| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Avatar | - | - | - | $62,062,299 | 738 | $156,632,531 | Dec 17 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 2 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | - | - | - | $8,786,559 | 722 | $40,954,864 | Dec 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 3 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | - | - | - | $8,098,634 | 625 | $15,512,720 | Dec 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 4 | Friendship! 2009 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,367,339 | 434 | $7,467,572 | Nov 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 5 | Soul Kitchen | - | - | - | $6,309,392 | 240 | $10,813,421 | Dec 24 | - | false |
| 6 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | - | - | - | $5,597,516 | 502 | $6,186,992 | Jan 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 7 | It's Complicated | - | - | - | $4,988,492 | 558 | $9,831,613 | Jan 21 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 8 | Sherlock Holmes | - | - | - | $4,519,253 | 651 | $16,629,510 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 9 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | - | - | - | $4,348,474 | 276 | $4,863,307 | Jan 7 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 10 | The Princess and the Frog | - | - | - | $3,284,021 | 542 | $11,780,091 | Dec 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 11 | Fame | - | - | - | $2,958,753 | 376 | $5,990,925 | Dec 24 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 12 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | - | - | - | $2,048,602 | 736 | $34,647,673 | Nov 26 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 13 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | - | - | - | $1,980,872 | 471 | $4,719,996 | Jan 21 | Constantin Film | false |
| 14 | The Rebound | - | - | - | $1,946,088 | 287 | $1,946,088 | Dec 31 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 15 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,910,149 | 435 | $14,637,870 | Jan 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | - | - | - | $1,710,780 | 583 | $8,962,447 | Jan 28 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Surrogates | - | - | - | $1,680,734 | 248 | $1,984,038 | Jan 21 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 18 | Nanga Parbat | - | - | - | $1,583,816 | 230 | $2,027,540 | Jan 14 | Senator Film | false |
| 19 | 13 Semester | - | - | - | $1,379,238 | 153 | $1,436,375 | Jan 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 20 | Dinosaurier | - | - | - | $1,282,059 | 297 | $2,288,787 | Dec 24 | Constantin Film | false |
| 21 | Gamer | - | - | - | $1,175,993 | 256 | $1,175,993 | Jan 7 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 22 | Albert Schweitzer | - | - | - | $914,415 | 169 | $1,766,178 | Dec 24 | - | false |
| 23 | A Serious Man | - | - | - | $911,423 | 61 | $1,812,097 | Jan 21 | - | false |
| 24 | Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys | - | - | - | $902,930 | 62 | $902,930 | Dec 31 | - | false |
| 25 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | - | - | - | $864,958 | 317 | $972,594 | Oct 15 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 26 | Pope Joan | - | - | - | $748,233 | 542 | $25,010,090 | Oct 22 | Constantin Film | false |
| 27 | Old Dogs | - | - | - | $660,383 | 232 | $662,728 | Jan 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 28 | Same Same But Different | - | - | - | $608,592 | 117 | $1,174,322 | Jan 21 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 29 | The White Ribbon | - | - | - | $604,906 | 120 | $5,601,024 | Oct 15 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 30 | Queen to Play | - | - | - | $590,956 | 61 | $725,610 | Jan 7 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 31 | 2012 | - | - | - | $584,889 | 1,007 | $37,706,115 | Nov 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Whatever Works | - | - | - | $384,737 | 81 | $1,924,074 | Dec 3 | Central Film | false |
| 33 | Where the Wild Things Are | - | - | - | $379,495 | 214 | $1,110,733 | Dec 17 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 34 | The Murder Farm | - | - | - | $379,386 | 128 | $1,688,518 | Nov 19 | Constantin Film | false |
| 35 | Sacred Demijohn 2 | - | - | - | $350,142 | 34 | $414,581 | Jan 21 | - | false |
| 36 | North | - | - | - | $318,827 | 43 | $343,776 | Jan 7 | Alamode Film | false |
| 37 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $301,453 | 127 | $1,728,741 | Jan 28 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 38 | The Visitor | - | - | - | $281,575 | 39 | $350,040 | Jan 14 | - | false |
| 39 | Planet 51 | - | - | - | $267,466 | 324 | $2,181,772 | Dec 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 40 | Saw VI | - | - | - | $266,714 | 325 | $3,900,589 | Dec 2 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 41 | Lila, Lila | - | - | - | $225,183 | 237 | $968,890 | Dec 17 | Falcom Media | false |
| 42 | Law Abiding Citizen | - | - | - | $216,760 | 612 | $5,173,078 | Nov 19 | Constantin Film | false |
| 43 | The Stepfather | - | - | - | $170,868 | 101 | $225,906 | Nov 19 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 44 | Bright Star | - | - | - | $165,021 | 49 | $297,637 | Dec 24 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 45 | La première étoile | - | - | - | $164,446 | 47 | $199,564 | Dec 31 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false |
| 46 | Dragon Trap | - | - | - | $140,125 | 56 | $243,868 | Jan 28 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false |
| 47 | New York, I Love You 2010 Re-release | - | - | - | $126,323 | 77 | $472,583 | Jan 28 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 48 | Zombieland | - | - | - | $88,808 | 105 | $1,220,568 | Dec 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 49 | De l'autre côté du lit | - | - | - | $70,671 | 94 | $215,135 | Jan 28 | Movienet | false |
| 50 | The Flight Before Christmas | - | - | - | $63,892 | 425 | $5,357,823 | Nov 5 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 51 | A Christmas Carol | - | - | - | $60,141 | 520 | $11,188,892 | Nov 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 52 | Leaving | - | - | - | $52,797 | 43 | $150,044 | Jan 28 | Alamode Film | false |
| 53 | Paranormal Activity | - | - | - | $47,421 | 201 | $2,483,779 | Nov 19 | - | false |
| 54 | Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | - | - | - | $46,778 | 313 | $1,676,818 | Nov 26 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 55 | Ninja Assassin | - | - | - | $45,854 | 157 | $850,707 | Dec 10 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 56 | G-Force | - | - | - | $38,175 | 538 | $15,483,327 | Oct 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
