| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 6 | $27,295,414 | +332.2% | 27.1% | 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | $24,402,214 | 89.4% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $23,458,760 | -63% | 23.3% | 8 | Watchmen | $17,817,301 | 76% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 18 | $14,266,930 | +6,244.4% | 14.2% | 2 | The Last House on the Left | $14,118,685 | 99% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 4 | $7,866,294 | +4% | 7.8% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,002,777 | 63.6% | 18 | - | - |
| 5 | 2 | $7,360,816 | -20.6% | 7.3% | 6 | Taken | $6,568,651 | 89.2% | 7 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 3 | $5,295,868 | -40.1% | 5.3% | 2 | Madea Goes to Jail | $5,108,532 | 96.5% | 4 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 7 | 5 | $4,372,264 | -35.4% | 4.3% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $3,119,151 | 71.3% | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 7 | $2,951,291 | -23.1% | 2.9% | 2 | Coraline | $2,718,231 | 92.1% | 6 | Focus Features | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,645,380 | -33.6% | 1.6% | 1 | Fired Up! | $1,645,380 | 100% | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 10 | 9 | $1,435,727 | -28.5% | 1.4% | 3 | The Reader | $1,309,669 | 91.2% | 14 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 11 | $930,022 | -39.1% | 0.9% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $577,927 | 62.1% | 9 | DreamWorks | - |
| 12 | 10 | $851,353 | -44.8% | 0.8% | 3 | Push | $539,468 | 63.4% | 6 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 13 | 12 | $457,546 | -8.7% | 0.5% | 7 | The Class | $333,337 | 72.9% | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 15 | $423,352 | +4.3% | 0.4% | 3 | Two Lovers | $403,154 | 95.2% | 5 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 19 | $376,616 | +122.5% | 0.4% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $219,190 | 58.2% | 1 | Overture Films | - |
| 16 | 14 | $313,630 | -27% | 0.3% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $157,766 | 50.3% | 12 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 17 | 16 | $289,388 | -14.9% | 0.3% | 1 | Doubt | $289,388 | 100% | 14 | Miramax | - |
| 18 | 17 | $274,845 | +19.9% | 0.3% | 4 | Gomorrah | $141,383 | 51.4% | 13 | IFC Films | - |
| 19 | 13 | $270,835 | -38.5% | 0.3% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $270,835 | 100% | 12 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 20 | 20 | $74,865 | -38.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $74,865 | 100% | 12 | United Artists | - |
| 21 | 21 | $70,620 | +27.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $51,162 | 72.4% | 361 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 22 | $65,628 | +19.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $65,628 | 100% | 14 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 23 | 24 | $45,305 | +10.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $30,390 | 67.1% | 76 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 26 | $32,876 | +16.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $32,876 | 100% | 57 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 39 | $31,695 | +373.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Tokyo Sonata | $28,345 | 89.4% | 1 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 27 | 30 | $30,654 | +126.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $20,225 | 66% | 17 | Kino International | - |
| 28 | 23 | $30,052 | -29.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Play the Game | $30,052 | 100% | 3 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 29 | 27 | $25,701 | +11.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $25,701 | 100% | 2 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 30 | 50 | $16,034 | +1,236.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $16,034 | 100% | 16 | Monterey Media | - |
| 31 | 28 | $15,596 | -28.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Fados | $9,788 | 62.8% | 2 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 32 | 49 | $14,587 | +929.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $7,304 | 50.1% | 8 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 33 | 29 | $12,762 | -15.6% | <0.1% | 4 | Carmen and Geoffrey | $5,656 | 44.3% | 1 | First Run | - |
| 34 | 25 | $11,366 | -69.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Delhi-6 | $11,366 | 100% | 4 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 35 | 52 | $10,144 | +2,694.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Z | $10,144 | 100% | 1 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 36 | 35 | $8,663 | -9.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $7,897 | 91.2% | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 37 | 33 | $7,501 | -29% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $7,501 | 100% | 6 | Shorts International | - |
| 38 | 31 | $6,895 | -44.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Cherry Blossoms | $6,895 | 100% | 9 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 39 | 42 | $6,274 | +125% | <0.1% | 1 | Sherman's Way | $6,274 | 100% | 2 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 40 | 32 | $6,270 | -43.3% | <0.1% | 1 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $6,270 | 100% | 2 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 41 | 36 | $6,256 | -31.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Explicit Ills | $6,256 | 100% | 2 | - | - |
| 43 | 40 | $2,408 | -63.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead | $2,408 | 100% | 3 | Abramorama | - |
| 44 | 41 | $2,236 | -44.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Monsieur Verdoux | $2,236 | 100% | 53 | The Film Desk | - |
| 46 | 37 | $1,436 | -81.5% | <0.1% | 1 | An American Affair | $1,436 | 100% | 3 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 47 | 43 | $1,271 | -43.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $1,271 | 100% | 17 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 48 | 54 | $716 | +556.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $716 | 100% | 20 | - | - |
| 49 | 47 | $513 | -69.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $513 | 100% | 19 | Balcony Releasing | - |
