| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 4 | $76,384,065 | +640.4% | 49.2% | 3 | Fast & Furious | $70,950,500 | 92.9% | 1 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 1 | $40,526,176 | -44% | 26.1% | 3 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $32,609,165 | 80.5% | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 3 | 2 | $9,961,622 | -58.7% | 6.4% | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $9,481,647 | 95.2% | 2 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 4 | 3 | $8,308,607 | -44.1% | 5.4% | 4 | Knowing | $8,146,156 | 98% | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 5 | 20 | $5,767,616 | +6,904.7% | 3.7% | 2 | Adventureland | $5,722,039 | 99.2% | 1 | Miramax | - |
| 6 | 5 | $3,993,315 | -51.8% | 2.6% | 5 | 12 Rounds | $2,260,906 | 56.6% | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 6 | $3,325,290 | -45.3% | 2.1% | 3 | Race to Witch Mountain | $3,212,602 | 96.6% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,918,202 | -52% | 1.2% | 6 | Watchmen | $1,074,320 | 56% | 5 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 9 | 8 | $1,845,637 | +37.9% | 1.2% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,807,164 | 97.9% | 4 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 9 | $567,788 | -57.2% | 0.4% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $499,257 | 87.9% | 21 | - | - |
| 11 | 11 | $375,509 | -8.6% | 0.2% | 3 | Sin Nombre | $184,380 | 49.1% | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 10 | $373,718 | -55.5% | 0.2% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $373,718 | 100% | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 13 | 14 | $272,901 | -6.3% | 0.2% | 4 | Two Lovers | $171,555 | 62.9% | 8 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 14 | 15 | $257,610 | +18.4% | 0.2% | 7 | The Class | $129,928 | 50.4% | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 15 | 12 | $220,818 | -37.8% | 0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $192,085 | 87% | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 16 | 17 | $166,904 | -14.4% | 0.1% | 6 | Gomorrah | $79,577 | 47.7% | 16 | IFC Films | - |
| 17 | 16 | $131,342 | -36.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $131,342 | 100% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 18 | 13 | $93,980 | -69.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $93,980 | 100% | 2 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 19 | 21 | $77,703 | +19% | <0.1% | 2 | Space Station 3D | $39,592 | 51% | 364 | IMAX | - |
| 20 | 25 | $73,840 | +91.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Alien Trespass | $43,437 | 58.8% | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 21 | 18 | $69,064 | -61.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Fired Up! | $69,064 | 100% | 7 | Screen Gems | - |
| 22 | 27 | $56,783 | +82.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $56,783 | 100% | 3 | Truly Indie | - |
| 23 | 32 | $52,542 | +254.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $52,542 | 100% | 6 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 24 | 29 | $44,786 | +56.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Shall We Kiss? | $44,786 | 100% | 2 | Music Box Films | - |
| 25 | 23 | $37,506 | -14.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $37,506 | 100% | 60 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 36 | $35,849 | +319.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Bart Got a Room | $32,763 | 91.4% | 1 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
| 27 | 22 | $35,148 | -20.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $29,279 | 83.3% | 79 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 24 | $27,065 | -31.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Tokyo Sonata | $19,202 | 70.9% | 4 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 29 | 28 | $26,212 | -13.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $26,212 | 100% | 17 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 30 | 19 | $23,635 | -78.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Defiance | $23,635 | 100% | 14 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 31 | 31 | $20,652 | +12.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $20,652 | 100% | 5 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 33 | 26 | $14,110 | -55.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Brothers at War | $14,110 | 100% | 4 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 34 | 34 | $11,485 | +14.9% | <0.1% | 4 | Tulpan | $8,620 | 75.1% | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 35 | 39 | $11,022 | +63.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $9,827 | 89.2% | 20 | Kino International | - |
| 38 | 30 | $10,203 | -49.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $6,915 | 67.8% | 12 | First Run | - |
| 40 | 41 | $9,461 | +78.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Made in U.S.A | $5,348 | 56.5% | 13 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 41 | 35 | $9,316 | -2.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Cherry Blossoms | $6,260 | 67.2% | 12 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 42 | 38 | $7,205 | -4.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $6,250 | 86.7% | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 43 | 44 | $7,036 | +135.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $7,036 | 100% | 3 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 44 | 37 | $4,691 | -39% | <0.1% | 1 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $4,691 | 100% | 2 | Trela Media | - |
| 46 | 33 | $3,541 | -70.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $3,541 | 100% | 15 | United Artists | - |
| 47 | 43 | $2,571 | -43.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Mancora | $2,571 | 100% | 3 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 49 | 48 | $1,973 | +5,537.1% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $1,927 | 97.7% | 19 | Monterey Media | - |
| 51 | 46 | $692 | -1.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $692 | 100% | 20 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 52 | 42 | $122 | -97.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $122 | 100% | 4 | Argot Pictures | - |
