | $20,893,493 | $11,270,248 | 53.9% | $9,623,245 | 46.1% | 1,895 | 4 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $9,779,861 | $5,000,143 | 51.1% | $4,779,718 | 48.9% | 2,718 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Nine | $9,466,681 | $5,452,513 | 57.6% | $4,014,168 | 42.4% | 1,412 | 2 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 10 | Invictus | $7,694,870 | $4,067,541 | 52.9% | $3,627,329 | 47.1% | 2,160 | 3 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $6,593,893 | $3,044,259 | 46.2% | $3,549,634 | 53.8% | 1,593 | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | 3 Idiots | $2,760,819 | $1,645,502 | 59.6% | $1,115,317 | 40.4% | 120 | 2 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | A Christmas Carol | $2,292,663 | $1,292,155 | 56.4% | $1,000,508 | 43.6% | 1,245 | 8 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 14 | Brothers | $2,091,436 | $1,210,172 | 57.9% | $881,264 | 42.1% | 858 | 4 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 15 | 2012 | $1,852,815 | $994,494 | 53.7% | $858,321 | 46.3% | 800 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Precious | $1,654,152 | $865,083 | 52.3% | $789,069 | 47.7% | 629 | 8 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | The Young Victoria | $1,514,812 | $742,089 | 49% | $772,723 | 51% | 191 | 2 | Apparition | - | false |
| 18 | Old Dogs | $1,298,806 | $652,737 | 50.3% | $646,069 | 49.7% | 645 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 19 | The Road | $885,140 | $449,066 | 50.7% | $436,074 | 49.3% | 311 | 6 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 20 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $701,144 | $344,592 | 49.2% | $356,552 | 50.8% | 197 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 21 | A Single Man | $676,811 | $352,652 | 52.1% | $324,159 | 47.9% | 46 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 22 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $660,985 | $415,233 | 62.8% | $245,752 | 37.2% | 48 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $648,974 | $237,775 | 36.6% | $411,199 | 63.4% | 276 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 24 | Broken Embraces | $618,278 | $349,408 | 56.5% | $268,870 | 43.5% | 71 | 6 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 25 | Armored | $516,496 | $321,543 | 62.2% | $194,953 | 37.8% | 244 | 4 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 26 | Where the Wild Things Are | $460,726 | $197,658 | 42.9% | $263,068 | 57.1% | 267 | 11 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 27 | An Education | $345,084 | $170,538 | 49.4% | $174,546 | 50.6% | 153 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 28 | Ninja Assassin | $339,990 | $203,124 | 59.7% | $136,866 | 40.3% | 166 | 6 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 29 | Couples Retreat | $325,460 | $162,155 | 49.8% | $163,305 | 50.2% | 230 | 12 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Crazy Heart | $316,622 | $159,850 | 50.5% | $156,772 | 49.5% | 12 | 3 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 31 | Planet 51 | $301,433 | $104,685 | 34.7% | $196,748 | 65.3% | 209 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 32 | Law Abiding Citizen | $256,100 | $137,779 | 53.8% | $118,321 | 46.2% | 205 | 11 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 33 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $229,156 | $48,552 | 21.2% | $180,604 | 78.8% | 2 | 223 | IMAX | - | false |
| 34 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $193,108 | $97,741 | 50.6% | $95,367 | 49.4% | 102 | 9 | Apparition | - | false |
| 35 | Me and Orson Welles | $182,574 | $91,606 | 50.2% | $90,968 | 49.8% | 115 | 6 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 36 | Under the Sea 3D | $174,026 | $52,590 | 30.2% | $121,436 | 69.8% | 26 | 46 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 37 | Astro Boy | $130,759 | $51,722 | 39.6% | $79,037 | 60.4% | 168 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 38 | Paranormal Activity | $127,588 | $71,724 | 56.2% | $55,864 | 43.8% | 158 | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 39 | A Serious Man | $121,800 | $66,124 | 54.3% | $55,676 | 45.7% | 49 | 13 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 40 | The Lovely Bones | $84,178 | $41,916 | 49.8% | $42,262 | 50.2% | 3 | 3 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 41 | The Fourth Kind | $81,585 | $45,120 | 55.3% | $36,465 | 44.7% | 64 | 8 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | The Boat That Rocked | $67,846 | $32,266 | 47.6% | $35,580 | 52.4% | 113 | 7 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 43 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $62,572 | $29,965 | 47.9% | $32,607 | 52.1% | 74 | 8 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 44 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $62,517 | $23,257 | 37.2% | $39,260 | 62.8% | 20 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 45 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $42,763 | $21,456 | 50.2% | $21,307 | 49.8% | 32 | 6 | First Look International | - | false |
| 46 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $39,322 | $21,775 | 55.4% | $17,547 | 44.6% | 20 | 9 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 47 | Space Station 3D | $35,367 | $6,518 | 18.4% | $28,849 | 81.6% | 3 | 402 | IMAX | - | false |
