| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $2,404,845 | 146 | $16,121,641 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $1,658,439 | 82 | $2,596,222 | Jan 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Valentine's Day | - | - | - | $1,570,147 | 69 | $1,938,896 | Feb 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 4 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $1,380,189 | 87 | $2,913,166 | Jan 22 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 5 | Up in the Air | - | - | - | $946,659 | 46 | $1,173,501 | Feb 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 6 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $802,352 | 74 | $1,157,980 | Jan 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | The Wolfman | - | - | - | $794,425 | 68 | $888,179 | Feb 12 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 8 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | - | - | - | $714,325 | 93 | $900,066 | Feb 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 9 | Shutter Island | - | - | - | $459,967 | 47 | $1,821,686 | Feb 26 | Constantin Film | false |
| 10 | Time You Change | - | - | - | $410,838 | 17 | $410,393 | Feb 5 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | Recep Ivedik 3 | - | - | - | $371,643 | 9 | $399,714 | Feb 11 | - | false |
| 12 | The Book of Eli | - | - | - | $327,745 | 30 | $499,655 | Feb 18 | Constantin Film | false |
| 13 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $305,167 | 96 | $3,170,796 | Dec 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 14 | The Lovely Bones | - | - | - | $230,681 | 43 | $345,482 | Feb 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 15 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | - | - | - | $187,209 | 35 | $319,762 | Jan 22 | Constantin Film | false |
| 16 | The Ghost Writer | - | - | - | $182,226 | 30 | $307,618 | Feb 19 | Filmladen | false |
| 17 | Julia's Disappearance | - | - | - | $170,949 | 20 | $364,704 | Feb 5 | - | false |
| 18 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $169,220 | 84 | $1,607,249 | Jan 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | - | - | - | $160,852 | 26 | $176,546 | Feb 5 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 20 | Rock It! | - | - | - | $144,878 | 43 | $239,409 | Feb 18 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 21 | Nanga Parbat | - | - | - | $126,705 | 66 | $556,124 | Jan 14 | - | false |
| 22 | The White Ribbon | - | - | - | $124,360 | 31 | $1,131,585 | Sep 24 | Filmladen | false |
| 23 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $122,102 | 47 | $503,130 | Jan 15 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 24 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $119,617 | 61 | $494,105 | Jan 21 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 25 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $116,143 | 47 | $278,088 | Jan 15 | Filmladen | false |
| 26 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $112,326 | 17 | $183,810 | Jan 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | Invictus | - | - | - | $110,846 | 22 | $218,175 | Feb 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $108,670 | 8 | $222,750 | Jan 22 | Constantin Film | false |
| 29 | Salami Aleikum | - | - | - | $95,238 | 47 | $934,475 | Jan 1 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 30 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $80,778 | 64 | $448,158 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 31 | Same Same But Different | - | - | - | $77,625 | 11 | $110,023 | Jan 29 | Filmladen | false |
| 32 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | $72,234 | 23 | $615,121 | Jan 6 | Constantin Film | false |
| 33 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $61,092 | 90 | $1,942,068 | Dec 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 34 | Soul Kitchen | - | - | - | $50,363 | 24 | $516,598 | Dec 25 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 35 | Nine | - | - | - | $41,487 | 19 | $134,606 | Feb 25 | - | false |
| 36 | Pianomania | - | - | - | $38,665 | 6 | $47,140 | Feb 4 | Filmladen | false |
| 37 | North | - | - | - | $35,769 | 8 | $48,769 | Feb 12 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 38 | The Robber | - | - | - | $35,252 | 35 | $125,874 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 39 | Winds of Sand, Women of Rock | - | - | - | $31,033 | 6 | $104,775 | Jan 15 | - | false |
| 40 | Eyyvah Eyvah | - | - | - | $30,622 | 6 | $108,526 | Feb 26 | - | false |
| 41 | Lourdes | - | - | - | $17,521 | 12 | $136,245 | Dec 11 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 42 | Bock for President | - | - | - | $16,805 | 4 | $49,771 | Jan 15 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 43 | Günter Wallraff - Schwarz auf weiß | - | - | - | $15,701 | 6 | $16,065 | Feb 12 | Filmladen | false |
| 44 | Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | - | - | - | $13,728 | 5 | $40,353 | Feb 25 | Einhorn-Film | false |
| 45 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | $12,464 | 26 | $643,115 | Dec 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 46 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | - | - | - | $11,502 | 1 | $25,901 | Jan 22 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 47 | Louise hires a contract killer | - | - | - | $7,696 | 4 | $9,862 | Feb 19 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 48 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $6,756 | 28 | $182,425 | Dec 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 49 | Seraphine | - | - | - | $5,439 | 9 | $52,473 | Jan 15 | Filmladen | false |
| 50 | Tetro | - | - | - | $4,393 | 2 | $41,618 | Dec 18 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false |
| 51 | Looking for Eric | - | - | - | $3,882 | 12 | $62,090 | Jan 8 | Filmladen | false |
| 52 | Widerstand in Haiderland | - | - | - | $3,079 | 3 | $3,771 | Feb 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 53 | Albert Schweitzer | - | - | - | $2,455 | 15 | $61,571 | Jan 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false |
| 54 | Plastic Planet | - | - | - | $2,441 | 36 | $722,947 | Sep 18 | - | false |
| 55 | 2012 | - | - | - | $1,269 | 118 | $4,487,563 | Nov 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 56 | Defamation | - | - | - | $1,217 | 3 | $5,271 | Jan 22 | - | false |
| 57 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $1,110 | 63 | $337,111 | Dec 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 58 | G-Force | - | - | - | $132 | 92 | $2,383,966 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
