| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hancock | $7,371,663 | -37.9% | 980 | +11 | $7,522 | $24,090,579 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Kung Fu Panda | $4,518,394 | <0.1% | 838 | +7 | $5,391 | $11,078,926 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | - | The Incredible Hulk | $1,162,280 | - | 416 | - | $2,793 | $1,162,280 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Sex and the City | $804,722 | -5.2% | 552 | -87 | $1,457 | $25,167,974 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $556,610 | +0.9% | 376 | -86 | $1,480 | $29,267,427 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $473,607 | +1.1% | 92 | - | $5,147 | $1,174,396 | 2 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Nim's Island | $416,190 | +32% | 369 | -3 | $1,127 | $2,357,611 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $407,126 | +1.8% | 332 | -11 | $1,226 | $4,168,733 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | The Happening | $190,240 | -29.8% | 370 | -83 | $514 | $4,319,260 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | - | Married Life | $176,791 | - | 59 | - | $2,996 | $176,791 | 1 | Central Film | true | false |
| 11 | 11 | Summer | $137,591 | +54.9% | 352 | -16 | $390 | $8,261,120 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Bank Job | $135,312 | -16.2% | 158 | -17 | $856 | $1,334,561 | 4 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | What Happens in Vegas | $128,661 | +15.6% | 208 | -51 | $618 | $11,726,624 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Cherry Blossoms | $117,767 | +56.8% | 178 | +8 | $661 | $9,111,262 | 19 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Impy's Wonderland | $105,696 | +97.6% | 344 | -34 | $307 | $2,461,363 | 11 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | In Bruges | $101,309 | +41.6% | 87 | - | $1,164 | $2,105,920 | 9 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | $65,231 | +20.4% | 87 | - | $749 | $339,871 | 3 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 18 | - | Youth Without Youth | $58,154 | - | 52 | - | $1,118 | $58,154 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 19 | 19 | The Wave | $55,185 | +39.7% | 181 | -13 | $304 | $23,634,182 | 18 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Rabbit Without Ears | $53,532 | +21% | 96 | -1 | $557 | $66,326,400 | 30 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | The Game Plan | $50,056 | +66.5% | 136 | -21 | $368 | $7,817,845 | 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Earth | $47,624 | +43.2% | 125 | -11 | $380 | $44,217,600 | 23 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 23 | 14 | The Ruins | $46,495 | -26.4% | 69 | -9 | $673 | $396,646 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | XXY | $45,509 | +5.8% | 26 | - | $1,750 | $194,973 | 3 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | Cassandra's Dream | $39,546 | +36.6% | 32 | - | $1,235 | $406,871 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 26 | - | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $39,431 | - | 25 | - | $1,577 | $39,431 | 1 | Arsenal Filmverleih | true | false |
| 27 | 24 | You Kill Me | $26,914 | +2.6% | 29 | +7 | $928 | $233,325 | 5 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 20 | Charlie Bartlett | $22,483 | -33.5% | 53 | -9 | $424 | $245,056 | 3 | Central Film | false | false |
| 29 | - | Balls of Fury | $20,070 | - | 5 | - | $4,014 | $20,070 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 30 | 36 | Saint-Jacques... La Mecque 2007 Re-release | $17,145 | +105.6% | 41 | +5 | $418 | $4,165,012 | 45 | - | false | false |
| 31 | 26 | Reservation Road | $16,272 | -12% | 28 | -11 | $581 | $135,478 | 4 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 32 | 27 | Julia | $13,777 | -20.7% | 29 | -6 | $475 | $153,279 | 4 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | The Grocer's Son | $12,517 | +6% | 31 | -6 | $403 | $658,255 | 12 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | Made of Honor | $10,917 | -19.4% | 34 | -34 | $321 | $4,318,556 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | The Kite Runner | $10,540 | +5.8% | 24 | -6 | $439 | $5,603,096 | 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 36 | 40 | Empties | $9,987 | +73.7% | 34 | -5 | $293 | $1,700,661 | 25 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 37 | 32 | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! | $8,308 | -29% | 14 | -14 | $593 | $298,159 | 6 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 38 | 51 | Silly's Sweet Summer | $8,197 | +115.9% | 37 | - | $221 | $183,471 | 12 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 39 | 38 | Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann | $8,146 | +11% | 7 | - | $1,163 | $76,519 | 4 | - | false | false |
| 40 | 42 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | $7,003 | +31.9% | 12 | - | $583 | $197,376 | 9 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 41 | 28 | Iron Man | $6,969 | -59.9% | 41 | -61 | $169 | $8,625,589 | 11 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 42 | 54 | Die rote Zora | $6,948 | +96.9% | 26 | +11 | $267 | $5,849,302 | 25 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 43 | 39 | My Brother is an Only Child | $6,888 | +8.5% | 26 | -2 | $264 | $408,062 | 9 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 44 | 48 | Dragon Hunters | $6,767 | +51.5% | 82 | -39 | $82 | $1,500,316 | 12 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 45 | 52 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | $6,522 | +77.3% | 13 | -3 | $501 | $71,330 | 6 | - | false | false |
