| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Departures | $275,106 | - | 15 | - | $18,340 | $275,106 | 1 | Lark Films Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | - | He's Just Not That Into You | $223,747 | - | 16 | - | $13,984 | $223,747 | 1 | Panasia Films | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Slumdog Millionaire | $195,567 | -45.4% | 32 | -1 | $6,111 | $2,870,680 | 4 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Watchmen | $182,635 | -47.8% | 31 | - | $5,891 | $650,000 | 2 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The Reader | $152,925 | - | 12 | - | $12,743 | $152,925 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 6 | 1 | Dragonball Evolution | $105,631 | -76.7% | 39 | -2 | $2,708 | $652,436 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 7 | - | A Very Short Life | $99,579 | - | 18 | - | $5,532 | $99,579 | 1 | Newport Entertainment | true | false |
| 8 | - | K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces | $65,676 | - | 17 | - | $3,863 | $65,676 | 1 | Golden Scene | true | false |
| 9 | 4 | Coming Soon | $34,227 | -68.6% | 16 | -4 | $2,139 | $470,251 | 3 | Panasia Films | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Hotel for Dogs | $14,305 | -50.9% | 9 | -1 | $1,589 | $111,067 | 3 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Gran Torino | $14,046 | -72.5% | 6 | -2 | $2,341 | $96,009 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 12 | 5 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $13,130 | -74.9% | 9 | -11 | $1,458 | $568,987 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Waltz with Bashir | $5,393 | - | 3 | - | $1,797 | $5,393 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Gou Gou, the Cat | $3,624 | -75.2% | 4 | -2 | $906 | $67,123 | 3 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Orz Boyz | $3,477 | -59.7% | 2 | -6 | $1,738 | $15,663 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 20 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $3,393 | -37.6% | 4 | -1 | $848 | $3,144,919 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 7 | The Forbidden Legend: Sex & Chopsticks 2 | $3,207 | -93.3% | 4 | -13 | $801 | $216,266 | 3 | Newport Entertainment | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | Blindness | $2,359 | -85.3% | 1 | -4 | $2,359 | $26,026 | 2 | Golden Scene | false | false |
| 19 | - | Tokyo Sonata | $2,223 | - | 1 | - | $2,223 | $3,787 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 20 | 13 | Frost/Nixon | $2,056 | -76.7% | 2 | -1 | $1,028 | $48,371 | 3 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 21 | 23 | The Equation of Love and Death | $1,979 | -37.9% | 3 | -1 | $659 | $33,848 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 22 | 11 | Rachel Getting Married | $1,969 | -81% | 2 | -2 | $984 | $48,780 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 16 | Milk | $1,959 | -75.8% | 2 | -3 | $979 | $129,491 | 5 | Golden Scene | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Big Stan | $1,517 | -47.7% | 1 | - | $1,517 | $6,066 | 2 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 25 | 14 | Basic Love | $1,199 | -86.4% | 2 | -4 | $599 | $173,912 | 4 | Gala Films | false | false |
| 26 | 17 | Revolutionary Road | $843 | -85.8% | 2 | -1 | $421 | $377,982 | 6 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 27 | 29 | Bolt | $794 | -12.7% | 3 | +1 | $264 | $1,977,076 | 9 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 28 | 12 | L-O-V-E. | $396 | -95.7% | 1 | -3 | $396 | $149,842 | 4 | Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) | false | false |
| 29 | 19 | Changeling | $293 | -94.8% | 1 | -3 | $293 | $132,842 | 5 | Edko Films | false | false |
| 30 | 27 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $110 | -92.5% | 1 | -3 | $110 | $85,789 | 4 | - | false | false |
