| Rank | Release Group
| Worldwide | Domestic | % | Foreign | % |
|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight | $1,003,845,358 | $533,345,358 | 53.1% | $470,500,000 | 46.9% |
| 8 | Iron Man | $585,366,247 | $318,604,126 | 54.4% | $266,762,121 | 45.6% |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $786,636,033 | $317,101,119 | 40.3% | $469,534,914 | 59.7% |
| 4 | Hancock | $629,443,428 | $227,946,274 | 36.2% | $401,497,154 | 63.8% |
| 9 | WALL·E | $521,311,860 | $223,808,164 | 42.9% | $297,503,696 | 57.1% |
| 3 | Kung Fu Panda | $631,744,560 | $215,434,591 | 34.1% | $416,309,969 | 65.9% |
| 12 | Twilight | $407,227,433 | $192,769,854 | 47.3% | $214,417,861 | 52.7% |
| 6 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $603,900,354 | $180,010,950 | 29.8% | $423,889,404 | 70.2% |
| 7 | Quantum of Solace | $589,580,694 | $168,368,427 | 28.6% | $421,212,055 | 71.4% |
| 18 | Horton Hears a Who! | $298,572,799 | $154,529,439 | 51.8% | $144,043,360 | 48.2% |
| 11 | Sex and the City | $418,765,321 | $152,647,258 | 36.5% | $266,118,063 | 63.5% |
| 19 | Gran Torino | $269,958,228 | $148,095,302 | 54.9% | $121,862,926 | 45.1% |
| 28 | Taken | $226,837,760 | $145,000,989 | 63.9% | $81,836,771 | 36.1% |
| 5 | Mamma Mia! | $610,002,542 | $144,290,968 | 23.7% | $465,711,574 | 76.3% |
| 22 | Marley & Me | $255,743,093 | $143,153,751 | 56% | $112,589,342 | 44% |
| 10 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $419,665,568 | $141,621,490 | 33.7% | $278,044,078 | 66.3% |
| 14 | Slumdog Millionaire | $378,410,113 | $141,319,928 | 37.3% | $237,090,185 | 62.7% |
| 21 | The Incredible Hulk | $264,770,996 | $134,806,913 | 50.9% | $129,964,083 | 49.1% |
| 15 | Wanted | $342,463,063 | $134,508,551 | 39.3% | $207,954,512 | 60.7% |
| 27 | Get Smart | $230,685,453 | $130,319,208 | 56.5% | $100,366,245 | 43.5% |
| 16 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $335,802,786 | $127,509,326 | 38% | $208,293,460 | 62% |
| 43 | Four Christmases | $164,112,721 | $120,146,040 | 73.2% | $43,966,681 | 26.8% |
| 17 | Bolt | $309,979,994 | $114,053,579 | 36.8% | $195,926,415 | 63.2% |
| 37 | Tropic Thunder | $195,703,047 | $110,515,313 | 56.5% | $85,187,498 | 43.5% |
| 32 | Bedtime Stories | $212,874,864 | $110,101,975 | 51.7% | $102,772,889 | 48.3% |
| 13 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | $403,449,830 | $102,491,776 | 25.4% | $300,958,054 | 74.6% |
| 25 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $244,232,688 | $101,704,370 | 41.6% | $142,528,318 | 58.4% |
| 38 | Eagle Eye | $178,767,383 | $101,440,743 | 56.7% | $77,326,640 | 43.3% |
| 54 | Step Brothers | $128,107,642 | $100,468,793 | 78.4% | $27,638,849 | 21.6% |
| 34 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | $204,313,400 | $100,018,837 | 49% | $104,294,563 | 51% |
| 30 | Yes Man | $223,241,637 | $97,690,976 | 43.8% | $125,550,661 | 56.2% |
