| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $23,845,427 | - | 831 | - | $28,694 | $23,845,427 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $9,924,200 | -34.2% | 872 | +5 | $11,380 | $52,130,492 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Brüno | $1,368,598 | -53.6% | 472 | +2 | $2,899 | $5,050,680 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $908,209 | -54.9% | 529 | -145 | $1,716 | $18,255,632 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Angels & Demons | $370,201 | -45.5% | 345 | -120 | $1,073 | $46,035,603 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $233,324 | -36.1% | 480 | -35 | $486 | $9,210,142 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Le code a changé | $213,270 | - | 60 | - | $3,554 | $213,270 | 1 | Prokino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | State of Play | $195,395 | -58.3% | 200 | -102 | $976 | $4,056,121 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $176,285 | -46.3% | 402 | -99 | $438 | $18,451,227 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Everyone Else | $133,306 | -30.5% | 54 | - | $2,468 | $1,275,372 | 5 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Inspector Bellamy | $115,997 | -47% | 54 | - | $2,148 | $393,138 | 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $64,530 | -70.2% | 138 | -133 | $467 | $6,914,733 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 16 | Small Crime | $61,959 | -16.2% | 60 | -1 | $1,032 | - | 6 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 14 | - | Birdwatchers | $61,270 | - | 31 | - | $1,976 | $61,270 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 15 | 15 | Slumdog Millionaire | $53,689 | -35.6% | 158 | -33 | $339 | $18,267,180 | 18 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Drag Me to Hell | $51,337 | -59.1% | 99 | -102 | $518 | $2,613,535 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $44,973 | -55.1% | 74 | -17 | $607 | $429,072 | 3 | Falcom Media | false | false |
| 18 | - | Killshot | $42,238 | - | 30 | - | $1,407 | $42,238 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 19 | 17 | In Search of Memory 2009 Re-release | $39,232 | -26.4% | 36 | -5 | $1,089 | $263,700 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 11 | Terminator Salvation | $35,678 | -77.7% | 126 | -156 | $283 | $13,483,079 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | 17 Again | $33,953 | -59.9% | 165 | -90 | $205 | $5,520,989 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Che: Part One | $28,203 | -44.4% | 58 | -25 | $486 | $995,129 | 6 | Central Film | false | false |
| 23 | 34 | Sunshine Cleaning | $27,204 | +85.4% | 56 | +6 | $485 | $765,397 | 9 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | The Reader | $23,580 | +3.9% | 89 | -7 | $264 | $19,859,279 | 21 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 25 | 35 | Gran Torino | $23,011 | +72.2% | 62 | -9 | $371 | $6,049,013 | 20 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 26 | 18 | The Countess | $22,819 | -55.3% | 45 | -17 | $507 | $315,471 | 4 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 27 | 20 | Home | $20,116 | -45.9% | 30 | -1 | $670 | $206,907 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | The Crocodiles | $19,926 | -37.9% | 142 | -54 | $140 | $4,304,528 | 17 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | The Limits of Control | $15,431 | -19.6% | 27 | -15 | $571 | $794,376 | 8 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 30 | 28 | Princess Lillifee | $15,003 | -22.1% | 111 | -34 | $135 | $6,412,348 | 17 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | My Bloody Valentine | $14,586 | -25.4% | 15 | -6 | $972 | $2,675,611 | 9 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 32 | 22 | Mid-August Lunch | $14,160 | -43.2% | 41 | -15 | $345 | $864,507 | 12 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 33 | 26 | Last Chance Harvey | $13,443 | -33.5% | 41 | -16 | $327 | $1,987,165 | 14 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 34 | 25 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $10,702 | -50.9% | 93 | -66 | $115 | $2,425,811 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 35 | 32 | The Uninvited | $9,872 | -40.9% | 27 | -29 | $365 | $1,253,346 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 36 | 23 | Star Trek | $9,144 | -63.3% | 40 | -24 | $228 | $12,798,139 | 11 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 37 | - | The Last House on the Left | $8,303 | - | 17 | - | $488 | $1,160,672 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