| 48 | The Box | $34,116 | $17,649 | 51.7% | $16,467 | 48.3% | 50 | 8 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 49 | Red Cliff | $32,202 | $14,658 | 45.5% | $17,544 | 54.5% | 24 | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 50 | Police, Adjective | $31,184 | $19,452 | 62.4% | $11,732 | 37.6% | 8 | 2 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 51 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $28,915 | $13,282 | 45.9% | $15,633 | 54.1% | 8 | 117 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | Deep Sea | $28,342 | $9,197 | 32.4% | $19,145 | 67.6% | 3 | 200 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | The Messenger | $25,885 | $13,955 | 53.9% | $11,930 | 46.1% | 22 | 7 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 54 | Coco Before Chanel | $25,770 | $13,230 | 51.3% | $12,540 | 48.7% | 19 | 14 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 55 | Amelia | $21,904 | $9,044 | 41.3% | $12,860 | 58.7% | 24 | 10 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 56 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $16,040 | $8,649 | 53.9% | $7,391 | 46.1% | 10 | 5 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $11,333 | $8,717 | 76.9% | $2,616 | 23.1% | 4 | 98 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | The Maid | $9,775 | $5,025 | 51.4% | $4,750 | 48.6% | 6 | 11 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 59 | A Town Called Panic | $8,324 | $3,737 | 44.9% | $4,587 | 55.1% | 2 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 60 | 35 Shots of Rum | $3,498 | $1,345 | 38.4% | $2,153 | 61.6% | 3 | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 61 | The September Issue | $2,616 | $1,031 | 39.4% | $1,585 | 60.6% | 4 | 18 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 62 | Le combat dans l'île | $2,472 | $1,272 | 51.5% | $1,200 | 48.5% | 1 | 29 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 63 | Until the Light Takes Us | $2,006 | $988 | 49.2% | $1,018 | 50.8% | 1 | 4 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 64 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $1,974 | $1,166 | 59.1% | $808 | 40.9% | 2 | 25 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 65 | The House of the Devil | $1,925 | $1,369 | 71.1% | $556 | 28.9% | 3 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 66 | The Beaches of Agnès | $1,616 | $1,616 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 27 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 67 | Seraphine | $1,596 | $1,112 | 69.7% | $484 | 30.3% | 1 | 30 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 68 | Crude | $1,114 | $145 | 13% | $969 | 87% | 1 | 17 | First Run | - | false |
| 69 | Ong Bak 2 | $1,011 | $608 | 60.1% | $403 | 39.9% | 3 | 10 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | Small Change | $828 | $574 | 69.3% | $254 | 30.7% | 1 | 6 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 71 | The Sun 2009 Re-release | $803 | $803 | 100% | $0 | - | 2 | 7 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| 72 | The Damned United | $688 | $402 | 58.4% | $286 | 41.6% | 3 | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 73 | The Slammin' Salmon | $656 | $196 | 29.9% | $460 | 70.1% | 1 | 3 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| 74 | Serious Moonlight | $610 | $408 | 66.9% | $202 | 33.1% | 1 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 75 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $534 | $534 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 15 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 76 | Bronson | $525 | $338 | 64.4% | $187 | 35.6% | 2 | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 77 | Endgame | $456 | $456 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 8 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 78 | Oh My God | $412 | $412 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 7 | Mitropoulos Films | - | false |
| 79 | Four Seasons Lodge | $250 | $190 | 76% | $60 | 24% | 1 | 8 | First Run | - | false |
| 80 | Departures | $246 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 31 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 81 | Big Fan | $130 | $91 | 70% | $39 | 30% | 1 | 18 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 82 | From Mexico with Love | $21 | $10 | 47.6% | $11 | 52.4% | 1 | 12 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Home | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 37 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | The Wedding Song | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | The Fall | - | - | - | - | - | - | 86 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | The Yes Men Fix the World | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Mississippi Mermaid | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | The Blue Tooth Virgin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| - | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | The Little Traitor | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | N/A | - | false |
| - | The Wonder of it All | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| - | $9.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 55 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
