| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $35,292,496 | 1,120 | $40,804,735 | Nov 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | Welcome to the Sticks | - | - | - | $6,394,048 | 321 | $17,147,691 | Oct 30 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 3 | Mamma Mia! | - | - | - | $6,008,965 | 745 | $39,040,538 | Jul 17 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 4 | Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill | - | - | - | $3,664,645 | 401 | $11,714,039 | Oct 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 5 | Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar | - | - | - | $3,579,596 | 1,723 | $8,103,443 | Oct 16 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 6 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $2,719,340 | 428 | $5,351,455 | Nov 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 7 | WALL·E | - | - | - | $2,686,676 | 729 | $24,130,400 | Sep 25 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 8 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $2,459,120 | 609 | $17,865,900 | Oct 23 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Accidental Husband | - | - | - | $2,438,139 | 346 | $2,835,280 | Nov 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | $2,387,340 | 680 | $22,123,995 | Sep 25 | Constantin Film | false |
| 11 | North Face | - | - | - | $2,271,984 | 218 | $4,030,997 | Oct 23 | Majestic Filmverleih | false |
| 12 | Nights in Rodanthe | - | - | - | $2,270,628 | 382 | $6,519,316 | Oct 16 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 13 | Mirrors | - | - | - | $2,261,635 | 233 | $2,551,888 | Oct 30 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 14 | Max Payne | - | - | - | $2,064,983 | 402 | $2,983,015 | Nov 20 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 15 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $2,014,797 | 312 | $12,654,607 | Oct 2 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 16 | Der Mondbär | - | - | - | $1,837,650 | 390 | $4,807,831 | Oct 16 | Universum Film (UFA) | false |
| 17 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | - | - | - | $1,493,956 | 498 | $5,861,087 | Oct 16 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 18 | A Year Ago in Winter | - | - | - | $1,151,065 | 154 | $2,011,990 | Nov 13 | Constantin Film | false |
| 19 | Wanted | - | - | - | $1,012,425 | 452 | $9,207,537 | Sep 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 20 | Let's Make Money | - | - | - | $908,559 | 86 | $1,595,861 | Oct 30 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 21 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | $765,192 | 236 | $1,523,402 | Oct 23 | Constantin Film | false |
| 22 | Death Race | - | - | - | $651,743 | 199 | $1,794,333 | Nov 27 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 23 | The Ottoman Republic | - | - | - | $557,644 | 36 | $702,119 | Nov 20 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false |
| 24 | Tropic Thunder | - | - | - | $513,568 | 349 | $4,429,024 | Sep 18 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 25 | The Strangers | - | - | - | $494,073 | 198 | $733,584 | Nov 20 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 26 | Eagle Eye | - | - | - | $413,066 | 348 | $3,379,769 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 27 | Novemberkind | - | - | - | $403,457 | 46 | $1,363,595 | Nov 20 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih | false |
| 28 | The Meerkats | - | - | - | $399,935 | 111 | $1,048,101 | Nov 20 | Central Film | false |
| 29 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $397,230 | 62 | $785,729 | Nov 6 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false |
| 30 | The House Bunny | - | - | - | $378,541 | 219 | $2,063,929 | Oct 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | $341,653 | 119 | $3,874,417 | Sep 4 | Senator Film | false |
| 32 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | - | - | - | $323,036 | 102 | $498,981 | Nov 27 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 33 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $260,577 | 51 | $409,803 | Nov 13 | Alamode Film | false |
| 34 | Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging | - | - | - | $239,580 | 219 | $2,220,126 | Aug 28 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 35 | U-900 | - | - | - | $222,616 | 404 | $1,759,338 | Oct 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | La Bohème | - | - | - | $200,469 | 43 | $583,370 | Oct 23 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false |
| 37 | Avanak Kuzenler | - | - | - | $184,933 | 31 | $188,350 | Nov 13 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false |
