| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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|---|
| 1 | 9 | $49,534,227 | +1,177.6% | 27.8% | 3 | Madea Goes to Jail | $48,349,622 | 97.6% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 2 | 1 | $27,080,258 | -67.9% | 15.2% | 8 | He's Just Not That Into You | $11,107,240 | 41% | 3 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 2 | $18,550,754 | -54.2% | 10.4% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $8,125,967 | 43.8% | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 4 | 6 | $15,507,480 | +13% | 8.7% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $13,028,063 | 84% | 16 | - | - |
| 5 | 3 | $15,010,827 | -43.5% | 8.4% | 5 | Taken | $14,179,177 | 94.5% | 4 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $14,984,719 | -36.2% | 8.4% | 2 | Coraline | $13,516,896 | 90.2% | 3 | Focus Features | - |
| 7 | 5 | $9,062,167 | -58% | 5.1% | 4 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $8,536,245 | 94.2% | 2 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 8 | 11 | $7,399,193 | +130.9% | 4.2% | 2 | Fired Up! | $6,337,210 | 85.6% | 1 | Screen Gems | - |
| 9 | 8 | $4,761,392 | -53.9% | 2.7% | 3 | Push | $3,995,858 | 83.9% | 3 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 10 | 7 | $4,466,356 | -65.1% | 2.5% | 3 | Hotel for Dogs | $2,745,777 | 61.5% | 6 | DreamWorks | - |
| 11 | 10 | $3,806,942 | +7.8% | 2.1% | 2 | The Reader | $3,720,709 | 97.7% | 12 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 12 | 13 | $1,621,990 | -30.5% | 0.9% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $1,621,990 | 100% | 10 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 13 | 12 | $1,419,394 | -44.1% | 0.8% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $739,982 | 52.1% | 9 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 14 | 14 | $1,110,540 | -20.1% | 0.6% | 3 | Frost/Nixon | $793,750 | 71.5% | 12 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 15 | 16 | $983,387 | +14.1% | 0.6% | 6 | The Class | $370,667 | 37.7% | 10 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 15 | $956,506 | -6% | 0.5% | 1 | Doubt | $956,506 | 100% | 11 | Miramax | - |
| 17 | 37 | $659,162 | +12,999.4% | 0.4% | 2 | Delhi-6 | $658,195 | 99.9% | 1 | UTV Motion Pictures | - |
| 18 | 18 | $233,624 | -54.4% | 0.1% | 1 | Last Chance Harvey | $233,624 | 100% | 10 | Overture Films | - |
| 19 | 23 | $162,470 | -15.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $86,388 | 53.2% | 179 | IMAX | - |
| 20 | 21 | $144,932 | -28.5% | <0.1% | 1 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2009: Live Action | $144,932 | 100% | 3 | Shorts International | - |
| 21 | 19 | $143,160 | -33.1% | <0.1% | 4 | Gomorrah | $91,127 | 63.7% | 10 | IFC Films | - |
| 22 | 20 | $117,782 | -42.1% | <0.1% | 3 | Two Lovers | $76,768 | 65.2% | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 23 | 22 | $100,936 | -49.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $100,936 | 100% | 10 | United Artists | - |
| 24 | 17 | $90,575 | -85.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Billu | $90,575 | 100% | 2 | Eros Worldwide | - |
| 25 | 24 | $56,833 | -10.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $56,833 | 100% | 12 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 26 | 26 | $46,817 | -12.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $43,294 | 92.5% | 73 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 27 | 25 | $45,335 | -27.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $45,335 | 100% | 54 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 40 | $26,177 | +754.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $18,017 | 68.8% | 2 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 29 | 32 | $14,678 | +47.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Service | $8,912 | 60.7% | 4 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 30 | 39 | $13,179 | +262.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $13,179 | 100% | 15 | Kino International | - |
| 31 | 27 | $10,824 | -57.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Outlander | $10,824 | 100% | 5 | Third Rail Releasing | - |
| 32 | 45 | $9,900 | +324.2% | <0.1% | 4 | Examined Life | $5,203 | 52.6% | 1 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 33 | 35 | $9,712 | +35.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Made in U.S.A | $6,592 | 67.9% | 7 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 34 | 31 | $8,479 | -45.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Cherry Blossoms | $5,211 | 61.5% | 6 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 35 | 36 | $5,272 | -12.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Crips and Bloods: Made in America | $5,272 | 100% | 5 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 36 | 28 | $5,212 | -73.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Absurdistan | $3,737 | 71.7% | 3 | First Run | - |
| 37 | 43 | $3,466 | +31.3% | <0.1% | 2 | The Wild Child | $3,118 | 90% | 16 | The Film Desk | - |
| 38 | 38 | $2,813 | -39.7% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $1,801 | 64% | 14 | Monterey Media | - |
| 39 | 34 | $2,466 | -70.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Owl and the Sparrow | $2,466 | 100% | 6 | Wave Releasing | - |
| 40 | 33 | $1,832 | -79.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Were the World Mine | $1,832 | 100% | 17 | - | - |
| 41 | 46 | $1,557 | +89.6% | <0.1% | 1 | I.O.U.S.A. | $1,557 | 100% | 27 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 42 | 30 | $1,164 | -93.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Luck by Chance | $1,164 | 100% | 4 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 43 | 42 | $569 | -78.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $569 | 100% | 16 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 44 | 41 | $400 | -85.5% | <0.1% | 1 | A Man Named Pearl | $400 | 100% | 78 | Tentmakers Entertainment | - |
