| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $3,114,186 | -11.6% | 426 | -1 | $7,310 | $11,597,982 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | $2,785,855 | -28.7% | 374 | - | $7,448 | $21,842,595 | 3 | Toho | false | false |
| 3 | - | Brass Knuckle Boys | $2,251,269 | - | 280 | - | $8,040 | $2,251,269 | 1 | Toei Company | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Mamma Mia! | $1,918,432 | -11.6% | 336 | - | $5,709 | $17,062,075 | 3 | Toho-Towa | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | Penguins in the sky - Asahiyama zoo | $1,055,501 | -14.6% | 252 | - | $4,188 | $4,481,126 | 2 | Herald Film Company | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Quantum of Solace | $916,074 | -29.3% | 345 | -1 | $2,655 | $18,569,936 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Pandemic | $899,880 | -25.1% | 324 | - | $2,777 | $18,392,015 | 5 | Toho | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $669,796 | -46.8% | 196 | - | $3,417 | $3,162,951 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Street Kings | $598,360 | - | 194 | - | $3,084 | $598,360 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | Che: Part Two | $303,439 | -30.4% | 287 | +1 | $1,057 | $3,203,386 | 3 | Gaga | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Nobody to Watch Over Me | $272,199 | -34.2% | 292 | - | $932 | $6,056,218 | 4 | Toho | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Revolutionary Road | $99,489 | -39.4% | 259 | -2 | $384 | $3,927,329 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $2,647 | <0.1% | 4 | - | $661 | $373,072 | 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Hell Ride | $1,145 | -88.6% | 12 | -7 | $95 | $169,172 | 5 | - | false | false |
