| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 3 | A Christmas Carol | $86,172 | -5.6% | 76 | -5 | $1,133 | $335,163 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Law Abiding Citizen | $81,999 | -14.8% | 51 | - | $1,607 | $435,870 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Surrogates | $64,329 | -21% | 45 | - | $1,429 | $184,451 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | This Is It | $63,441 | -39.7% | 80 | -1 | $793 | $1,162,648 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | The Ugly Truth | $59,105 | -11.6% | 53 | -1 | $1,115 | $1,159,530 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Julie & Julia | $52,117 | -25.9% | 15 | - | $3,474 | $158,091 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $50,037 | -3% | 50 | -6 | $1,000 | $582,987 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Inglourious Basterds | $39,340 | -20.2% | 55 | -1 | $715 | $592,128 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | - | Sorority Row | $24,252 | - | 25 | - | $970 | $24,252 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 10 | - | Zombieland | $23,217 | - | 15 | - | $1,547 | $23,217 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 11 | - | Kurbaan | $18,050 | - | 7 | - | $2,578 | $18,050 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Jennifer's Body | $15,071 | -8.2% | 23 | - | $655 | $212,075 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Imagine That | $14,654 | -0.9% | 24 | -2 | $610 | $536,470 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Final Destination | $13,379 | +10.2% | 22 | +1 | $608 | $577,560 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Gamer | $12,807 | -14.9% | 23 | -2 | $556 | $208,273 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | Up | $11,731 | -24.2% | 14 | -7 | $837 | $1,951,879 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Aliens in the Attic | $8,697 | -2.1% | 12 | -5 | $724 | $190,469 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Whatever Works | $5,872 | -9.6% | 11 | - | $533 | $51,961 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Stoning of Soraya M. | $5,780 | - | 9 | - | $642 | $5,780 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 20 | - | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $4,529 | - | 4 | - | $1,132 | $4,529 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 21 | 19 | Dance Flick | $411 | -54.7% | 2 | -3 | $205 | $78,667 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Public Enemies | $194 | -17.8% | 1 | -1 | $194 | $459,963 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
