| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 1 | $76,667,570 | -22.7% | 28.4% | 7 | Night at the Museum | $61,041,505 | 79.6% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $51,673,448 | -17.1% | 19.2% | 6 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $32,109,327 | 62.1% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 3 | $38,786,129 | -9.7% | 14.4% | 10 | We Are Marshall | $13,251,598 | 34.2% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 6 | $22,772,096 | +1.8% | 8.5% | 3 | Dreamgirls | $22,694,420 | 99.7% | 3 | DreamWorks | - |
| 5 | 7 | $19,507,123 | -11.5% | 7.2% | 1 | Charlotte's Web | $19,507,123 | 100% | 3 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 6 | 5 | $18,857,392 | -23.5% | 7% | 2 | The Good Shepherd | $17,831,695 | 94.6% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $17,280,332 | -37.6% | 6.4% | 3 | Rocky Balboa | $17,256,788 | 99.9% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 8 | 8 | $8,916,137 | -24% | 3.3% | 8 | Apocalypto | $6,183,230 | 69.3% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 9 | 10 | $6,319,720 | -13.3% | 2.3% | 5 | Black Christmas | $6,231,232 | 98.6% | 2 | - | - |
| 10 | 11 | $2,057,211 | +13% | 0.8% | 5 | Volver | $1,229,344 | 59.8% | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 11 | 12 | $1,487,364 | +49.4% | 0.6% | 5 | Notes on a Scandal | $732,338 | 49.2% | 2 | - | - |
| 13 | 13 | $944,001 | +20.4% | 0.4% | 1 | Babel | $944,001 | 100% | 10 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 14 | 9 | $805,369 | -90.4% | 0.3% | 4 | The Nativity Story | $449,967 | 55.9% | 5 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 15 | 17 | $718,840 | +214% | 0.3% | 2 | The Painted Veil | $631,407 | 87.8% | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - |
| 16 | 16 | $365,259 | -11.9% | 0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $215,734 | 59.1% | 67 | IMAX | - |
| 17 | 14 | $343,295 | -38.2% | 0.1% | 2 | The Queen | $283,403 | 82.6% | 14 | Miramax | - |
| 18 | 15 | $221,585 | -57% | <0.1% | 1 | Bhagam Bhag | $221,585 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 19 | 19 | $149,172 | +41.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Sweet Land | $149,172 | 100% | 12 | Libero | - |
| 20 | 18 | $102,511 | -28.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Dhoom 2 | $67,275 | 65.6% | 7 | Yash Raj Films | - |
| 21 | 24 | $49,368 | +16.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Illusionist | $49,368 | 100% | 20 | Yari Film Group Releasing | - |
| 22 | 25 | $47,460 | +18.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Facing the Giants | $47,460 | 100% | 14 | IDP Distribution | - |
| 23 | 23 | $43,932 | -9.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided | $43,932 | 100% | 7 | Excel Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 22 | $39,202 | -29.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wedding Weekend | $39,202 | 100% | 10 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 25 | 21 | $37,958 | -47% | <0.1% | 1 | Turistas | $37,958 | 100% | 5 | Fox Atomic | - |
| 26 | 26 | $32,432 | +5.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Shortbus | $20,733 | 63.9% | 14 | THINKFilm | - |
| 27 | 20 | $31,340 | -67.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Guadalupe: El Milagro Y El Mensaje | $31,340 | 100% | 4 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 29 | 27 | $19,058 | -13.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Wild Safari - A South African Adventure | $19,058 | 100% | 91 | - | - |
| 30 | 31 | $17,831 | +57.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Army of Shadows | $17,831 | 100% | 36 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 32 | 36 | $10,982 | +139% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | $10,982 | 100% | 8 | Tartan | - |
| 33 | 30 | $8,789 | -26.6% | <0.1% | 5 | The Tiger and the Snow | $6,848 | 77.9% | 1 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 34 | 33 | $8,525 | -10.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Young Lieutenant | $8,525 | 100% | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 35 | 32 | $6,013 | -37.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Words of My Perfect Teacher | $6,013 | 100% | 2 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 36 | 29 | $5,672 | -58.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Jesus Camp | $4,258 | 75.1% | 16 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 37 | 28 | $5,385 | -63.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Family Law | $1,916 | 35.6% | 5 | IFC Films | - |
| 38 | 37 | $5,107 | +127.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Flannel Pajamas | $5,107 | 100% | 8 | - | - |
| 42 | 41 | $1,663 | +803.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Mutual Appreciation | $1,663 | 100% | 18 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing | - |
| 44 | 40 | $1,393 | +122.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Bridesmaid | $1,393 | 100% | 22 | First Run | - |
| 45 | 39 | $1,330 | +84.7% | <0.1% | 1 | El Topo | $1,330 | 100% | 4 | ABKCO Films | - |
| 46 | 35 | $1,130 | -76.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | $1,130 | 100% | 58 | Cineville | - |
