| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
|
|---|
| 1 | 4 | $63,373,807 | +362.7% | 54.2% | 8 | Watchmen | $55,214,334 | 87.1% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $9,266,449 | -39% | 7.9% | 6 | Taken | $7,334,814 | 79.2% | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 3 | 2 | $8,837,175 | -46.9% | 7.6% | 4 | Madea Goes to Jail | $8,532,412 | 96.6% | 3 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 4 | 5 | $7,563,932 | -43.7% | 6.5% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $6,808,383 | 90% | 17 | - | - |
| 5 | 6 | $6,767,879 | -37.9% | 5.8% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,146,316 | 61.3% | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 6 | 1 | $6,314,851 | -63.5% | 5.4% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $3,100,298 | 49.1% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 7 | $3,838,445 | -43.1% | 3.3% | 2 | Coraline | $3,255,852 | 84.8% | 5 | Focus Features | - |
| 8 | 8 | $2,478,381 | -40.4% | 2.1% | 1 | Fired Up! | $2,478,381 | 100% | 3 | Screen Gems | - |
| 9 | 9 | $2,007,006 | -33.2% | 1.7% | 3 | The Reader | $1,925,918 | 96% | 13 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,543,192 | -43.7% | 1.3% | 3 | Push | $1,139,887 | 73.9% | 5 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 11 | 11 | $1,526,876 | -36.7% | 1.3% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $1,076,641 | 70.5% | 8 | DreamWorks | - |
| 12 | 14 | $501,366 | -25.2% | 0.4% | 7 | The Class | $293,001 | 58.4% | 12 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 13 | 12 | $440,082 | -44.1% | 0.4% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $440,082 | 100% | 11 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 14 | 13 | $429,402 | -38.2% | 0.4% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $219,592 | 51.1% | 11 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 15 | 18 | $405,749 | -2.7% | 0.3% | 2 | Two Lovers | $383,444 | 94.5% | 4 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 16 | 16 | $340,182 | -33.9% | 0.3% | 1 | Doubt | $340,182 | 100% | 13 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 20 | $229,240 | +21.7% | 0.2% | 4 | Gomorrah | $133,879 | 58.4% | 12 | IFC Films | - |
| 18 | 15 | $224,875 | -63% | 0.2% | 1 | Frost/Nixon | $224,875 | 100% | 14 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 19 | 21 | $169,248 | +2.6% | 0.1% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $169,248 | 100% | 11 | Overture Films | - |
| 20 | 19 | $122,126 | -46% | 0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $122,126 | 100% | 11 | United Artists | - |
| 21 | 24 | $55,431 | -14.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $29,157 | 52.6% | 360 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 27 | $54,996 | +42% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $54,996 | 100% | 13 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 23 | 23 | $42,703 | -42.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $40,146 | 94% | 2 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 24 | 28 | $41,118 | +35.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $27,686 | 67.3% | 75 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 22 | $37,628 | -75.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Delhi-6 | $32,502 | 86.4% | 3 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 26 | 25 | $28,291 | -34.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $28,291 | 100% | 56 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 31 | $21,944 | +42.9% | <0.1% | 4 | Fados | $10,823 | 49.3% | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 29 | 42 | $15,127 | +428.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $9,188 | 60.7% | 8 | First Run | - |
| 30 | 40 | $13,545 | +214.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $12,719 | 93.9% | 16 | Kino International | - |
| 31 | 32 | $12,435 | -18% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $10,316 | 83% | 8 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 33 | 26 | $10,558 | -72.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $10,558 | 100% | 5 | Shorts International | - |
| 34 | 36 | $9,744 | +74.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $9,744 | 100% | 7 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 35 | 30 | $9,614 | -43.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $7,964 | 82.8% | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 37 | 33 | $7,764 | -33.6% | <0.1% | 1 | An American Affair | $7,764 | 100% | 2 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 38 | 29 | $7,538 | -70.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Billu | $7,538 | 100% | 4 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 39 | 37 | $6,695 | +28.7% | <0.1% | 3 | Ciao | $3,316 | 49.5% | 14 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 40 | 39 | $6,542 | +50.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Reunion | $6,542 | 100% | 1 | Abramorama | - |
| 41 | 46 | $4,054 | +825.6% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $3,794 | 93.6% | 18 | The Film Desk | - |
| 43 | 38 | $2,234 | -51.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $2,234 | 100% | 16 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 47 | 41 | $1,690 | -55.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $1,690 | 100% | 18 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 48 | 35 | $1,585 | -72.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Live Fast, Die Young | $1,585 | 100% | 20 | - | - |
| 49 | 44 | $1,417 | -15.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $1,417 | 100% | 7 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 50 | 43 | $1,200 | -29.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $1,200 | 100% | 15 | Monterey Media | - |
| 51 | 47 | $886 | +542% | <0.1% | 1 | Teeth | $886 | 100% | 60 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 52 | 34 | $363 | -94.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Lola Montès | $363 | 100% | 22 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 54 | 45 | $109 | -80.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $109 | 100% | 19 | - | - |
