| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Crank: High Voltage | $3,205,907 | - | 405 | - | $7,915 | $3,205,907 | 1 | Universum Film (UFA) | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Fast & Furious | $1,583,220 | -45.2% | 637 | +19 | $2,485 | $13,089,021 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | 4 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,252,697 | +10.2% | 422 | +20 | $2,968 | $11,664,156 | 5 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,238,339 | -7.6% | 509 | - | $2,432 | $10,888,042 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $1,082,238 | +39.9% | 715 | +16 | $1,513 | $4,614,291 | 3 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | Knowing | $966,712 | -34.4% | 440 | - | $2,197 | $2,981,110 | 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Boat That Rocked | $828,200 | - | 497 | - | $1,666 | $828,200 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Princess Lillifee | $612,118 | +93.3% | 506 | - | $1,209 | $4,687,797 | 4 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 9 | - | Last Chance Harvey | $601,119 | - | 123 | - | $4,887 | $601,119 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 10 | - | Männersache | $527,395 | - | 502 | - | $1,050 | $15,898,584 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Crocodiles | $518,362 | +166.1% | 448 | - | $1,157 | $2,311,296 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 12 | - | I Saw the Sun 2009 Re-release | $472,626 | - | 66 | - | $7,161 | $472,626 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 13 | 6 | The Reader | $362,089 | +3.8% | 442 | -20 | $819 | $17,146,118 | 8 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $319,371 | +137.5% | 380 | -6 | $840 | $3,190,198 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Race to Witch Mountain | $215,838 | -24.8% | 310 | - | $696 | $690,562 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Forbidden Kingdom | $208,386 | - | 121 | - | $1,722 | $208,386 | 1 | Central Film | true | false |
| 17 | 9 | Gran Torino | $178,108 | -11.5% | 155 | +1 | $1,149 | $4,723,117 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 21 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $130,301 | +144% | 353 | -84 | $369 | $7,863,034 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 24 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $124,717 | +244.3% | 182 | -15 | $685 | $1,734,490 | 7 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false | false |
| 20 | 12 | John Rabe | $108,984 | -15.1% | 122 | -5 | $893 | $708,926 | 6 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | Hilde | $95,182 | +5.4% | 202 | -26 | $471 | $2,932,964 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | Marley & Me | $86,485 | +17.2% | 166 | -110 | $520 | $8,447,670 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 23 | 15 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $74,424 | -6.8% | 105 | -50 | $708 | $4,361,324 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 19 | Welcome to the Sticks | $52,873 | -6.1% | 181 | -30 | $292 | $16,421,029 | 25 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Just Another Love Story | $46,431 | -16.3% | 19 | - | $2,443 | $111,109 | 2 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false | false |
| 26 | 18 | I've Never Been Happier | $45,324 | -19.7% | 37 | +2 | $1,224 | $134,970 | 2 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Twilight | $44,845 | +48.4% | 81 | -29 | $553 | $21,872,290 | 14 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 29 | The Tale of Despereaux | $43,288 | +90% | 168 | -81 | $257 | $749,185 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 29 | 13 | Die Ludolfs - Dankeschön für Italien! | $42,664 | -56% | 68 | - | $627 | $174,393 | 2 | Zorro Film | false | false |
| 30 | - | Crank | $41,186 | - | 663 | - | $62 | $3,368,763 | 135 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 31 | - | WinneToons - Die Legende vom Schatz im Silbersee | $30,585 | - | 165 | - | $185 | $34,583 | 1 | Farbfilm-Verleih | true | false |
