| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 7 | $29,503,634 | +187.8% | 23.3% | 5 | Taken | $24,717,037 | 83.8% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 5 | $19,285,043 | +44.2% | 15.2% | 3 | The Uninvited | $10,325,824 | 53.5% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 3 | 2 | $13,872,751 | -37.4% | 10.9% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $13,872,751 | 100% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 1 | $12,720,269 | -50.4% | 10% | 7 | Gran Torino | $8,232,278 | 64.7% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $11,652,338 | -42.4% | 9.2% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $7,628,713 | 65.5% | 12 | - | - |
| 6 | 8 | $11,221,192 | +12.1% | 8.8% | 2 | New in Town | $6,741,530 | 60.1% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 7 | 3 | $7,954,558 | -63.5% | 6.3% | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $7,581,272 | 95.3% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 8 | 6 | $5,177,834 | -52.3% | 4.1% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $2,674,320 | 51.6% | 6 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 9 | 10 | $3,544,251 | -41.8% | 2.8% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $3,544,251 | 100% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $2,855,705 | -63.1% | 2.3% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $1,403,550 | 49.1% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 14 | $2,382,051 | +67.2% | 1.9% | 2 | The Reader | $2,380,376 | 99.9% | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 16 | $1,481,155 | +67.4% | 1.2% | 1 | Milk | $1,481,155 | 100% | 10 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 11 | $1,227,208 | -57.2% | 1% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,227,208 | 100% | 6 | Overture Films | - |
| 14 | 17 | $836,997 | -1.3% | 0.7% | 1 | Doubt | $836,997 | 100% | 8 | Miramax | - |
| 15 | 12 | $776,722 | -66% | 0.6% | 5 | Bedtime Stories | $555,488 | 71.5% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 16 | 15 | $653,219 | -35.6% | 0.5% | 2 | Twilight | $623,836 | 95.5% | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 17 | 18 | $623,412 | -10.6% | 0.5% | 6 | Rachel Getting Married | $223,075 | 35.8% | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 18 | 13 | $402,518 | -73.3% | 0.3% | 1 | Valkyrie | $402,518 | 100% | 6 | United Artists | - |
| 19 | 32 | $217,439 | +2,504.7% | 0.2% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $217,439 | 100% | 1 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 20 | 19 | $96,799 | -30.3% | <0.1% | 4 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $79,027 | 81.6% | 8 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 24 | $51,442 | +6.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $25,959 | 50.5% | 176 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 26 | $45,354 | +38.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $45,354 | 100% | 8 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 23 | 21 | $38,685 | -38.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Let the Right One In | $37,866 | 97.9% | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 24 | 23 | $31,499 | -40.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,100 | 95.6% | 70 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 27 | $28,245 | +74.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $28,245 | 100% | 51 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 20 | $23,015 | -73.5% | <0.1% | 2 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $20,425 | 88.7% | 25 | - | - |
| 27 | 28 | $17,526 | +59.2% | <0.1% | 4 | Of Time and the City | $8,781 | 50.1% | 2 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 28 | 43 | $14,841 | +2,002.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Service | $12,824 | 86.4% | 1 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 29 | 22 | $9,270 | -84.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $9,270 | 100% | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 30 | 34 | $7,292 | +45% | <0.1% | 2 | Trouble the Water | $4,748 | 65.1% | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 31 | 35 | $7,189 | +65.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $7,189 | 100% | 14 | - | - |
| 33 | 41 | $6,003 | +514.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Blessed Is the Match | $3,316 | 55.2% | 1 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 34 | 31 | $5,775 | -34.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $5,775 | 100% | 14 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 35 | 45 | $3,942 | +774.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $2,735 | 69.4% | 11 | Kino International | - |
| 36 | 30 | $3,382 | -62.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $3,382 | 100% | 3 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 37 | 33 | $3,052 | -41.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Silent Light | $3,052 | 100% | 4 | Palisades Tartan | - |
| 38 | 36 | $2,407 | -18.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Tell No One | $2,407 | 100% | 31 | Music Box Films | - |
| 39 | 40 | $2,249 | +113.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Just Another Love Story | $2,249 | 100% | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 40 | 42 | $1,483 | +91.4% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $1,483 | 100% | 13 | The Film Desk | - |
| 41 | 38 | $1,283 | -1.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Lola Montès | $1,283 | 100% | 17 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 43 | 44 | $875 | +40.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $875 | 100% | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 44 | 39 | $464 | -60.2% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $464 | 100% | 75 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
| 45 | 37 | $87 | -94.5% | <0.1% | 1 | House of the Sleeping Beauties | $87 | 100% | 12 | First Run | - |
| 46 | 47 | $71 | -61.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $71 | 100% | 10 | Monterey Media | - |
