| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 3 | $89,737,623 | +256.3% | 48.8% | 4 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $72,190,222 | 80.4% | 1 | DreamWorks | - |
| 2 | 8 | $29,144,531 | +771.9% | 15.8% | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $27,689,633 | 95% | 1 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 3 | 1 | $18,800,634 | -41.3% | 10.2% | 4 | Knowing | $18,558,602 | 98.7% | 2 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 4 | 2 | $13,560,430 | -47.6% | 7.4% | 2 | Duplicity | $9,993,595 | 73.7% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 5 | 6 | $10,576,300 | +79% | 5.7% | 6 | 12 Rounds | $6,721,861 | 63.6% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 6 | 4 | $7,758,951 | -55.6% | 4.2% | 4 | Race to Witch Mountain | $7,378,532 | 95.1% | 3 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 7 | 5 | $5,570,587 | -57.1% | 3% | 7 | Watchmen | $3,731,223 | 67% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,797,645 | -63.3% | 1% | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,568,884 | 87.3% | 21 | - | - |
| 9 | 11 | $1,787,068 | +64.1% | 1% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $1,691,860 | 94.7% | 3 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 10 | $1,125,390 | -60.3% | 0.6% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,125,390 | 100% | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 9 | $601,848 | -80.9% | 0.3% | 3 | Coraline | $452,417 | 75.2% | 8 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 13 | $508,793 | -42.4% | 0.3% | 3 | The Reader | $439,528 | 86.4% | 17 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 13 | 14 | $412,347 | -11.3% | 0.2% | 4 | Two Lovers | $254,761 | 61.8% | 7 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 15 | $316,356 | -18.7% | 0.2% | 5 | The Class | $256,957 | 81.2% | 15 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 16 | 20 | $301,213 | +69% | 0.2% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $301,213 | 100% | 15 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 17 | 16 | $287,550 | -6.6% | 0.2% | 5 | Gomorrah | $143,202 | 49.8% | 15 | IFC Films | - |
| 18 | 12 | $223,217 | -74.8% | 0.1% | 1 | Fired Up! | $223,217 | 100% | 6 | Screen Gems | - |
| 19 | 19 | $168,892 | -7.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $85,512 | 50.6% | 184 | IMAX | - |
| 20 | 17 | $165,144 | -39% | <0.1% | 2 | Revolutionary Road | $96,785 | 58.6% | 14 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 21 | 18 | $122,079 | -47.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Doubt | $122,079 | 100% | 16 | Miramax | - |
| 22 | 21 | $96,092 | -19.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $85,225 | 88.7% | 78 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 23 | 24 | $66,809 | +34.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $66,809 | 100% | 59 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 25 | $60,976 | +29.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $60,976 | 100% | 3 | Truly Indie | - |
| 25 | 28 | $56,526 | +105.3% | <0.1% | 2 | Tokyo Sonata | $55,293 | 97.8% | 3 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 26 | 27 | $51,406 | +71.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Goodbye Solo | $50,473 | 98.2% | 1 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 27 | 23 | $42,339 | -20% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $42,339 | 100% | 17 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 28 | 34 | $40,990 | +190% | <0.1% | 1 | Brothers at War | $40,990 | 100% | 3 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | - |
| 30 | 40 | $29,912 | +194.4% | <0.1% | 3 | Ballerina | $23,480 | 78.5% | 11 | First Run | - |
| 31 | 22 | $27,803 | -48.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $27,803 | 100% | 4 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 32 | 30 | $21,771 | -4% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $21,771 | 100% | 5 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 33 | 35 | $17,809 | +37.2% | <0.1% | 5 | Fados | $9,413 | 52.9% | 4 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 34 | 26 | $16,781 | -55.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $16,781 | 100% | 15 | United Artists | - |
| 35 | 29 | $13,362 | -41.7% | <0.1% | 5 | Cherry Blossoms | $9,778 | 73.2% | 11 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 37 | 41 | $11,372 | +18.6% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $9,482 | 83.4% | 7 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 39 | 33 | $10,314 | -35.7% | <0.1% | 2 | Z | $7,343 | 71.2% | 3 | Rialto Pictures | - |
| 40 | 31 | $8,819 | -59.6% | <0.1% | 2 | One Day You'll Understand | $5,134 | 58.2% | 22 | Kino International | - |
| 41 | 45 | $8,064 | +390.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Spinning Into Butter | $8,064 | 100% | 1 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 42 | 32 | $7,044 | -56.1% | <0.1% | 3 | The New Twenty | $3,817 | 54.2% | 2 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 43 | 37 | $6,789 | -41.5% | <0.1% | 2 | The Secrets | $6,754 | 99.5% | 19 | Monterey Media | - |
| 44 | 39 | $6,408 | -37.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Mancora | $6,408 | 100% | 2 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 46 | 38 | $5,374 | -52.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $5,374 | 100% | 2 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 47 | 43 | $3,036 | -61.3% | <0.1% | 1 | 13B: Fear Has a New Address | $3,036 | 100% | 4 | Adlabs Films | - |
| 48 | 44 | $935 | -44.9% | <0.1% | 2 | The Betrayal | $935 | 100% | 19 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 49 | 46 | $113 | -84.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Monsieur Verdoux | $113 | 100% | 55 | The Film Desk | - |
