| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 8 | $86,439,093 | +11,161% | 54.6% | 6 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $85,058,003 | 98.4% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 5 | $22,646,944 | +61.4% | 14.3% | 7 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $15,411,434 | 68.1% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 3 | $12,318,274 | -39.6% | 7.8% | 4 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $5,803,429 | 47.1% | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 4 | 1 | $12,052,151 | -57.9% | 7.6% | 1 | Obsessed | $12,052,151 | 100% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 5 | 2 | $10,760,940 | -56.4% | 6.8% | 5 | Fighting | $4,011,465 | 37.3% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 6 | 4 | $8,736,802 | -44.6% | 5.5% | 5 | Earth | $4,340,235 | 49.7% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 6 | $1,986,594 | -51.7% | 1.3% | 3 | Battle for Terra | $1,082,064 | 54.5% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 8 | 7 | $623,681 | -69.5% | 0.4% | 3 | Knowing | $568,096 | 91.1% | 7 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 9 | 9 | $424,191 | -27.8% | 0.3% | 1 | Sunshine Cleaning | $424,191 | 100% | 8 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 12 | $316,207 | -2.7% | 0.2% | 7 | Sugar | $83,623 | 26.4% | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 11 | 14 | $294,907 | +2.5% | 0.2% | 3 | Sin Nombre | $186,602 | 63.3% | 7 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 15 | $291,608 | +150.4% | 0.2% | 1 | Is Anybody There? | $291,608 | 100% | 3 | - | - |
| 13 | 11 | $273,508 | -23.6% | 0.2% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $273,508 | 100% | 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 14 | 10 | $201,613 | -62.1% | 0.1% | 1 | Adventureland | $201,613 | 100% | 5 | Miramax | - |
| 15 | 20 | $139,585 | +109.9% | <0.1% | 2 | The Merry Gentleman | $74,981 | 53.7% | 1 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 16 | 19 | $99,860 | +47.1% | <0.1% | 6 | Lemon Tree | $38,956 | 39% | 3 | IFC Films | - |
| 17 | 17 | $76,570 | -2.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $76,570 | 100% | 7 | Truly Indie | - |
| 18 | 22 | $65,530 | +30.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Shall We Kiss? | $37,246 | 56.8% | 6 | Music Box Films | - |
| 19 | 21 | $58,563 | -4% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $29,469 | 50.3% | 189 | IMAX | - |
| 20 | 24 | $54,938 | +32.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Lymelife | $54,938 | 100% | 4 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 21 | 18 | $53,163 | -29.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Two Lovers | $37,503 | 70.5% | 12 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 22 | 23 | $53,120 | +14.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Anvil | $53,120 | 100% | 4 | Abramorama | - |
| 23 | 16 | $44,365 | -47.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Slumdog Millionaire | $37,194 | 83.8% | 25 | - | - |
| 24 | 30 | $36,604 | +63.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $36,604 | 100% | 64 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 29 | $33,921 | +46% | <0.1% | 3 | Stomp! Shout! Scream! | $19,907 | 58.7% | 4 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 26 | 28 | $29,296 | +20.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $18,011 | 61.5% | 83 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 26 | $28,903 | -14.5% | <0.1% | 3 | Goodbye Solo | $27,500 | 95.1% | 6 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 28 | 36 | $18,924 | +35% | <0.1% | 4 | Three Monkeys | $8,818 | 46.6% | 6 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 30 | 52 | $14,421 | +629.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Enlighten Up! | $14,421 | 100% | 34 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 31 | 31 | $13,546 | -34.9% | <0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $13,546 | 100% | 21 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 32 | 33 | $12,556 | -28.2% | <0.1% | 2 | The Garden | $6,597 | 52.5% | 2 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 33 | 34 | $11,844 | -21% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $11,844 | 100% | 9 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 35 | 35 | $9,233 | -37.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Tokyo Sonata | $7,950 | 86.1% | 8 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 36 | 42 | $7,008 | +14.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $6,581 | 93.9% | 24 | Kino International | - |
| 37 | 32 | $6,844 | -61.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $6,844 | 100% | 6 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 38 | 48 | $5,747 | +77.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $3,038 | 52.9% | 16 | First Run | - |
| 39 | 39 | $5,333 | -39.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $5,333 | 100% | 5 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 40 | 44 | $5,206 | -5.3% | <0.1% | 1 | In a Dream | $5,206 | 100% | 4 | International Film Circuit | - |
| 41 | 53 | $3,195 | +98.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $3,195 | 100% | 7 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 42 | 43 | $3,110 | -45.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Katyn | $3,110 | 100% | 11 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 43 | 37 | $3,008 | -73.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Nursery University | $3,008 | 100% | 2 | Variance Films | - |
| 44 | 38 | $2,856 | -74.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $2,856 | 100% | 8 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 45 | 47 | $2,500 | -45.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $1,162 | 46.5% | 16 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 47 | 55 | $1,587 | +325.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Home | $1,587 | 100% | 2 | Monterey Media | - |
| 48 | 49 | $1,483 | -51.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $1,483 | 100% | 10 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 49 | 50 | $1,472 | -41.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Z | $1,472 | 100% | 8 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 50 | 46 | $736 | -85% | <0.1% | 1 | The Mysteries of Pittsburgh | $736 | 100% | 4 | - | - |
