| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $43,300,198 | - | 3,144 | - | $13,772 | $43,300,198 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Gran Torino | $30,578,102 | -23.5% | 2,972 | +164 | $10,288 | $81,575,513 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | My Bloody Valentine | $27,674,736 | - | 2,534 | - | $10,921 | $27,674,736 | 1 | Lionsgate | true | false |
| 4 | - | Notorious | $26,094,846 | - | 1,638 | - | $15,930 | $26,094,846 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 5 | - | Hotel for Dogs | $24,594,815 | - | 3,271 | - | $7,519 | $24,594,815 | 1 | DreamWorks | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | Bride Wars | $15,875,139 | -38.5% | 3,228 | +2 | $4,917 | $41,702,264 | 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 7 | 35 | Defiance | $12,557,131 | +12,483.1% | 1,789 | +1,787 | $7,019 | $12,897,759 | 4 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 8 | 3 | The Unborn | $11,631,005 | -50% | 2,359 | +2 | $4,930 | $34,870,160 | 2 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 4 | Marley & Me | $8,650,913 | -38.4% | 2,952 | -526 | $2,930 | $135,060,196 | 5 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | $8,528,411 | +31.4% | 582 | -19 | $14,653 | $45,365,616 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 11 | 5 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $8,018,826 | -34% | 2,223 | -724 | $3,607 | $105,043,563 | 5 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 6 | Bedtime Stories | $6,739,775 | -34.4% | 2,619 | -892 | $2,573 | $105,645,066 | 5 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 30 | Last Chance Harvey | $6,073,761 | +2,925.3% | 1,054 | +1,038 | $5,762 | $6,664,678 | 5 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Valkyrie | $5,510,493 | -37.9% | 2,007 | -831 | $2,745 | $79,230,599 | 5 | United Artists | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Yes Man | $3,625,573 | -52.9% | 1,704 | -1,251 | $2,127 | $94,580,467 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Revolutionary Road | $2,648,725 | +19.3% | 171 | +36 | $15,489 | $6,598,903 | 4 | Paramount Vantage | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Not Easily Broken | $2,646,372 | -56.9% | 725 | +1 | $3,650 | $8,790,353 | 2 | Screen Gems | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | Twilight | $2,583,431 | -33.1% | 904 | -562 | $2,857 | $185,049,042 | 9 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | The Wrestler | $2,499,999 | +86.9% | 144 | +84 | $17,361 | $5,811,967 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | The Reader | $1,967,713 | -7.5% | 417 | -90 | $4,718 | $8,257,711 | 7 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | Doubt | $1,873,294 | -47.9% | 725 | -562 | $2,583 | $25,905,281 | 6 | Miramax | false | false |
| 22 | 11 | Seven Pounds | $1,696,213 | -66.3% | 1,121 | -1,335 | $1,513 | $69,653,310 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 14 | The Tale of Despereaux | $1,157,020 | -65% | 870 | -1,427 | $1,329 | $49,315,525 | 5 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Milk | $1,151,410 | -33.6% | 223 | -72 | $5,163 | $20,752,634 | 9 | Focus Features | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Frost/Nixon | $1,024,400 | -16% | 153 | -52 | $6,695 | $8,983,561 | 7 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $777,166 | +98.8% | 334 | -41 | $2,326 | $178,344,251 | 11 | DreamWorks | false | false |
| 27 | - | CC2C | $744,219 | - | 130 | - | $5,724 | $744,219 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 28 | 17 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | $638,495 | -68.9% | 311 | -1,201 | $2,053 | $78,470,861 | 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 29 | 19 | Bolt | $543,527 | -67.2% | 339 | -822 | $1,603 | $112,635,511 | 9 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | Quantum of Solace | $484,276 | -3.8% | 329 | -28 | $1,471 | $168,143,266 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 22 | Australia | $438,518 | -50.8% | 287 | -256 | $1,527 | $48,476,446 | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | false | false |
