Domestic Box Office For 2008
| Rank | Release | Gross | Max Th | Opening | % of Total | Open Th | Open | Close | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | Beauty in Trouble 2008 Re-release | $19,300 | 2 | $6,460 | 33.5% | 1 | Jun 13 | Jun 22 | Menemsha Films |
| 420 | Blood of My Blood | $55,730 | 7 | $8,385 | 15% | 1 | May 14 | Jul 17 | IFC Films |
| 596 | Ben X | $1,601 | 1 | $904 | 56.5% | 1 | Oct 24 | Oct 30 | Film Movement |
| 499 | The Beautiful Truth | $15,387 | 2 | $3,025 | 19.7% | 1 | Nov 14 | Jan 29 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 426 | Surfer, Dude | $52,132 | 69 | $5,971 | 11.5% | 1 | Sep 5 | Sep 21 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 236 | Up the Yangtze | $783,969 | 23 | $15,851 | 2% | 1 | Apr 25 | Oct 30 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 581 | Run for Your Life | $2,992 | 1 | $2,537 | 84.8% | 1 | Oct 29 | Nov 2 | Screen Media Films |
| 594 | House of Usher | $1,677 | 2 | $891 | 53.1% | 1 | May 9 | Jun 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 504 | It Always Rains on Sunday | $14,276 | 1 | $7,177 | 50.3% | 1 | Mar 7 | Mar 13 | Rialto Pictures |
| 323 | Mister Lonely | $167,396 | 8 | $16,769 | 10% | 1 | May 2 | Aug 7 | IFC Films |
| 406 | Summer Palace | $63,045 | 3 | $8,717 | 13.8% | 1 | Jan 18 | May 1 | Palm Pictures |
| 515 | Lake City | $12,767 | 2 | $9,355 | 73.3% | 1 | Nov 21 | Dec 18 | Screen Media Films |
| 361 | The Pool | $95,102 | 8 | $7,736 | 8.1% | 1 | Sep 3 | Dec 4 | Vitagraph Films |
| 336 | Flow: For Love of Water | $142,569 | 11 | $3,644 | 2.6% | 1 | Mar 21 | Dec 11 | Oscilloscope |
| 570 | Twisted: A Balloonamentary | $4,218 | 2 | $2,354 | 55.8% | 1 | May 23 | Jun 1 | - |
| 579 | Who Does She Think She Is? | $3,081 | 1 | $3,081 | 100% | 1 | Oct 17 | Oct 19 | Artistic License |
| 586 | Eight Miles High | $2,616 | 1 | $1,496 | 57.2% | 1 | Jul 11 | Jul 17 | MPI Media Group |
| 593 | On the Rumba River | $1,698 | 1 | $1,156 | 68.1% | 1 | Jun 6 | Jun 12 | First Run |
| 599 | Kiss Me Deadly | $1,085 | 2 | $214 | 19.7% | 1 | May 2 | Jun 19 | Regent Releasing |
| 607 | Rome & Jewel | $470 | 1 | $470 | 100% | 1 | Nov 28 | Nov 30 | Emerging Pictures |
| 509 | Full Grown Men | $13,716 | 2 | $3,757 | 27.4% | 1 | Jun 27 | Aug 3 | Emerging Pictures |
| 557 | Dog Days of Summer | $5,383 | 1 | $2,973 | 55.2% | 1 | Apr 18 | Apr 27 | Mountain Top Releasing |
| 498 | Six in Paris | $15,532 | 1 | $4,053 | 26.1% | 1 | Oct 3 | Nov 13 | New Yorker Films |
| 333 | Sky Kids | $144,680 | 17 | $6,845 | 4.7% | 1 | Aug 15 | Dec 25 | Dark Coast Pictures |
| 269 | Santa vs. the Snowman 3D 2008 Re-release | $433,797 | 18 | $184 | <0.1% | 1 | Oct 31 | Jan 15 | IMAX |
| 207 | Gomorrah | $1,579,146 | 50 | $5,532 | 0.4% | 1 | Dec 19 | Jun 11 | IFC Films |
| 566 | Mad Detective | $4,629 | 1 | $2,682 | 57.9% | 1 | Jul 18 | Jul 27 | IFC Films |
| 474 | The Elephant King | $22,251 | 2 | $15,959 | 71.7% | 1 | Oct 17 | Oct 30 | Unison Films |