| 20 | 10,000 BC | $269,784,201 | $94,784,201 | 35.1% | $175,000,000 | 64.9% |
| 50 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $149,292,488 | $94,514,402 | 63.3% | $54,778,086 | 36.7% |
| 23 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $252,909,177 | $90,559,416 | 35.8% | $162,349,761 | 64.2% |
| 64 | Pineapple Express | $101,624,843 | $87,341,380 | 85.9% | $14,283,463 | 14.1% |
| 36 | Valkyrie | $201,545,517 | $83,077,833 | 41.2% | $118,467,684 | 58.8% |
| 47 | 21 | $159,808,370 | $81,159,365 | 50.8% | $78,649,005 | 49.2% |
| 31 | What Happens in Vegas | $219,375,562 | $80,277,646 | 36.6% | $139,097,916 | 63.4% |
| 29 | Jumper | $225,132,113 | $80,172,128 | 35.6% | $144,959,985 | 64.4% |
| 39 | Cloverfield | $172,394,180 | $80,048,433 | 46.4% | $92,345,747 | 53.6% |
| 26 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $233,093,859 | $79,366,978 | 34% | $153,726,881 | 66% |
| 46 | 27 Dresses | $162,655,351 | $76,808,654 | 47.2% | $85,846,697 | 52.8% |
| 41 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | $168,319,243 | $75,986,503 | 45.1% | $92,332,740 | 54.9% |
| 48 | Vantage Point | $152,039,882 | $72,266,306 | 47.5% | $79,773,576 | 52.5% |
| 42 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | $164,170,327 | $71,195,053 | 43.4% | $92,975,274 | 56.6% |
| 59 | Fool's Gold | $111,231,041 | $70,231,041 | 63.1% | $41,000,000 | 36.9% |
| 40 | Seven Pounds | $169,748,929 | $69,951,824 | 41.2% | $99,797,105 | 58.8% |
| 68 | Role Models | $92,649,419 | $67,294,270 | 72.6% | $25,355,149 | 27.4% |
| 82 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | $70,642,966 | $65,281,781 | 92.4% | $5,361,185 | 7.6% |
| 45 | The Happening | $163,403,799 | $64,506,874 | 39.5% | $98,896,925 | 60.5% |
| 63 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $105,833,257 | $63,172,463 | 59.7% | $42,660,794 | 40.3% |
| 90 | Baby Mama | $64,444,713 | $60,494,212 | 93.9% | $3,950,501 | 6.1% |
| 44 | Burn After Reading | $163,728,902 | $60,355,347 | 36.9% | $103,373,555 | 63.1% |
| 49 | Step Up 2: The Streets | $150,816,700 | $58,017,783 | 38.5% | $92,798,917 | 61.5% |
| 56 | Saw V | $113,864,059 | $56,746,769 | 49.8% | $57,117,290 | 50.2% |
| 73 | The Strangers | $82,410,456 | $52,597,610 | 63.8% | $29,812,846 | 36.2% |
| 53 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $128,779,982 | $52,075,270 | 40.4% | $76,704,712 | 59.6% |
| 70 | The Tale of Despereaux | $86,957,280 | $50,877,145 | 58.5% | $36,080,135 | 41.5% |
| 33 | Australia | $211,788,739 | $49,554,002 | 23.4% | $162,233,509 | 76.6% |
| 84 | The House Bunny | $70,439,696 | $48,237,389 | 68.5% | $22,202,307 | 31.5% |
| 65 | Nim's Island | $100,104,565 | $48,006,762 | 48% | $52,097,803 | 52% |
| 62 | Made of Honor | $106,407,672 | $46,012,734 | 43.2% | $60,394,938 | 56.8% |
| 99 | College Road Trip | $51,549,674 | $45,610,425 | 88.5% | $5,939,249 | 11.5% |