| 32 | 25 | Four Christmases | $390,057 | -20.3% | 362 | -415 | $1,077 | $119,715,618 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 45 | Che: Part One/Che: Part Two | $251,315 | +266.2% | 25 | +20 | $10,052 | $576,034 | 6 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $195,539 | -25.2% | 193 | -49 | $1,013 | $94,307,999 | 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $160,986 | -36.2% | 62 | -34 | $2,596 | $10,792,608 | 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 36 | 29 | Role Models | $152,405 | -35.1% | 187 | -64 | $815 | $67,190,595 | 11 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Waltz with Bashir | $150,820 | +0.6% | 9 | +1 | $16,757 | $584,175 | 5 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 38 | 46 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $126,884 | +91.1% | 88 | +50 | $1,441 | $23,040,699 | 23 | - | false | false |
| 39 | 23 | The Spirit | $115,659 | -85.6% | 168 | -920 | $688 | $19,806,188 | 5 | Lionsgate | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Let the Right One In | $92,415 | -3.3% | 39 | +2 | $2,369 | $1,711,596 | 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 41 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $89,355 | +14.4% | 51 | +2 | $1,752 | $3,512,016 | 15 | Miramax | false | false |
| 42 | 31 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $80,693 | -48.2% | 155 | -96 | $520 | $90,509,777 | 13 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 36 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $75,097 | -21.8% | 21 | - | $3,576 | $20,641,492 | 68 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 44 | 47 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | $68,265 | +27.3% | 6 | +2 | $11,377 | $27,275,103 | 174 | IMAX | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | I've Loved You So Long | $66,932 | -19.1% | 23 | -10 | $2,910 | $2,559,753 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 46 | 49 | Space Station 3D | $65,853 | +31.1% | 9 | +1 | $7,317 | $77,478,202 | 353 | IMAX | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | The Secret Life of Bees | $63,708 | -8.5% | 58 | -18 | $1,098 | $37,685,317 | 14 | - | false | false |
| 48 | 42 | Fireproof | $63,154 | -17.5% | 71 | -27 | $889 | $33,415,129 | 17 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | false | false |
| 49 | 40 | Synecdoche, New York | $59,943 | -26% | 33 | -8 | $1,816 | $2,873,509 | 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | false | false |
| 50 | 38 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $58,074 | -34.8% | 58 | -27 | $1,001 | $9,046,156 | 11 | Miramax | false | false |
| 51 | 48 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $57,708 | +11.8% | 13 | +1 | $4,439 | $12,698,974 | 23 | Summit Entertainment | false | false |
| 52 | 88 | Soul Men | $39,704 | +2,942.5% | 90 | +87 | $441 | $12,066,331 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 53 | 33 | Ghajini | $39,003 | -71.4% | 22 | -38 | $1,772 | $2,420,365 | 5 | Adlabs Films | false | false |
| 54 | 60 | Made in U.S.A | $33,551 | +72.8% | 2 | +1 | $16,775 | $52,969 | 2 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 55 | 43 | Zack and Miri Make a Porno | $31,187 | -59.2% | 50 | -53 | $623 | $31,442,303 | 12 | The Weinstein Company | false | false |
| 56 | 61 | Roving Mars | $29,340 | +97.2% | 7 | +1 | $4,191 | $9,913,629 | 156 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 57 | 53 | Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean | $25,145 | -17.9% | 9 | -1 | $2,793 | $5,315,259 | 49 | 3D Entertainment | false | false |
| 58 | 57 | A Christmas Tale | $18,986 | -15.4% | 20 | -4 | $949 | $1,050,936 | 10 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 59 | 34 | Appaloosa | $18,866 | -82.4% | 49 | -129 | $385 | $20,211,394 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 60 | 58 | Silent Light | $18,277 | -7.6% | 1 | - | $18,277 | $41,636 | 3 | Palisades Tartan | false | false |