| 363 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $90,066 | 5 | $8,227 | 9.1% | 1 | Nov 7 | Apr 19 | Balcony Releasing |
| 452 | Hats Off | $31,272 | 5 | $6,570 | 21% | 1 | Mar 28 | May 8 | Abramorama |
| 538 | Without the King | $8,663 | 1 | $4,237 | 48.9% | 1 | Apr 25 | Jun 26 | First Run |
| 568 | Wonderful Town | $4,487 | 1 | $1,154 | 25.7% | 1 | Jul 18 | Jul 31 | Kino International |
| 533 | As It Is in Heaven 2008 Re-release | $10,236 | 1 | $2,402 | 23.5% | 1 | May 2 | - | Vitagraph Films |
| 578 | American Zombie | $3,126 | 1 | $3,126 | 100% | 1 | Mar 28 | Mar 30 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 582 | Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub | $2,970 | 1 | $1,736 | 58.5% | 1 | Mar 14 | Apr 3 | First Run |
| 585 | Lower Learning | $2,804 | 1 | $2,550 | 90.9% | 1 | Oct 10 | Oct 16 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 588 | 13 Months of Sunshine | $2,337 | 1 | $2,237 | 95.7% | 1 | Jun 6 | Jun 8 | - |
| 592 | La león | $1,708 | 1 | $940 | 55% | 1 | Oct 10 | Oct 16 | Music Box Films |
| 537 | Elite Squad | $8,744 | 1 | $3,604 | 41.2% | 1 | Sep 19 | Oct 2 | IFC Films |
| 598 | Fall of Hyperion | $1,093 | 1 | $656 | 60% | 1 | Oct 10 | Nov 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 600 | How to Rob a Bank (and 10 Tips to Actually Get Away with It) | $1,006 | 1 | $109 | 10.8% | 1 | Feb 8 | Feb 28 | IFC Films |
| 605 | Canary | $504 | 1 | $504 | 100% | 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 27 | ImaginAsian Pictures |
| 540 | A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy | $8,629 | 1 | $6,141 | 71.2% | 1 | Dec 5 | Dec 11 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 518 | Backseat | $12,343 | 1 | $5,816 | 47.1% | 1 | Mar 28 | Apr 20 | Truly Indie |
| 395 | Take Out | $69,816 | 5 | $10,505 | 15% | 1 | Jun 6 | Sep 25 | - |
| 430 | Ciao | $49,494 | 3 | $2,672 | 5.4% | 1 | Dec 5 | Jun 11 | Regent Releasing |
| 567 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $4,509 | 1 | $1,535 | 34% | 1 | Nov 14 | Feb 1 | First Run |
| 407 | The Order of Myths | $62,645 | 3 | $7,056 | 11.3% | 1 | Jul 25 | Jan 1 | The Cinema Guild |
| 463 | Before I Forget | $27,611 | 2 | $9,676 | 35% | 1 | Jul 18 | Aug 7 | Strand Releasing |
| 372 | Kabluey | $83,506 | 4 | $7,373 | 8.8% | 1 | Jul 4 | Oct 30 | Regent Releasing |
| 541 | Stealing America: Vote by Vote | $8,350 | 3 | $2,944 | 35.3% | 1 | Aug 1 | Aug 21 | Direct Cinema Limited |
| 559 | A Lawyer Walks Into a Bar... | $5,202 | 1 | $980 | 18.8% | 1 | Feb 29 | Oct 16 | Indican Pictures |
| 385 | Fear(s) of the Dark | $77,876 | 8 | $6,103 | 7.8% | 1 | Oct 22 | Dec 21 | IFC Films |
| 389 | America the Beautiful | $76,173 | 5 | $6,760 | 8.9% | 1 | May 9 | Nov 23 | First Independent Pictures |
| 508 | Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead | $13,804 | 1 | $10,624 | 77% | 1 | May 9 | May 18 | Troma |
