| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sex and the City | $1,323,149 | -53.1% | 815 | -21 | $1,623 | $20,361,805 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $877,177 | -58.6% | 700 | -80 | $1,253 | $26,030,502 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Happening | $714,799 | -57.7% | 554 | +4 | $1,290 | $2,726,696 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $656,792 | -50.3% | 348 | -1 | $1,887 | $2,216,812 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 5 | - | Nim's Island | $593,210 | - | 373 | - | $1,590 | $593,210 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Bank Job | $399,140 | - | 173 | - | $2,307 | $399,140 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | What Happens in Vegas | $256,352 | -53.1% | 463 | -11 | $553 | $10,875,550 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Summer | $111,103 | -50.1% | 399 | - | $278 | $7,655,522 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Impy's Wonderland | $80,240 | -62.6% | 403 | - | $199 | $2,097,794 | 8 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Cherry Blossoms | $61,671 | -52.5% | 182 | +3 | $338 | $8,521,992 | 16 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 11 | 13 | The Wave | $60,094 | -36.7% | 308 | -31 | $195 | $22,970,032 | 15 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | In Bruges | $53,519 | -57.6% | 96 | - | $557 | $1,710,778 | 6 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Made of Honor | $45,962 | -62.5% | 208 | -60 | $220 | $4,181,158 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | The Game Plan | $43,872 | -60.4% | 224 | -8 | $195 | $7,511,511 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 22 | The Red Baron | $37,752 | -2.6% | 17 | -2 | $2,220 | $2,506,712 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Earth | $37,151 | -50.8% | 215 | -14 | $172 | $40,394,900 | 20 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 17 | - | Reservation Road | $35,412 | - | 39 | - | $908 | $35,412 | 1 | TOBIS Film | true | false |
| 18 | - | Julia | $34,831 | - | 40 | - | $870 | $34,831 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 19 | 18 | Iron Man | $32,537 | -52.2% | 131 | -22 | $248 | $8,403,070 | 8 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Prom Night | $30,935 | -66.6% | 160 | -20 | $193 | $459,807 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | Cassandra's Dream | $25,481 | -70.5% | 32 | - | $796 | $253,728 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 22 | 26 | Rabbit Without Ears | $25,303 | -8.3% | 98 | +1 | $258 | $62,146,000 | 27 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Dragon Hunters | $23,845 | -59.5% | 234 | -19 | $101 | $1,425,581 | 9 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! | $21,941 | -61.7% | 74 | -24 | $296 | $247,919 | 3 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 15 | You Kill Me | $17,920 | -79.8% | 21 | -1 | $853 | $121,871 | 2 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | - | Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann | $14,899 | - | 7 | - | $2,128 | $27,304 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 27 | 29 | REC | $14,314 | -36.3% | 46 | -3 | $311 | $944,335 | 7 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | Penelope | $13,360 | -72.1% | 83 | -35 | $160 | $250,809 | 3 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | - | Jump! | $10,949 | - | 35 | - | $312 | $10,949 | 1 | Kinostar Filmverleih | true | false |
| 30 | 23 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | $10,409 | -65% | 64 | -4 | $162 | $2,090,635 | 13 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | The Grocer's Son | $9,673 | -60.1% | 47 | +4 | $205 | $582,266 | 9 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | Doomsday | $8,494 | -70.3% | 12 | - | $707 | $46,216 | 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 33 | 25 | Leatherheads | $8,413 | -70.4% | 38 | -11 | $221 | $139,111 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 34 | 28 | My Brother is an Only Child | $7,930 | -65.5% | 35 | -3 | $226 | $361,525 | 6 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 35 | 32 | The Kite Runner | $7,874 | -54.4% | 42 | -13 | $187 | $5,439,691 | 23 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 36 | 31 | 21 | $7,475 | -63.7% | 62 | -18 | $120 | $7,590,109 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | - | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | $7,082 | - | 15 | - | $472 | $7,082 | 1 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | true | false |
| 38 | 39 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | $5,984 | -45.9% | 15 | -5 | $398 | $165,534 | 6 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 39 | 35 | Caramel | $5,912 | -57.8% | 45 | +3 | $131 | $1,048,350 | 12 | Alamode Film | false | false |
| 40 | 43 | You, the Living | $5,611 | -45.7% | 9 | -6 | $623 | $468,048 | 14 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 36 | Funny Games | $5,550 | -59.9% | 33 | -10 | $168 | $111,965 | 4 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 42 | 50 | Outsourced | $5,528 | -17.3% | 19 | +5 | $290 | $383,511 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 43 | 30 | Things We Lost in the Fire | $5,177 | -75.7% | 37 | -28 | $139 | $223,573 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 44 | 41 | Saint-Jacques... La Mecque 2007 Re-release | $5,147 | -52.1% | 38 | +3 | $135 | $4,007,517 | 42 | - | false | false |
