| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 3 | $72,382,258 | +293.6% | 49.4% | 4 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $59,321,095 | 82% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 2 | 8 | $24,137,850 | +815.1% | 16.5% | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $23,004,765 | 95.3% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 3 | 1 | $14,872,962 | -40.5% | 10.2% | 4 | Knowing | $14,702,187 | 98.9% | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 4 | 2 | $10,316,780 | -47.9% | 7% | 2 | Duplicity | $7,672,485 | 74.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $8,283,789 | +85.4% | 5.7% | 6 | 12 Rounds | $5,329,240 | 64.3% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $6,076,420 | -56.3% | 4.1% | 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | $5,801,775 | 95.5% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $3,998,102 | -57.7% | 2.7% | 7 | Watchmen | $2,732,439 | 68.3% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 11 | $1,338,415 | +70.8% | 0.9% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,274,007 | 95.2% | 3 | Overture Films | - |
| 9 | 7 | $1,325,164 | -62.3% | 0.9% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,164,903 | 87.9% | 20 | - | - |
| 10 | 10 | $840,596 | -62.2% | 0.6% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $840,596 | 100% | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 9 | $410,675 | -82.1% | 0.3% | 3 | Coraline | $305,114 | 74.3% | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 13 | $354,783 | -39% | 0.2% | 3 | The Reader | $308,495 | 87% | 16 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 14 | 14 | $291,363 | -12.2% | 0.2% | 4 | Two Lovers | $183,444 | 63% | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 15 | $217,652 | -16.3% | 0.1% | 5 | The Class | $181,697 | 83.5% | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 19 | $208,157 | +69.2% | 0.1% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $208,157 | 100% | 14 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 17 | 16 | $194,881 | -3.2% | 0.1% | 5 | Gomorrah | $98,764 | 50.7% | 15 | IFC Films | - |
| 18 | 12 | $178,979 | -74.5% | 0.1% | 1 | Fired Up! | $178,979 | 100% | 6 | Screen Gems | - |
| 19 | 17 | $112,095 | -37.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $63,113 | 56.3% | 14 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 20 | 18 | $82,339 | -44.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Doubt | $82,339 | 100% | 16 | Miramax | - |
| 21 | 20 | $65,294 | -11% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $33,429 | 51.2% | 184 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 21 | $44,016 | -16.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $35,439 | 80.5% | 78 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 23 | 24 | $43,699 | +34.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $43,699 | 100% | 59 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 28 | $39,673 | +123.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Tokyo Sonata | $38,735 | 97.6% | 3 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 25 | 27 | $38,589 | +79% | <0.1% | 2 | Goodbye Solo | $38,042 | 98.6% | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 26 | 33 | $31,784 | +205.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Brothers at War | $31,784 | 100% | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 27 | 26 | $31,106 | +42.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $31,106 | 100% | 2 | Truly Indie | - |
| 28 | 22 | $30,328 | -21.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $30,328 | 100% | 16 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 30 | 40 | $20,363 | +188.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $15,456 | 75.9% | 11 | First Run | - |
| 31 | 23 | $18,409 | -49.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $18,409 | 100% | 4 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 32 | 31 | $14,830 | +4.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $14,830 | 100% | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 33 | 25 | $11,877 | -54.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $11,877 | 100% | 14 | United Artists | - |
| 34 | 36 | $9,994 | +18.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Fados | $6,273 | 62.8% | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 35 | 30 | $9,588 | -37% | <0.1% | 4 | Cherry Blossoms | $6,870 | 71.7% | 11 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 38 | 41 | $7,527 | +15.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $6,262 | 83.2% | 6 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 39 | 29 | $6,756 | -57.1% | <0.1% | 2 | One Day You'll Understand | $3,676 | 54.4% | 22 | Kino International | - |
| 40 | 44 | $5,534 | +531.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Spinning Into Butter | $5,534 | 100% | 1 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 41 | 34 | $5,294 | -47.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Z | $4,606 | 87% | 3 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 42 | 32 | $4,641 | -61% | <0.1% | 3 | The New Twenty | $2,623 | 56.5% | 2 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 43 | 39 | $4,577 | -40.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Mancora | $4,577 | 100% | 2 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 44 | 35 | $2,986 | -68.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $2,986 | 100% | 2 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 45 | 42 | $2,076 | -66.1% | <0.1% | 1 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $2,076 | 100% | 4 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 46 | 45 | $703 | -9.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $703 | 100% | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 47 | 46 | $266 | -45.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Wild Child | $266 | 100% | 21 | The Film Desk | - |
| 48 | 38 | $35 | -99.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Village Barbershop | $35 | 100% | 11 | Monterey Media | - |