| 112 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | $44,352,417 | $44,089,964 | 99.4% | $262,453 | 0.6% |
| 67 | Speed Racer | $93,945,766 | $43,945,766 | 46.8% | $50,000,000 | 53.2% |
| 93 | Prom Night | $57,197,876 | $43,869,350 | 76.7% | $13,328,526 | 23.3% |
| 58 | Rambo | $113,244,290 | $42,754,105 | 37.8% | $70,490,185 | 62.2% |
| 115 | Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins | $43,655,418 | $42,436,517 | 97.2% | $1,218,901 | 2.8% |
| 120 | Meet the Browns | $41,975,388 | $41,975,388 | 100% | - | - |
| 72 | Nights in Rodanthe | $84,375,346 | $41,850,659 | 49.6% | $42,524,687 | 50.4% |
| 69 | Max Payne | $87,066,930 | $40,689,393 | 46.7% | $46,377,537 | 53.3% |
| 74 | Righteous Kill | $78,460,699 | $40,081,410 | 51.1% | $38,379,289 | 48.9% |
| 55 | Body of Lies | $115,900,897 | $39,394,666 | 34% | $76,506,231 | 66% |
| 111 | Lakeview Terrace | $44,655,002 | $39,263,506 | 87.9% | $5,391,496 | 12.1% |
| 71 | Meet the Spartans | $85,897,593 | $38,233,676 | 44.5% | $47,663,917 | 55.5% |
| 116 | Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | $43,495,888 | $38,108,728 | 87.6% | $5,387,160 | 12.4% |
| 133 | First Sunday | $38,810,311 | $37,931,869 | 97.7% | $878,442 | 2.3% |
| 130 | The Secret Life of Bees | $39,952,437 | $37,770,162 | 94.5% | $2,182,275 | 5.5% |
| 137 | The Family That Preys | $37,105,289 | $37,105,289 | 100% | - | - |
| 77 | Death Race | $76,014,335 | $36,316,032 | 47.8% | $39,698,303 | 52.2% |
| 57 | Changeling | $113,398,237 | $35,739,802 | 31.5% | $77,658,435 | 68.5% |
| 86 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $68,282,844 | $35,161,554 | 51.5% | $33,121,290 | 48.5% |
| 61 | The Reader | $108,902,486 | $34,194,407 | 31.4% | $74,708,079 | 68.6% |
| 114 | Semi-Pro | $44,004,502 | $33,479,698 | 76.1% | $10,524,804 | 23.9% |
| 145 | Fireproof | $33,473,297 | $33,456,317 | 99.9% | $16,980 | <0.1% |
| 98 | Doubt | $51,699,984 | $33,446,470 | 64.7% | $18,253,514 | 35.3% |
| 103 | Drillbit Taylor | $49,944,325 | $32,862,104 | 65.8% | $17,082,221 | 34.2% |
| 94 | Definitely, Maybe | $55,990,299 | $32,241,649 | 57.6% | $23,748,650 | 42.4% |
| 128 | The Love Guru | $40,877,556 | $32,235,793 | 78.9% | $8,641,763 | 21.1% |
| 96 | Milk | $54,589,558 | $31,841,299 | 58.3% | $22,748,259 | 41.7% |
| 60 | Transporter 3 | $108,979,549 | $31,715,062 | 29.1% | $77,264,487 | 70.9% |
| 126 | Quarantine | $41,319,906 | $31,691,811 | 76.7% | $9,628,095 | 23.3% |
| 144 | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | $33,556,631 | $31,487,293 | 93.8% | $2,069,338 | 6.2% |
| 118 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $42,782,463 | $31,457,946 | 73.5% | $11,324,517 | 26.5% |
| 92 | The Eye | $58,010,320 | $31,418,697 | 54.2% | $26,591,623 | 45.8% |
| 127 | Leatherheads | $41,319,039 | $31,373,938 | 75.9% | $9,945,101 | 24.1% |
| 76 | Mirrors | $78,094,714 | $30,691,439 | 39.3% | $47,403,275 | 60.7% |
