| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mamma Mia! | $2,898,055 | -49% | 612 | +1 | $4,735 | $11,291,185 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Hancock | $1,697,961 | -60.4% | 906 | -76 | $1,874 | $33,711,192 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | Superhero Movie | $1,362,486 | - | 354 | - | $3,848 | $1,362,486 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Kung Fu Panda | $1,132,034 | -65.7% | 827 | +3 | $1,368 | $18,653,341 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 5 | - | The X Files: I Want to Believe | $1,082,595 | - | 587 | - | $1,844 | $1,082,595 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Get Smart | $770,877 | -65% | 548 | - | $1,406 | $3,803,917 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Freche Mädchen | $655,010 | -65.6% | 412 | +20 | $1,589 | $3,666,604 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Sex and the City | $261,951 | -46.7% | 262 | -88 | $999 | $26,543,343 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Paris | $186,057 | -60% | 84 | +12 | $2,214 | $863,619 | 2 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 10 | 18 | Rabbit Without Ears | $170,568 | +150.4% | 105 | +11 | $1,624 | $68,695,200 | 32 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $162,176 | -50.3% | 188 | -39 | $862 | $30,075,930 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The Incredible Hulk | $132,490 | -70% | 274 | -142 | $483 | $2,249,795 | 3 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | - | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber | $129,322 | - | 47 | - | $2,751 | $129,322 | 1 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $115,211 | -64.6% | 92 | - | $1,252 | $1,948,854 | 4 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Nim's Island | $80,497 | -68.9% | 316 | -12 | $254 | $3,010,146 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 16 | 24 | Earth | $53,271 | +74.1% | 86 | - | $619 | $46,586,400 | 25 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 17 | 28 | Saint-Jacques... La Mecque 2007 Re-release | $45,173 | +98.9% | 36 | -10 | $1,254 | $4,208,824 | 47 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih | false | false |
| 18 | - | Underdogs | $45,146 | - | 47 | - | $960 | $122,816 | 1 | Farbfilm-Verleih | true | false |
| 19 | 13 | Cherry Blossoms | $44,142 | -53.9% | 165 | -15 | $267 | $9,401,837 | 21 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 20 | 12 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $38,881 | -72.7% | 126 | -86 | $308 | $4,507,280 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | The Happening | $37,746 | -60.5% | 136 | -63 | $277 | $4,525,524 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | In Bruges | $37,422 | -52.3% | 75 | +2 | $498 | $2,296,376 | 11 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | The Wave | $31,595 | -13.8% | 129 | -15 | $244 | $23,784,671 | 20 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 24 | 34 | The Kite Runner | $29,354 | +61.7% | 29 | +5 | $1,012 | $5,764,080 | 28 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 25 | 17 | The Bank Job | $28,547 | -58.3% | 68 | -35 | $419 | $1,501,308 | 6 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | 16 | Impy's Wonderland | $24,350 | -67.8% | 246 | -21 | $98 | $2,628,261 | 13 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 27 | 19 | Summer | $20,945 | -66.3% | 234 | -48 | $89 | $8,443,341 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 65 | No Country for Old Men | $17,782 | +831.5% | 9 | +5 | $1,975 | $6,413,134 | 22 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | $16,722 | -52.1% | 46 | -18 | $363 | $417,427 | 5 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 30 | 72 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | $15,881 | +1,387% | 3 | +2 | $5,293 | $27,231 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 31 | 20 | What Happens in Vegas | $15,495 | -64.8% | 59 | -55 | $262 | $11,868,051 | 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | XXY | $13,515 | -62.4% | 26 | -2 | $519 | $288,703 | 5 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 33 | - | 42plus 2008 Re-release | $12,981 | - | 12 | - | $1,081 | $12,981 | 1 | Zorro Film | true | false |
| 34 | 27 | You Kill Me | $11,814 | -48.2% | 28 | - | $421 | $291,054 | 7 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 35 | 26 | Cassandra's Dream | $11,624 | -59.1% | 32 | - | $363 | $474,859 | 8 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 36 | 43 | The Grocer's Son | $11,410 | +99.2% | 34 | +7 | $335 | $689,888 | 14 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | The Ruins | $11,369 | -49.6% | 33 | -10 | $344 | $448,199 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 38 | 29 | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $10,753 | -52.6% | 25 | - | $430 | $98,668 | 3 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 39 | 47 | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! | $9,491 | +92.9% | 10 | -1 | $949 | $316,483 | 8 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | The Game Plan | $8,258 | -62.7% | 84 | -52 | $98 | $7,880,352 | 18 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 38 | Shine a Light | $7,798 | -10.8% | 31 | -7 | $251 | $1,731,585 | 17 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 42 | 25 | Married Life | $7,253 | -75.8% | 30 | -19 | $241 | $269,295 | 3 | Central Film | false | false |