| 46 | 53 | Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony | $6,149 | +67.3% | 22 | -5 | $279 | $1,180,736 | 20 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 47 | 55 | Head Under Water | $5,794 | +67.8% | 10 | -4 | $579 | $139,925 | 10 | - | false | false |
| 48 | 41 | Caramel | $5,543 | -3.2% | 44 | +3 | $125 | $1,109,538 | 15 | Alamode Film | false | false |
| 49 | 46 | La Paloma. Sehnsucht. Weltweit | $5,499 | +14.7% | 5 | - | $1,099 | $26,586 | 3 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 50 | 49 | Outsourced | $5,099 | +14.5% | 13 | -4 | $392 | $411,364 | 14 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 51 | 56 | Doomsday | $4,813 | +59.6% | 9 | -1 | $534 | $70,120 | 5 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 52 | 44 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $4,799 | -4.7% | 7 | - | $685 | $1,017,597 | 14 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 53 | 43 | Fleisch ist mein Gemüse | $4,586 | -11.4% | 15 | -3 | $305 | $1,465,589 | 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 54 | 50 | Shine a Light | $4,564 | +20% | 40 | -4 | $114 | $1,688,419 | 15 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 55 | 45 | REC | $4,548 | -5.5% | 16 | -5 | $284 | $991,475 | 10 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 56 | 59 | You, the Living | $4,411 | +76% | 7 | +2 | $630 | $492,866 | 17 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 57 | 61 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | $4,217 | +92.7% | 4 | +1 | $1,054 | $9,756 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 58 | 33 | The Edge of Heaven | $3,906 | -63.2% | 11 | -5 | $355 | $5,082,371 | 42 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 59 | 67 | Funny Games | $3,694 | +124% | 13 | +2 | $284 | $129,820 | 7 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 60 | 47 | Once | $3,683 | -21.6% | 25 | -6 | $147 | $1,320,502 | 26 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 61 | 73 | Grave Decisions | $3,570 | +302.5% | 3 | - | $1,190 | $16,712,300 | 100 | Movienet | false | false |
| 62 | 60 | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | $3,441 | +44.5% | 8 | -4 | $430 | $23,843 | 4 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 63 | 69 | Michael Clayton | $2,173 | +103.3% | 7 | - | $310 | $3,816,791 | 20 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 64 | 57 | No Country for Old Men | $2,140 | -19.7% | 9 | -4 | $237 | $6,372,858 | 20 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 65 | 62 | Penelope | $1,942 | -6.5% | 13 | -14 | $149 | $278,662 | 6 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 66 | 35 | Tapas Mixtas | $1,881 | -80.1% | 3 | -2 | $627 | $14,199 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 67 | - | Four Minutes | $1,859 | - | 4 | - | $464 | $4,314,788 | 76 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 68 | 75 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $1,772 | +115.8% | 13 | - | $136 | $13,183,788 | 24 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 69 | 58 | Ich. Immendorff | $1,768 | -33% | 8 | - | $221 | $43,960 | 8 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 70 | 82 | Actresses | $1,746 | +286.3% | 6 | +2 | $291 | $231,910 | 13 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 71 | 78 | Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich! | $1,378 | +152.4% | 3 | +2 | $459 | $24,580 | 11 | Movienet | false | false |
| 72 | 80 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $1,213 | +136.9% | 5 | - | $242 | $185,739 | 14 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 73 | 72 | Tanz mit der Zeit | $1,190 | +33.7% | 2 | +1 | $595 | $53,483 | 16 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 74 | 66 | Falafel | $1,002 | -43.2% | 3 | - | $334 | $8,861 | 8 | Mitosfilm | false | false |
| 75 | 65 | Back to Normandy | $892 | -49.8% | 2 | - | $446 | $5,245 | 3 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 76 | 87 | Seven Dumpsters and a Corpse | $873 | +282.9% | 1 | - | $873 | $45,504 | 13 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 77 | 74 | Fool's Gold | $801 | -9.4% | 8 | -3 | $100 | $2,764,004 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 78 | 84 | Märzmelodie | $793 | +155% | 9 | +2 | $88 | $430,480 | 23 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 79 | 70 | The Band's Visit | $640 | -38.8% | 6 | -3 | $106 | $1,151,679 | 24 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 80 | 81 | The Red Baron | $496 | +7.1% | 8 | +1 | $62 | $2,587,511 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 81 | 76 | Twice Upon a Time | $416 | -48.1% | 1 | -2 | $416 | $614,324 | 28 | Movienet | false | false |
| 82 | 68 | Little Dodo | $362 | -70.6% | 9 | -4 | $40 | $4,226,978 | 28 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 83 | 79 | Holunderblüte | $358 | -31.9% | 1 | - | $358 | $85,076 | 25 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 84 | 88 | Knut and His Friends | $355 | +139.9% | 6 | +2 | $59 | $561,709 | 19 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 85 | 77 | Wild Tigers I Have Known 2008 Re-release | $323 | -57.4% | 2 | - | $161 | $5,600 | 5 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 86 | 86 | Khadak | $288 | -1.4% | 2 | -1 | $144 | $34,642 | 13 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 87 | 64 | Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China | $237 | -88.1% | 1 | -3 | $237 | $16,527 | 10 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 88 | 85 | You Are So Beautiful | $210 | -32.5% | 1 | - | $210 | $2,153,007 | 75 | Movienet | false | false |
| 89 | - | Neandertal | $81 | - | 2 | - | $40 | $5,015 | 12 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
