| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Terminator Salvation | $216,878 | -66% | 123 | +1 | $1,763 | $1,392,010 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Angels & Demons | $138,614 | -48.3% | 131 | -7 | $1,058 | $4,829,882 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $109,055 | -57.2% | 74 | -3 | $1,473 | $1,353,871 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $105,318 | -45.9% | 55 | - | $1,914 | $1,132,867 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | - | Drag Me to Hell | $97,851 | - | 50 | - | $1,957 | $158,758 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $94,612 | -52.6% | 103 | -1 | $918 | $1,854,631 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | My Bloody Valentine | $70,426 | -31.6% | 26 | - | $2,708 | $773,513 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 8 | - | Che: Part One | $27,168 | - | 8 | - | $3,396 | $27,168 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | 17 Again | $25,340 | -34.2% | 54 | +2 | $469 | $704,016 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Star Trek | $16,647 | -35.1% | 36 | -6 | $462 | $1,260,720 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | - | The Merry Widow | $14,875 | - | 14 | - | $1,062 | $18,702 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 12 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $10,897 | -16.8% | 31 | +3 | $351 | $2,470,010 | 13 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 13 | - | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $10,849 | - | 16 | - | $678 | $10,849 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Last House on the Left | $10,792 | -36.6% | 25 | -7 | $431 | $222,977 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 15 | 9 | What Just Happened | $8,086 | -58.6% | 15 | - | $539 | $48,527 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $7,783 | -53.8% | 58 | -6 | $134 | $501,698 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $6,611 | -33.8% | 28 | +2 | $236 | $314,617 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $6,181 | -44.5% | 9 | - | $686 | $31,890 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Goodbye Beautiful Days | $6,053 | - | 6 | - | $1,008 | $6,451 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 20 | - | How Much Further 2009 Re-release | $5,599 | - | 3 | - | $1,866 | $5,599 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 21 | 13 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $5,201 | -60% | 10 | -3 | $520 | $194,976 | 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $5,174 | -51.3% | 19 | -6 | $272 | $1,565,662 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 23 | - | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $4,908 | - | 25 | - | $196 | $7,959 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 24 | 14 | Rachel Getting Married | $4,871 | -59.9% | 15 | -2 | $324 | $121,944 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | The Limits of Control | $4,707 | -49.2% | 6 | - | $784 | $62,889 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,445 | -28.4% | 16 | -3 | $277 | $2,322,352 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 21 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $4,282 | -48.2% | 28 | -1 | $152 | $1,013,075 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 28 | 15 | Princess Lillifee | $3,342 | -70.3% | 50 | -1 | $66 | $569,026 | 12 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 29 | 19 | Mid-August Lunch | $3,252 | -66.6% | 11 | -2 | $295 | $130,076 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 30 | 24 | Contact High | $2,894 | -40.6% | 8 | -4 | $361 | $240,231 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $2,553 | -49% | 16 | -4 | $159 | $47,563 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 32 | - | Outsourced | $2,537 | - | 4 | - | $634 | $2,537 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 33 | 32 | Gran Torino | $2,222 | +31.9% | 11 | +3 | $202 | $460,724 | 15 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | The Duchess | $1,392 | -20.2% | 7 | -2 | $198 | $148,455 | 8 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 35 | 28 | The Reader | $1,266 | -28.8% | 10 | -1 | $126 | $1,274,622 | 16 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 36 | - | Modern Life | $1,093 | - | 1 | - | $1,093 | $4,389 | 1 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 37 | 26 | Flieger über Amazonien | $759 | -66% | 5 | - | $151 | $7,243 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 38 | 31 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $668 | -60.9% | 7 | -1 | $95 | $311,386 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 39 | 30 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $576 | -66.8% | 12 | - | $48 | $1,508,638 | 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 40 | 36 | Frontier of the Dawn | $371 | -40.4% | 1 | - | $371 | $8,811 | 3 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 34 | I Saw the Sun 2009 Re-release | $326 | -58.8% | 1 | -1 | $326 | $179,402 | 9 | N/A | false | false |
| 42 | 38 | Universalove | $292 | +521.3% | 1 | - | $292 | $53,796 | 9 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 43 | 39 | Fay Grim | $228 | +660% | 1 | - | $228 | $5,274 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 44 | 37 | Wendy and Lucy | $188 | -65.7% | 1 | - | $188 | $17,554 | 6 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 45 | - | 20 Seconds of Joy | $64 | - | 3 | - | $21 | $191 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