| 38 | Brideshead Revisited | - | - | - | $175,519 | 70 | $263,400 | Nov 20 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 39 | Blindness | - | - | - | $163,618 | 71 | $362,474 | Oct 23 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false |
| 40 | Palermo Shooting | - | - | - | $154,501 | 41 | $324,068 | Nov 20 | Senator Film | false |
| 41 | De brief voor de koning | - | - | - | $147,307 | 63 | $189,756 | Nov 13 | Zorro Film | false |
| 42 | Paris 36 | - | - | - | $140,396 | 103 | $454,404 | Nov 27 | Constantin Film | false |
| 43 | Moscow, Belgium | - | - | - | $123,480 | 53 | $470,100 | Oct 16 | Senator Film | false |
| 44 | Young@Heart | - | - | - | $109,889 | 66 | $602,885 | Oct 2 | Senator Film | false |
| 45 | Berlin Calling | - | - | - | $109,572 | 30 | $550,645 | Oct 2 | Movienet | false |
| 46 | Kung Fu Panda | - | - | - | $100,619 | 838 | $22,296,033 | Jul 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 47 | Pineapple Express | - | - | - | $96,914 | 101 | $378,705 | Oct 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 48 | The Art of Negative Thinking | - | - | - | $93,207 | 38 | $633,223 | Sep 18 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false |
| 49 | Gomorrah | - | - | - | $88,685 | 68 | $1,231,245 | Sep 11 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 50 | Lemon Tree | - | - | - | $85,131 | 37 | $480,577 | Oct 2 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false |
| 51 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $81,215 | 754 | $29,669,980 | Aug 21 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 52 | The Invention of the Curried Sausage | - | - | - | $78,033 | 53 | $838,563 | Sep 11 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih | false |
| 53 | To Faro | - | - | - | $62,341 | 20 | $65,694 | Oct 30 | Alpenrepublik Filmverleih | false |
| 54 | It's a Free World... | - | - | - | $55,313 | 28 | $190,647 | Nov 27 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 55 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $54,889 | 40 | $815,402 | Aug 28 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false |
| 56 | Rumba | - | - | - | $54,584 | 33 | $69,647 | Nov 6 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 57 | Freche Mädchen | - | - | - | $52,370 | 412 | $7,645,100 | Jul 17 | Constantin Film | false |
| 58 | Botero Born in Medellin | - | - | - | $43,617 | 15 | $55,203 | Oct 30 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 59 | Silly's Sweet Summer | - | - | - | $41,828 | 76 | $311,178 | Apr 24 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 60 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $37,534 | 29 | $224,889 | Oct 9 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 61 | 1968 Tunnel Rats | - | - | - | $35,402 | 13 | $35,402 | Nov 13 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false |
| 62 | Finnischer Tango | - | - | - | $34,920 | 23 | $276,839 | Aug 28 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 63 | Days and Clouds | - | - | - | $32,485 | 39 | $211,757 | Oct 9 | Movienet | false |
| 64 | Baby Mama | - | - | - | $30,548 | 40 | $30,548 | Nov 20 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 65 | Impy's Wonderland | - | - | - | $29,818 | 403 | $3,072,041 | May 1 | Constantin Film | false |
| 66 | Räuber Kneißl | - | - | - | $29,756 | 72 | $2,051,003 | Aug 21 | Movienet | false |
| 67 | Nim's Island | - | - | - | $28,823 | 373 | $4,074,404 | Jun 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 68 | Gerdas Schweigen | - | - | - | $28,689 | 13 | $55,095 | Nov 6 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 69 | My Mother's Tears | - | - | - | $28,679 | 14 | $44,433 | Nov 6 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 70 | Übriggebliebene ausgereifte Haltungen | - | - | - | $27,081 | 4 | $27,081 | Nov 6 | Edition Salzgeber | false |
| 71 | Dalai Lama Renaissance | - | - | - | $24,174 | 14 | $24,174 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 72 | Die Eylandt Recherche | - | - | - | $20,604 | 19 | $20,604 | Nov 6 | W-film | false |
| 73 | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber | - | - | - | $19,857 | 47 | $618,018 | Jul 24 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 74 | Heimatkunde | - | - | - | $17,975 | 20 | $91,186 | Oct 2 | Titanic.filmverleih | false |
| 75 | The Stranger in Me | - | - | - | $17,862 | 12 | $84,544 | Oct 16 | Ventura Film | false |
| 76 | 33 Scenes from Life | - | - | - | $16,524 | 15 | $23,367 | Nov 13 | Real Fiction | false |