| 88 | Space Chimps | $65,097,693 | $30,105,968 | 46.2% | $34,991,725 | 53.8% |
| 89 | The Bank Job | $64,822,796 | $30,060,660 | 46.4% | $34,762,136 | 53.6% |
| 97 | Untraceable | $52,933,513 | $28,687,835 | 54.2% | $24,245,678 | 45.8% |
| 101 | Defiance | $51,262,751 | $28,644,813 | 55.9% | $22,617,938 | 44.1% |
| 102 | The Women | $50,007,546 | $26,902,075 | 53.8% | $23,105,471 | 46.2% |
| 108 | One Missed Call | $45,847,751 | $26,890,041 | 58.7% | $18,957,710 | 41.3% |
| 75 | The Other Boleyn Girl | $78,199,679 | $26,814,957 | 34.3% | $51,384,722 | 65.7% |
| 87 | Street Kings | $66,476,363 | $26,418,667 | 39.7% | $40,057,696 | 60.3% |
| 110 | The Wrestler | $44,734,660 | $26,238,243 | 58.7% | $18,496,417 | 41.3% |
| 106 | Shutter | $48,555,306 | $25,928,550 | 53.4% | $22,626,756 | 46.6% |
| 81 | Superhero Movie | $71,538,062 | $25,881,068 | 36.2% | $45,656,994 | 63.8% |
| 157 | W. | $29,560,587 | $25,534,493 | 86.4% | $4,026,094 | 13.6% |
| 123 | Never Back Down | $41,627,431 | $24,850,922 | 59.7% | $16,776,509 | 40.3% |
| 162 | Traitor | $27,674,464 | $23,530,831 | 85% | $4,143,633 | 15% |
| 66 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $96,409,830 | $23,216,709 | 24.1% | $73,192,591 | 75.9% |
| 78 | Revolutionary Road | $75,981,180 | $22,911,480 | 30.2% | $53,069,700 | 69.8% |
| 80 | Babylon A.D. | $72,109,200 | $22,532,572 | 31.2% | $49,576,628 | 68.8% |
| 85 | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $69,363,381 | $20,982,478 | 30.3% | $48,380,903 | 69.7% |
| 169 | Mad Money | $26,412,163 | $20,668,843 | 78.3% | $5,743,320 | 21.7% |
| 161 | Appaloosa | $27,712,362 | $20,211,394 | 72.9% | $7,500,968 | 27.1% |
| 131 | The Spirit | $39,164,441 | $19,806,188 | 50.6% | $19,358,253 | 49.4% |
| 152 | Igor | $30,893,885 | $19,528,602 | 63.2% | $11,365,283 | 36.8% |
| 124 | My Best Friend's Girl | $41,624,687 | $19,219,250 | 46.2% | $22,405,437 | 53.8% |
| 163 | Frost/Nixon | $27,426,335 | $18,622,031 | 67.9% | $8,804,304 | 32.1% |
| 217 | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl | $17,657,973 | $17,657,973 | 100% | - | - |
| 181 | The Ruins | $22,818,256 | $17,432,844 | 76.4% | $5,385,412 | 23.6% |
| 91 | Inkheart | $62,803,180 | $17,303,424 | 27.6% | $45,499,756 | 72.4% |
| 105 | The Hurt Locker | $49,230,772 | $17,017,811 | 34.6% | $32,212,961 | 65.4% |
| 219 | Swing Vote | $17,634,313 | $16,289,867 | 92.4% | $1,344,446 | 7.6% |
| 151 | Pride and Glory | $31,200,557 | $15,740,721 | 50.5% | $15,459,836 | 49.5% |
| 119 | Bangkok Dangerous | $42,487,390 | $15,298,133 | 36% | $27,189,257 | 64% |
| 35 | Ponyo | $204,171,845 | $15,090,399 | 7.4% | $189,081,411 | 92.6% |
| 148 | Last Chance Harvey | $32,566,966 | $14,889,042 | 45.7% | $17,677,924 | 54.3% |
| 143 | Disaster Movie | $34,816,824 | $14,190,901 | 40.8% | $20,625,923 | 59.2% |