| 45 | 34 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | $4,957 | -67.3% | 18 | -3 | $275 | $52,943 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 46 | 45 | Empties | $4,378 | -50.4% | 35 | -4 | $125 | $1,623,870 | 22 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 47 | 57 | Ich. Immendorff | $4,163 | -8% | 10 | - | $416 | $32,124 | 5 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 48 | 55 | 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama | $4,124 | -20.6% | 12 | - | $343 | $167,148 | 7 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | The Unknown Woman | $4,018 | -55% | 20 | -1 | $200 | $125,176 | 5 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 50 | 60 | Drillbit Taylor | $3,991 | +7% | 24 | +1 | $166 | $429,485 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 51 | 49 | Shine a Light | $3,766 | -49% | 51 | +6 | $73 | $1,626,428 | 12 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 52 | 37 | Fleisch ist mein Gemüse | $3,603 | -71.2% | 38 | +1 | $94 | $1,420,101 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 53 | 56 | Fool's Gold | $3,558 | -30% | 30 | -4 | $118 | $2,710,081 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 54 | 53 | Head Under Water | $3,425 | -40.1% | 15 | -1 | $228 | $113,520 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 46 | Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony | $3,199 | -60.7% | 28 | -5 | $114 | $1,129,569 | 17 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 56 | - | The Elephant King | $3,088 | - | 19 | - | $162 | $34,161 | 3 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false | false |
| 57 | 51 | Die rote Zora | $3,054 | -53.9% | 30 | - | $101 | $5,701,343 | 22 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 58 | 72 | The Band's Visit | $3,053 | +96.2% | 21 | +1 | $145 | $1,121,479 | 21 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 59 | 48 | Silly's Sweet Summer | $2,648 | -66.2% | 49 | -4 | $54 | $155,795 | 9 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 60 | 33 | Deal | $2,403 | -86% | 49 | -6 | $49 | $23,450 | 2 | Seven Arts Productions | false | false |
| 61 | 58 | No Country for Old Men | $2,101 | -52.5% | 23 | +2 | $91 | $6,234,681 | 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 62 | 64 | Once | $1,858 | -30% | 19 | -7 | $97 | $1,267,987 | 23 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 63 | 42 | White Man with Black Bread | $1,677 | -84.2% | 7 | -3 | $239 | $15,171 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 64 | 47 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $1,529 | -81.1% | 19 | -2 | $80 | $982,163 | 11 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 65 | 67 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $1,487 | -26.6% | 9 | -2 | $165 | $173,698 | 11 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 66 | 78 | Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China | $1,421 | +30.7% | 5 | +2 | $284 | $12,234 | 7 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 67 | 70 | Michael Clayton | $1,418 | -23.1% | 8 | -3 | $177 | $3,745,187 | 17 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 68 | 62 | Tanz mit der Zeit | $1,368 | -52.5% | 2 | -1 | $684 | $49,278 | 13 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 69 | 94 | Wedding Daze | $1,285 | +405.9% | 2 | -2 | $642 | $760,408 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 70 | 73 | True North | $1,265 | -5.5% | 3 | - | $421 | $12,024 | 5 | Alpha Films | false | false |
| 71 | 61 | Run for Your Life! | $1,056 | -65% | 20 | -7 | $52 | $489,060 | 9 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 72 | 98 | Der lange Weg ans Licht | $896 | +1,110.8% | 3 | +2 | $298 | $94,508 | 17 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 73 | 85 | Grave Decisions | $864 | +57.4% | 2 | -1 | $432 | $16,707,998 | 97 | Movienet | false | false |
| 74 | 65 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $855 | -62.8% | 12 | +2 | $71 | $13,180,789 | 21 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 75 | 66 | 120 | $828 | -59.5% | 9 | -3 | $92 | $249,860 | 7 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 76 | 63 | The Edge of Heaven | $821 | -69.8% | 3 | -5 | $273 | $4,997,900 | 39 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 77 | 69 | Wild Tigers I Have Known 2008 Re-release | $816 | -59% | 3 | -1 | $272 | $3,433 | 2 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 78 | 93 | Ekkelins Knecht | $747 | +125.7% | 5 | +3 | $149 | $41,861 | 8 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 79 | - | Neandertal | $746 | - | 1 | - | $746 | $4,177 | 9 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 80 | 89 | Knut and His Friends | $582 | +21.2% | 7 | +3 | $83 | $548,561 | 16 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 81 | 54 | Actresses | $574 | -89.4% | 7 | -9 | $82 | $222,951 | 10 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 82 | 76 | Little Dodo | $456 | -63.8% | 13 | +1 | $35 | $4,171,444 | 25 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 83 | 74 | 1. Mai | $395 | -69% | 6 | +2 | $65 | $88,043 | 8 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false | false |
| 84 | 92 | Nichts geht mehr | $387 | -6.7% | 2 | - | $193 | $12,264 | 7 | Alpha Films | false | false |
| 85 | 81 | Twice Upon a Time | $381 | -44.8% | 2 | -1 | $190 | $594,992 | 25 | Movienet | false | false |
| 86 | 77 | Step Up 2: The Streets | $373 | -65.9% | 4 | -2 | $93 | $8,959,609 | 16 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 87 | 71 | Savage Grace | $357 | -80.5% | 5 | -3 | $71 | $47,958 | 7 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 88 | 79 | Speed Racer | $321 | -69.3% | 5 | -3 | $64 | $440,891 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 89 | 80 | Khadak | $318 | -65.5% | 3 | -1 | $106 | $32,321 | 10 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 90 | 75 | Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich! | $243 | -81% | 2 | -2 | $121 | $21,426 | 8 | Movienet | false | false |
| 91 | 88 | Standard Operating Procedure | $235 | -55.4% | 4 | -2 | $58 | $7,020 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 92 | 91 | Holunderblüte | $215 | -53.9% | 1 | - | $215 | $80,971 | 22 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 93 | 90 | You Are So Beautiful | $159 | -66.3% | 1 | - | $159 | $2,152,010 | 72 | Movienet | false | false |
| 94 | 87 | Es geht um alles | $151 | -72.1% | 1 | - | $151 | $14,711 | 6 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 95 | 82 | 27 Dresses | $149 | -77.9% | 4 | -1 | $37 | $7,250,440 | 19 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 96 | 84 | Märzmelodie | $51 | -91.3% | 3 | -1 | $17 | $418,575 | 20 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 97 | 83 | Absurdistan | $41 | -93.4% | 1 | -1 | $41 | $67,552 | 14 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 98 | 96 | Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse | $19 | -89% | 1 | -1 | $19 | $42,181 | 10 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