| 524 | Operation Filmmaker | $11,573 | 1 | $2,964 | 25.6% | 1 | Jun 4 | Jun 26 | Icarus Films |
| 544 | Special 2008 Re-release | $7,202 | 1 | $3,232 | 44.9% | 1 | Nov 21 | Dec 4 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 552 | Choose Connor | $5,788 | 2 | $1,441 | 24.9% | 1 | Oct 10 | Nov 6 | Strand Releasing |
| 563 | Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File | $5,080 | 1 | $2,402 | 47.3% | 1 | Mar 21 | Jun 26 | Kino International |
| 401 | The Wild Child | $65,051 | 2 | $6,680 | 10.3% | 1 | Nov 7 | - | The Film Desk |
| 473 | Filth and Wisdom | $22,406 | 10 | $4,597 | 20.5% | 1 | Oct 17 | Nov 23 | IFC Films |
| 330 | The Unknown Woman | $152,114 | 2 | $5,701 | 3.7% | 1 | May 30 | - | Outsider Pictures |
| 497 | Eden | $15,611 | 3 | $3,084 | 19.8% | 1 | Nov 14 | Feb 8 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 526 | Gardens of the Night | $11,436 | 1 | $3,072 | 26.9% | 1 | Nov 7 | Dec 18 | City Lights Pictures |
| 551 | Times and Winds | $6,176 | 2 | $1,338 | 21.7% | 1 | Jan 11 | Jun 22 | Kino International |
| 556 | Nights and Weekends | $5,430 | 1 | $2,902 | 53.4% | 1 | Oct 10 | Oct 16 | IFC Films |
| 501 | Cthulhu | $15,213 | 3 | $1,438 | 9.5% | 1 | Aug 22 | Nov 27 | Regent Releasing |
| 443 | The Dhamma Brothers | $40,492 | 3 | $3,710 | 9.2% | 1 | Apr 11 | Jun 26 | Balcony Releasing |
| 428 | Sukiyaki Western Django | $50,659 | 4 | $9,856 | 19.5% | 1 | Aug 29 | Sep 25 | First Look International |
| 571 | Solar Flare | $4,098 | 1 | $1,554 | 37.9% | 1 | Jun 6 | Jun 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 548 | Take | $6,627 | 4 | $1,264 | 19.1% | 1 | Jul 18 | Jul 31 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 424 | $9.99 | $52,384 | 4 | $478 | 0.9% | 1 | Dec 12 | Jan 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 481 | Shoot the Piano Player | $20,615 | 1 | $10,466 | 50.8% | 1 | Sep 5 | Sep 11 | Janus Films |
| 583 | On the Other Hand, Death | $2,892 | 2 | $1,537 | 53.1% | 1 | Jul 18 | Aug 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 528 | Lost in Beijing | $11,163 | 2 | $4,337 | 38.9% | 1 | Jan 25 | Apr 24 | New Yorker Films |
| 587 | Polar Opposites | $2,377 | 1 | $1,628 | 68.5% | 1 | Jun 6 | Jun 29 | Regent Releasing |
| 527 | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $11,295 | 2 | $3,456 | 30.6% | 1 | Nov 7 | Feb 5 | Strand Releasing |
| 591 | Murder.com | $2,070 | 2 | $1,245 | 60.1% | 1 | Jul 11 | Aug 21 | Regent Releasing |
| 516 | August | $12,636 | 1 | $8,092 | 64% | 1 | Jul 11 | Jul 24 | First Look International |
| 519 | Full Battle Rattle | $12,306 | 1 | $3,216 | 26.1% | 1 | Jul 9 | Jul 20 | Mile End Films |
| 488 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father | $18,334 | 3 | $2,886 | 15.7% | 1 | Oct 31 | Nov 16 | Oscilloscope |
| 597 | Ice Blues | $1,377 | 1 | $668 | 48.5% | 1 | Oct 10 | Nov 20 | Regent Releasing |
