| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,016,562 | - | 504 | - | $7,969 | $4,016,562 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,263,394 | +2.4% | 270 | +83 | $8,382 | $5,286,294 | 2 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 3 | - | Princess Lillifee | $1,918,326 | - | 506 | - | $3,791 | $1,918,326 | 1 | Universum Film (UFA) | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Reader | $1,005,813 | -19.6% | 490 | - | $2,052 | $14,243,754 | 5 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $689,921 | -37% | 386 | - | $1,787 | $1,917,458 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Crocodiles | $578,749 | - | 448 | - | $1,291 | $578,479 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Marley & Me | $489,920 | -49% | 545 | -5 | $898 | $7,491,058 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Gran Torino | $424,279 | -20.5% | 156 | -1 | $2,719 | $3,566,196 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $411,026 | -46.2% | 426 | - | $964 | $3,547,397 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Hilde | $347,091 | -19.5% | 243 | +3 | $1,428 | $2,165,087 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | - | Notorious | $346,239 | - | 250 | - | $1,384 | $346,239 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 12 | 9 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $305,468 | -11.1% | 454 | - | $672 | $7,040,108 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Duchess | $274,189 | - | 155 | - | $1,768 | $274,189 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $221,193 | +1.5% | 190 | +2 | $1,164 | $1,321,612 | 4 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false | false |
| 15 | 7 | Watchmen | $201,195 | -54.4% | 369 | +2 | $545 | $4,707,141 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Tale of Despereaux | $197,059 | -26.6% | 308 | -2 | $639 | $518,546 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | The Unborn | $136,386 | -55.3% | 240 | -5 | $568 | $1,351,127 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 18 | - | What Just Happened | $135,274 | - | 53 | - | $2,552 | $135,274 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 19 | - | Sex Drive | $134,624 | - | 101 | - | $1,332 | $134,624 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 20 | 11 | The Pink Panther 2 | $124,081 | -58.2% | 352 | -25 | $352 | $1,467,637 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Welcome to the Sticks | $104,879 | -10.8% | 237 | -29 | $442 | $15,286,423 | 22 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 22 | 15 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $88,278 | -36.4% | 137 | -75 | $644 | $1,205,172 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | Twilight | $77,059 | -34.7% | 175 | -69 | $440 | $20,583,350 | 11 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Effi Briest | $77,044 | -14.9% | 147 | -5 | $524 | $2,708,131 | 7 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 25 | 16 | Taken | $75,275 | -39.5% | 179 | -76 | $420 | $3,635,432 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 26 | 14 | Killing is My Business, Honey | $71,669 | -59.6% | 201 | -164 | $356 | $3,419,385 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 20 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $67,804 | -37.8% | 114 | -93 | $594 | $19,214,822 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | - | Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | $61,695 | - | 40 | - | $1,542 | $61,695 | 1 | Piffl Medien | true | false |
| 29 | 25 | The Bone Man | $56,189 | -14.9% | 55 | +3 | $1,021 | $1,056,068 | 6 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | Hotel for Dogs | $49,992 | -31.4% | 222 | -33 | $225 | $3,322,326 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 31 | 19 | RocknRolla | $45,556 | -59.6% | 67 | +3 | $679 | $202,516 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $42,218 | -52.2% | 144 | -115 | $293 | $2,430,160 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 33 | 27 | The International | $37,162 | -36.5% | 64 | -52 | $580 | $5,825,141 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | Milk | $35,310 | -37.2% | 62 | -12 | $569 | $1,441,950 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 35 | 24 | Bolt | $34,456 | -49.1% | 197 | -169 | $174 | $8,394,859 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 36 | 26 | Wild Chicks and Life | $32,821 | -45% | 193 | -104 | $170 | $6,387,584 | 9 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | The Wrestler | $25,145 | -41.6% | 67 | -20 | $375 | $861,988 | 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | 33 | Buddenbrooks | $20,376 | -33.6% | 94 | -29 | $216 | $10,954,031 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 39 | Die Perlmutterfarbe | $20,219 | +24.3% | 40 | -11 | $505 | $1,613,215 | 12 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 40 | 29 | He's Just Not That Into You | $17,053 | -63.7% | 48 | -34 | $355 | $5,712,249 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 41 | 40 | Baching | $14,665 | -9.8% | 14 | - | $1,047 | $79,356 | 3 | Movienet | false | false |
