| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $718,962 | +6.1% | 143 | +1 | $5,027 | $3,863,336 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $482,539 | +20% | 105 | -2 | $4,595 | $1,116,520 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | - | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $413,126 | - | 74 | - | $5,582 | $473,533 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $364,841 | - | 55 | - | $6,633 | $422,900 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | My Bloody Valentine | $181,356 | +43% | 26 | +1 | $6,975 | $407,157 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | 17 Again | $94,068 | -18% | 52 | - | $1,809 | $526,443 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Star Trek | $81,217 | -2.3% | 53 | -20 | $1,532 | $1,102,429 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $38,876 | -14.7% | 47 | -30 | $827 | $1,469,221 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $37,009 | +133.1% | 35 | -3 | $1,057 | $2,328,153 | 11 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Last House on the Left | $34,031 | +12.7% | 32 | - | $1,063 | $164,253 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $29,318 | +36.8% | 68 | -2 | $431 | $430,134 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Rachel Getting Married | $28,963 | +24.9% | 17 | - | $1,703 | $75,349 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $25,748 | +89.9% | 11 | -4 | $2,340 | $143,637 | 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Mid-August Lunch | $24,270 | +80.6% | 15 | - | $1,618 | $90,307 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Limits of Control | $22,250 | - | 6 | - | $3,708 | $22,250 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 16 | 14 | Princess Lillifee | $21,072 | +136.2% | 48 | - | $439 | $511,898 | 10 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 17 | - | The Forbidden Kingdom | $20,803 | - | 20 | - | $1,040 | $20,803 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 17 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $17,239 | +104.7% | 37 | -1 | $465 | $944,483 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $16,366 | +88.1% | 29 | -16 | $564 | $265,998 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $15,031 | +89.5% | 20 | -14 | $751 | $2,296,539 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Contact High | $11,044 | +101.3% | 13 | -2 | $849 | $211,370 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | The Bone Man | $10,901 | +72.5% | 15 | -4 | $726 | $2,687,635 | 13 | Luna Filmverleih | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Reader | $7,898 | +113.3% | 18 | -1 | $438 | $1,216,742 | 14 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | The Duchess | $7,546 | +118.7% | 11 | +2 | $686 | $132,803 | 6 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 25 | 16 | Duplicity | $6,531 | -23.4% | 20 | -8 | $326 | $363,836 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | A Secret | $4,242 | +119.7% | 6 | +1 | $707 | $62,611 | 8 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 27 | 30 | Welcome to the Sticks | $4,103 | +298.3% | 7 | +1 | $586 | $1,301,790 | 29 | Luna Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 20 | I Love You, Man | $3,819 | -36.7% | 15 | -14 | $254 | $330,141 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $3,596 | +237.7% | 14 | - | $256 | $1,447,957 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | Gran Torino | $3,255 | +82.7% | 9 | +1 | $361 | $435,855 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $3,135 | +115.3% | 9 | -1 | $348 | $292,354 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | I Saw the Sun 2009 Re-release | $2,577 | -2.2% | 1 | -3 | $2,577 | $169,849 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Let the Right One In | $2,345 | +80.2% | 4 | -3 | $586 | $36,758 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 34 | 34 | For My Father | $1,971 | +325.7% | 4 | -1 | $492 | $10,228 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 35 | - | Frontier of the Dawn | $1,702 | - | 1 | - | $1,702 | $5,473 | 1 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 36 | 32 | Berlin Calling | $1,230 | +38.4% | 3 | -1 | $410 | $21,057 | 5 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Wendy and Lucy | $848 | -12.2% | 1 | - | $848 | $15,191 | 4 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Palermo Shooting | $643 | +65.3% | 4 | -2 | $160 | $15,499 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | Universalove | $535 | +20% | 1 | -1 | $535 | $50,996 | 7 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 40 | 37 | Gangster Girls | $449 | +78.9% | 1 | -1 | $449 | $32,025 | 10 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 40 | Fay Grim | $194 | +42.6% | 1 | - | $194 | $4,445 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | The Pink Panther 2 | $150 | +7.9% | 1 | - | $150 | $448,932 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
