| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 3 | $25,657,237 | +0.6% | 16% | 7 | Gran Torino | $16,244,462 | 63.3% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 1 | $22,146,857 | -33.7% | 13.8% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $21,623,182 | 97.6% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 13 | $21,789,129 | +1,020.2% | 13.6% | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $20,828,511 | 95.6% | 1 | Screen Gems | - |
| 4 | 2 | $20,244,246 | -27.9% | 12.6% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,699,629 | 52.9% | 11 | - | - |
| 5 | 6 | $13,370,387 | -23.8% | 8.3% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $12,860,944 | 96.2% | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 6 | 8 | $10,851,931 | +1.5% | 6.8% | 2 | Defiance | $5,666,785 | 52.2% | 4 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 7 | 5 | $10,250,009 | -44.7% | 6.4% | 4 | Bride Wars | $6,868,664 | 67% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 4 | $10,012,658 | -53% | 6.2% | 1 | My Bloody Valentine | $10,012,658 | 100% | 2 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 9 | 7 | $7,746,360 | -28.5% | 4.8% | 4 | The Unborn | $4,359,865 | 56.3% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $6,085,919 | +9.1% | 3.8% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $6,085,919 | 100% | 5 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | $2,868,769 | -33.4% | 1.8% | 2 | Last Chance Harvey | $2,865,298 | 99.9% | 5 | Overture Films | - |
| 12 | 10 | $2,283,789 | -56.7% | 1.4% | 5 | Bedtime Stories | $1,955,408 | 85.6% | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 13 | 12 | $1,509,786 | -60.3% | 0.9% | 1 | Valkyrie | $1,509,786 | 100% | 5 | United Artists | - |
| 14 | 16 | $1,424,613 | +9.2% | 0.9% | 3 | The Reader | $1,403,410 | 98.5% | 7 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 15 | 14 | $1,014,195 | -43.1% | 0.6% | 2 | Twilight | $978,618 | 96.5% | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 16 | 17 | $884,715 | +13.6% | 0.6% | 1 | Milk | $884,715 | 100% | 9 | Focus Features | - |
| 17 | 15 | $847,855 | -36.1% | 0.5% | 1 | Doubt | $847,855 | 100% | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 18 | 18 | $697,399 | +164.7% | 0.4% | 4 | Rachel Getting Married | $459,641 | 65.9% | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 19 | 19 | $138,947 | -16.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $130,607 | 94% | 7 | IFC Films | - |
| 20 | 20 | $86,782 | -21.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $77,453 | 89.3% | 24 | - | - |
| 21 | 22 | $62,738 | -6.7% | <0.1% | 4 | Let the Right One In | $52,304 | 83.4% | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 23 | 21 | $52,939 | -34% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $50,350 | 95.1% | 69 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 23 | $48,393 | -15.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $24,266 | 50.1% | 175 | IMAX | - |
| 26 | 28 | $32,672 | +184.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $32,672 | 100% | 7 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 27 | 26 | $16,226 | -22.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $16,226 | 100% | 50 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 31 | $11,011 | +52.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Of Time and the City | $5,595 | 50.8% | 1 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 30 | 30 | $8,941 | -5.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $8,941 | 100% | 2 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 31 | 29 | $8,817 | -22.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $8,817 | 100% | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 32 | 24 | $8,348 | -71.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Ghajini | $8,348 | 100% | 5 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 33 | 27 | $5,236 | -54.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Silent Light | $5,236 | 100% | 3 | Palisades Tartan | - |
| 34 | 37 | $5,029 | +144.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Stranded | $3,712 | 73.8% | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 35 | 44 | $4,353 | +1,165.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $4,353 | 100% | 13 | - | - |
| 36 | 34 | $2,962 | -14.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Tell No One | $2,962 | 100% | 30 | Music Box Films | - |
| 37 | 35 | $1,596 | -39.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Ballerina | $1,596 | 100% | 2 | First Run | - |
| 38 | 25 | $1,307 | -94.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Lola Montès | $1,307 | 100% | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 41 | 33 | $977 | -85% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $977 | 100% | 12 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 42 | 40 | $775 | -45.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $775 | 100% | 12 | The Film Desk | - |
| 43 | 42 | $706 | -46.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Ciao | $706 | 100% | 8 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 44 | 38 | $622 | -67.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $622 | 100% | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 45 | 41 | $451 | -67.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Momma's Man | $451 | 100% | 23 | Kino International | - |
| 46 | 43 | $308 | -51.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Beautiful Truth | $308 | 100% | 11 | Cinema Libre Studio | - |
| 47 | 39 | $185 | -89.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $185 | 100% | 9 | Monterey Media | - |
