| Rank
| Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Max Theaters | Total Gross | % of Total | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | - | - | - | $21,480,257 | 841 | $45,757,904 | 46.9% | Dec 4, 2008 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 2 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | - | - | - | $3,363,356 | 804 | $8,126,430 | 41.4% | Dec 11, 2008 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 3 | Quantum of Solace | - | - | - | $3,079,374 | 1,120 | $40,804,735 | 7.5% | Nov 6, 2008 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 4 | Inkheart | - | - | - | $2,279,921 | 500 | $10,112,691 | 22.5% | Dec 11, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | - | - | - | $1,929,439 | 183 | $5,450,265 | 35.4% | Dec 4, 2008 | Concorde Filmverleih |
| 6 | Welcome to the Sticks | - | - | - | $1,675,419 | 321 | $17,147,691 | 9.8% | Oct 30, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 7 | Body of Lies | - | - | - | $1,365,989 | 428 | $5,351,455 | 25.5% | Nov 20, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 8 | The Women | - | - | - | $1,146,161 | 354 | $2,364,557 | 48.5% | Dec 11, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 9 | A.R.O.G | - | - | - | $1,145,264 | 93 | $1,725,890 | 66.4% | Dec 4, 2008 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH |
| 10 | Muro: Nalet Olsun Içimdeki Insan Sevgisine | - | - | - | $1,074,262 | 69 | $1,865,148 | 57.6% | Dec 4, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 11 | Four Christmases | - | - | - | $818,798 | 155 | $1,290,546 | 63.4% | Dec 4, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Burn After Reading | - | - | - | $767,220 | 312 | $12,654,607 | 6.1% | Oct 2, 2008 | TOBIS Film |
| 13 | Max Payne | - | - | - | $677,074 | 402 | $2,983,015 | 22.7% | Nov 20, 2008 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 14 | Death Race | - | - | - | $674,323 | 199 | $1,794,333 | 37.6% | Nov 27, 2008 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 15 | WALL·E | - | - | - | $623,674 | 729 | $24,130,400 | 2.6% | Sep 25, 2008 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 16 | Krabat and the Legend of the Satanic Mill | - | - | - | $462,585 | 401 | $11,714,039 | 3.9% | Oct 9, 2008 | 20th Century Fox International |
| 17 | Nights in Rodanthe | - | - | - | $433,645 | 382 | $6,519,316 | 6.7% | Oct 16, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Der Mondbär | - | - | - | $412,846 | 390 | $4,807,831 | 8.6% | Oct 16, 2008 | Universum Film (UFA) |
| 19 | North Face | - | - | - | $399,471 | 218 | $4,030,997 | 9.9% | Oct 23, 2008 | Majestic Filmverleih |
| 20 | The Accidental Husband | - | - | - | $397,141 | 346 | $2,835,280 | 14% | Nov 13, 2008 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 21 | A Year Ago in Winter | - | - | - | $374,762 | 154 | $2,011,990 | 18.6% | Nov 13, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 22 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | - | - | - | $366,624 | 609 | $17,865,900 | 2.1% | Oct 23, 2008 | Walt Disney Pictures |
| 23 | Novemberkind | - | - | - | $333,319 | 46 | $1,363,595 | 24.4% | Nov 20, 2008 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih |
| 24 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | - | - | - | $313,093 | 498 | $5,861,087 | 5.3% | Oct 16, 2008 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 25 | Cloud 9 | - | - | - | $268,285 | 119 | $3,874,417 | 6.9% | Sep 4, 2008 | Senator Film |
| 26 | Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar | - | - | - | $255,449 | 1,723 | $8,103,443 | 3.2% | Oct 16, 2008 | Concorde Filmverleih |
| 27 | The Meerkats | - | - | - | $216,590 | 111 | $1,048,101 | 20.7% | Nov 20, 2008 | Central Film |
| 28 | Mirrors | - | - | - | $209,571 | 233 | $2,551,888 | 8.2% | Oct 30, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 29 | Let's Make Money | - | - | - | $199,190 | 86 | $1,595,861 | 12.5% | Oct 30, 2008 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion |
| 30 | Quarantine | - | - | - | $196,809 | 89 | $238,976 | 82.4% | Dec 4, 2008 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 31 | Nim's Island | - | - | - | $194,367 | 373 | $4,074,404 | 4.8% | Jun 19, 2008 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) |
| 32 | Paris 36 | - | - | - | $171,200 | 103 | $454,404 | 37.7% | Nov 27, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 33 | The Strangers | - | - | - | $158,077 | 198 | $733,584 | 21.5% | Nov 20, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 34 | Transsiberian | - | - | - | $145,026 | 86 | $259,076 | 56% | Dec 11, 2008 | Universum Film (UFA) |
| 35 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | - | - | - | $142,204 | 102 | $498,981 | 28.5% | Nov 27, 2008 | Concorde Filmverleih |
| 36 | Beloved Clara | - | - | - | $130,934 | 40 | $478,397 | 27.4% | Dec 4, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 37 | The Ottoman Republic | - | - | - | $118,506 | 36 | $702,119 | 16.9% | Nov 20, 2008 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH |
| 38 | A Woman in Berlin | - | - | - | $103,552 | 236 | $1,523,402 | 6.8% | Oct 23, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 39 | Waltz with Bashir | - | - | - | $97,925 | 62 | $785,729 | 12.5% | Nov 6, 2008 | Pandora Filmproduktion |
| 40 | Palermo Shooting | - | - | - | $83,384 | 41 | $324,068 | 25.7% | Nov 20, 2008 | Senator Film |
| 41 | I've Loved You So Long | - | - | - | $78,981 | 51 | $409,803 | 19.3% | Nov 13, 2008 | Alamode Film |
| 42 | The Baader Meinhof Complex | - | - | - | $70,863 | 680 | $22,123,995 | 0.3% | Sep 25, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 43 | Brideshead Revisited | - | - | - | $57,922 | 70 | $263,400 | 22% | Nov 20, 2008 | Concorde Filmverleih |
| 44 | The Invention of the Curried Sausage | - | - | - | $56,356 | 53 | $838,563 | 6.7% | Sep 11, 2008 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih |
| 45 | It's a Free World... | - | - | - | $55,474 | 28 | $190,647 | 29.1% | Nov 27, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 46 | The Secret of the Grain | - | - | - | $51,875 | 40 | $815,402 | 6.4% | Aug 28, 2008 | Arsenal Filmverleih |
| 47 | Young@Heart | - | - | - | $47,189 | 66 | $602,885 | 7.8% | Oct 2, 2008 | Senator Film |
| 48 | The Art of Negative Thinking | - | - | - | $45,975 | 38 | $633,223 | 7.3% | Sep 18, 2008 | KOOL Filmdistribution |
| 49 | Berlin Calling | - | - | - | $45,098 | 30 | $550,645 | 8.2% | Oct 2, 2008 | Movienet |
| 50 | De brief voor de koning | - | - | - | $42,449 | 63 | $189,756 | 22.4% | Nov 13, 2008 | Zorro Film |
| 51 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | - | - | - | $37,185 | 7 | $76,884 | 48.4% | Dec 11, 2008 | Rapid Eye Movies |
| 52 | Lemon Tree | - | - | - | $36,749 | 37 | $480,577 | 7.6% | Oct 2, 2008 | Arsenal Filmverleih |
| 53 | Der Mond und andere Liebhaber | - | - | - | $35,459 | 47 | $618,018 | 5.7% | Jul 24, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 54 | Moscow, Belgium | - | - | - | $33,006 | 53 | $470,100 | 7% | Oct 16, 2008 | Senator Film |
| 55 | Blindness | - | - | - | $27,485 | 71 | $362,474 | 7.6% | Oct 23, 2008 | Kinowelt Filmverleih |
| 56 | Finnischer Tango | - | - | - | $22,281 | 23 | $276,839 | 8% | Aug 28, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 57 | I Served the King of England | - | - | - | $19,781 | 40 | $292,814 | 6.8% | Aug 21, 2008 | Farbfilm-Verleih |
| 58 | Silly's Sweet Summer | - | - | - | $18,486 | 76 | $311,178 | 5.9% | Apr 24, 2008 | Farbfilm-Verleih |
| 59 | La Bohème | - | - | - | $18,216 | 43 | $583,370 | 3.1% | Oct 23, 2008 | NFP Marketing & Distribution |
| 60 | Days and Clouds | - | - | - | $18,134 | 39 | $211,757 | 8.6% | Oct 9, 2008 | Movienet |
| 61 | Lorna's Silence | - | - | - | $17,530 | 29 | $224,889 | 7.8% | Oct 9, 2008 | Piffl Medien |
| 62 | Chaotic Ana | - | - | - | $17,235 | 20 | $31,579 | 54.6% | Nov 27, 2008 | Prokino Filmverleih |