| 477 | The Matador | $21,816 | 2 | $6,695 | 30.7% | 1 | Oct 31 | Dec 18 | City Lights Pictures |
| 553 | Fraulein | $5,715 | 1 | $2,449 | 42.9% | 1 | Sep 19 | Oct 30 | Film Movement |
| 601 | Disfigured | $829 | 1 | $585 | 70.6% | 1 | Jul 18 | Jul 24 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 604 | A Bloody Aria 2008 Re-release | $518 | 1 | $249 | 48.1% | 1 | Jan 4 | Jan 21 | ImaginAsian Pictures |
| 487 | Live Fast, Die Young | $18,335 | 1 | $9,841 | 53.7% | 1 | Oct 24 | - | - |
| 536 | YPF | $9,359 | 1 | $3,220 | 34.4% | 1 | Aug 29 | Sep 14 | - |
| 450 | The Tracey Fragments | $32,645 | 4 | $3,002 | 9.2% | 1 | May 9 | May 22 | THINKFilm |
| 484 | Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon | $19,712 | 1 | $4,792 | 24.3% | 1 | May 30 | Jun 15 | Reel Source |
| 535 | As Tears Go By | $9,436 | 1 | $4,279 | 45.3% | 1 | May 2 | May 15 | Kino International |
| 464 | Good Dick | $27,595 | 2 | $5,036 | 18.2% | 1 | Oct 10 | Nov 16 | Abramorama |
| 453 | The Exiles | $30,945 | 1 | $8,448 | 27.3% | 1 | Jul 11 | Aug 7 | Milestone |
| 525 | Sputnik Fever | $11,441 | 1 | $6,223 | 54.4% | 1 | Mar 14 | Mar 27 | Balcony Releasing |
| 545 | The Killing of John Lennon | $6,975 | 1 | $3,077 | 44.1% | 1 | Jan 2 | Jan 24 | IFC Films |
| 561 | Turn the River | $5,149 | 2 | $2,722 | 52.9% | 1 | May 9 | May 18 | Screen Media Films |
| 542 | A Walk to Beautiful | $7,718 | 1 | $7,718 | 100% | 1 | Feb 8 | Feb 10 | Engel Entertainment |
| 341 | Chop Shop | $125,045 | 3 | $8,475 | 6.8% | 1 | Feb 27 | Jul 17 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 539 | Amexicano | $8,655 | 1 | $2,746 | 31.7% | 1 | Sep 19 | Dec 18 | Maya Entertainment |
| 392 | A Four Letter Word | $72,568 | 5 | $12,101 | 16.7% | 1 | Mar 28 | Jul 3 | Embrem Entertainment |
| 299 | Enlighten Up! | $246,649 | 12 | $11,799 | 4.8% | 1 | Sep 12 | Jun 28 | Balcony Releasing |
| 483 | Glass | $20,018 | 1 | $5,546 | 27.7% | 1 | Apr 18 | May 8 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 491 | Baby Blues | $17,234 | 1 | $17,234 | 100% | 1 | Jan 11 | Jan 13 | - |
| 434 | XXY | $48,334 | 2 | $3,241 | 6.7% | 1 | May 2 | Nov 20 | Film Movement |
| 458 | Walking on Dead Fish | $30,328 | 4 | $10,524 | 34.7% | 1 | Sep 19 | Nov 13 | Variance Films |
| 369 | The Secret of the Grain | $86,356 | 3 | $9,850 | 11.4% | 1 | Dec 24 | Mar 1 | IFC Films |
| 373 | Save Me | $83,397 | 5 | $6,992 | 8.4% | 1 | Sep 5 | Jan 22 | First Run |
| 431 | Boarding Gate | $49,333 | 4 | $11,440 | 23.2% | 1 | Mar 21 | Apr 20 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 415 | What We Do Is Secret | $58,776 | 7 | $5,888 | 10% | 1 | Aug 8 | Oct 19 | - |
| 295 | The Grocer's Son | $264,889 | 7 | $10,587 | 4% | 1 | Jun 6 | Nov 20 | Film Movement |
| 394 | The Business of Being Born | $69,991 | 3 | $9,574 | 13.7% | 1 | Jan 9 | Feb 28 | International Film Circuit |
| 386 | Ballast | $77,556 | 5 | $8,572 | 11.1% | 1 | Oct 1 | Dec 11 | Alluvial Film Company |
