| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | - | - | - | $16,784,693 | 939 | $65,963,672 | Nov 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 2 | Tangled | - | - | - | $16,416,539 | 627 | $41,402,705 | Dec 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | - | - | - | $7,212,121 | 893 | $15,531,389 | Dec 16 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | Saw 3D | - | - | - | $5,626,308 | 357 | $10,999,677 | Nov 25 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 5 | The Tourist | - | - | - | $5,425,730 | 659 | $12,147,629 | Dec 16 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 6 | Otto's Eleven | - | - | - | $4,780,292 | 640 | $7,184,934 | Dec 2 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | Little Fockers | - | - | - | $3,924,332 | 664 | $11,734,435 | Dec 23 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 8 | Megamind | - | - | - | $3,628,887 | 560 | $4,399,694 | Dec 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 9 | Due Date | - | - | - | $2,230,111 | 529 | $13,028,652 | Nov 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 10 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | - | - | - | $1,538,584 | 129 | $2,105,813 | Dec 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 11 | Yogi Bear | - | - | - | $984,970 | 552 | $4,988,967 | Dec 23 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 12 | Skyline | - | - | - | $964,353 | 282 | $1,995,638 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 13 | Fair Game | - | - | - | $843,291 | 173 | $1,591,252 | Nov 25 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 14 | A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures | - | - | - | $841,630 | 630 | $9,688,871 | Oct 28 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 15 | 22 Bullets | - | - | - | $778,312 | 103 | $1,200,547 | Dec 2 | Central Film | false |
| 16 | Despicable Me | - | - | - | $705,550 | 697 | $26,914,321 | Sep 30 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 17 | Animals United | - | - | - | $659,504 | 725 | $14,633,199 | Oct 7 | Constantin Film | false |
| 18 | Red | - | - | - | $653,740 | 523 | $8,208,370 | Oct 28 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 19 | Young Goethe in Love | - | - | - | $548,466 | 289 | $5,428,560 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 20 | Of Gods and Men | - | - | - | $544,854 | 93 | $2,184,948 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 21 | 3 | - | - | - | $506,883 | 122 | $2,388,062 | Dec 23 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 22 | The Kids Are All Right | - | - | - | $411,376 | 83 | $1,268,738 | Nov 18 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 23 | Easy A | - | - | - | $366,497 | 241 | $1,996,491 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Nowhere Boy | - | - | - | $326,102 | 70 | $470,613 | Dec 9 | Senator Film | false |
| 25 | Small World | - | - | - | $310,521 | 65 | $1,113,544 | Dec 16 | - | false |
| 26 | Paranormal Activity 2 | - | - | - | $297,753 | 253 | $4,108,761 | Nov 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 27 | A Somewhat Gentle Man | - | - | - | $277,090 | 457 | $426,144 | Dec 9 | - | false |
| 28 | Machete | - | - | - | $262,938 | 205 | $2,264,814 | Nov 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 29 | Somewhere | - | - | - | $251,234 | 71 | $1,410,752 | Nov 11 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 30 | Act of Vengeance | - | - | - | $199,505 | 62 | $2,540,373 | Nov 4 | - | false |
| 31 | The Switch | - | - | - | $182,257 | 258 | $1,678,078 | Nov 11 | Constantin Film | false |
| 32 | Unstoppable | - | - | - | $167,895 | 505 | $2,560,388 | Nov 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 33 | Der letzte schöne Herbsttag | - | - | - | $149,949 | 387 | $823,551 | Nov 11 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 34 | Little Nicholas | - | - | - | $130,677 | 154 | $2,095,655 | Aug 26 | Central Film | false |
| 35 | Monsters | - | - | - | $120,792 | 46 | $186,963 | Dec 9 | - | false |
| 36 | The End Is My Beginning | - | - | - | $96,817 | 92 | $1,624,710 | Oct 7 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 37 | The Secret in Their Eyes | - | - | - | $91,482 | 62 | $949,301 | Oct 28 | - | false |
| 38 | With Love... from the Age of Reason | - | - | - | $87,729 | 57 | $386,999 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 39 | Mount St. Elias | - | - | - | $74,516 | 63 | $236,879 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 40 | Eat Pray Love | - | - | - | $55,606 | 525 | $14,267,576 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 41 | Come Undone | - | - | - | $55,500 | 35 | $60,418 | Dec 9 | Alamode Film | false |
| 42 | Life as We Know It | - | - | - | $52,237 | 410 | $5,568,426 | Oct 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 43 | Carlos | - | - | - | $49,985 | 75 | $590,710 | Nov 4 | - | false |
| 44 | Hunter's Bride | - | - | - | $49,692 | 68 | $132,007 | Dec 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 45 | The Good Heart | - | - | - | $43,029 | 43 | $124,094 | Nov 25 | Alamode Film | false |
| 46 | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | - | - | - | $35,225 | 455 | $3,782,806 | Oct 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 47 | Jackass 3D | - | - | - | $30,480 | 349 | $7,243,633 | Oct 28 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 48 | Home for Christmas | - | - | - | $28,538 | 45 | $40,087 | Dec 2 | - | false |
| 49 | Habermann | - | - | - | $28,382 | 66 | $77,444 | Nov 25 | - | false |
| 50 | Bon appétit | - | - | - | $18,221 | 61 | $96,870 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 51 | I Am Love | - | - | - | $16,404 | 41 | $600,894 | Oct 28 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | false |
| 52 | The Jackal | - | - | - | $14,228 | 15 | $14,228 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 53 | Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps | - | - | - | $12,537 | 371 | $5,679,469 | Oct 21 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 54 | Soul Boy | - | - | - | $11,745 | 41 | $11,745 | Dec 2 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 55 | Boy | - | - | - | $11,745 | 41 | $11,745 | Dec 2 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 56 | The Social Network | - | - | - | $9,874 | 389 | $9,345,704 | Oct 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 57 | Vater Morgana | - | - | - | $7,609 | 32 | $7,609 | Dec 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