| 63 | Paula's Secret | - | - | - | $17,006 | 44 | $278,921 | 6.1% | Sep 13, 2007 | Farbfilm-Verleih |
| 64 | The Market: A Tale of Trade | - | - | - | $16,897 | 15 | $55,785 | 30.3% | Nov 27, 2008 | Piffl Medien |
| 65 | A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad | - | - | - | $16,038 | 11 | $50,777 | 31.6% | Nov 27, 2008 | - |
| 66 | Earth | - | - | - | $15,911 | 442 | $29,298,899 | <0.1% | Feb 7, 2008 | Universum Film (UFA) |
| 67 | The Dark Knight | - | - | - | $11,080 | 754 | $29,669,980 | <0.1% | Aug 21, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 68 | In jeder Sekunde | - | - | - | $9,720 | 16 | $23,354 | 41.6% | Dec 11, 2008 | X Verleih AG |
| 69 | Bill - Das absolute Augenmass | - | - | - | $9,656 | 6 | $27,966 | 34.5% | Dec 4, 2008 | Edition Salzgeber |
| 70 | Rumba | - | - | - | $8,879 | 33 | $69,647 | 12.7% | Nov 6, 2008 | X Verleih AG |
| 71 | Heimatkunde | - | - | - | $8,816 | 20 | $91,186 | 9.7% | Oct 2, 2008 | Titanic.filmverleih |
| 72 | My Mother's Tears | - | - | - | $8,334 | 14 | $44,433 | 18.8% | Nov 6, 2008 | Farbfilm-Verleih |
| 73 | Balkan Traffic - Übermorgen nirgendwo | - | - | - | $8,249 | 4 | $21,060 | 39.2% | Dec 4, 2008 | N/A |
| 74 | The House Bunny | - | - | - | $8,101 | 219 | $2,063,929 | 0.4% | Oct 9, 2008 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 75 | The Plane 2007 Re-release | - | - | - | $7,509 | 12 | $104,243 | 7.2% | May 3, 2007 | Farbfilm-Verleih |
| 76 | The Stranger in Me | - | - | - | $6,537 | 12 | $84,544 | 7.7% | Oct 16, 2008 | Ventura Film |
| 77 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | - | - | - | $6,170 | 22 | $112,923 | 5.5% | Jun 5, 2008 | W-film |
| 78 | Die Eisbombe | - | - | - | $5,468 | 16 | $100,548 | 5.4% | Aug 7, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 79 | Räuber Kneißl | - | - | - | $5,300 | 72 | $2,051,003 | 0.3% | Aug 21, 2008 | Movienet |
| 80 | Botero Born in Medellin | - | - | - | $5,174 | 15 | $55,203 | 9.4% | Oct 30, 2008 | Concorde Filmverleih |
| 81 | Gerdas Schweigen | - | - | - | $4,885 | 13 | $55,095 | 8.9% | Nov 6, 2008 | Piffl Medien |
| 82 | U-900 | - | - | - | $4,462 | 404 | $1,759,338 | 0.3% | Oct 9, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
| 83 | Back to Africa | - | - | - | $4,274 | 11 | $70,812 | 6% | Aug 14, 2008 | Piffl Medien |
| 84 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | - | - | - | $4,074 | 26 | $323,202 | 1.3% | Nov 20, 2008 | FantasiaFilmi Oy |
| 85 | Avanak Kuzenler | - | - | - | $3,417 | 31 | $188,350 | 1.8% | Nov 13, 2008 | Kinostar Filmverleih |
| 86 | Egoïste: Lotti Latrous | - | - | - | $3,022 | 8 | $19,544 | 15.5% | Nov 13, 2008 | N/A |
| 87 | NoBody's Perfect 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $2,952 | 6 | $28,141 | 10.5% | Sep 11, 2008 | Ventura Film |
| 88 | Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe | - | - | - | $2,339 | 120 | $929,503 | 0.3% | Aug 28, 2008 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion |
| 89 | Impy's Wonderland | - | - | - | $1,897 | 403 | $3,072,041 | <0.1% | May 1, 2008 | Constantin Film |
| 90 | 33 Scenes from Life | - | - | - | $1,818 | 15 | $23,367 | 7.8% | Nov 13, 2008 | Real Fiction |
| 91 | Grave Decisions | - | - | - | $1,570 | 397 | $16,764,003 | <0.1% | Aug 17, 2006 | Movienet |
| 92 | Silent Resident | - | - | - | $1,514 | 8 | $20,238 | 7.5% | Sep 11, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 93 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan | - | - | - | $1,295 | 88 | $989,860 | 0.1% | Aug 7, 2008 | X Verleih AG |
| 94 | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,142 | 15 | $49,568 | 2.3% | Jun 19, 2008 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih |
| 95 | Comeback | - | - | - | $550 | 3 | $3,721 | 14.8% | Nov 20, 2008 | WTP International |
| 96 | To Faro | - | - | - | $332 | 20 | $65,694 | 0.5% | Oct 30, 2008 | Alpenrepublik Filmverleih |
| 97 | Surveillance | - | - | - | $80 | 51 | $51,605 | 0.2% | Jul 31, 2008 | Warner Bros. |
