| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Terminator Salvation | $638,003 | - | 122 | - | $5,229 | $763,575 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $267,967 | -62.7% | 138 | -5 | $1,941 | $4,554,189 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $254,885 | -38.3% | 77 | +3 | $3,310 | $1,085,424 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $199,662 | -58.6% | 104 | -1 | $1,919 | $1,616,616 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $194,629 | -46.7% | 55 | - | $3,538 | $854,917 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | My Bloody Valentine | $102,962 | -43.2% | 26 | - | $3,960 | $625,001 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | 17 Again | $38,497 | -59.1% | 52 | - | $740 | $649,718 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Star Trek | $25,632 | -68.4% | 42 | -11 | $610 | $1,219,383 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | - | What Just Happened | $19,540 | - | 15 | - | $1,302 | $22,022 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 10 | 10 | The Last House on the Left | $17,028 | -50% | 32 | - | $532 | $202,588 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $16,857 | -42.5% | 64 | -4 | $263 | $482,480 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | $13,092 | -64.6% | 28 | -7 | $467 | $2,446,109 | 12 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $13,018 | -49.4% | 13 | +2 | $1,001 | $171,985 | 5 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Rachel Getting Married | $12,159 | -58% | 17 | - | $715 | $104,116 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Princess Lillifee | $11,247 | -46.6% | 51 | +3 | $220 | $556,873 | 11 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $11,145 | - | 9 | - | $1,238 | $12,373 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 8 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $10,617 | -72.7% | 25 | -22 | $424 | $1,553,899 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $9,992 | -38.9% | 26 | -3 | $384 | $298,343 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Mid-August Lunch | $9,746 | -59.8% | 13 | -2 | $749 | $116,872 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Limits of Control | $9,262 | -58.4% | 6 | - | $1,543 | $47,372 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $8,265 | -52.1% | 29 | -8 | $285 | $1,001,410 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $6,209 | -58.7% | 19 | -1 | $326 | $2,311,439 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $5,010 | -75.9% | 20 | - | $250 | $38,831 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Contact High | $4,868 | -55.9% | 12 | -1 | $405 | $231,015 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | The Bone Man | $3,036 | -72.1% | 10 | -5 | $303 | $2,796,567 | 14 | Luna Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | - | Flieger über Amazonien | $2,230 | - | 5 | - | $446 | $2,230 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 27 | 27 | Welcome to the Sticks | $2,043 | -50.2% | 6 | -1 | $340 | $1,354,881 | 30 | Luna Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 23 | The Reader | $1,778 | -77.5% | 11 | -7 | $161 | $1,269,843 | 15 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 29 | 24 | The Duchess | $1,744 | -76.9% | 9 | -2 | $193 | $144,301 | 7 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 30 | 29 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $1,733 | -51.8% | 12 | -2 | $144 | $1,506,461 | 16 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 31 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $1,710 | -45.5% | 8 | -1 | $213 | $307,894 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | Gran Torino | $1,685 | -48.2% | 8 | -1 | $210 | $456,692 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 34 | For My Father | $801 | -59.4% | 5 | +1 | $160 | $12,300 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 34 | 32 | I Saw the Sun 2009 Re-release | $792 | -69.3% | 2 | +1 | $396 | $178,284 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 35 | 33 | Let the Right One In | $749 | -68.1% | 3 | -1 | $249 | $40,570 | 6 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 36 | 35 | Frontier of the Dawn | $622 | -63.5% | 1 | - | $622 | $7,556 | 2 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Wendy and Lucy | $548 | -35.4% | 1 | - | $548 | $16,762 | 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | Universalove | $47 | -91.2% | 1 | - | $47 | $53,126 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 39 | 41 | Fay Grim | $30 | -84.5% | 1 | - | $30 | $4,824 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
