| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 1 | $29,162,237 | -36.4% | 22% | 7 | Night at the Museum | $23,743,960 | 81.4% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 2 | $19,728,844 | -35.7% | 14.9% | 3 | The Pursuit of Happyness | $12,880,926 | 65.3% | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 6 | $16,644,120 | +44.7% | 12.5% | 2 | Children of Men | $10,197,775 | 61.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 5 | $16,003,761 | +37.1% | 12.1% | 2 | Freedom Writers | $9,405,582 | 58.8% | 1 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $13,552,676 | -39.7% | 10.2% | 10 | We Are Marshall | $4,875,400 | 36% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $9,255,868 | -34.5% | 7% | 2 | Dreamgirls | $8,663,380 | 93.6% | 4 | DreamWorks | - |
| 8 | 7 | $6,021,268 | -43.1% | 4.5% | 3 | Rocky Balboa | $6,017,649 | 99.9% | 3 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | - |
| 9 | 10 | $4,923,121 | +190.5% | 3.7% | 3 | Code Name: The Cleaner | $4,300,000 | 87.3% | 1 | New Line Cinema | - |
| 10 | 8 | $2,583,684 | -46.3% | 1.9% | 6 | Apocalypto | $1,762,525 | 68.2% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 11 | 9 | $1,951,006 | -48.3% | 1.5% | 3 | Black Christmas | $1,798,578 | 92.2% | 2 | - | - |
| 12 | 13 | $1,381,237 | +62.3% | 1% | 5 | Notes on a Scandal | $1,125,281 | 81.5% | 2 | - | - |
| 13 | 12 | $1,056,195 | +16.5% | 0.8% | 2 | The Queen | $1,029,000 | 97.4% | 15 | Miramax | - |
| 14 | 11 | $938,985 | -12.6% | 0.7% | 5 | Volver | $596,869 | 63.6% | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 14 | $763,795 | +34.3% | 0.6% | 1 | Pan's Labyrinth | $763,795 | 100% | 2 | Picturehouse | - |
| 17 | 16 | $520,772 | +27.3% | 0.4% | 2 | The Painted Veil | $486,699 | 93.5% | 3 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | - |
| 18 | 15 | $454,022 | -5.1% | 0.3% | 1 | Babel | $454,022 | 100% | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 19 | 19 | $71,796 | -18.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Sweet Land | $71,796 | 100% | 13 | Libero | - |
| 20 | 17 | $59,362 | -73.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $40,252 | 67.8% | 68 | IMAX | - |
| 21 | 18 | $53,600 | -59.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Bhagam Bhag | $53,600 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
| 22 | 21 | $35,009 | +25% | <0.1% | 1 | Facing the Giants | $35,009 | 100% | 15 | IDP Distribution | - |
| 23 | 25 | $23,719 | +18.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wedding Weekend | $23,719 | 100% | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 24 | 26 | $22,573 | +28.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Turistas | $22,573 | 100% | 6 | Fox Atomic | - |
| 25 | 22 | $20,610 | -20.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Illusionist | $20,610 | 100% | 21 | Yari Film Group Releasing | - |
| 26 | 29 | $19,289 | +191.7% | <0.1% | 2 | The Breed | $14,500 | 75.2% | 1 | First Look International | - |
| 27 | 28 | $15,593 | +86% | <0.1% | 1 | Army of Shadows | $15,593 | 100% | 37 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 29 | 27 | $13,027 | -14.3% | <0.1% | 4 | Shortbus | $7,326 | 56.2% | 14 | THINKFilm | - |
| 30 | 20 | $12,164 | -79.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Dhoom 2 | $6,512 | 53.5% | 7 | Yash Raj Films | - |
| 31 | 23 | $11,260 | -52.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided | $11,260 | 100% | 7 | Excel Entertainment | - |
| 33 | 39 | $9,875 | +516.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Old Joy | $9,297 | 94.1% | 20 | Kino International | - |
| 34 | 30 | $9,579 | +89.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cave of the Yellow Dog | $9,579 | 100% | 9 | Tartan | - |
| 37 | 37 | $5,078 | +95.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Jesus Camp | $4,255 | 83.8% | 17 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 38 | 31 | $4,945 | +6.8% | <0.1% | 4 | The Tiger and the Snow | $2,199 | 44.5% | 2 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 39 | 32 | $4,306 | -1.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Young Lieutenant | $4,306 | 100% | 18 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 40 | 41 | $2,774 | +130.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Climates | $2,154 | 77.6% | 11 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 43 | 40 | $2,078 | +55.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Mutual Appreciation | $2,078 | 100% | 19 | Goodbye Cruel Releasing | - |
| 45 | 33 | $1,529 | -57.5% | <0.1% | 2 | The Aura | $1,359 | 88.9% | 8 | IFC Films | - |
| 47 | 35 | $677 | -77.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Words of My Perfect Teacher | $677 | 100% | 3 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 48 | 36 | $457 | -84.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Flannel Pajamas | $457 | 100% | 8 | - | - |
| 49 | 42 | $391 | -62.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Bridesmaid | $391 | 100% | 23 | First Run | - |