| 456 | Fighting for Life | $30,606 | 2 | $3,423 | 11.2% | 1 | Mar 7 | Mar 30 | Truly Indie |
| 403 | Bloodline | $64,698 | 5 | $6,658 | 10.3% | 1 | May 9 | Aug 28 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 505 | Military Intelligence and You! | $14,251 | 4 | $2,541 | 17.8% | 1 | Feb 8 | Mar 6 | - |
| 438 | Irina Palm | $44,383 | 4 | $3,474 | 7.8% | 1 | Mar 21 | Jun 19 | Strand Releasing |
| 419 | Chapter 27 | $56,215 | 11 | $13,910 | 24.7% | 1 | Mar 28 | May 4 | - |
| 469 | Vivre sa vie | $24,517 | 1 | $8,336 | 34% | 1 | May 30 | Jul 24 | Janus Films |
| 414 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | $59,192 | 9 | $4,613 | 7.8% | 1 | Jul 11 | Sep 28 | THINKFilm |
| 507 | Ripple Effect | $14,059 | 4 | $830 | 5.9% | 1 | Jun 20 | Sep 28 | Monterey Media |
| 382 | How About You | $78,234 | 7 | $6,022 | 7.7% | 1 | Nov 14 | Apr 30 | Strand Releasing |
| 387 | Still Life | $76,983 | 2 | $12,744 | 16.6% | 1 | Jan 18 | Jun 19 | New Yorker Films |
| 362 | The Unforeseen | $90,287 | 3 | $2,496 | 2.8% | 1 | Feb 29 | Sep 14 | The Cinema Guild |
| 343 | Were the World Mine | $123,789 | 4 | $864 | 0.7% | 1 | Oct 31 | Apr 19 | - |
| 432 | La Rondine | $49,088 | 5 | $2,972 | 6.1% | 1 | May 19 | Sep 18 | Emerging Pictures |
| 393 | Body of War | $71,716 | 5 | $3,321 | 4.6% | 1 | Mar 7 | May 4 | - |
| 459 | Expired | $29,796 | 3 | $6,596 | 22.1% | 1 | Jun 20 | Jul 17 | MCR Releasing |
| 376 | Praying with Lior | $82,553 | 4 | $8,401 | 10.2% | 1 | Feb 1 | Aug 7 | First Run |
| 354 | A Jihad for Love | $105,651 | 5 | $10,519 | 10% | 1 | May 21 | Sep 25 | First Run |
| 510 | Kicking It | $13,266 | 2 | $2,219 | 16.7% | 1 | Jun 13 | Jul 6 | Liberation Entertainment |
| 513 | My Mexican Shivah | $13,042 | 1 | $6,100 | 46.8% | 1 | Aug 29 | Sep 7 | Emerging Pictures |
| 478 | Antarctica | $21,679 | 2 | $798 | 3.7% | 1 | Aug 29 | Jun 18 | Regent Releasing |
| 454 | Patti Smith: Dream of Life | $30,918 | 1 | $9,993 | 32.3% | 1 | Aug 6 | Aug 17 | Palm Pictures |
| 364 | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul | $89,672 | 2 | $3,286 | 3.7% | 1 | Feb 8 | Nov 2 | Typecast Releasing |
| 335 | Shelter | $142,666 | 10 | $3,464 | 2.4% | 1 | Mar 21 | Jun 22 | Regent Releasing |
| 366 | Blindsight | $89,169 | 5 | $5,279 | 5.9% | 1 | Mar 5 | Jun 5 | Abramorama |
| 237 | The Edge of Heaven | $742,349 | 20 | $14,257 | 1.9% | 1 | May 21 | Oct 16 | Strand Releasing |
| 228 | Encounters at the End of the World | $944,933 | 39 | $17,730 | 1.9% | 1 | Jun 11 | Nov 6 | THINKFilm |
| 367 | Tuya's Marriage | $88,148 | 5 | $2,619 | 3% | 1 | Apr 4 | Nov 6 | Music Box Films |
| 320 | My Name Is Bruce | $173,066 | 4 | $16,432 | 9.5% | 1 | Oct 31 | Dec 14 | Image Entertainment |
| 334 | Last Year at Marienbad | $144,492 | 2 | $15,485 | 10.7% | 1 | Jan 18 | Aug 17 | Rialto Pictures |
| 390 | August Evening | $74,759 | 4 | $3,296 | 4.4% | 1 | Sep 5 | Jan 8 | Maya Entertainment |
