| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 7 | $46,550,760 | +794.1% | 25.5% | 4 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $43,467,822 | 93.4% | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $40,502,333 | -29.7% | 22.2% | 3 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $31,431,686 | 77.6% | 3 | DreamWorks | - |
| 3 | 1 | $40,062,285 | -58.6% | 22% | 3 | Fast & Furious | $35,171,890 | 87.8% | 2 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 4 | 8 | $16,591,629 | +478.7% | 9.1% | 6 | Observe and Report | $14,637,300 | 88.2% | 1 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 5 | 4 | $9,088,083 | -21.2% | 5% | 3 | Knowing | $8,884,439 | 97.8% | 4 | Summit Entertainment | - |
| 6 | 6 | $8,961,637 | +58.6% | 4.9% | 6 | Dragonball Evolution | $6,249,620 | 69.7% | 1 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 7 | 3 | $8,473,186 | -37.7% | 4.6% | 2 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $8,181,132 | 96.6% | 3 | Lionsgate Films | - |
| 8 | 5 | $4,715,496 | -41.7% | 2.6% | 1 | Adventureland | $4,715,496 | 100% | 2 | Miramax | - |
| 9 | 9 | $2,449,762 | -5.1% | 1.3% | 2 | Sunshine Cleaning | $2,396,153 | 97.8% | 5 | Overture Films | - |
| 10 | 13 | $854,873 | +49.5% | 0.5% | 1 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $854,873 | 100% | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 11 | 12 | $741,918 | +29.6% | 0.4% | 3 | Sin Nombre | $453,262 | 61.1% | 4 | Focus Features | - |
| 12 | 10 | $480,668 | -41.9% | 0.3% | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $405,757 | 84.4% | 23 | - | - |
| 13 | 11 | $433,745 | -31.2% | 0.2% | 7 | The Class | $174,711 | 40.3% | 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | - |
| 14 | 14 | $368,611 | -5.6% | 0.2% | 4 | Two Lovers | $221,770 | 60.2% | 9 | Magnolia Pictures | - |
| 15 | 17 | $259,849 | +7.2% | 0.1% | 6 | Gomorrah | $120,541 | 46.4% | 17 | IFC Films | - |
| 16 | 16 | $237,012 | -7.2% | 0.1% | 3 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $162,542 | 68.6% | 186 | IMAX | - |
| 17 | 15 | $191,942 | -41.9% | 0.1% | 3 | The Reader | $154,779 | 80.6% | 19 | The Weinstein Company | - |
| 19 | 21 | $148,862 | +58.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Valentino: The Last Emperor | $148,862 | 100% | 5 | Truly Indie | - |
| 20 | 18 | $121,018 | -37.9% | <0.1% | 1 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $121,018 | 100% | 17 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 21 | 24 | $117,655 | +95.2% | <0.1% | 1 | Shall We Kiss? | $117,655 | 100% | 3 | Music Box Films | - |
| 22 | 20 | $102,425 | -3.3% | <0.1% | 3 | Goodbye Solo | $88,257 | 86.2% | 3 | Roadside Attractions | - |
| 23 | 19 | $70,675 | -51.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Cross | $70,675 | 100% | 3 | 8x Entertainment | - |
| 24 | 25 | $56,888 | +4.1% | <0.1% | 2 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $44,769 | 78.7% | 80 | National Geographic Entertainment | - |
| 26 | 30 | $54,178 | +63.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Tokyo! | $54,178 | 100% | 6 | Liberation Entertainment | - |
| 28 | 28 | $50,414 | +21.2% | <0.1% | 3 | Tokyo Sonata | $28,957 | 57.4% | 5 | Regent Releasing | - |
| 29 | 22 | $43,776 | -47% | <0.1% | 1 | Play the Game | $43,776 | 100% | 7 | Slowhand Cinema Releasing | - |
| 30 | 31 | $41,491 | +29% | <0.1% | 1 | Defiance | $41,491 | 100% | 16 | Paramount Vantage | - |
| 31 | 46 | $37,206 | +694% | <0.1% | 1 | Lymelife | $37,206 | 100% | 2 | Screen Media Films | - |
| 32 | 26 | $33,221 | -31.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $33,221 | 100% | 61 | 3D Entertainment | - |
| 34 | 37 | $30,804 | +95.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $29,747 | 96.6% | 22 | Kino International | - |
| 35 | 34 | $28,889 | +47.9% | <0.1% | 3 | Tulpan | $13,705 | 47.4% | 3 | Zeitgeist Films | - |
| 36 | 29 | $28,664 | -21.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Wendy and Lucy | $28,664 | 100% | 19 | Oscilloscope | - |
| 37 | 40 | $21,074 | +64.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Gigantic | $21,074 | 100% | 2 | First Independent Pictures | - |
| 38 | 32 | $18,371 | -18.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Enlighten Up! | $15,342 | 83.5% | 31 | Balcony Releasing | - |
| 40 | 36 | $12,920 | -18.4% | <0.1% | 4 | Absurdistan | $6,633 | 51.3% | 10 | First Run | - |
| 41 | 39 | $11,010 | -15.6% | <0.1% | 3 | Rolling | $6,266 | 56.9% | 2 | Indican Pictures | - |
| 42 | 27 | $10,941 | -76.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Bart Got a Room | $10,941 | 100% | 2 | Anchor Bay Films | - |
| 43 | 50 | $8,766 | +179% | <0.1% | 2 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | $5,750 | 65.6% | 1 | Monterey Media | - |
| 44 | 38 | $6,881 | -49.9% | <0.1% | 5 | A Secret | $3,420 | 49.7% | 32 | Strand Releasing | - |
| 45 | 44 | $6,660 | -11.4% | <0.1% | 1 | Guest of Cindy Sherman | $6,660 | 100% | 3 | Trela Media | - |
| 46 | 43 | $5,935 | -33% | <0.1% | 2 | Katyn | $4,925 | 83% | 9 | Koch Lorber Films | - |
| 47 | 41 | $5,725 | -43.8% | <0.1% | 1 | Skills Like This | $5,725 | 100% | 4 | Shadow Distribution | - |
| 48 | 53 | $4,161 | +3,310.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Throw Down Your Heart | $4,161 | 100% | 5 | Argot Pictures | - |
| 49 | 52 | $2,834 | +119.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Betrayal | $2,834 | 100% | 21 | The Cinema Guild | - |
| 50 | 49 | $2,577 | -19% | <0.1% | 1 | Between Love & Goodbye | $2,577 | 100% | 11 | Embrem Entertainment | - |
| 52 | 48 | $2,353 | -42.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Mancora | $2,353 | 100% | 4 | Maya Entertainment | - |
| 53 | 45 | $1,065 | -78.5% | <0.1% | 1 | Valkyrie | $1,065 | 100% | 17 | United Artists | - |
| 55 | 35 | $686 | -95.7% | <0.1% | 1 | Made in U.S.A | $686 | 100% | 14 | Rialto Pictures | - |