| 42 | 38 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $11,993 | -41.9% | 54 | -8 | $222 | $5,343,444 | 17 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 43 | 35 | Alone | $11,984 | -60.5% | 22 | -20 | $544 | $159,581 | 3 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 44 | - | Henners Traum - Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas | $11,783 | - | 13 | - | $906 | $11,783 | 1 | Real Fiction | true | false |
| 45 | 34 | Three Monkeys | $11,742 | -61.4% | 18 | -2 | $652 | $48,878 | 2 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 46 | 36 | Friday the 13th | $11,633 | -55.4% | 58 | -47 | $200 | $1,760,912 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 47 | 37 | Hinter Kaifeck | $11,038 | -47.6% | 14 | -13 | $788 | $79,635 | 3 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 48 | 48 | The Class | $10,266 | +18.2% | 55 | +6 | $186 | $915,431 | 11 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | Revolutionary Road | $9,484 | -32.4% | 47 | -11 | $201 | $4,568,870 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 50 | 43 | Where the Grass Is Greener | $9,291 | -35.6% | 12 | -2 | $774 | $59,473 | 3 | Filmlichter | false | false |
| 51 | 52 | Let's Make Money | $8,544 | +7.1% | 26 | +1 | $328 | $1,607,432 | 22 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false | false |
| 52 | 41 | The Fall | $8,286 | -48.1% | 16 | -12 | $517 | $151,945 | 3 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 53 | 32 | Yes Man | $7,674 | -80.4% | 51 | -88 | $150 | $5,445,824 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 54 | 50 | The Architect | $7,235 | -10.4% | 14 | -2 | $516 | $250,179 | 8 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 55 | 45 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $7,097 | -48.5% | 37 | -54 | $191 | $45,757,904 | 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 56 | 51 | The Merry Widow | $6,931 | -13.6% | 23 | -4 | $301 | $381,080 | 8 | Alamode Film | false | false |
| 57 | 30 | Role Models | $6,619 | -85.4% | 35 | -88 | $189 | $2,045,464 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 58 | 55 | Berlin Calling | $6,558 | +3.5% | 14 | - | $468 | $539,093 | 26 | Movienet | false | false |
| 59 | 57 | Novemberkind | $6,276 | +14.9% | 35 | -4 | $179 | $1,367,206 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 59 | The Meerkats | $6,195 | +34.7% | 38 | +3 | $163 | $1,046,238 | 19 | Central Film | false | false |
| 61 | 69 | Alter und Schönheit | $5,599 | +115.3% | 26 | +6 | $215 | $453,254 | 12 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 62 | 46 | Changeling | $5,382 | -42.4% | 28 | -6 | $192 | $2,283,125 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 63 | 56 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $4,806 | -16.9% | 6 | -1 | $801 | $323,202 | 19 | - | false | false |
| 64 | 65 | Beloved Clara | $4,654 | +62.6% | 27 | -1 | $172 | $457,003 | 17 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 65 | 49 | 35 Shots of Rum | $4,586 | -47% | 7 | -3 | $655 | $53,705 | 4 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 66 | 61 | Revanche | $4,526 | +8% | 14 | +1 | $323 | $190,535 | 7 | Movienet | false | false |
| 67 | 67 | Quiet Chaos | $4,314 | +60.7% | 16 | +4 | $269 | $383,389 | 9 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 68 | 72 | The Drummer | $4,246 | +111.6% | 6 | - | $707 | $349,546 | 13 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 69 | 60 | Jerichow | $3,739 | -12.1% | 17 | +2 | $219 | $758,555 | 12 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 70 | 62 | Inkheart | $3,665 | -7.4% | 16 | -3 | $229 | $10,295,899 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 71 | 58 | La Bohème | $3,628 | -32% | 16 | -8 | $226 | $570,887 | 23 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 72 | 47 | Recep Ivedik 2 | $3,517 | -61.6% | 17 | -8 | $206 | $3,978,226 | 7 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 73 | 54 | Frost/Nixon | $3,408 | -53.4% | 15 | -8 | $227 | $770,518 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 74 | 84 | Give Me Your Hand | $3,032 | +187.9% | 5 | +2 | $606 | $24,386 | 5 