| 441 | The Betrayal | $41,271 | 3 | $5,864 | 14.2% | 1 | Nov 21 | Apr 23 | The Cinema Guild |
| 532 | Battle for Haditha | $10,310 | 2 | $1,982 | 19.2% | 1 | May 7 | May 22 | Lafayette Films |
| 360 | Louise Bourgeois | $95,865 | 4 | $9,220 | 9.6% | 1 | Jun 25 | Feb 26 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 328 | Hunger | $154,084 | 11 | $1,980 | 1.3% | 1 | Dec 5 | Jun 7 | IFC Films |
| 471 | Woman on the Beach 2008 Re-release | $23,686 | 1 | $4,250 | 17.9% | 1 | Jan 9 | Jun 26 | New Yorker Films |
| 358 | Momma's Man | $100,435 | 9 | $11,072 | 11% | 1 | Aug 22 | Mar 12 | Kino International |
| 512 | Blind Mountain | $13,164 | 2 | $3,676 | 27.9% | 1 | Mar 12 | Jul 13 | Kino International |
| 292 | Surfwise | $269,994 | 13 | $10,304 | 3.8% | 1 | May 9 | Aug 7 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 340 | Alexandra | $128,222 | 4 | $9,401 | 7.3% | 1 | Mar 26 | Apr 2 | The Cinema Guild |
| 433 | Box Elder | $48,996 | 2 | $3,188 | 6.5% | 1 | Mar 3 | - | - |
| 396 | Kenny | $69,220 | 6 | $3,857 | 5.6% | 1 | Jun 20 | Aug 28 | Xenon Pictures |
| 546 | Anamorph | $6,950 | 1 | $3,120 | 44.9% | 1 | Apr 18 | May 22 | IFC Films |
| 482 | The First Basket | $20,440 | 4 | $1,819 | 8.9% | 1 | Oct 29 | Dec 11 | - |
| 418 | Beautiful Losers | $56,386 | 3 | $10,607 | 18.8% | 1 | Aug 8 | Sep 21 | Sidetrack Films |
| 460 | The Alphabet Killer | $29,784 | 2 | $11,000 | 36.9% | 1 | Nov 7 | Dec 14 | Anchor Bay Films |
| 296 | My Brother is an Only Child | $255,620 | 14 | $9,357 | 3.7% | 1 | Mar 28 | Jul 24 | THINKFilm |
| 365 | Stranded | $89,473 | 7 | $3,077 | 3.4% | 1 | Oct 22 | Mar 12 | Zeitgeist Films |
| 466 | Frontrunners | $26,976 | 6 | $6,888 | 25.5% | 1 | Oct 15 | Oct 30 | Oscilloscope |
| 329 | Contempt 2008 Re-release | $153,619 | 2 | $14,826 | 9.7% | 1 | Mar 14 | Sep 11 | Rialto Pictures |
| 272 | Snow Angels | $402,858 | 47 | $14,247 | 3.5% | 2 | Mar 7 | Jun 2 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 259 | Paranoid Park | $486,767 | 37 | $29,828 | 6.1% | 2 | Mar 7 | Jun 12 | IFC Films |
| 370 | Water Lilies | $85,440 | 3 | $7,418 | 8.7% | 2 | Apr 4 | Aug 21 | Koch Lorber Films |
| 564 | Tre | $4,759 | 2 | $4,759 | 100% | 2 | Feb 1 | Feb 3 | Cinema Libre Studio |
| 203 | Roman de gare | $1,852,764 | 38 | $25,484 | 1.4% | 2 | Apr 25 | Sep 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 565 | Red | $4,643 | 2 | $3,176 | 68.4% | 2 | Aug 8 | Aug 14 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 494 | Day Zero | $16,659 | 2 | $12,070 | 72.5% | 2 | Jan 18 | Jan 24 | First Look International |
| 413 | Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | $60,332 | 10 | $10,939 | 18.1% | 2 | Sep 26 | Nov 9 | InterPositive Media |
| 289 | Taxi to the Dark Side | $274,661 | 20 | $10,930 | 4% | 2 | Jan 18 | Jun 1 | THINKFilm |
| 562 | God and Gays: Bridging the Gap | $5,095 | 2 | $1,460 | 28.7% | 2 | Oct 24 | Nov 20 | Indican Pictures |