| 117 | The Duchess | $43,343,384 | $13,848,978 | 32% | $29,494,406 | 68% |
| 122 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $41,721,414 | $13,816,982 | 33.1% | $27,904,432 | 66.9% |
| 231 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $15,418,749 | $13,559,812 | 87.9% | $1,858,937 | 12.1% |
| 166 | Ghost Town | $27,090,159 | $13,367,624 | 49.3% | $13,722,535 | 50.7% |
| 242 | Religulous | $13,639,115 | $13,011,160 | 95.4% | $627,955 | 4.6% |
| 244 | The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything | $13,247,725 | $12,981,269 | 98% | $266,456 | 2% |
| 222 | Rachel Getting Married | $16,937,968 | $12,796,841 | 75.6% | $4,141,127 | 24.4% |
| 176 | Under the Same Moon | $23,313,049 | $12,590,147 | 54% | $10,722,902 | 46% |
| 223 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day | $16,724,933 | $12,313,694 | 73.6% | $4,411,239 | 26.4% |
| 255 | Soul Men | $12,331,637 | $12,082,391 | 98% | $249,246 | 2% |
| 100 | Meet Dave | $51,339,567 | $11,803,254 | 23% | $39,536,313 | 77% |
| 260 | The Longshots | $11,767,866 | $11,537,046 | 98% | $230,820 | 2% |
| 153 | Be Kind Rewind | $30,579,406 | $11,175,164 | 36.5% | $19,404,242 | 63.5% |
| 185 | Doomsday | $22,472,631 | $11,008,770 | 49% | $11,463,861 | 51% |
| 268 | Stop-Loss | $11,212,953 | $10,915,744 | 97.3% | $297,209 | 2.7% |
| 182 | U2 3D | $22,730,842 | $10,363,341 | 45.6% | $12,367,501 | 54.4% |
| 292 | The Express | $9,808,124 | $9,793,406 | 99.8% | $14,718 | 0.2% |
| 259 | Smart People | $11,843,604 | $9,511,289 | 80.3% | $2,332,315 | 19.7% |
| 209 | The Visitor | $18,197,518 | $9,427,089 | 51.8% | $8,770,429 | 48.2% |
| 129 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $40,416,563 | $9,046,156 | 22.4% | $31,370,407 | 77.6% |
| 202 | Sex Drive | $18,755,936 | $8,402,485 | 44.8% | $10,353,451 | 55.2% |
| 310 | Cadillac Records | $8,883,644 | $8,195,551 | 92.3% | $688,093 | 7.7% |
| 286 | Punisher: War Zone | $10,161,493 | $8,050,977 | 79.2% | $2,110,516 | 20.8% |
| 300 | Miracle at St. Anna | $9,333,654 | $7,919,117 | 84.8% | $1,414,537 | 15.2% |
| 211 | City of Ember | $17,929,684 | $7,873,007 | 43.9% | $10,056,677 | 56.1% |
| 146 | In Bruges | $33,394,440 | $7,800,824 | 23.4% | $25,593,616 | 76.6% |
| 342 | Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed | $7,720,487 | $7,720,487 | 100% | - | - |
| 312 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $8,808,659 | $7,714,996 | 87.6% | $1,093,663 | 12.4% |
| 192 | Over Her Dead Body | $21,458,111 | $7,563,670 | 35.2% | $13,894,441 | 64.8% |
| 346 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $7,519,490 | $7,503,736 | 99.8% | $15,754 | 0.2% |
| 318 | How She Move | $8,659,212 | $7,070,641 | 81.7% | $1,588,571 | 18.3% |
| 363 | An American Carol | $7,013,191 | $7,013,191 | 100% | - | - |
| 365 | Strange Wilderness | $6,964,734 | $6,575,282 | 94.4% | $389,452 | 5.6% |
