| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 6 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $176,681 | +86.7% | 102 | -1 | $1,732 | $2,062,092 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Angels & Demons | $166,407 | +20.1% | 115 | -16 | $1,447 | $5,208,164 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Terminator Salvation | $164,863 | -24% | 121 | -2 | $1,362 | $1,654,284 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | State of Play | $158,889 | - | 44 | - | $3,611 | $164,788 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $145,642 | +33.5% | 74 | - | $1,968 | $1,527,878 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $137,486 | +30.5% | 56 | +1 | $2,455 | $1,324,105 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Drag Me to Hell | $103,594 | +5.9% | 50 | - | $2,071 | $305,347 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | My Bloody Valentine | $77,414 | +9.9% | 25 | -1 | $3,096 | $872,032 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | 17 Again | $40,676 | +60.5% | 54 | - | $753 | $751,355 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | - | Defiance | $35,931 | - | 24 | - | $1,497 | $35,931 | 9 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 11 | 16 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $21,469 | +175.8% | 49 | -9 | $438 | $525,198 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Che: Part One | $20,466 | -24.7% | 8 | - | $2,558 | $59,413 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 23 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $20,013 | +307.8% | 31 | +6 | $645 | $30,320 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | - | Quiet Chaos | $19,828 | - | 8 | - | $2,478 | $21,535 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 15 | 11 | The Merry Widow | $18,902 | +27.1% | 14 | - | $1,350 | $48,404 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $17,786 | +63.2% | 29 | -2 | $613 | $2,494,508 | 14 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 17 | 28 | Princess Lillifee | $15,850 | +374.3% | 49 | -1 | $323 | $586,022 | 13 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 18 | 10 | Star Trek | $14,882 | -10.6% | 29 | -7 | $513 | $1,285,339 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $13,442 | +158.5% | 13 | +3 | $1,034 | $209,342 | 7 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $13,038 | +97.2% | 24 | -4 | $543 | $330,423 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 27 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $11,431 | +167% | 25 | -3 | $457 | $1,025,450 | 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 22 | 14 | The Last House on the Left | $10,903 | +1% | 21 | -4 | $519 | $237,016 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 23 | - | The Fall | $10,291 | - | 10 | - | $1,029 | $13,493 | 1 | Einhorn-Film | true | false |
| 24 | 26 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $8,799 | +98% | 14 | -2 | $628 | $2,332,323 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 18 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $7,557 | +22.3% | 9 | - | $839 | $45,300 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 15 | What Just Happened | $6,801 | -15.9% | 15 | - | $453 | $60,310 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 27 | 13 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $6,604 | -39.1% | 16 | - | $412 | $23,574 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | Rachel Getting Married | $6,577 | +35% | 17 | +2 | $386 | $132,383 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 29 | 19 | Goodbye Beautiful Days | $6,569 | +8.5% | 7 | +1 | $938 | $17,603 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 30 | 25 | The Limits of Control | $6,067 | +28.9% | 6 | - | $1,011 | $72,805 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 31 | 29 | Mid-August Lunch | $5,909 | +81.7% | 12 | +1 | $492 | $140,285 | 6 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $5,827 | +12.6% | 15 | -4 | $388 | $1,573,330 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 33 | 20 | How Much Further 2009 Re-release | $5,279 | -5.7% | 3 | - | $1,759 | $15,455 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 34 | 31 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $2,682 | +5.1% | 6 | -10 | $447 | $50,908 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | The Reader | $2,639 | +108.5% | 8 | -2 | $329 | $1,278,443 | 17 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 36 | 30 | Contact High | $2,618 | -9.5% | 6 | -2 | $436 | $244,332 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Flieger über Amazonien | $2,614 | +244.4% | 5 | - | $522 | $10,577 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 38 | 34 | The Duchess | $2,495 | +79.2% | 10 | +3 | $249 | $152,479 | 9 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 39 | 32 | Outsourced | $2,426 | -4.4% | 4 | - | $606 | $6,341 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $2,379 | +256.1% | 6 | -1 | $396 | $313,879 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $2,154 | +274% | 7 | -5 | $307 | $1,511,661 | 18 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 42 | 33 | Gran Torino | $1,296 | -41.7% | 8 | -3 | $162 | $463,715 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 43 | 36 | Modern Life | $612 | -44% | 1 | - | $612 | $5,991 | 2 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 44 | 41 | I Saw the Sun 2009 Re-release | $541 | +66% | 1 | - | $541 | $180,106 | 10 | N/A | false | false |
| 45 | 44 | Wendy and Lucy | $348 | +85.1% | 1 | - | $348 | $18,041 | 7 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 46 | 40 | Frontier of the Dawn | $285 | -23.2% | 1 | - | $285 | $9,511 | 4 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 47 | 43 | Fay Grim | $272 | +19.3% | 1 | - | $272 | $5,638 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 48 | 42 | Universalove | $136 | -53.4% | 1 | - | $136 | $54,026 | 10 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
