| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $1,007,633 | - | 80 | - | $12,595 | $1,450,365 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $121,596 | -31.2% | 103 | +1 | $1,180 | $2,237,474 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Angels & Demons | $106,915 | -35.8% | 88 | -27 | $1,214 | $5,390,352 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $97,130 | -33.3% | 74 | - | $1,312 | $1,666,316 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | State of Play | $93,846 | -40.9% | 44 | - | $2,132 | $336,730 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $92,576 | -32.7% | 56 | - | $1,653 | $1,484,675 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Everyone Else | $75,103 | - | 11 | - | $6,827 | $82,138 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 8 | 3 | Terminator Salvation | $61,724 | -62.6% | 100 | -21 | $617 | $1,783,725 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | - | Last Chance Harvey | $61,383 | - | 18 | - | $3,410 | $64,072 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | Drag Me to Hell | $60,268 | -41.8% | 49 | -1 | $1,229 | $405,366 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | My Bloody Valentine | $32,473 | -58.1% | 16 | -9 | $2,029 | $920,552 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | 17 Again | $29,707 | -27% | 54 | - | $550 | $795,439 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $18,774 | -12.6% | 49 | - | $383 | $549,721 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Defiance | $17,586 | -51.1% | 24 | - | $732 | $73,536 | 10 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | Slumdog Millionaire | $16,040 | -9.8% | 31 | +2 | $517 | $2,523,190 | 15 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $15,665 | -21.7% | 33 | +2 | $474 | $55,357 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Che: Part One | $11,996 | -41.4% | 8 | - | $1,499 | $86,649 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Princess Lillifee | $11,888 | -25% | 44 | -5 | $270 | $601,630 | 14 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Quiet Chaos | $11,507 | -42% | 8 | - | $1,438 | $46,562 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Merry Widow | $10,284 | -45.6% | 14 | - | $734 | $72,804 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $10,165 | -24.4% | 13 | - | $781 | $232,105 | 8 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $7,911 | -10.1% | 13 | -1 | $608 | $2,343,397 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 25 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $7,667 | +1.5% | 10 | +1 | $766 | $62,544 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Star Trek | $7,461 | -49.9% | 20 | -9 | $373 | $1,299,547 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $6,920 | -46.9% | 20 | -4 | $346 | $339,758 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $6,780 | -40.7% | 18 | -7 | $376 | $1,034,672 | 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 27 | 31 | Mid-August Lunch | $4,537 | -23.2% | 11 | -1 | $412 | $150,234 | 7 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 28 | 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $4,167 | -36.6% | 16 | -1 | $260 | $140,437 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | What Just Happened | $3,883 | -42.9% | 14 | -1 | $277 | $68,375 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | The Limits of Control | $3,483 | -42.6% | 6 | - | $580 | $80,497 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $2,944 | -55.4% | 11 | -5 | $267 | $30,252 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 32 | 33 | How Much Further 2009 Re-release | $2,519 | -52.3% | 3 | - | $839 | $22,742 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 33 | 41 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $2,266 | +5.2% | 6 | -1 | $377 | $1,515,407 | 19 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 34 | 29 | Goodbye Beautiful Days | $2,256 | -65.7% | 8 | +1 | $282 | $25,360 | 3 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 35 | 38 | The Duchess | $2,171 | -13% | 8 | -2 | $271 | $156,158 | 10 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 36 | 35 | The Reader | $2,123 | -19.6% | 7 | -1 | $303 | $1,283,209 | 18 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 37 | 42 | Gran Torino | $1,878 | +44.9% | 8 | - | $234 | $467,728 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 38 | 39 | Outsourced | $1,868 | -23% | 4 | - | $467 | $10,397 | 3 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 39 | 37 | Flieger über Amazonien | $1,017 | -61.1% | 4 | -1 | $254 | $13,110 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 40 | 36 | Contact High | $964 | -63.2% | 5 | -1 | $192 | $246,454 | 11 | N/A | false | false |
| 41 | - | 24 City | $959 | - | 1 | - | $959 | $959 | 1 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 42 | 43 | Modern Life | $419 | -31.5% | 1 | - | $419 | $7,480 | 3 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 43 | 45 | Wendy and Lucy | $241 | -30.7% | 1 | - | $241 | $18,632 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 44 | 46 | Frontier of the Dawn | $184 | -35.4% | 1 | - | $184 | $9,936 | 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
