| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Shutter Island | $459,967 | - | 41 | - | $11,218 | $459,967 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Avatar | $275,958 | -22.6% | 72 | -7 | $3,832 | $14,632,824 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Valentine's Day | $209,324 | -39.5% | 68 | - | $3,078 | $1,684,380 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Sherlock Holmes | $116,478 | -31.7% | 76 | -6 | $1,532 | $2,456,900 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | The Wolfman | $114,615 | -41.3% | 68 | - | $1,685 | $794,425 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $112,391 | -40.4% | 93 | +1 | $1,208 | $750,995 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | It's Complicated | $105,647 | -21.1% | 82 | -1 | $1,288 | $2,623,868 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | The Book of Eli | $102,483 | -37% | 30 | - | $3,416 | $355,210 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $89,116 | -23.4% | 74 | +1 | $1,204 | $1,006,211 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Up in the Air | $85,965 | -28.3% | 42 | - | $2,046 | $948,332 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Lovely Bones | $66,096 | -43.2% | 43 | - | $1,537 | $230,681 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Rock It! | $57,818 | -23.9% | 43 | - | $1,344 | $157,245 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Ghost Writer | $50,700 | -40% | 29 | - | $1,748 | $182,226 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $50,412 | -19.6% | 79 | -2 | $638 | $3,175,775 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | - | Nine | $41,487 | - | 18 | - | $2,304 | $56,975 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 16 | - | The Robber | $35,252 | - | 34 | - | $1,036 | $35,252 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Invictus | $32,121 | -37.1% | 22 | - | $1,460 | $115,842 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 18 | - | Eyyvah Eyvah | $30,622 | - | 6 | - | $5,103 | $30,622 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 19 | 11 | Recep Ivedik 3 | $25,966 | -69.5% | 9 | - | $2,885 | $386,817 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Julia's Disappearance | $22,862 | -27.5% | 13 | +1 | $1,758 | $170,949 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | $21,170 | -20.7% | 35 | +1 | $604 | $319,762 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | The White Ribbon | $20,601 | -0.2% | 27 | +6 | $763 | $957,712 | 23 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | $16,100 | -33.4% | 43 | -1 | $374 | $219,430 | 7 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 24 | 16 | Time You Change | $14,290 | -55.4% | 17 | - | $840 | $410,838 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 25 | - | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | $13,728 | - | 5 | - | $2,745 | $15,918 | 1 | Einhorn-Film | true | false |
| 26 | 22 | The Princess and the Frog | $11,017 | -27.9% | 32 | -4 | $344 | $1,970,547 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | Salami Aleikum | $9,814 | +7.8% | 18 | +4 | $545 | $937,048 | 9 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $8,772 | -44.1% | 22 | -4 | $398 | $168,677 | 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 29 | 25 | Nanga Parbat | $6,174 | -34.7% | 21 | -3 | $294 | $558,928 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 30 | 33 | Soul Kitchen | $6,064 | +21.6% | 10 | -1 | $606 | $516,598 | 10 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | A Serious Man | $5,985 | -40.7% | 8 | - | $748 | $222,750 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 32 | 28 | Old Dogs | $5,653 | -25.1% | 12 | -11 | $471 | $457,607 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 24 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | $5,642 | -41.7% | 15 | +1 | $376 | $153,327 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | North | $4,699 | -38% | 7 | - | $671 | $35,769 | 3 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 35 | 29 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | $4,522 | -38.7% | 19 | - | $238 | $492,632 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 36 | 32 | Same Same But Different | $3,977 | -30.3% | 8 | - | $497 | $100,114 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 37 | 31 | Pianomania | $3,519 | -40.5% | 6 | - | $586 | $38,665 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 38 | 37 | Winds of Sand, Women of Rock | $2,800 | -12.1% | 4 | -1 | $700 | $71,965 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 39 | 39 | Where the Wild Things Are | $2,186 | +1.9% | 11 | +4 | $198 | $184,632 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | 44 | Plastic Planet | $2,084 | +495.4% | 8 | +3 | $260 | $731,019 | 24 | N/A | false | false |
| 41 | 30 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $1,949 | -68.8% | 9 | -7 | $216 | $1,604,426 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 45 | Mount St. Elias | $1,707 | +467.1% | 12 | +6 | $142 | $898,505 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | 38 | Günter Wallraff - Schwarz auf weiß | $1,542 | -35.4% | 3 | -2 | $514 | $16,065 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 44 | 34 | Louise hires a contract killer | $1,518 | -64.4% | 4 | +1 | $379 | $7,925 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 45 | 36 | Surrogates | $1,199 | -64.9% | 9 | -8 | $133 | $506,964 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | 40 | Lourdes | $1,145 | -29.9% | 5 | - | $229 | $122,816 | 12 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 47 | 43 | Tetro | $227 | -57% | 2 | - | $113 | $36,182 | 11 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 48 | 46 | Up | $99 | -54.4% | 1 | - | $99 | $2,990,469 | 24 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 49 | 47 | Planet 51 | $68 | -44.7% | 1 | - | $68 | $336,937 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 50 | 42 | Bock for President | $42 | -92.7% | 1 | - | $42 | $43,370 | 7 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
