| Rank | Release
| Weekly | Weekend | % of Week | Weekdays | % of Week | Theaters | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | $96,916,087 | $68,490,688 | 70.7% | $28,425,399 | 29.3% | 3,461 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | $46,464,810 | $36,612,481 | 78.8% | $9,852,329 | 21.2% | 3,626 | 2 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $41,157,394 | $35,189,653 | 85.5% | $5,967,741 | 14.5% | 3,747 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 4 | It's Complicated | $24,986,790 | $18,802,965 | 75.2% | $6,183,825 | 24.8% | 2,897 | 2 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 5 | The Blind Side | $14,883,591 | $11,912,749 | 80% | $2,970,842 | 20% | 2,926 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 6 | Up in the Air | $13,986,528 | $10,720,052 | 76.6% | $3,266,476 | 23.4% | 1,895 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 7 | The Princess and the Frog | $11,860,543 | $9,824,311 | 82.8% | $2,036,232 | 17.2% | 3,328 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 8 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,420,205 | $4,932,338 | 76.8% | $1,487,867 | 23.2% | 2,718 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 9 | Nine | $5,377,354 | $3,901,203 | 72.6% | $1,476,151 | 27.4% | 1,412 | 3 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 10 | Invictus | $5,107,510 | $3,909,312 | 76.5% | $1,198,198 | 23.5% | 2,170 | 4 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 11 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | $4,527,078 | $3,442,263 | 76% | $1,084,815 | 24% | 1,627 | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 12 | 3 Idiots | $1,743,940 | $1,494,542 | 85.7% | $249,398 | 14.3% | 132 | 3 | Reliance Big Pictures | - | false |
| 13 | Brothers | $1,611,381 | $1,192,134 | 74% | $419,247 | 26% | 858 | 5 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 14 | The Young Victoria | $1,438,632 | $1,011,466 | 70.3% | $427,166 | 29.7% | 193 | 3 | Apparition | - | false |
| 15 | 2012 | $1,388,785 | $1,093,128 | 78.7% | $295,657 | 21.3% | 800 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 16 | Precious | $1,278,752 | $924,203 | 72.3% | $354,549 | 27.7% | 629 | 9 | Lionsgate | - | false |
| 17 | Old Dogs | $868,854 | $711,002 | 81.8% | $157,852 | 18.2% | 620 | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 18 | The Road | $792,754 | $542,635 | 68.4% | $250,119 | 31.6% | 306 | 7 | Dimension Films | - | false |
| 19 | A Single Man | $681,828 | $486,958 | 71.4% | $194,870 | 28.6% | 46 | 4 | The Weinstein Company | - | false |
| 20 | A Christmas Carol | $673,511 | $554,866 | 82.4% | $118,645 | 17.6% | 981 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - | false |
| 21 | Fantastic Mr. Fox | $629,328 | $478,633 | 76% | $150,695 | 24% | 274 | 8 | Twentieth Century Fox | - | false |
| 22 | Broken Embraces | $593,595 | $439,901 | 74.1% | $153,694 | 25.9% | 71 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 23 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $565,668 | $368,836 | 65.2% | $196,832 | 34.8% | 48 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 24 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $436,143 | $354,210 | 81.2% | $81,933 | 18.8% | 256 | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 25 | Armored | $391,554 | $317,062 | 81% | $74,492 | 19% | 244 | 5 | Screen Gems | - | false |
| 26 | An Education | $389,068 | $271,834 | 69.9% | $117,234 | 30.1% | 151 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 27 | Where the Wild Things Are | $352,939 | $264,512 | 75% | $88,427 | 25% | 267 | 12 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 28 | Crazy Heart | $303,421 | $220,988 | 72.8% | $82,433 | 27.2% | 12 | 4 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 29 | Couples Retreat | $286,445 | $214,295 | 74.8% | $72,150 | 25.2% | 222 | 13 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 30 | Ninja Assassin | $252,974 | $189,309 | 74.8% | $63,665 | 25.2% | 166 | 7 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 31 | Law Abiding Citizen | $232,027 | $164,586 | 70.9% | $67,441 | 29.1% | 205 | 12 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 32 | Planet 51 | $195,547 | $160,011 | 81.8% | $35,536 | 18.2% | 209 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - | false |
| 33 | The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | $181,892 | $118,170 | 65% | $63,722 | 35% | 102 | 10 | Apparition | - | false |
| 34 | Me and Orson Welles | $135,312 | $92,073 | 68% | $43,239 | 32% | 80 | 7 | Freestyle Releasing | - | false |
| 35 | A Serious Man | $130,332 | $92,069 | 70.6% | $38,263 | 29.4% | 49 | 14 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 36 | The White Ribbon | $120,159 | $59,848 | 49.8% | $60,311 | 50.2% | 3 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 37 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $101,091 | $59,011 | 58.4% | $42,080 | 41.6% | 3 | 224 | IMAX | - | false |
| 38 | Under the Sea 3D | $98,028 | $63,454 | 64.7% | $34,574 | 35.3% | 26 | 47 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 39 | Astro Boy | $93,470 | $74,488 | 79.7% | $18,982 | 20.3% | 152 | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - | false |
| 40 | The Lovely Bones | $91,085 | $64,678 | 71% | $26,407 | 29% | 3 | 4 | DreamWorks | - | false |
| 41 | The Fourth Kind | $89,320 | $67,760 | 75.9% | $21,560 | 24.1% | 77 | 9 | Universal Pictures | - | false |
| 42 | Paranormal Activity | $81,868 | $61,751 | 75.4% | $20,117 | 24.6% | 145 | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - | false |
| 43 | Space Station 3D | $69,337 | $29,031 | 41.9% | $40,306 | 58.1% | 5 | 403 | IMAX | - | false |
| 44 | The Boat That Rocked | $68,361 | $44,559 | 65.2% | $23,802 | 34.8% | 111 | 8 | Focus Features | - | false |
| 45 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $65,967 | $44,520 | 67.5% | $21,447 | 32.5% | 38 | 7 | First Look International | - | false |