| 32 | 25 | The Duchess | $27,322 | -17.6% | 71 | -31 | $384 | $611,249 | 4 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 33 | 36 | Effi Briest | $27,131 | +73.2% | 100 | -12 | $271 | $3,026,062 | 10 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 34 | 17 | Watchmen | $26,841 | -53% | 69 | -32 | $389 | $5,272,196 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 35 | 26 | Rachel Getting Married | $26,624 | -17.2% | 35 | -14 | $760 | $248,101 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 30 | The Bone Man | $26,018 | +14.4% | 52 | -3 | $500 | $1,251,429 | 9 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 37 | 22 | The Unborn | $25,033 | -47.1% | 76 | -37 | $329 | $1,590,185 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 38 | 35 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $21,123 | +10.8% | 44 | -23 | $480 | $1,374,964 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 39 | 28 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $19,389 | -18.7% | 49 | -14 | $395 | $20,368,188 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | - | El sistema | $18,857 | - | 19 | - | $992 | $18,857 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 41 | 45 | Hotel for Dogs | $18,576 | +108.4% | 85 | -37 | $218 | $3,573,445 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 42 | 34 | Milk | $18,126 | -8.5% | 55 | +5 | $329 | $1,621,422 | 9 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 43 | 31 | Religulous | $16,003 | -29.2% | 29 | -4 | $551 | $110,791 | 3 | Central Film | false | false |
| 44 | 33 | Taken | $12,202 | -39.1% | 45 | -17 | $271 | $3,912,333 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 45 | 32 | RocknRolla | $12,116 | -45.3% | 32 | -16 | $378 | $301,572 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 46 | 37 | Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | $11,751 | -19.9% | 21 | -12 | $559 | $159,890 | 4 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 47 | 40 | The International | $11,643 | +3.9% | 24 | -8 | $485 | $5,892,464 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 48 | 47 | Wild Chicks and Life | $9,909 | +38.1% | 60 | -74 | $165 | $6,775,800 | 12 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 49 | 38 | The Wrestler | $9,629 | -33.4% | 43 | -10 | $223 | $992,423 | 8 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 50 | 46 | The Pink Panther 2 | $9,134 | +11.4% | 34 | -31 | $268 | $1,555,027 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 51 | 39 | What Just Happened | $8,071 | -39.8% | 18 | -24 | $448 | $231,680 | 4 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 52 | 50 | Buddenbrooks | $7,457 | +15.6% | 53 | -5 | $140 | $11,422,762 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 53 | 23 | Notorious | $7,153 | -80.8% | 42 | -120 | $170 | $596,015 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 54 | - | Where the Grass Is Greener | $5,952 | - | 9 | - | $661 | $77,927 | 6 | Filmlichter | false | false |
| 55 | 59 | The Architect | $5,801 | +70.7% | 10 | +2 | $580 | $270,397 | 11 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 56 | 42 | Love Comes Lately | $5,456 | -49.7% | 15 | -2 | $363 | $21,946 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 57 | 49 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $5,123 | -20.9% | 48 | -11 | $106 | $5,450,265 | 20 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 58 | 48 | Berlin Calling | $4,780 | -27.7% | 13 | +1 | $367 | $550,645 | 29 | Movienet | false | false |
| 59 | 52 | Henners Traum - Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas | $4,016 | -24.7% | 9 | - | $446 | $29,989 | 4 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 60 | 43 | Killing is My Business, Honey | $3,867 | -59.1% | 16 | -22 | $241 | $3,600,222 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 61 | 66 | Revolutionary Road | $3,827 | +63.8% | 23 | -2 | $166 | $4,764,151 | 14 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 62 | 88 | A Year Ago in Winter | $3,673 | +1,511% | 19 | +3 | $193 | $2,011,990 | 23 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 63 | 55 | The Fall | $3,484 | -8.5% | 14 | -1 | $248 | $169,241 | 6 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 64 | 41 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $3,441 | -69.2% | 21 | -28 | $163 | $2,465,572 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 65 | 73 | Three Monkeys | $3,234 | +123.8% | 15 | +7 | $215 | $67,089 | 5 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 66 | 62 | Alter und Schönheit | $3,184 | +10.2% | 15 | -5 | $212 | $465,168 | 15 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 67 | - | Secret Sunshine | $3,152 | - | 7 | - | $450 | $3,152 | 1 | Rapid Eye Movies | true | false |
