| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fast & Furious | $2,891,382 | -51.8% | 618 | +13 | $4,678 | $10,458,611 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Knowing | $1,472,606 | - | 440 | - | $3,346 | $1,472,606 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $1,340,756 | -27.9% | 509 | +2 | $2,634 | $8,985,995 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Slumdog Millionaire | $1,136,535 | -25.9% | 402 | +43 | $2,827 | $9,797,374 | 4 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $773,379 | -43.8% | 699 | - | $1,106 | $3,104,095 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | The Reader | $348,867 | -34% | 462 | +14 | $755 | $16,591,010 | 7 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Princess Lillifee | $316,695 | -57.7% | 506 | - | $625 | $3,789,083 | 3 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Race to Witch Mountain | $287,004 | - | 310 | - | $925 | $287,004 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 9 | 10 | Gran Torino | $201,259 | -17.3% | 154 | -1 | $1,306 | $4,458,315 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Crocodiles | $194,797 | -40.6% | 448 | - | $434 | $1,560,772 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $134,454 | -46.3% | 386 | - | $348 | $2,706,880 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | John Rabe | $128,418 | -49.2% | 127 | - | $1,011 | $526,755 | 5 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | - | Die Ludolfs - Dankeschön für Italien! | $97,070 | - | 68 | - | $1,427 | $97,070 | 1 | Zorro Film | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | Hilde | $90,272 | -36.2% | 228 | +18 | $395 | $2,757,380 | 5 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Confessions of a Shopaholic | $79,841 | -50.9% | 155 | -74 | $515 | $4,206,876 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Marley & Me | $73,780 | -45.4% | 276 | -66 | $267 | $8,252,504 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 17 | 17 | Watchmen | $57,121 | -26.8% | 101 | -42 | $565 | $5,208,689 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 18 | - | I've Never Been Happier | $56,476 | - | 35 | - | $1,613 | $56,476 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 19 | 20 | Welcome to the Sticks | $56,298 | +1.4% | 211 | -18 | $266 | $16,226,574 | 24 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 20 | - | Just Another Love Story | $55,482 | - | 19 | - | $2,920 | $55,482 | 1 | MFA+ FilmDistribution. | true | false |
| 21 | 15 | Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book | $53,406 | -45.4% | 437 | -17 | $122 | $7,633,788 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Unborn | $47,322 | -10.3% | 113 | -19 | $418 | $1,549,204 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Notorious | $37,206 | -50.3% | 162 | -88 | $229 | $586,863 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 24 | 19 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $36,228 | -50.9% | 197 | +8 | $183 | $1,565,230 | 6 | MFA+ FilmDistribution. | false | false |
| 25 | 16 | The Duchess | $33,147 | -58.4% | 102 | -46 | $324 | $551,648 | 3 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | 13 | Rachel Getting Married | $32,154 | -76.7% | 49 | -2 | $656 | $202,511 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | Twilight | $30,216 | -25% | 110 | -10 | $274 | $21,686,016 | 13 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $23,853 | -9.1% | 63 | -17 | $378 | $20,230,737 | 11 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 22 | The Tale of Despereaux | $22,786 | -52.9% | 249 | -59 | $91 | $677,146 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 30 | 26 | The Bone Man | $22,735 | -33.1% | 55 | -1 | $413 | $1,206,742 | 8 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 31 | 24 | Religulous | $22,589 | -43.3% | 33 | - | $684 | $81,694 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 32 | 29 | RocknRolla | $22,170 | -8.2% | 48 | -7 | $461 | $283,286 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Taken | $20,045 | -23% | 62 | -29 | $323 | $3,875,876 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 34 | 31 | Milk | $19,806 | -6.5% | 50 | -2 | $396 | $1,584,535 | 8 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | $19,067 | +3.3% | 67 | -10 | $284 | $1,333,323 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 36 | 25 | Effi Briest | $15,664 | -55.8% | 112 | -9 | $139 | $2,959,560 | 9 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | $14,675 | -26.3% | 33 | -3 | $444 | $137,914 | 3 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 38 | 36 | The Wrestler | $14,452 | -18% | 53 | -2 | $272 | $966,099 | 7 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 39 | 30 | What Just Happened | $13,410 | -41.6% | 42 | -11 | $319 | $215,880 | 3 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 40 | 38 | The International | $11,211 | -31.3% | 32 | -1 | $350 | $5,875,841 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 41 | 41 | Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | $11,178 | +1% | 49 | -9 | $228 | $2,461,019 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | - | Love Comes Lately | $10,840 | - | 17 | - | $637 | $10,840 | 1 | Central Film | true | false |
| 43 | 37 | Killing is My Business, Honey | $9,453 | -43.7% | 38 | -20 | $248 | $3,632,144 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 44 | 32 | Die Perlmutterfarbe | $9,407 | -53.5% | 35 | -3 | $268 | $1,742,880 | 14 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 45 | 39 | Hotel for Dogs | $8,914 | -38.7% | 122 | -24 | $73 | $3,528,591 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 46 | 33 | The Pink Panther 2 | $8,202 | -58.8% | 65 | -36 | $126 | $1,536,276 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 47 | 42 | Wild Chicks and Life | $7,173 | -33.6% | 134 | -17 | $53 | $6,722,312 | 11 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 48 | 63 | Berlin Calling | $6,615 | +108.9% | 12 | -3 | $551 | $548,152 | 28 | Movienet | false | false |