| 46 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $60,613 | $41,494 | 68.5% | $19,119 | 31.5% | 74 | 9 | Overture Films | - | false |
| 47 | Red Cliff | $38,885 | $24,111 | 62% | $14,774 | 38% | 30 | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - | false |
| 48 | Coco Before Chanel | $35,190 | $20,459 | 58.1% | $14,731 | 41.9% | 28 | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 49 | La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet | $34,090 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | Zipporah Films | - | false |
| 50 | The Messenger | $27,961 | $18,755 | 67.1% | $9,206 | 32.9% | 21 | 8 | Oscilloscope | - | false |
| 51 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $26,752 | $12,457 | 46.6% | $14,295 | 53.4% | 8 | 118 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| 52 | The Box | $26,698 | $20,397 | 76.4% | $6,301 | 23.6% | 50 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 53 | Amelia | $22,896 | $16,163 | 70.6% | $6,733 | 29.4% | 28 | 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | - | false |
| 54 | Deep Sea | $18,157 | $14,846 | 81.8% | $3,311 | 18.2% | 2 | 201 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 55 | The Polar Express 2009 IMAX Release | $16,722 | $16,722 | 100% | $0 | - | 20 | 9 | Warner Bros. | - | false |
| 56 | Police, Adjective | $14,782 | $9,874 | 66.8% | $4,908 | 33.2% | 6 | 3 | IFC Films | - | false |
| 57 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $13,901 | $10,693 | 76.9% | $3,208 | 23.1% | 4 | 99 | 3D Entertainment | - | false |
| 58 | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee | $9,765 | $6,410 | 65.6% | $3,355 | 34.4% | 6 | 6 | Screen Media Films | - | false |
| 59 | The Maid | $8,760 | $6,533 | 74.6% | $2,227 | 25.4% | 5 | 12 | Elephant Eye Films | - | false |
| 60 | A Town Called Panic | $4,050 | $2,775 | 68.5% | $1,275 | 31.5% | 1 | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| 61 | The Yes Men Fix the World | $3,105 | $1,868 | 60.2% | $1,237 | 39.8% | 2 | 15 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| 62 | The Damned United | $3,029 | $601 | 19.8% | $2,428 | 80.2% | 6 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - | false |
| 63 | The September Issue | $2,630 | $1,811 | 68.9% | $819 | 31.1% | 3 | 19 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 64 | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,226 | $1,716 | 77.1% | $510 | 22.9% | 2 | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 65 | Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg | $2,127 | $1,166 | 54.8% | $961 | 45.2% | 2 | 26 | International Film Circuit | - | false |
| 66 | The Fall | $2,116 | $2,116 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 87 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| 67 | Until the Light Takes Us | $1,981 | $959 | 48.4% | $1,022 | 51.6% | 1 | 5 | Variance Films | - | false |
| 68 | Seraphine | $1,690 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 31 | Music Box Films | - | false |
| 69 | Big Fan | $1,385 | $747 | 53.9% | $638 | 46.1% | 1 | 19 | First Independent Pictures | - | false |
| 70 | Departures | $1,295 | $1,004 | 77.5% | $291 | 22.5% | 2 | 32 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 71 | The Wonder of it All | $906 | $551 | 60.8% | $355 | 39.2% | 1 | 25 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 72 | The Wedding Song | $886 | $886 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| 73 | The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry | $876 | $876 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 16 | Five & Two Pictures | - | false |
| 74 | The Beaches of Agnès | $870 | $870 | 100% | $0 | - | 3 | 28 | The Cinema Guild | - | false |
| 75 | $9.99 | $862 | $862 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 56 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 76 | Endgame | $824 | $535 | 64.9% | $289 | 35.1% | 5 | 9 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| 77 | Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol | $703 | $492 | 70% | $211 | 30% | 1 | 14 | Indican Pictures | - | false |
| 78 | Four Seasons Lodge | $564 | $369 | 65.4% | $195 | 34.6% | 1 | 9 | First Run | - | false |
| 79 | Crude | $370 | $276 | 74.6% | $94 | 25.4% | 1 | 18 | First Run | - | false |
| 80 | Mississippi Mermaid | $313 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 26 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| 81 | The Blue Tooth Virgin | $237 | $169 | 71.3% | $68 | 28.7% | 1 | 15 | Regent Releasing | - | false |
| 82 | From Mexico with Love | $45 | $45 | 100% | $0 | - | 1 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Good Hair | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 13 | Roadside Attractions | - | false |
| - | Harmony and Me | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | N/A | - | false |
| - | Galapagos | - | - | - | - | - | - | 532 | IMAX | - | false |
| - | Killing Kasztner | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | Sky Island Films | - | false |
| - | Monsieur Verdoux | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95 | The Film Desk | - | false |
| - | Under Our Skin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | The Sun 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | Lorber Films | - | false |
| - | The Missing Person | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | Strand Releasing | - | false |
| - | Trucker | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | Monterey Media | - | false |
| - | The Slammin' Salmon | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | Anchor Bay Films | - | false |
| - | Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | Shadow Distribution | - | false |
| - | Amreeka | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 | National Geographic Entertainment | - | false |
| - | The Horse Boy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - | false |
| - | Small Change | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | The Film Desk | - | false |
