| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $43,467,822 | - | 3,118 | - | $13,940 | $43,467,822 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Fast & Furious | $35,171,890 | -60.6% | 3,472 | +11 | $10,130 | $124,431,080 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $31,431,686 | -32% | 4,136 | +27 | $7,599 | $149,823,232 | 3 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 4 | - | Observe and Report | $14,637,300 | - | 2,727 | - | $5,367 | $14,637,300 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Knowing | $8,884,439 | -21.1% | 2,925 | -398 | $3,037 | $70,220,556 | 4 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | I Love You, Man | $8,702,882 | -21.9% | 2,643 | -186 | $3,292 | $61,287,311 | 4 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $8,181,132 | -36.6% | 2,721 | -11 | $3,006 | $48,768,497 | 3 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 8 | - | Dragonball Evolution | $6,249,620 | - | 2,181 | - | $2,865 | $6,249,620 | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Adventureland | $4,715,496 | -41.2% | 1,876 | +14 | $2,513 | $12,732,787 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Duplicity | $4,086,940 | -29.2% | 1,965 | -557 | $2,079 | $37,938,535 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Race to Witch Mountain | $2,949,414 | -41.2% | 2,172 | -653 | $1,357 | $63,004,877 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Sunshine Cleaning | $2,396,153 | -5.1% | 598 | +119 | $4,006 | $7,815,410 | 5 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Taken | $1,479,894 | -31.3% | 872 | -483 | $1,697 | $141,504,651 | 11 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | 12 Rounds | $1,105,887 | -65.9% | 908 | -1,423 | $1,217 | $11,066,551 | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $854,873 | +49.5% | 514 | -31 | $1,663 | $144,215,377 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Last House on the Left | $803,455 | -53.5% | 623 | -682 | $1,289 | $31,947,190 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Watchmen | $785,620 | -45.3% | 453 | -650 | $1,734 | $106,649,636 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Under the Sea 3D | $598,478 | +6.2% | 43 | - | $13,918 | $5,637,830 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 24 | Sin Nombre | $453,262 | +75.1% | 65 | +41 | $6,973 | $926,756 | 4 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Slumdog Millionaire | $405,757 | -43.9% | 306 | -192 | $1,326 | $140,874,582 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 21 | 23 | Hotel for Dogs | $367,765 | +32.1% | 347 | +107 | $1,059 | $72,103,384 | 13 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Gran Torino | $305,351 | -19.2% | 237 | -126 | $1,288 | $146,651,963 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 15 | Madea Goes to Jail | $292,054 | -58.7% | 326 | -293 | $895 | $90,387,683 | 8 | Lionsgate Films | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Coraline | $275,662 | -5% | 233 | +22 | $1,183 | $74,642,963 | 10 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | Two Lovers | $221,770 | -11.2% | 103 | -18 | $2,153 | $2,779,144 | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 20 | He's Just Not That Into You | $201,349 | -34.4% | 156 | -105 | $1,290 | $93,201,887 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 28 | The Class | $174,711 | -9.8% | 115 | +1 | $1,519 | $3,508,147 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 28 | 29 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $162,542 | -1.6% | 5 | -2 | $32,508 | $28,355,819 | 186 | IMAX | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | The Reader | $154,779 | -45.9% | 132 | -100 | $1,172 | $34,056,189 | 19 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 30 | - | Tera Mera Ki Rishta | $150,068 | - | 17 | - | $8,827 | $150,068 | 1 | Eros Worldwide | true | false |
| 31 | 26 | Push | $148,877 | -30.5% | 162 | -52 | $918 | $31,552,208 | 10 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 32 | 35 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $148,862 | +58.9% | 12 | +8 | $12,405 | $361,928 | 5 | Truly Indie | false | false |
| 33 | 32 | The Great Buck Howard | $139,042 | +9.5% | 76 | +12 | $1,829 | $564,150 | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 40 | Sugar | $132,390 | +55.1% | 18 | +7 | $7,355 | $217,765 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $121,018 | -37.9% | 156 | -57 | $775 | $127,431,921 | 17 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 34 | Gomorrah | $120,541 | +7.4% | 50 | +4 | $2,410 | $1,363,203 | 17 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 37 | 48 | Shall We Kiss? | $117,655 | +95.2% | 32 | +13 | $3,676 | $216,858 | 3 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 38 | 30 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $105,359 | -35.6% | 108 | -56 | $975 | $43,828,590 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 19 | Paris 36 | $92,212 | -70.3% | 20 | +13 | $4,610 | $402,377 | 2 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 40 | 53 | Goodbye Solo | $88,257 | +101.9% | 11 | +6 | $8,023 | $182,452 | 3 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 41 | 37 | Space Station 3D | $74,470 | -17.3% | 7 | -2 | $10,638 | $78,444,114 | 365 | IMAX | false | false |