| 68 | 60 | Baching | $3,068 | -9.5% | 10 | -5 | $306 | $102,326 | 6 | Movienet | false | false |
| 69 | 56 | Hinter Kaifeck | $2,531 | -33.3% | 10 | -1 | $253 | $98,722 | 6 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 70 | 71 | The Class | $2,466 | +46.5% | 40 | +11 | $61 | $985,081 | 14 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 71 | 63 | Quiet Chaos | $2,423 | -16.1% | 17 | +3 | $142 | $387,296 | 12 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 72 | 65 | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,260 | -4% | 8 | - | $282 | $62,704 | 7 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 73 | 69 | Changeling | $2,249 | +16.4% | 13 | +1 | $173 | $2,257,195 | 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 74 | 75 | Jerichow | $2,201 | +65.1% | 19 | +8 | $115 | $758,126 | 15 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 75 | 54 | Friday the 13th | $2,080 | -48.3% | 9 | -7 | $231 | $1,790,037 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 76 | 57 | The Drummer | $2,015 | -46% | 4 | -2 | $503 | $356,149 | 16 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 77 | 79 | Man on Wire | $1,823 | +132.8% | 12 | +2 | $151 | $79,688 | 13 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 78 | 67 | Bill - Das absolute Augenmass | $1,790 | -19.1% | 5 | - | $358 | $27,966 | 20 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 79 | 44 | Die Perlmutterfarbe | $1,704 | -81.9% | 22 | -13 | $77 | $1,730,414 | 15 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 80 | 58 | La Bohème | $1,698 | -52.8% | 15 | -5 | $113 | $583,370 | 26 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 81 | 64 | Eugen Onegin | $1,696 | -38% | 4 | - | $424 | $10,198 | 3 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 82 | 85 | Revanche | $1,646 | +340.1% | 6 | -2 | $274 | $194,654 | 10 | Movienet | false | false |
| 83 | 72 | Novemberkind | $1,644 | +12.4% | 24 | -2 | $68 | $1,363,595 | 22 | - | false | false |
| 84 | 68 | Give Me Your Hand | $1,553 | -19.9% | 5 | - | $310 | $31,100 | 8 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 85 | 81 | Frost/Nixon | $1,535 | +132.6% | 7 | - | $219 | $766,777 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 86 | 74 | Beloved Clara | $1,509 | +7% | 19 | - | $79 | $478,397 | 20 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 87 | 78 | Inkheart | $1,265 | +39.8% | 11 | -1 | $115 | $10,112,691 | 19 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 88 | 61 | This Night | $1,223 | -60.7% | 5 | -5 | $244 | $21,393 | 3 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 89 | 70 | He's Just Not That Into You | $1,138 | -32.4% | 6 | -7 | $189 | $5,939,305 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 90 | 80 | It's a Free World... | $1,003 | +42.3% | 2 | - | $501 | $190,647 | 21 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 91 | 76 | Alone | $729 | -39.6% | 5 | - | $145 | $176,361 | 6 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 92 | 92 | Earth | $648 | +2,134.5% | 3 | - | $216 | $29,298,899 | 63 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 93 | 84 | The Times of Harvey Milk 2009 Re-release | $515 | +29.7% | 2 | - | $257 | $16,386 | 9 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 94 | - | Let's Make Money | $475 | - | 8 | - | $59 | $1,595,861 | 25 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false | false |
| 95 | 87 | Perestroika: Reconstruction of a Flat | $415 | +64% | 2 | - | $207 | $20,295 | 9 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 96 | 77 | Recep Ivedik 2 | $352 | -63.1% | 5 | -5 | $70 | $3,908,882 | 10 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 97 | 51 | Umut | $338 | -94.8% | 13 | -8 | $26 | $9,895 | 2 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 98 | - | The Boss of It All | $336 | - | 2 | - | $168 | $96,319 | 14 | Alpha Films | false | false |
| 99 | - | Adam Resurrected | $189 | - | 7 | - | $27 | $57,215 | 9 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 100 | 90 | Lorna's Silence | $185 | +72.9% | 1 | - | $185 | $224,889 | 28 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 101 | - | Die dünnen Mädchen | $89 | - | 1 | - | $89 | $21,777 | 14 | N/A | false | false |
| 102 | - | Snow | $42 | - | 4 | - | $10 | $1,196 | 2 | Mitosfilm | false | false |