| 43 | 36 | Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte | $6,010 | -42.2% | 14 | -2 | $429 | $73,112 | 4 | Zorro Film | false | false |
| 44 | 53 | Outsourced | $5,709 | +55.4% | 15 | - | $380 | $426,021 | 16 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 45 | 45 | Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony | $5,623 | +6.9% | 13 | -4 | $432 | $1,187,018 | 22 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 46 | 30 | Youth Without Youth | $4,635 | -79.5% | 29 | -20 | $159 | $117,957 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 47 | 37 | Die rote Zora | $4,582 | -53.5% | 30 | +3 | $152 | $5,815,443 | 27 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 48 | 66 | Iron Man | $4,477 | +152.9% | 19 | -5 | $235 | $8,635,692 | 13 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | $3,489 | -38.7% | 9 | -3 | $387 | $206,917 | 11 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 50 | 69 | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | $3,136 | +160.5% | 7 | +1 | $448 | $34,042 | 6 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 51 | 46 | Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann | $3,040 | -40.6% | 6 | +2 | $506 | $92,250 | 6 | DEFA-Spektrum Filmverleih | false | false |
| 52 | 55 | Silly's Sweet Summer | $2,946 | -15.1% | 25 | -2 | $117 | $195,086 | 14 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 53 | 40 | Julia | $2,817 | -59.2% | 15 | -5 | $187 | $175,245 | 6 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 54 | 82 | Twice Upon a Time | $2,726 | +632.8% | 2 | +1 | $1,363 | $611,139 | 30 | Movienet | false | false |
| 55 | 63 | REC | $2,427 | +12.4% | 9 | +1 | $269 | $997,432 | 12 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 56 | 35 | Empties | $2,236 | -82.6% | 25 | -10 | $89 | $1,745,310 | 27 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 57 | 56 | Once | $2,154 | -36.6% | 17 | -6 | $126 | $1,344,995 | 28 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 58 | 52 | Fleisch ist mein Gemüse | $2,009 | -47.8% | 12 | -1 | $167 | $1,495,079 | 15 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 59 | 41 | My Brother is an Only Child | $1,988 | -69.3% | 19 | -8 | $104 | $425,411 | 11 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 60 | 77 | Actresses | $1,988 | +174.6% | 3 | -1 | $662 | $234,705 | 15 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 61 | 49 | Big Man Japan 2008 Re-release | $1,908 | -59.6% | 4 | -1 | $477 | $10,938 | 2 | Rapid Eye Movies | false | false |
| 62 | 83 | You Are So Beautiful | $1,884 | +419% | 3 | +2 | $628 | $2,156,378 | 77 | Movienet | false | false |
| 63 | 58 | You, the Living | $1,748 | -41% | 4 | -2 | $437 | $495,397 | 19 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 64 | 60 | La Paloma. Sehnsucht. Weltweit | $1,530 | -34.2% | 5 | - | $306 | $34,926 | 5 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 65 | 61 | Funny Games | $1,469 | -33.8% | 9 | -2 | $163 | $135,862 | 9 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 66 | 68 | Grave Decisions | $1,343 | -11.6% | 3 | +1 | $447 | $16,717,401 | 102 | Movienet | false | false |
| 67 | 42 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $1,314 | -77.8% | 5 | -3 | $262 | $1,029,949 | 16 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 68 | 54 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | $1,241 | -65.7% | 12 | +4 | $103 | $82,747 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 69 | 67 | Doomsday | $1,191 | -31.2% | 6 | - | $198 | $75,967 | 7 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 70 | 71 | Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China | $1,022 | -6% | 1 | - | $1,022 | $18,390 | 12 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 71 | 59 | Head Under Water | $948 | -66.4% | 9 | - | $105 | $145,724 | 12 | Novapool Production | false | false |
| 72 | 86 | Holunderblüte | $916 | +207.4% | 2 | +1 | $458 | $85,071 | 27 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 73 | 73 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $780 | -25.3% | 13 | +1 | $60 | $13,187,500 | 26 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 74 | 64 | Ich. Immendorff | $710 | -66.3% | 4 | -4 | $177 | $47,712 | 10 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 75 | 80 | Knut and His Friends | $634 | +1.6% | 4 | - | $158 | $555,435 | 21 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 76 | 81 | Tapas Mixtas | $548 | +1.5% | 4 | +2 | $137 | $16,134 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 77 | 76 | Little Dodo | $534 | -34.2% | 13 | +1 | $41 | $4,169,191 | 30 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 78 | 62 | Grease 2008 Re-release | $443 | -79.8% | 1 | - | $443 | $2,618 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 79 | 75 | Tanz mit der Zeit | $397 | -53.1% | 2 | - | $198 | $54,956 | 18 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 80 | 70 | Wild Tigers I Have Known 2008 Re-release | $297 | -74.5% | 1 | -1 | $297 | $6,938 | 7 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 81 | 79 | Märzmelodie | $139 | -78.7% | 7 | -1 | $19 | $434,248 | 25 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 82 | 78 | Back to Normandy | $130 | -81.4% | 2 | +1 | $65 | $6,112 | 5 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 83 | 74 | Michael Clayton | $128 | -86.3% | 6 | -3 | $21 | $3,821,675 | 22 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 84 | 57 | Four Minutes | $22 | -99.3% | 1 | -7 | $22 | $4,424,500 | 78 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
