| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $2,585,519 | - | 175 | - | $14,774 | $3,471,211 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $348,110 | -65.5% | 80 | - | $4,351 | $2,148,378 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | 7 | Everyone Else | $45,013 | -40.1% | 13 | +2 | $3,462 | $174,332 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Angels & Demons | $39,506 | -63% | 66 | -22 | $598 | $5,493,011 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | State of Play | $38,443 | -59% | 44 | - | $873 | $406,546 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $36,746 | -60.3% | 55 | -1 | $668 | $1,553,504 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | 4 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $31,327 | -67.7% | 74 | - | $423 | $1,721,413 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Last Chance Harvey | $28,587 | -53.4% | 18 | - | $1,588 | $129,734 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | Drag Me to Hell | $26,384 | -56.2% | 41 | -8 | $643 | $451,686 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 10 | 2 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $21,903 | -82% | 80 | -23 | $273 | $2,295,973 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Terminator Salvation | $19,408 | -68.6% | 66 | -34 | $294 | $1,831,345 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | My Bloody Valentine | $14,528 | -55.3% | 12 | -4 | $1,210 | $945,581 | 7 | N/A | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | 17 Again | $11,170 | -62.4% | 40 | -14 | $279 | $821,844 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 14 | - | Public Enemy | $8,069 | - | 12 | - | $672 | $8,069 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 15 | - | Les grandes personnes | $7,758 | - | 7 | - | $1,108 | $11,602 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 16 | 19 | Quiet Chaos | $5,907 | -48.7% | 9 | +1 | $656 | $60,574 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Slumdog Millionaire | $5,833 | -63.6% | 22 | -9 | $265 | $2,552,661 | 16 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Defiance | $5,594 | -68.2% | 24 | - | $233 | $88,286 | 11 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | The Merry Widow | $5,471 | -46.8% | 14 | - | $390 | $83,479 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Che: Part One | $5,152 | -57.1% | 7 | -1 | $736 | $102,364 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $5,009 | -50.7% | 12 | -1 | $417 | $244,377 | 9 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 22 | 27 | Mid-August Lunch | $2,951 | -35% | 9 | -2 | $327 | $155,589 | 8 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 23 | 16 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $2,801 | -82.1% | 25 | -8 | $112 | $70,315 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 24 | 13 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $2,732 | -85.4% | 36 | -13 | $75 | $558,238 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $2,454 | -68% | 9 | -1 | $272 | $74,108 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 32 | How Much Further 2009 Re-release | $1,891 | -24.9% | 3 | - | $630 | $26,558 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 27 | 30 | The Limits of Control | $1,763 | -49.4% | 6 | - | $293 | $84,749 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 28 | 36 | The Reader | $1,209 | -43.1% | 9 | +2 | $134 | $1,286,224 | 19 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,021 | -87.1% | 8 | -5 | $127 | $2,346,094 | 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 38 | Outsourced | $853 | -54.3% | 3 | -1 | $284 | $12,415 | 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $823 | -88.1% | 12 | -8 | $68 | $345,142 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | What Just Happened | $791 | -79.6% | 6 | -8 | $131 | $70,360 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | Mesrine: Killer Instinct | $771 | -73.8% | 5 | -6 | $154 | $32,018 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 34 | 41 | 24 City | $710 | -26% | 1 | - | $710 | $2,912 | 2 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 35 | 34 | Goodbye Beautiful Days | $624 | -72.3% | 6 | -2 | $104 | $27,730 | 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 36 | 28 | Rachel Getting Married | $407 | -90.2% | 11 | -5 | $37 | $142,544 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 37 | 39 | Flieger über Amazonien | $281 | -72.4% | 4 | - | $70 | $14,017 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 38 | 42 | Modern Life | $240 | -42.7% | 1 | - | $240 | $8,119 | 4 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 39 | 44 | Frontier of the Dawn | $96 | -47.8% | 1 | - | $96 | $10,223 | 6 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 40 | 43 | Wendy and Lucy | $92 | -61.8% | 1 | - | $92 | $18,944 | 9 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
