| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $84,368,105 | +79.2% | 33.1% | 8 | Friday the 13th | $47,177,191 | 55.9% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 2 | 3 | $40,484,949 | +54.9% | 15.9% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $15,565,053 | 38.4% | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 3 | 2 | $26,580,787 | -6.5% | 10.4% | 5 | Taken | $25,078,147 | 94.3% | 3 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 4 | 4 | $23,487,370 | +7.9% | 9.2% | 2 | Coraline | $22,098,798 | 94.1% | 2 | Focus Features | - |
| 5 | 17 | $21,580,386 | +4,586.2% | 8.5% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $20,635,271 | 95.6% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 6 | 6 | $13,722,337 | +4.5% | 5.4% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,573,800 | 77.1% | 15 | - | - |
| 7 | 5 | $12,805,631 | -10% | 5% | 3 | Hotel for Dogs | $7,241,130 | 56.5% | 5 | DreamWorks | - |
| 8 | 7 | $10,325,835 | -21.2% | 4.1% | 3 | Push | $9,238,388 | 89.5% | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 9 | 8 | $3,877,179 | -43.6% | 1.5% | 2 | New in Town | $1,973,329 | 50.9% | 3 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 10 | 11 | $3,532,996 | +3.6% | 1.4% | 2 | The Reader | $3,420,712 | 96.8% | 11 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 11 | 9 | $3,204,631 | -41.8% | 1.3% | 1 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $3,204,631 | 100% | 4 | Screen Gems | - |
| 12 | 10 | $2,538,775 | -38.3% | 1% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $1,498,515 | 59% | 8 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 13 | 12 | $2,334,316 | -22.1% | 0.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $2,334,316 | 100% | 9 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 14 | 13 | $1,390,430 | -22.6% | 0.5% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $816,760 | 58.7% | 11 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 15 | 14 | $1,017,480 | <0.1% | 0.4% | 1 | Doubt | $1,017,480 | 100% | 10 | Miramax | - |
| 16 | 15 | $861,879 | +6.3% | 0.3% | 6 | The Class | $328,423 | 38.1% | 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 18 | 16 | $511,927 | -36.5% | 0.2% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $511,927 | 100% | 9 | Overture Films | - |
| 19 | 21 | $213,906 | +130.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Gomorrah | $133,885 | 62.6% | 9 | IFC Films | - |
| 20 | 23 | $203,306 | +203.8% | <0.1% | 4 | Two Lovers | $140,547 | 69.1% | 1 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 21 | 19 | $202,754 | -5.3% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $202,754 | 100% | 2 | Shorts International | - |
| 22 | 18 | $200,441 | -31.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $200,441 | 100% | 9 | United Artists | - |
| 23 | 20 | $192,601 | +30.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Space Station 3D | $99,907 | 51.9% | 357 | IMAX | - |
| 24 | 24 | $63,341 | <0.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $63,341 | 100% | 11 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 25 | 25 | $62,152 | +20.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $62,152 | 100% | 53 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 26 | $53,727 | +28.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $49,265 | 91.7% | 72 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 37 | $25,614 | +531.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $25,614 | 100% | 4 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 28 | 32 | $19,995 | +80.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Our City Dreams | $13,231 | 66.2% | 2 | First Run | - |
| 29 | 27 | $18,515 | -22.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $18,515 | 100% | 27 | - | - |
| 30 | 22 | $16,827 | -81.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $16,827 | 100% | 3 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 31 | 36 | $15,541 | +231.6% | <0.1% | 4 | How About You | $5,542 | 35.7% | 14 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 32 | 30 | $9,981 | -27.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Service | $5,566 | 55.8% | 3 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 33 | 43 | $8,752 | +411.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $8,752 | 100% | 16 | - | - |
| 34 | 42 | $8,465 | +372.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $8,465 | 100% | 5 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 35 | 44 | $7,160 | +661.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Made in U.S.A | $6,204 | 86.6% | 6 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 36 | 28 | $6,016 | -69.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $6,016 | 100% | 4 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 37 | 31 | $5,032 | -60.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Dev.D | $5,032 | 100% | 2 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 38 | 38 | $4,663 | +30.8% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $4,663 | 100% | 13 | Monterey Media | - |
| 39 | 34 | $3,632 | -57.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $3,515 | 96.8% | 14 | Kino International | - |
| 40 | 40 | $3,062 | +6% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $3,062 | 100% | 1 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 41 | 45 | $2,750 | +605.1% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $2,750 | 100% | 77 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
| 42 | 29 | $2,696 | -85.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Blessed Is the Match | $2,696 | 100% | 4 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 43 | 39 | $2,639 | -14.3% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $1,809 | 68.5% | 15 | The Film Desk | - |
| 45 | 33 | $2,334 | -75.8% | <0.1% | 3 | Trouble the Water | $1,711 | 73.3% | 26 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
