| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | $3,541,113 | -32.4% | 905 | - | $3,912 | $47,050,974 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | Tangled | $2,345,096 | - | 598 | - | $3,921 | $6,662,642 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Saw 3D | $1,317,948 | -30.2% | 357 | +21 | $3,691 | $7,343,806 | 3 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Otto's Eleven | $1,254,054 | +11.7% | 640 | +2 | $1,959 | $2,646,224 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Megamind | $905,508 | -36.2% | 560 | +8 | $1,616 | $2,747,674 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Due Date | $561,268 | -1.2% | 391 | -11 | $1,435 | $11,483,826 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | $372,706 | -11.4% | 129 | +1 | $2,889 | $1,007,847 | 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Fair Game | $236,970 | -10.2% | 173 | - | $1,369 | $1,236,405 | 3 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | 22 Bullets | $189,928 | -3.7% | 103 | +1 | $1,843 | $568,786 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | $179,375 | -23.8% | 408 | -108 | $439 | $8,404,995 | 7 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | RED | $145,549 | +3.4% | 207 | -18 | $703 | $7,744,408 | 7 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 12 | - | Nowhere Boy | $128,532 | - | 70 | - | $1,836 | $169,987 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | Conference of Animals | $114,866 | -12% | 347 | -29 | $331 | $13,493,661 | 10 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 14 | - | A Somewhat Gentle Man | $111,310 | - | 74 | - | $1,504 | $180,103 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | Easy A | $107,089 | -6.1% | 202 | -14 | $530 | $1,849,692 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | The Kids Are All Right | $93,299 | -23% | 83 | - | $1,124 | $1,025,565 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Monsters | $79,120 | - | 45 | - | $1,758 | $145,291 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 15 | Act of Vengeance | $77,265 | -22.7% | 61 | - | $1,266 | $2,540,373 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Machete | $74,340 | -9.6% | 174 | -2 | $427 | $2,155,508 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Despicable Me | $72,676 | -31.7% | 223 | -34 | $325 | $26,384,273 | 11 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Young Goethe in Love | $69,582 | +9.5% | 269 | +17 | $258 | $4,778,725 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Paranormal Activity 2 | $67,373 | -6.6% | 157 | -6 | $429 | $3,958,677 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | The Switch | $59,491 | -9.9% | 110 | -25 | $540 | $1,640,655 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Unstoppable | $57,130 | -21.5% | 167 | -62 | $342 | $2,537,058 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Somewhere | $50,422 | -28.9% | 58 | -7 | $869 | $1,191,472 | 5 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Der letzte schöne Herbsttag | $32,759 | -12.2% | 62 | -1 | $528 | $719,040 | 5 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 27 | - | Come Undone | $31,823 | - | 35 | - | $909 | $36,741 | 1 | Alamode Film | true | false |
| 28 | 24 | The End Is My Beginning | $24,351 | -12.3% | 84 | +4 | $289 | $1,594,569 | 10 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 29 | 27 | Life as We Know It | $22,215 | -8.1% | 59 | -25 | $376 | $5,568,426 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 30 | 25 | The Secret in Their Eyes | $21,163 | -21.4% | 48 | -6 | $440 | $918,103 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 31 | 34 | Eat Pray Love | $18,037 | +32.8% | 71 | -4 | $254 | $14,247,871 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 28 | Mount St. Elias | $15,532 | -32.2% | 35 | -17 | $443 | $215,716 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | Carlos | $13,860 | -20.3% | 30 | -11 | $462 | $578,484 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 34 | 39 | Little Nicholas | $13,778 | +19.1% | 96 | -16 | $143 | $2,031,557 | 16 | Central Film | false | false |
| 35 | 30 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $12,688 | -27.6% | 84 | -16 | $151 | $3,782,806 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 33 | Jackass 3D | $12,482 | -19.5% | 23 | +1 | $542 | $7,243,633 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 37 | 26 | The Good Heart | $9,612 | -61.3% | 32 | -9 | $300 | $124,094 | 3 | Alamode Film | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | Habermann | $8,904 | -27.9% | 35 | -19 | $254 | $77,444 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