| 375 | Maria Stuarda at La Scala | $83,214 | 43 | $4,581 | 5.5% | 2 | Mar 14 | Nov 6 | Emerging Pictures |
| 399 | Stuck | $67,505 | 16 | $8,844 | 13.1% | 2 | May 30 | Jul 17 | THINKFilm |
| 412 | Hallam Foe | $60,641 | 6 | $13,490 | 22.2% | 2 | Sep 5 | Oct 23 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 291 | Planet B-Boy | $273,870 | 14 | $27,777 | 10.1% | 2 | Mar 21 | Jun 5 | Elephant Eye Films |
| 558 | Heartbeat Detector | $5,309 | 2 | $5,309 | 100% | 2 | Mar 14 | Mar 16 | New Yorker Films |
| 268 | Savage Grace | $435,746 | 22 | $22,311 | 5.1% | 2 | May 28 | Aug 21 | IFC Films |
| 321 | In Search of a Midnight Kiss | $172,605 | 11 | $13,385 | 7.8% | 2 | Aug 1 | Nov 20 | IFC Films |
| 100 | Defiance | $28,644,813 | 1,793 | $123,513 | 0.4% | 2 | Dec 31 | Apr 30 | Paramount Vantage |
| 495 | Noise | $16,513 | 2 | $3,687 | 22.3% | 2 | May 9 | Jun 5 | THINKFilm |
| 423 | La forza del destino | $52,577 | 7 | $4,959 | 9.4% | 2 | Mar 31 | Aug 31 | Emerging Pictures |
| 197 | Transsiberian | $2,206,405 | 154 | $34,615 | 1.6% | 2 | Jul 18 | Nov 13 | First Look International |
| 209 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $1,497,109 | 39 | $61,070 | 4.1% | 2 | Dec 12 | May 21 | IFC Films |
| 493 | Holding Trevor | $16,814 | 2 | $7,829 | 46.6% | 2 | Jul 4 | Aug 28 | Regent Releasing |
| 348 | Boy A | $113,662 | 10 | $13,024 | 11.5% | 2 | Jul 23 | Aug 28 | The Weinstein Company |
| 503 | Never Forever | $14,485 | 2 | $6,529 | 45.1% | 2 | Apr 11 | May 8 | Hart Sharp Entertainment |
| 465 | Good | $27,276 | 8 | $9,508 | 34.9% | 2 | Dec 31 | Jan 15 | THINKFilm |
| 486 | Saving Marriage | $18,720 | 2 | $8,044 | 43% | 2 | Oct 17 | Nov 13 | Regent Releasing |
| 189 | Man on Wire | $2,962,242 | 93 | $51,392 | 1.7% | 2 | Jul 25 | Mar 5 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 388 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $76,806 | 7 | $10,321 | 13.4% | 2 | Sep 19 | Oct 30 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 264 | Flight of the Red Balloon | $461,674 | 14 | $35,222 | 7.6% | 2 | Apr 4 | Aug 21 | IFC Films |
| 303 | Standard Operating Procedure | $229,117 | 21 | $14,108 | 6.2% | 2 | Apr 25 | Jul 31 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 455 | Yella | $30,647 | 2 | $7,767 | 25.3% | 2 | May 16 | Dec 11 | The Cinema Guild |
| 232 | Wendy and Lucy | $865,695 | 40 | $18,218 | 2.1% | 2 | Dec 10 | Apr 30 | Oscilloscope |
| 534 | Tru Loved | $9,467 | 4 | $1,678 | 17.7% | 2 | Oct 17 | Jun 17 | Regent Releasing |
| 262 | JCVD | $470,691 | 28 | $20,119 | 4.3% | 2 | Nov 7 | Jan 18 | - |
| 305 | Sixty Six 2008 Re-release | $224,614 | 17 | $9,359 | 4.2% | 2 | Aug 1 | Mar 12 | First Independent Pictures |
| 378 | Il trittico dell'amore | $80,374 | 43 | $2,235 | 2.8% | 2 | May 2 | Oct 23 | Emerging Pictures |
| 442 | Moving Midway | $40,864 | 4 | $6,539 | 16% | 2 | Sep 12 | Jan 1 | First Run |
| 446 | Refusenik | $39,456 | 3 | $3,604 | 9.1% | 2 | Apr 11 | Jun 5 | Abramorama |
