| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Inception | - | - | - | $22,104,359 | 616 | $36,842,861 | Jul 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Grown Ups | - | - | - | $15,875,755 | 475 | $18,270,874 | Aug 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Toy Story 3 | - | - | - | $10,737,917 | 749 | $17,104,362 | Jul 29 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Last Airbender | - | - | - | $9,541,748 | 493 | $15,572,208 | Aug 19 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 5 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | - | - | - | $6,766,067 | 773 | $33,087,955 | Jul 15 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 6 | The A-Team | - | - | - | $6,126,167 | 704 | $6,654,822 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 7 | Salt | - | - | - | $4,703,062 | 507 | $7,283,463 | Aug 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | The Karate Kid | - | - | - | $4,306,286 | 521 | $12,656,290 | Jul 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 9 | Step Up 3D | - | - | - | $3,806,006 | 418 | $13,869,503 | Aug 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 10 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | - | - | - | $3,080,058 | 486 | $4,458,167 | Aug 12 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | Killers | - | - | - | $3,000,314 | 348 | $3,261,138 | Aug 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 12 | Shrek Forever After | - | - | - | $2,970,359 | 769 | $24,972,735 | Jun 30 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 13 | The Expendables | - | - | - | $2,869,665 | 538 | $8,211,457 | Aug 26 | - | false |
| 14 | Knight and Day 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,709,083 | 714 | $9,081,145 | Jul 22 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Freche Mädchen 2 | - | - | - | $2,442,846 | 408 | $2,924,277 | Aug 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 16 | Marmaduke | - | - | - | $2,354,978 | 519 | $8,338,702 | Jul 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 17 | Letters to Juliet | - | - | - | $1,489,520 | 350 | $2,533,436 | Aug 19 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 18 | Hanni & Nanni | - | - | - | $1,363,313 | 439 | $6,231,430 | Jun 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 19 | Loose Cannons | - | - | - | $693,741 | 93 | $1,776,165 | Jul 15 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 20 | Me Too | - | - | - | $690,996 | 54 | $923,245 | Aug 5 | Movienet | false |
| 21 | Vincent Wants to Sea | - | - | - | $621,926 | 220 | $7,319,877 | Apr 22 | Constantin Film | false |
| 22 | The Swimsuit Issue 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $443,775 | 74 | $1,080,757 | Aug 19 | - | false |
| 23 | Little Nicholas | - | - | - | $426,292 | 154 | $2,095,655 | Aug 26 | Central Film | false |
| 24 | The Concert | - | - | - | $410,115 | 135 | $3,069,266 | Jul 29 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 25 | Life Is Too Long | - | - | - | $395,168 | 171 | $908,528 | Aug 26 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 26 | The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest | - | - | - | $310,135 | 238 | $3,843,388 | Jun 3 | - | false |
| 27 | Babies | - | - | - | $285,731 | 70 | $649,735 | Aug 19 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 28 | Predators | - | - | - | $245,512 | 595 | $4,424,039 | Jul 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 29 | Mahler on the Couch | - | - | - | $213,274 | 33 | $579,981 | Jul 8 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 30 | Avatar | - | - | - | $188,506 | 738 | $156,632,531 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 31 | Run If You Can | - | - | - | $171,513 | 38 | $276,642 | Jul 29 | - | false |
| 32 | Sex and the City 2 | - | - | - | $160,849 | 881 | $25,320,347 | May 27 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 33 | Plato's Academy | - | - | - | $155,124 | 49 | $411,661 | Jul 22 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 34 | Mademoiselle Chambon | - | - | - | $153,656 | 44 | $473,674 | Aug 12 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false |
| 35 | The Hedgehog | - | - | - | $143,651 | 79 | $1,763,274 | May 6 | Central Film | false |
| 36 | Moon | - | - | - | $121,840 | 63 | $618,426 | Jul 15 | - | false |
| 37 | Micmacs | - | - | - | $109,523 | 73 | $1,362,242 | Jul 22 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 38 | The Silence | - | - | - | $104,761 | 48 | $132,204 | Aug 19 | - | false |
| 39 | Robin Hood | - | - | - | $88,632 | 719 | $15,345,492 | May 13 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 40 | Map of the Sounds of Tokyo | - | - | - | $79,632 | 27 | $85,321 | Aug 5 | Alamode Film | false |
| 41 | Mary and Max | - | - | - | $79,576 | 44 | $343,681 | Aug 26 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 42 | Unmade Beds | - | - | - | $77,575 | 33 | $169,483 | Aug 12 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false |
| 43 | StreetDance 2 | - | - | - | $70,188 | 335 | $6,715,881 | Jun 3 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 44 | Women Without Men | - | - | - | $49,652 | 25 | $288,628 | Jul 1 | - | false |
| 45 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | - | - | - | $48,065 | 615 | $14,622,812 | May 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 46 | Iron Man 2 | - | - | - | $47,342 | 633 | $9,254,348 | May 6 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 47 | Easy Virtue | - | - | - | $46,156 | 102 | $431,121 | Jun 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 48 | When You're Strange | - | - | - | $42,275 | 11 | $194,284 | Jul 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 49 | Mother | - | - | - | $35,903 | 15 | $36,719 | Aug 5 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 50 | Me and Orson Welles | - | - | - | $26,031 | 40 | $71,363 | Aug 26 | - | false |
| 51 | The Last Song | - | - | - | $24,356 | 287 | $6,080,655 | Apr 29 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 52 | 8th Wonderland | - | - | - | $22,457 | 31 | $101,333 | Aug 12 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 53 | Die Hummel | - | - | - | $19,970 | 15 | $19,970 | Aug 26 | Movienet | false |
| 54 | Enter the Void | - | - | - | $18,485 | 10 | $40,710 | Aug 26 | - | false |
| 55 | Mr. Nobody | - | - | - | $16,093 | 36 | $188,088 | Jul 8 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 56 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | - | - | - | $13,498 | 221 | $3,583,773 | May 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 57 | Please Give | - | - | - | $4,904 | 12 | $42,144 | Jul 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