| 49 | 44 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | $6,476 | -18.3% | 59 | +7 | $109 | $5,493,108 | 19 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 50 | 43 | Buddenbrooks | $6,451 | -23.8% | 58 | -6 | $111 | $11,527,028 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 51 | - | Umut | $6,439 | - | 21 | - | $306 | $6,439 | 1 | Kinostar Filmverleih | true | false |
| 52 | 51 | Henners Traum - Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas | $5,331 | +3.1% | 9 | - | $592 | $25,699 | 3 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 53 | 52 | The Merry Widow | $4,153 | -6% | 17 | -7 | $244 | $394,078 | 10 | Alamode Film | false | false |
| 54 | 55 | Friday the 13th | $4,024 | +0.8% | 16 | -5 | $251 | $1,807,120 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 55 | 49 | The Fall | $3,808 | -29.7% | 15 | - | $253 | $165,948 | 5 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 56 | 58 | Hinter Kaifeck | $3,793 | +7.3% | 11 | +5 | $344 | $94,807 | 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 57 | 68 | The Drummer | $3,729 | +60% | 6 | - | $621 | $356,009 | 15 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 58 | 62 | La Bohème | $3,601 | +13.3% | 20 | +3 | $180 | $582,884 | 25 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 59 | 45 | The Architect | $3,398 | -55.5% | 8 | -5 | $424 | $265,744 | 10 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 60 | 47 | Baching | $3,389 | -47.8% | 15 | - | $225 | $98,180 | 5 | Movienet | false | false |
| 61 | 40 | This Night | $3,115 | -74.3% | 10 | -5 | $311 | $18,926 | 2 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 62 | 74 | Alter und Schönheit | $2,888 | +63.5% | 20 | - | $144 | $463,953 | 14 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 63 | 76 | Quiet Chaos | $2,887 | +115.4% | 14 | +4 | $206 | $387,712 | 11 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 64 | 48 | Eugen Onegin | $2,736 | -54.3% | 4 | -3 | $684 | $8,594 | 2 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 65 | 57 | 35 Shots of Rum | $2,355 | -39.6% | 8 | -2 | $294 | $60,336 | 6 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 66 | 53 | Revolutionary Road | $2,336 | -46.9% | 25 | -8 | $93 | $4,802,710 | 13 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 67 | 69 | Bill - Das absolute Augenmass | $2,213 | -1.6% | 5 | +1 | $442 | $26,199 | 19 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 68 | 67 | Give Me Your Hand | $1,938 | -18.3% | 5 | - | $387 | $29,270 | 7 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 69 | 66 | Changeling | $1,932 | -26.1% | 12 | +1 | $161 | $2,278,371 | 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 70 | 56 | He's Just Not That Into You | $1,684 | -57.7% | 13 | -11 | $129 | $6,000,681 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 71 | 46 | The Class | $1,683 | -74.8% | 29 | -8 | $58 | $989,670 | 13 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 72 | 73 | Novemberkind | $1,463 | -28.2% | 26 | - | $56 | $1,374,466 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 73 | 59 | Three Monkeys | $1,445 | -59.1% | 8 | -5 | $180 | $63,443 | 4 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 74 | 60 | Beloved Clara | $1,410 | -57.4% | 19 | -7 | $74 | $477,284 | 19 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 75 | 64 | Jerichow | $1,333 | -57% | 11 | -2 | $121 | $763,422 | 14 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 76 | 54 | Alone | $1,207 | -70.9% | 5 | -6 | $241 | $177,063 | 5 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 77 | 77 | Recep Ivedik 2 | $954 | -24% | 10 | +1 | $95 | $3,950,465 | 9 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false | false |
| 78 | 78 | Inkheart | $905 | -21.1% | 12 | -1 | $75 | $10,219,583 | 18 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 79 | - | Man on Wire | $783 | - | 10 | - | $78 | $77,962 | 12 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 80 | 80 | It's a Free World... | $705 | -27.8% | 2 | - | $352 | $191,496 | 20 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 81 | 75 | Frost/Nixon | $660 | -61.5% | 7 | -4 | $94 | $771,445 | 10 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 82 | 71 | The Meerkats | $561 | -73.9% | 20 | -11 | $28 | $1,048,101 | 21 | Central Film | false | false |
| 83 | 86 | The Zone | $554 | +14.2% | 1 | - | $554 | $51,719 | 18 | N/A | false | false |
| 84 | 89 | The Times of Harvey Milk 2009 Re-release | $397 | +96.5% | 2 | +1 | $198 | $16,043 | 8 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 85 | 65 | Revanche | $374 | -87.5% | 8 | - | $46 | $194,795 | 9 | Movienet | false | false |
| 86 | - | Stella und der Stern des Orients | $301 | - | 8 | - | $37 | $215,648 | 16 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 87 | 79 | Perestroika: Reconstruction of a Flat | $253 | -77.2% | 2 | -2 | $126 | $20,096 | 8 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 88 | 61 | A Year Ago in Winter | $228 | -93% | 16 | +2 | $14 | $2,028,837 | 22 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 89 | 83 | Yes Man | $199 | -71.7% | 4 | -3 | $49 | $5,405,766 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 90 | 87 | Lorna's Silence | $107 | -73.7% | 1 | -2 | $107 | $226,932 | 27 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 91 | - | Comeback | $66 | - | 1 | - | $66 | $3,721 | 21 | - | false | false |
| 92 | 81 | Earth | $29 | -97% | 3 | -1 | $9 | $29,615,678 | 62 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
