| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ghost Town | $90,337 | - | 45 | - | $2,007 | $90,337 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | - | RocknRolla | $67,560 | - | 33 | - | $2,047 | $67,560 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | In Bruges | $42,218 | -30.7% | 35 | +2 | $1,206 | $147,678 | 2 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | - | Mirrors | $39,867 | - | 25 | - | $1,594 | $39,867 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 5 | 1 | Death Race | $38,749 | -60.4% | 44 | -1 | $880 | $157,579 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Young@Heart | $32,021 | -34.1% | 44 | - | $727 | $391,440 | 4 | Rialto Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 3 | Nights in Rodanthe | $25,833 | -49.5% | 38 | -2 | $679 | $199,345 | 3 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | The Children of Huang Shi | $23,090 | -33% | 27 | - | $855 | $68,695 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | - | Show of Hands | $20,175 | - | 43 | - | $469 | $20,175 | 1 | Rialto Distribution | true | false |
| 10 | 5 | Pineapple Express | $15,790 | -62.1% | 29 | -16 | $544 | $350,331 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Saw V | $14,934 | -60.8% | 27 | -6 | $553 | $166,332 | 3 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | - | Friendship | $14,036 | - | 5 | - | $2,807 | $14,036 | 1 | MG Distribution | true | false |
| 13 | 8 | Burn After Reading | $12,646 | -40.1% | 16 | -6 | $790 | $356,497 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 14 | - | When Did You Last See Your Father? | $12,259 | - | 23 | - | $533 | $31,612 | 1 | Hoyts Distribution | true | false |
| 15 | 12 | The Band's Visit | $10,094 | -39.3% | 21 | +1 | $480 | $78,708 | 3 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Earth | $9,501 | -43.7% | 14 | -4 | $678 | $310,583 | 13 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $9,320 | -28% | 40 | +7 | $233 | $824,294 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 18 | 10 | Brideshead Revisited | $8,621 | -54.7% | 38 | -15 | $226 | $184,127 | 4 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | The Duchess | $6,247 | -37.9% | 22 | -7 | $283 | $365,326 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | WALL·E | $6,126 | -42.3% | 39 | -25 | $157 | $1,889,285 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | Traitor | $6,082 | -61.2% | 19 | -17 | $320 | $78,471 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | Body of Lies | $5,972 | -54.7% | 23 | -1 | $259 | $383,559 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $5,525 | -46.3% | 33 | -1 | $167 | $440,946 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 9 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $4,538 | -76.9% | 12 | -23 | $378 | $181,702 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Mamma Mia! | $3,818 | -55.8% | 23 | -6 | $166 | $5,509,035 | 19 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Space Chimps | $3,378 | -10.8% | 33 | +3 | $102 | $240,375 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | Choke | $2,206 | -40.8% | 3 | - | $735 | $16,634 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | The Counterfeiters | $1,782 | +7.2% | 14 | -4 | $127 | $209,123 | 10 | Madman Entertainment | false | false |
| 29 | 24 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | $1,488 | -30.9% | 7 | -6 | $212 | $200,400 | 8 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 30 | 25 | The Rocket Post 2008 Re-release | $1,437 | -27.6% | 9 | +3 | $159 | $379,043 | 9 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Then She Found Me | $1,437 | +16.5% | 9 | +4 | $159 | $424,440 | 12 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 32 | 13 | Max Payne | $1,068 | -93.2% | 11 | -25 | $97 | $32,035 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | The Dark Knight | $837 | -9.4% | 1 | - | $837 | $4,614,788 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 30 | Frozen River | $711 | -24.1% | 1 | - | $711 | $13,009 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 35 | 32 | The Edge of Love | $702 | -12.4% | 8 | +1 | $87 | $171,566 | 7 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 36 | 36 | Paris | $568 | +57.3% | 1 | - | $568 | $106,556 | 13 | Hoyts Distribution | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | $508 | +6.7% | 6 | - | $84 | $400,132 | 15 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 38 | - | Bella | $449 | - | 1 | - | $449 | $92,603 | 52 | Hopscotch Films | false | false |
| 39 | 33 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $320 | -45% | 4 | -1 | $80 | $769,487 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 40 | 29 | The House Bunny | $158 | -87.1% | 3 | -3 | $52 | $361,297 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 41 | 38 | The Orphanage | $131 | -43% | 1 | - | $131 | $11,494 | 8 | Roadshow Films | false | false |
| 42 | 40 | Step Brothers | $31 | -78.6% | 1 | -2 | $31 | $478,857 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