| 61 | 59 | Deep Sea | $16,213 | -17.5% | 6 | -2 | $2,702 | $37,366,401 | 151 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 62 | 62 | The Haunting of Molly Hartley | $15,425 | +8.7% | 12 | -9 | $1,285 | $13,541,008 | 12 | Freestyle Releasing | false | false |
| 63 | 55 | Wendy and Lucy | $13,831 | -41.1% | 4 | -1 | $3,457 | $161,018 | 7 | Oscilloscope | false | false |
| 64 | - | Owl and the Sparrow | $12,948 | - | 3 | - | $4,316 | $12,948 | 1 | Wave Releasing | true | false |
| 65 | 66 | The Dark Knight | $11,613 | +26.4% | 6 | -1 | $1,935 | $531,039,412 | 27 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 66 | 52 | Nothing Like the Holidays | $11,546 | -63.1% | 23 | -39 | $502 | $7,498,958 | 6 | Overture Films | false | false |
| 67 | - | Timecrimes | $9,731 | - | 2 | - | $4,865 | $33,120 | 6 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 68 | 86 | Lola Montès | $9,685 | +441.1% | 1 | - | $9,685 | $102,249 | 15 | Rialto Pictures | false | false |
| 69 | - | Pray the Devil Back to Hell | $9,404 | - | 4 | - | $2,351 | $62,811 | 11 | Balcony Releasing | false | false |
| 70 | 63 | JCVD | $6,944 | -40% | 9 | -1 | $771 | $470,691 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 71 | - | Cherry Blossoms | $5,714 | - | 1 | - | $5,714 | $5,714 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 72 | 72 | Tell No One | $5,003 | -19% | 3 | -4 | $1,667 | $6,167,555 | 30 | Music Box Films | false | false |
| 73 | 65 | The Secret of the Grain | $4,945 | -54.9% | 1 | - | $4,945 | $56,266 | 5 | IFC Films | false | false |
| 74 | - | Ballerina | $4,667 | - | 1 | - | $4,667 | $4,667 | 1 | First Run | true | false |
| 75 | 74 | Just Another Love Story | $4,180 | -24.3% | 1 | - | $4,180 | $9,705 | 2 | Koch Lorber Films | false | false |
| 76 | 73 | U2 3D | $3,704 | -36.2% | 3 | - | $1,234 | $9,685,146 | 53 | National Geographic Entertainment | false | false |
| 77 | 76 | Stranded | $3,313 | -28% | 3 | - | $1,104 | $72,534 | 14 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 78 | 56 | Igor | $3,181 | -86.3% | 8 | -10 | $397 | $19,528,602 | 18 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | false | false |
| 79 | 82 | The Secrets | $2,808 | +4.1% | 3 | -1 | $936 | $63,205 | 9 | Monterey Media | false | false |
| 80 | 91 | The Betrayal | $2,717 | +197.6% | 1 | - | $2,717 | $15,094 | 9 | The Cinema Guild | false | false |
| 81 | 78 | A Secret | $2,587 | -34.8% | 4 | - | $646 | $585,738 | 20 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 82 | - | Otto; or, Up with Dead People | $2,287 | - | 2 | - | $1,143 | $10,442 | 11 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 83 | 75 | Ciao | $2,049 | -56.7% | 2 | - | $1,024 | $30,545 | 7 | Regent Releasing | false | false |
| 84 | 69 | How About You | $1,898 | -77.2% | 1 | -4 | $1,898 | $54,863 | 10 | Strand Releasing | false | false |
| 85 | 77 | Trouble the Water | $1,882 | -53.4% | 1 | -1 | $1,882 | $492,908 | 22 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 86 | 79 | Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 | $1,856 | -50.8% | 2 | -3 | $928 | $69,598 | 10 | Kino International | false | false |
| 87 | - | Of Time and the City | $1,506 | - | 1 | - | $1,506 | $1,506 | 1 | Strand Releasing | true | false |
| 88 | 93 | Monsieur Verdoux | $1,398 | +334.2% | 1 | - | $1,398 | $42,729 | 45 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 89 | 80 | Yonkers Joe | $1,077 | -66.4% | 2 | - | $538 | $4,281 | 2 | Magnolia Pictures | false | false |
| 90 | 89 | Louise Bourgeois | $940 | -23.9% | 1 | - | $940 | $90,172 | 31 | Zeitgeist Films | false | false |
| 91 | 84 | The Beautiful Truth | $910 | -62% | 1 | - | $910 | $14,504 | 10 | Cinema Libre Studio | false | false |
| 92 | - | Save Me | $746 | - | 1 | - | $746 | $83,397 | 20 | First Run | false | false |
| 93 | - | Were the World Mine | $449 | - | 1 | - | $449 | $89,892 | 12 | - | false | false |
| 94 | 71 | The Wild Child | $375 | -95% | 1 | -1 | $375 | $32,901 | 11 | The Film Desk | false | false |
| 95 | - | The Village Barbershop | $135 | - | 1 | - | $135 | $135 | 1 | Monterey Media | true | false |
