| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $631,056 | -33% | 139 | - | $4,539 | $2,406,148 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $514,711 | - | 126 | - | $4,085 | $558,485 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $148,004 | +62.1% | 66 | -5 | $2,242 | $13,832,684 | 13 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Star Trek | $89,892 | -15.8% | 51 | -9 | $1,762 | $726,942 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $75,225 | -29.5% | 65 | -23 | $1,157 | $1,519,210 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $73,204 | +2.5% | 78 | - | $938 | $670,017 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Coraline | $49,973 | -0.7% | 34 | -1 | $1,469 | $145,191 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $47,941 | +56.6% | 47 | +12 | $1,020 | $1,450,056 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | The Reader | $40,269 | +45.5% | 37 | +10 | $1,088 | $486,348 | 5 | Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | 17 Again | $36,969 | +24.6% | 21 | +2 | $1,760 | $516,095 | 6 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | State of Play | $34,639 | +15.7% | 36 | -6 | $962 | $393,078 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $28,036 | +32.6% | 23 | -7 | $1,218 | $2,065,398 | 12 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | $27,762 | +110.4% | 36 | -9 | $771 | $1,157,313 | 11 | Svensk Filmindustri (SF) | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Knowing | $22,984 | -4% | 13 | - | $1,768 | $143,042 | 3 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Brothers Bloom | $10,095 | - | 7 | - | $1,442 | $10,095 | 1 | Noble Entertainment | true | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $8,660 | +2.5% | 6 | -3 | $1,443 | $124,818 | 5 | Noble Entertainment | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Max Manus: Man of War | $8,565 | -26.9% | 7 | - | $1,223 | $31,636 | 2 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Kenny Begins | $7,979 | -15.6% | 11 | -7 | $725 | $1,190,768 | 9 | Nordisk Film | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Fast & Furious | $6,340 | -44.8% | 9 | -9 | $704 | $1,878,872 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Paris | $6,074 | +33.4% | 33 | +31 | $184 | $65,218 | 5 | Atlantic Film | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Cadillac Records | $1,104 | +3.6% | 1 | - | $1,104 | $7,582 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