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 75 | 42 | Earth | $2,518 | -83.9% | 10 | -33 | $251 | $36,394,561 | 60 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 76 | 68 | Waltz with Bashir | $2,503 | -5.9% | 25 | -10 | $100 | $769,188 | 21 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 77 | - | Beautiful Bitch | $2,367 | - | 3 | - | $789 | $60,724 | 33 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 78 | 82 | The Times of Harvey Milk 2009 Re-release | $2,090 | +84.6% | 4 | - | $522 | $15,572 | 6 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 79 | 87 | The Stranger in Me | $1,973 | +168.8% | 2 | +1 | $986 | $84,544 | 24 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 80 | 92 | Adam Resurrected | $1,960 | +263.6% | 11 | +3 | $178 | $56,122 | 6 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 81 | 73 | Manon | $1,661 | -5% | 3 | -1 | $553 | $13,328 | 5 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 82 | 64 | The Boss of It All | $1,616 | -45.6% | 5 | -1 | $323 | $95,630 | 11 | Alpha Films | false | false |
| 83 | 80 | Die dünnen Mädchen 2009 Re-release | $1,612 | +23.9% | 2 | - | $806 | $17,919 | 9 | Anchor | false | false |
| 84 | - | The Zone | $1,479 | - | 2 | - | $739 | $50,679 | 16 | N/A | false | false |
| 85 | 71 | Follow Kadri, Not Your Heart | $1,295 | -37.7% | 5 | +1 | $259 | $117,025 | 5 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false | false |
| 86 | 70 | People-Dreams-Actions | $1,258 | -50.7% | 5 | - | $251 | $24,332 | 5 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 87 | 102 | The Market: A Tale of Trade | $1,249 | +860.8% | 2 | +1 | $624 | $55,785 | 18 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 88 | 66 | Man on Wire | $1,205 | -55.1% | 10 | -10 | $120 | $76,191 | 10 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 89 | 83 | Perestroika: Reconstruction of a Flat | $1,133 | +4% | 4 | - | $283 | $17,719 | 6 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 90 | 103 | Her Name Is Sabine | $1,044 | +728.6% | 2 | +1 | $522 | $11,165 | 9 | Anchor | false | false |
| 91 | 95 | Lorna's Silence | $995 | +166.8% | 2 | - | $497 | $226,904 | 25 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 92 | 76 | A Year Ago in Winter | $937 | -39.5% | 20 | -4 | $46 | $2,036,069 | 20 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 93 | 93 | Maria am Wasser | $853 | +64.4% | 4 | -1 | $213 | $20,126 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 94 | 63 | 1½ Knights - In Search of the Ravishing Princess Herzelinde | $752 | -77.2% | 8 | -2 | $94 | $14,348,566 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 95 | 75 | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber | $680 | -59.6% | 1 | - | $680 | $618,018 | 36 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 96 | 74 | It's a Free World... | $635 | -62.3% | 2 | -2 | $317 | $190,962 | 18 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 97 | 94 | Citizen Havel | $562 | +9.8% | 2 | - | $281 | $2,549 | 9 | Anchor | false | false |
| 98 | 78 | Cloud 9 | $514 | -63.8% | 16 | -4 | $32 | $3,811,245 | 30 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 99 | 81 | Paris 36 | $506 | -55.8% | 7 | -4 | $72 | $454,404 | 18 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 100 | - | Zuoz | $501 | - | 2 | - | $250 | $3,704 | 8 | Anchor | false | false |
| 101 | 88 | Stella und der Stern des Orients | $480 | -27.1% | 7 | -6 | $68 | $210,690 | 14 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 102 | - | Reich des Bösen | $396 | - | 3 | - | $132 | $13,012 | 9 | Mitosfilm | false | false |
| 103 | 53 | Silly's Sweet Summer | $323 | -95.8% | 3 | -16 | $107 | $311,178 | 49 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 104 | 98 | Bill - Das absolute Augenmass | $310 | +36.6% | 1 | - | $310 | $20,987 | 17 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 105 | 101 | Rule of the Fists | $303 | +129.5% | 2 | - | $151 | $3,286 | 9 | Anchor | false | false |
| 106 | 99 | Strange Culture | $267 | +80.4% | 2 | - | $133 | $1,267 | 9 | Anchor | false | false |
| 107 | 91 | Seven Days Sunday | $183 | -66.8% | 3 | -4 | $61 | $50,318 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 108 | 105 | A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad | $118 | +436.4% | 1 | - | $118 | $50,777 | 18 | - | false | false |
| 109 | - | Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) 2009 Re-release | $106 | - | 2 | - | $53 | $1,859 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 110 | 90 | The Governor | $37 | -93.4% | 1 | -4 | $37 | $21,629 | 4 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false | false |