| 77 | The Market: A Tale of Trade | - | - | - | $15,933 | 15 | $55,785 | Nov 27 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 78 | I Served the King of England | - | - | - | $14,854 | 40 | $292,814 | Aug 21 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 79 | Chaotic Ana | - | - | - | $14,344 | 20 | $31,579 | Nov 27 | Prokino Filmverleih | false |
| 80 | A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad | - | - | - | $13,925 | 11 | $50,777 | Nov 27 | - | false |
| 81 | Elegy | - | - | - | $13,464 | 76 | $1,624,001 | Aug 14 | TOBIS Film | false |
| 82 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | - | - | - | $13,097 | 88 | $989,860 | Aug 7 | X Verleih AG | false |
| 83 | Stolperstein | - | - | - | $12,982 | 15 | $12,982 | Nov 6 | Film Kino Text | false |
| 84 | Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe | - | - | - | $12,210 | 120 | $929,503 | Aug 28 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false |
| 85 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $11,989 | 26 | $323,202 | Nov 20 | FantasiaFilmi Oy | false |
| 86 | The Messenger | - | - | - | $11,528 | 18 | $114,426 | Oct 16 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false |
| 87 | Egoïste: Lotti Latrous | - | - | - | $10,895 | 8 | $19,544 | Nov 13 | - | false |
| 88 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | - | - | - | $9,170 | 601 | $17,732,656 | Aug 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 89 | Far Cry | - | - | - | $9,107 | 202 | $620,549 | Oct 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 90 | Paula's Secret | - | - | - | $9,032 | 44 | $278,921 | Sep 13 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 91 | Grave Decisions | - | - | - | $5,563 | 397 | $16,764,003 | Aug 17 | Movienet | false |
| 92 | Back to Africa | - | - | - | $5,501 | 11 | $70,812 | Aug 14 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 93 | Sex and the City | - | - | - | $4,322 | 836 | $27,111,878 | May 29 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 94 | Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony | - | - | - | $4,222 | 50 | $1,212,045 | Feb 28 | Piffl Medien | false |
| 95 | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $4,069 | 15 | $49,568 | Jun 19 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 96 | The Plane 2007 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,976 | 12 | $104,243 | May 3 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 97 | 88 - Pilgern auf Japanisch | - | - | - | $3,488 | 6 | $3,488 | Nov 13 | Edition Salzgeber | false |
| 98 | Die Eisbombe | - | - | - | $3,162 | 16 | $100,548 | Aug 7 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 99 | NoBody's Perfect 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,009 | 6 | $28,141 | Sep 11 | Ventura Film | false |
| 100 | Tapas Mixtas | - | - | - | $2,605 | 5 | $28,847 | Jul 3 | W-film | false |
| 101 | Babylon A.D. | - | - | - | $2,461 | 459 | $3,415,400 | Sep 11 | Concorde Filmverleih | false |
| 102 | Comeback | - | - | - | $2,209 | 3 | $3,721 | Nov 20 | WTP International | false |
| 103 | Flame & Citron | - | - | - | $1,964 | 44 | $301,487 | Aug 28 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false |
| 104 | Dance for All | - | - | - | $1,899 | 16 | $60,115 | Sep 11 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 105 | Rabbit Without Ears | - | - | - | $1,550 | 643 | $74,002,437 | Dec 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 106 | Elli Makra - 42277 Wuppertal | - | - | - | $1,484 | 4 | $2,483 | Oct 23 | Mitosfilm | false |
| 107 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | - | - | - | $1,446 | 20 | $205,478 | May 15 | Edition Salzgeber | false |
| 108 | Sweet Mud | - | - | - | $1,116 | 16 | $48,795 | Aug 7 | W-film | false |
| 109 | Silent Resident | - | - | - | $980 | 8 | $20,238 | Sep 11 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false |
| 110 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | - | - | - | $946 | 538 | $2,171,890 | Aug 14 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 111 | Beautiful Bitch | - | - | - | $869 | 30 | $60,724 | Aug 14 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 112 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | - | - | - | $538 | 22 | $112,923 | Jun 5 | W-film | false |
| 113 | Factory Girl | - | - | - | $403 | 63 | $151,800 | Aug 6 | Kinostar Filmverleih | false |
| 114 | Underdogs | - | - | - | $369 | 50 | $212,444 | Jul 24 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false |
| 115 | Surveillance | - | - | - | $365 | 51 | $51,605 | Jul 31 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 116 | Super Agent K9 | - | - | - | $40 | 31 | $227,665 | Oct 2 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | false |