| 42 | 45 | Everlasting Moments | $74,277 | +10.9% | 30 | +5 | $2,475 | $388,650 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 43 | 31 | The Cross | $70,675 | -51.1% | 49 | -81 | $1,442 | $617,347 | 3 | 8x Entertainment | false | false |
| 44 | 39 | The Wrestler | $68,062 | -20.4% | 78 | -29 | $872 | $26,160,043 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 45 | 33 | Friday the 13th | $63,531 | -46.9% | 112 | -90 | $567 | $64,979,325 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | 36 | Bride Wars | $57,225 | -37.2% | 66 | -77 | $867 | $58,658,556 | 14 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 47 | 50 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $54,767 | +6.5% | 9 | +1 | $6,085 | $13,493,901 | 35 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 48 | - | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $54,338 | - | 20 | - | $2,716 | $53,738 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 49 | 56 | Tokyo! | $54,178 | +63.6% | 14 | +2 | $3,869 | $239,431 | 6 | Liberation Entertainment | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Last Chance Harvey | $53,609 | -8.3% | 35 | -38 | $1,531 | $14,859,292 | 17 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 51 | - | Anvil | $50,993 | - | 3 | - | $16,997 | $50,993 | 1 | Abramorama | true | false |
| 52 | 51 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $44,769 | -10.6% | 11 | - | $4,069 | $21,299,260 | 80 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 53 | 41 | Play the Game | $43,776 | -47% | 43 | -12 | $1,018 | $350,611 | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | false | false |
| 54 | 57 | Defiance | $41,491 | +29% | 47 | -5 | $882 | $28,564,706 | 16 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 55 | 38 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | $37,546 | -57.6% | 34 | -35 | $1,104 | $8,702,482 | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 56 | 88 | Lymelife | $37,206 | +694% | 4 | - | $9,301 | $41,892 | 2 | Screen Media Films | false | false |
| 57 | 52 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $33,221 | -31.9% | 8 | +1 | $4,152 | $5,887,075 | 61 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 58 | - | Royal Kill | $32,317 | - | 5 | - | $6,463 | $32,317 | 1 | 21st Century Film Production | true | false |
| 59 | 42 | Marley & Me | $31,465 | -59.8% | 48 | -41 | $655 | $143,136,941 | 17 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $31,427 | +10.8% | 20 | -5 | $1,571 | $1,447,339 | 18 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 61 | 69 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $29,747 | +109.7% | 13 | +7 | $2,288 | $209,734 | 22 | Kino International | false | false |
| 62 | 58 | Tokyo Sonata | $28,957 | -2% | 10 | +1 | $2,895 | $178,120 | 5 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 55 | Wendy and Lucy | $28,664 | -21.3% | 29 | -3 | $988 | $822,646 | 19 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 64 | 62 | Roving Mars | $28,165 | +19% | 5 | - | $5,633 | $10,259,406 | 168 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 65 | 60 | Fanboys | $23,657 | -12.2% | 32 | +10 | $739 | $679,938 | 10 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 66 | 61 | Hunger | $22,535 | -10.9% | 8 | +1 | $2,816 | $98,652 | 19 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 67 | 73 | Gigantic | $21,074 | +64.3% | 11 | +10 | $1,915 | $33,904 | 2 | First Independent Pictures | false | false |
| 68 | 74 | The Song of Sparrows | $20,594 | +71.2% | 3 | +2 | $6,864 | $32,625 | 2 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 69 | 70 | 12 | $17,001 | +20.4% | 11 | +3 | $1,545 | $85,777 | 7 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 70 | 64 | Enlighten Up! | $15,342 | -29.5% | 1 | - | $15,342 | $76,684 | 31 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 71 | - | In a Dream | $14,615 | - | 1 | - | $14,615 | $14,615 | 1 | International Film Circuit | true | false |
| 72 | 47 | Alien Trespass | $14,168 | -77.2% | 22 | -18 | $644 | $76,321 | 2 | Roadside Attractions | false | false |