| 243 | Brideshead Revisited | $13,451,186 | $6,432,256 | 47.8% | $7,018,930 | 52.2% |
| 311 | The Rocker | $8,808,935 | $6,409,528 | 72.8% | $2,399,407 | 27.2% |
| 170 | RocknRolla | $25,742,207 | $5,700,626 | 22.1% | $20,040,237 | 77.8% |
| 229 | Shine a Light | $15,773,351 | $5,505,267 | 34.9% | $10,268,084 | 65.1% |
| 424 | Hamlet 2 | $4,925,288 | $4,886,216 | 99.2% | $39,072 | 0.8% |
| 384 | College | $6,265,483 | $4,694,636 | 74.9% | $1,570,847 | 25.1% |
| 215 | Deception | $17,772,506 | $4,598,506 | 25.9% | $13,174,000 | 74.1% |
| 433 | Flash of Genius | $4,802,953 | $4,442,377 | 92.5% | $360,576 | 7.5% |
| 462 | Witless Protection | $4,161,625 | $4,161,625 | 100% | - | - |
| 440 | Bottle Shock | $4,628,553 | $4,078,607 | 88.1% | $549,946 | 11.9% |
| 358 | Young@Heart | $7,097,002 | $3,992,189 | 56.3% | $3,104,813 | 43.7% |
| 415 | Charlie Bartlett | $5,254,986 | $3,951,699 | 75.2% | $1,303,287 | 24.8% |
| 158 | The Class | $29,303,505 | $3,766,810 | 12.9% | $25,536,695 | 87.1% |
| 325 | Then She Found Me | $8,443,998 | $3,735,717 | 44.2% | $4,708,281 | 55.8% |
| 237 | Elegy | $14,894,347 | $3,581,642 | 24% | $11,312,705 | 76% |
| 203 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $18,696,602 | $3,512,016 | 18.8% | $15,184,586 | 81.2% |
| 168 | Jodhaa Akbar | $26,890,354 | $3,440,718 | 12.8% | $23,449,636 | 87.2% |
| 197 | Blindness | $19,844,979 | $3,351,751 | 16.9% | $16,493,228 | 83.1% |
| 186 | I've Loved You So Long | $22,272,176 | $3,169,305 | 14.2% | $19,102,871 | 85.8% |
| 227 | Two Lovers | $16,303,643 | $3,149,034 | 19.3% | $13,154,609 | 80.7% |
| 449 | Synecdoche, New York | $4,471,324 | $3,083,538 | 69% | $1,387,786 | 31% |
| 414 | Man on Wire | $5,258,569 | $2,962,242 | 56.3% | $2,296,327 | 43.7% |
| 470 | Choke | $3,982,459 | $2,926,565 | 73.5% | $1,055,894 | 26.5% |
| 200 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | $19,152,009 | $2,778,752 | 14.5% | $16,373,257 | 85.5% |
| 207 | Easy Virtue | $18,463,793 | $2,656,784 | 14.4% | $15,807,009 | 85.6% |
| 406 | Frozen River | $5,457,664 | $2,511,476 | 46% | $2,946,188 | 54% |
| 134 | Ghajini | $38,316,584 | $2,430,627 | 6.3% | $35,885,957 | 93.7% |
| 569 | Redbelt | $2,674,090 | $2,345,941 | 87.7% | $328,149 | 12.3% |
| 271 | Waltz with Bashir | $11,179,372 | $2,283,849 | 20.4% | $8,895,523 | 79.6% |
| 490 | The Fall | $3,669,465 | $2,266,905 | 61.8% | $1,402,560 | 38.2% |
| 391 | Transsiberian | $5,926,410 | $2,206,405 | 37.2% | $3,720,005 | 62.8% |
| 159 | Singh Is King | $29,169,677 | $2,159,376 | 7.4% | $27,010,301 | 92.6% |
| 267 | Let the Right One In | $11,227,336 | $2,122,065 | 18.9% | $9,105,271 | 81.1% |
| 156 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | $29,914,469 | $2,078,956 | 6.9% | $27,835,513 | 93.1% |
| 527 | The Wackness | $3,175,469 | $2,077,116 | 65.4% | $1,098,353 | 34.6% |
| 651 | Henry Poole Is Here | $1,923,800 | $1,836,515 | 95.5% | $87,285 | 4.5% |
