| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 3 | $31,844,253 | -10% | 15.9% | 7 | Gran Torino | $20,371,199 | 64% | 7 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 13 | $26,722,939 | +909.8% | 13.3% | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $25,584,474 | 95.7% | 1 | Screen Gems | - |
| 3 | 1 | $26,598,381 | -41.5% | 13.3% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $26,074,706 | 98% | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 2 | $26,369,202 | -29.1% | 13.1% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $14,198,840 | 53.8% | 12 | - | - |
| 5 | 6 | $15,539,898 | -38.8% | 7.7% | 2 | Hotel for Dogs | $14,928,506 | 96.1% | 2 | DreamWorks | - |
| 6 | 7 | $14,180,123 | -6.7% | 7.1% | 2 | Defiance | $7,399,322 | 52.2% | 5 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 7 | 5 | $12,925,077 | -49.5% | 6.4% | 4 | Bride Wars | $8,664,323 | 67% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 8 | 4 | $12,672,835 | -54.4% | 6.3% | 1 | My Bloody Valentine | $12,672,835 | 100% | 2 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 9 | 8 | $9,613,290 | -31.2% | 4.8% | 4 | The Unborn | $5,225,225 | 54.4% | 3 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $7,885,452 | -1.7% | 3.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $7,885,452 | 100% | 6 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 11 | 11 | $3,807,390 | -37.4% | 1.9% | 2 | Last Chance Harvey | $3,802,612 | 99.9% | 6 | Overture Films | - |
| 12 | 10 | $2,763,695 | -63.6% | 1.4% | 5 | Bedtime Stories | $2,365,480 | 85.6% | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 13 | 16 | $2,048,746 | +2.5% | 1% | 3 | The Reader | $2,017,771 | 98.5% | 8 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 14 | 12 | $1,986,365 | -64% | 1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $1,986,365 | 100% | 6 | United Artists | - |
| 15 | 14 | $1,399,657 | -47% | 0.7% | 2 | Twilight | $1,337,992 | 95.6% | 10 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 16 | 15 | $1,242,613 | -38.5% | 0.6% | 1 | Doubt | $1,242,613 | 100% | 7 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 17 | $1,230,908 | +6.9% | 0.6% | 1 | Milk | $1,230,908 | 100% | 10 | Focus Features | - |
| 18 | 18 | $1,003,468 | +128.7% | 0.5% | 6 | Rachel Getting Married | $644,180 | 64.2% | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 19 | 19 | $199,598 | -27.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $188,458 | 94.4% | 7 | IFC Films | - |
| 20 | 20 | $115,443 | -30.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $102,917 | 89.1% | 24 | - | - |
| 21 | 21 | $107,035 | -20.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $56,005 | 52.3% | 175 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 22 | $96,555 | -6.5% | <0.1% | 4 | Let the Right One In | $78,990 | 81.8% | 14 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 24 | 23 | $59,640 | -24.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $55,955 | 93.8% | 69 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 31 | $44,838 | +224.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $44,838 | 100% | 8 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 26 | 24 | $41,188 | -34.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Fireproof | $41,188 | 100% | 18 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 27 | 27 | $29,471 | +17.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $29,471 | 100% | 50 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 29 | 30 | $17,123 | +22.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Of Time and the City | $8,980 | 52.4% | 2 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 30 | 32 | $12,458 | -3.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,458 | 100% | 2 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 31 | 29 | $11,172 | -27.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $11,172 | 100% | 13 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 32 | 26 | $10,262 | -73.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Ghajini | $10,262 | 100% | 6 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 33 | 35 | $9,731 | +58.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Stranded | $8,233 | 84.6% | 15 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 34 | 28 | $7,605 | -58.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Silent Light | $7,605 | 100% | 4 | Palisades Tartan | - |
| 35 | 46 | $6,029 | +1,242.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $6,029 | 100% | 13 | - | - |
| 36 | 37 | $3,956 | -20.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Tell No One | $3,956 | 100% | 31 | Music Box Films | - |
| 37 | 36 | $2,066 | -61.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Ballerina | $2,066 | 100% | 2 | First Run | - |
| 38 | 33 | $2,060 | -78.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $1,190 | 57.8% | 12 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 39 | 43 | $2,058 | +10.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Momma's Man | $2,058 | 100% | 23 | Kino International | - |
| 41 | 44 | $1,708 | -3.7% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $1,526 | 89.3% | 12 | The Film Desk | - |
| 42 | 38 | $1,483 | -64.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Just Another Love Story | $1,483 | 100% | 3 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 43 | 25 | $1,307 | -97% | <0.1% | 1 | Lola Montès | $1,307 | 100% | 16 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 44 | 42 | $1,025 | -50% | <0.1% | 2 | Ciao | $1,025 | 100% | 8 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 45 | 45 | $883 | -3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Beautiful Truth | $883 | 100% | 11 | Cinema Libre Studio | - |
| 46 | 41 | $739 | -72.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $739 | 100% | 10 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 47 | 40 | $251 | -91.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Secrets | $251 | 100% | 10 | Monterey Media | - |