| 73 | 71 | Tulpan | $13,705 | +2.1% | 1 | - | $13,705 | $28,773 | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 74 | 68 | Crossing Over | $13,506 | -23.3% | 21 | +3 | $643 | $450,118 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 75 | 63 | Milk | $12,994 | -44.4% | 13 | -16 | $999 | $31,841,299 | 21 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 76 | 89 | U2 3D | $12,119 | +165% | 6 | +2 | $2,019 | $9,803,240 | 65 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 77 | 65 | Waltz with Bashir | $11,129 | -47.2% | 26 | -15 | $428 | $2,266,681 | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 78 | 54 | Bart Got a Room | $10,941 | -74.1% | 4 | -7 | $2,735 | $53,135 | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | false | false |
| 79 | 107 | Fados | $8,132 | +3,945.8% | 3 | +2 | $2,710 | $59,778 | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 80 | 90 | The Escapist | $7,933 | +77.9% | 2 | +1 | $3,966 | $12,391 | 2 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 81 | 84 | Examined Life | $7,052 | +28% | 4 | +2 | $1,763 | $71,003 | 8 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 82 | 67 | Miss March | $6,849 | -63.7% | 14 | -34 | $489 | $4,536,908 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 83 | 81 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $6,660 | -11.4% | 1 | - | $6,660 | $25,482 | 3 | Trela Media | false | false |
| 84 | 87 | Absurdistan | $6,633 | +39.1% | 2 | - | $3,316 | $30,702 | 10 | First Run | false | false |
| 85 | 72 | Rolling | $6,266 | -52% | 2 | -1 | $3,133 | $19,315 | 2 | Indican Pictures | false | false |
| 86 | - | Winter of Frozen Dreams | $5,750 | - | 1 | - | $5,750 | $5,750 | 1 | Monterey Media | true | false |
| 87 | 78 | Skills Like This | $5,725 | -43.8% | 5 | - | $1,145 | $32,576 | 4 | Shadow Distribution | false | false |
| 88 | 75 | Ballerina | $5,511 | -48.9% | 3 | -1 | $1,837 | $84,432 | 13 | First Run | false | false |
| 89 | 82 | Katyn | $4,925 | -33.9% | 2 | - | $2,462 | $94,868 | 9 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 90 | - | Stomp! Shout! Scream! | $4,744 | - | 2 | - | $2,372 | $4,744 | 1 | Indican Pictures | true | false |
| 91 | 76 | American Swing | $4,707 | -55.6% | 1 | -1 | $4,707 | $30,156 | 3 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 92 | 109 | Throw Down Your Heart | $4,161 | +3,310.7% | 2 | +1 | $2,080 | $16,656 | 5 | Argot Pictures | false | false |
| 93 | 97 | I've Loved You So Long | $4,073 | +31.2% | 7 | +1 | $581 | $3,166,796 | 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 94 | 94 | A Secret | $3,420 | -2.8% | 1 | - | $3,420 | $620,491 | 32 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 95 | 85 | Medicine for Melancholy | $3,136 | -36.9% | 4 | -3 | $784 | $109,191 | 11 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 96 | 95 | Let the Right One In | $3,092 | -5.2% | 2 | -1 | $1,546 | $2,117,640 | 25 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 97 | 104 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $3,029 | +249.8% | 3 | +2 | $1,009 | $89,117 | 23 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 98 | 98 | The Secrets | $3,016 | +0.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,508 | $121,548 | 21 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 99 | 103 | The Betrayal | $2,834 | +119.7% | 3 | +1 | $944 | $39,855 | 21 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 100 | 77 | Cherry Blossoms | $2,728 | -73.3% | 2 | -3 | $1,364 | $89,673 | 13 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 101 | 96 | Between Love & Goodbye | $2,577 | -19% | 2 | +1 | $1,288 | $17,371 | 11 | Embrem Entertainment | false | false |
| 102 | - | Were the World Mine | $2,382 | - | 1 | - | $2,382 | $123,227 | 24 | - | false | false |
| 103 | 92 | Mancora | $2,353 | -42.9% | 2 | - | $1,176 | $23,073 | 4 | Maya Entertainment | false | false |
| 104 | 99 | Rachel Getting Married | $2,229 | -14.8% | 2 | -2 | $1,114 | $12,795,278 | 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 105 | 86 | Valkyrie | $1,065 | -78.5% | 7 | -7 | $152 | $83,077,833 | 17 | United Artists | false | false |
| 106 | 101 | One Day You'll Understand | $1,057 | -33.7% | 1 | -2 | $1,057 | $117,381 | 24 | Kino International | false | false |
| 107 | 102 | Just Another Love Story | $1,010 | -28.1% | 1 | - | $1,010 | $41,436 | 14 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 108 | - | The Wild Child | $877 | - | 2 | - | $438 | $51,213 | 23 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 109 | - | Service | $863 | - | 1 | - | $863 | $62,958 | 11 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 110 | 106 | America Betrayed | $776 | +167.6% | 1 | - | $776 | $1,311 | 3 | First Run | false | false |
| 111 | - | Of Time and the City | $733 | - | 2 | - | $366 | $30,788 | 13 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 112 | 80 | Made in U.S.A | $686 | -92.2% | 1 | - | $686 | $80,579 | 14 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
