| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 7 | $39,154,127 | +202.9% | 23.8% | 5 | Taken | $33,063,598 | 84.4% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 2 | 5 | $22,273,661 | +43.3% | 13.5% | 3 | The Uninvited | $11,979,490 | 53.8% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 3 | 1 | $16,667,843 | -47.7% | 10.1% | 7 | Gran Torino | $11,093,146 | 66.6% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 4 | 3 | $16,626,958 | -37.5% | 10.1% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $16,626,958 | 100% | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 5 | 4 | $15,976,229 | -39.4% | 9.7% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,461,329 | 65.5% | 13 | - | - |
| 6 | 8 | $14,606,274 | +15.3% | 8.9% | 2 | New in Town | $8,628,291 | 59.1% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 7 | 2 | $10,633,238 | -60.2% | 6.5% | 2 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $10,174,065 | 95.7% | 2 | Screen Gems | - |
| 8 | 6 | $7,194,909 | -49.3% | 4.4% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $3,688,345 | 51.3% | 6 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 9 | 10 | $4,719,082 | -40.2% | 2.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $4,719,082 | 100% | 7 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 10 | 9 | $3,765,295 | -60.8% | 2.3% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $1,966,430 | 52.2% | 9 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 11 | 13 | $3,485,410 | +70.1% | 2.1% | 2 | The Reader | $3,482,099 | 99.9% | 9 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 17 | $2,149,068 | +74.6% | 1.3% | 1 | Milk | $2,149,068 | 100% | 11 | Focus Features | - |
| 13 | 11 | $1,752,542 | -54% | 1.1% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $1,752,542 | 100% | 7 | Overture Films | - |
| 14 | 16 | $1,233,067 | -0.8% | 0.7% | 1 | Doubt | $1,233,067 | 100% | 8 | Miramax | - |
| 15 | 12 | $956,598 | -65.4% | 0.6% | 5 | Bedtime Stories | $671,858 | 70.2% | 7 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 16 | 18 | $942,235 | -6.1% | 0.6% | 6 | Rachel Getting Married | $323,060 | 34.3% | 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 17 | 15 | $922,644 | -34.1% | 0.6% | 2 | Twilight | $880,998 | 95.5% | 11 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 18 | 14 | $596,074 | -70% | 0.4% | 1 | Valkyrie | $596,074 | 100% | 7 | United Artists | - |
| 19 | 32 | $247,400 | +2,310.8% | 0.2% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $247,400 | 100% | 1 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 20 | 19 | $142,477 | -28.6% | <0.1% | 4 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $119,197 | 83.7% | 8 | IFC Films | - |
| 21 | 21 | $121,856 | +13.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $66,489 | 54.6% | 176 | IMAX | - |
| 22 | 22 | $60,421 | -37.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Let the Right One In | $59,240 | 98% | 15 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 23 | 25 | $58,992 | +31.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $58,992 | 100% | 9 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 24 | 24 | $48,113 | -19.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $45,391 | 94.3% | 70 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 25 | 20 | $34,165 | -70.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $30,631 | 89.7% | 25 | - | - |
| 26 | 27 | $34,074 | +15.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $34,074 | 100% | 51 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 29 | $24,600 | +43.7% | <0.1% | 4 | Of Time and the City | $12,746 | 51.8% | 3 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 28 | 44 | $21,324 | +1,980.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Service | $18,783 | 88.1% | 1 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 29 | 23 | $16,050 | -81.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $16,050 | 100% | 2 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 30 | 35 | $10,789 | +79% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $10,789 | 100% | 14 | - | - |
| 31 | 33 | $10,105 | +3.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Trouble the Water | $6,488 | 64.2% | 24 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 33 | 38 | $8,379 | +306.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Blessed Is the Match | $4,396 | 52.5% | 2 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 34 | 31 | $7,632 | -31.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $7,632 | 100% | 14 | Freestyle Releasing | - |
| 35 | 39 | $5,764 | +180.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,455 | 59.9% | 12 | Kino International | - |
| 36 | 34 | $4,980 | -34.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Silent Light | $4,980 | 100% | 5 | Palisades Tartan | - |
| 37 | 30 | $4,503 | -63.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $4,503 | 100% | 3 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 38 | 37 | $4,392 | +112.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Our City Dreams | $4,305 | 98% | - | First Run | - |
| 39 | 42 | $3,771 | +154.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Just Another Love Story | $3,771 | 100% | 4 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 40 | 36 | $3,307 | -16.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Tell No One | $3,307 | 100% | 32 | Music Box Films | - |
| 41 | 43 | $1,570 | +20.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Lola Montès | $1,570 | 100% | 17 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 42 | 41 | $1,483 | -13.2% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $1,483 | 100% | 13 | The Film Desk | - |
| 44 | 40 | $1,244 | -38% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $1,244 | 100% | 75 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
| 45 | 46 | $1,088 | +47.2% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $1,088 | 100% | 11 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 46 | 47 | $154 | -38.6% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $154 | 100% | 11 | Monterey Media | - |
