| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $16,228,605 | - | 861 | - | $18,848 | $16,228,605 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $2,880,823 | -67.7% | 674 | +1 | $4,274 | $13,674,824 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Angels & Demons | $444,226 | -56.3% | 576 | -227 | $771 | $44,509,686 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | State of Play | $351,347 | -53.7% | 322 | -3 | $1,091 | $3,088,028 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $244,756 | -55.7% | 504 | - | $485 | $8,290,185 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Haunting in Connecticut | $203,987 | - | 89 | - | $2,291 | $203,987 | 1 | Falcom Media | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $199,279 | -73.7% | 606 | -133 | $328 | $17,699,932 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Terminator Salvation | $173,282 | -63% | 385 | -242 | $450 | $13,164,266 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $157,813 | -62.3% | 314 | -12 | $502 | $6,492,363 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Drag Me to Hell | $135,110 | -56.1% | 249 | -26 | $542 | $2,369,652 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Everyone Else | $121,663 | -43% | 55 | +7 | $2,212 | $793,663 | 3 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Slumdog Millionaire | $60,580 | -44.4% | 240 | -63 | $252 | $18,033,975 | 16 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | 17 Again | $55,736 | -58.7% | 270 | -23 | $206 | $5,331,204 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Small Crime | $54,640 | -52.7% | 66 | -1 | $827 | $755,315 | 4 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Countess | $46,062 | -57.1% | 67 | - | $687 | $189,341 | 2 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Che: Part One | $44,928 | -54.9% | 97 | -24 | $463 | $866,938 | 4 | Central Film | false | false |
| 17 | - | In Search of Memory 2009 Re-release | $34,101 | - | 36 | - | $947 | $115,333 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Home | $29,760 | -52.9% | 31 | +1 | $960 | $113,059 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Star Trek | $28,242 | -60.3% | 88 | -92 | $320 | $12,749,421 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 20 | - | La fille de Monaco | $26,859 | - | 22 | - | $1,220 | $26,859 | - | MFA+ FilmDistribution | - | false |
| 21 | 24 | The Reader | $21,898 | -31.2% | 105 | -39 | $208 | $19,752,858 | 19 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 22 | 34 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $20,446 | +23.7% | 52 | -1 | $393 | $991,395 | 11 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | The Uninvited | $20,354 | -55.5% | 65 | -34 | $313 | $1,216,594 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 24 | 11 | My Bloody Valentine | $16,838 | -86.6% | 24 | -39 | $701 | $2,625,228 | 7 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | The Limits of Control | $15,895 | -39.4% | 42 | -2 | $378 | $739,911 | 6 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 26 | 20 | The Crocodiles | $15,410 | -69.9% | 209 | -84 | $73 | $4,218,713 | 15 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 27 | 18 | Crossing Over | $14,446 | -77.5% | 54 | -1 | $267 | $91,235 | 2 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 28 | 28 | Gran Torino | $14,098 | -42.4% | 72 | -23 | $195 | $5,975,058 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 17 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $12,619 | -80.5% | 205 | -98 | $61 | $2,373,443 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 32 | Mid-August Lunch | $12,165 | -43.4% | 56 | -3 | $217 | $803,834 | 10 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 31 | - | The Last House on the Left | $11,952 | - | 59 | - | $202 | $1,133,407 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 32 | 36 | Sunshine Cleaning | $11,613 | -22.7% | 51 | -4 | $227 | $708,552 | 7 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 25 | Last Chance Harvey | $11,525 | -61.3% | 76 | -26 | $151 | $1,921,538 | 12 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 34 | 38 | Contact High | $9,359 | -27.9% | 28 | -2 | $334 | $135,573 | 3 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false | false |
| 35 | 27 | Princess Lillifee | $8,583 | -66.1% | 166 | -55 | $51 | $6,369,123 | 15 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 36 | 31 | Obsessed | $3,540 | -84.5% | 24 | -47 | $147 | $529,794 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
