| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Mamma Mia! | $5,677,499 | - | 611 | - | $9,292 | $5,677,499 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Hancock | $4,287,583 | -41.8% | 982 | +2 | $4,366 | $30,532,603 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Kung Fu Panda | $3,302,058 | -26.9% | 824 | -14 | $4,007 | $15,975,389 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | - | Get Smart | $2,201,735 | - | 548 | - | $4,017 | $2,202,577 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 5 | - | Freche Mädchen | $1,901,688 | - | 392 | - | $4,851 | $1,901,688 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Sex and the City | $491,314 | -38.9% | 350 | -202 | $1,403 | $26,028,038 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 7 | - | Paris | $465,209 | - | 72 | - | $6,461 | $465,209 | 1 | Prokino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 8 | 3 | The Incredible Hulk | $441,544 | -62% | 416 | - | $1,061 | $1,929,487 | 2 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $326,144 | -41.4% | 227 | -149 | $1,436 | $29,773,408 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Happy-Go-Lucky | $325,893 | -31.2% | 92 | - | $3,542 | $1,684,774 | 3 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Nim's Island | $258,911 | -37.8% | 328 | -41 | $789 | $2,780,224 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $142,269 | -65.1% | 212 | -120 | $671 | $4,425,448 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Cherry Blossoms | $95,707 | -18.7% | 180 | +2 | $531 | $9,289,093 | 20 | Majestic Filmverleih | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | The Happening | $95,455 | -49.8% | 199 | -171 | $479 | $4,462,199 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | 16 | In Bruges | $78,477 | -22.5% | 73 | -14 | $1,075 | $2,224,807 | 10 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Impy's Wonderland | $75,652 | -28.4% | 267 | -77 | $283 | $2,565,886 | 12 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | The Bank Job | $68,520 | -49.4% | 103 | -55 | $665 | $1,448,832 | 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 18 | 20 | Rabbit Without Ears | $68,116 | +27.2% | 94 | -2 | $724 | $67,905,600 | 31 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 19 | 11 | Summer | $62,230 | -54.8% | 282 | -70 | $220 | $8,387,352 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 13 | What Happens in Vegas | $43,967 | -65.8% | 114 | -94 | $385 | $11,820,295 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | The Wave | $36,669 | -33.6% | 144 | -37 | $254 | $23,716,702 | 19 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | XXY | $35,932 | -21% | 28 | +2 | $1,283 | $253,155 | 4 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | All the Boys Love Mandy Lane | $34,881 | -46.5% | 64 | -23 | $545 | $391,373 | 4 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Earth | $30,597 | -35.8% | 86 | -39 | $355 | $45,796,800 | 24 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 25 | 10 | Married Life | $29,920 | -83.1% | 49 | -10 | $610 | $247,026 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Cassandra's Dream | $28,437 | -28.1% | 32 | - | $888 | $450,813 | 7 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | You Kill Me | $22,827 | -15.2% | 28 | -1 | $815 | $268,731 | 6 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 30 | Saint-Jacques... La Mecque 2007 Re-release | $22,709 | +32.5% | 46 | +5 | $493 | $4,184,631 | 46 | - | false | false |
| 29 | 26 | CSNY/Déjà Vu | $22,669 | -42.5% | 25 | - | $906 | $77,302 | 2 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 30 | 18 | Youth Without Youth | $22,643 | -61.1% | 49 | -3 | $462 | $101,947 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 23 | The Ruins | $22,551 | -51.5% | 43 | -26 | $524 | $430,852 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 32 | 21 | The Game Plan | $22,136 | -55.8% | 136 | - | $162 | $7,859,576 | 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | - | Sportsfreund Lötzsch | $18,194 | - | 9 | - | $2,021 | $18,194 | 1 | MFA+ FilmDistribution. | true | false |
| 34 | 35 | The Kite Runner | $18,154 | +72.2% | 24 | - | $756 | $5,659,268 | 27 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 35 | 36 | Empties | $12,855 | +28.7% | 35 | +1 | $367 | $1,726,862 | 26 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 36 | - | Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte | $10,404 | - | 16 | - | $650 | $66,217 | 3 | Zorro Film | false | false |
| 37 | 42 | Die rote Zora | $9,849 | +41.8% | 27 | +1 | $364 | $5,851,597 | 26 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 38 | 54 | Shine a Light | $8,746 | +91.6% | 38 | -2 | $230 | $1,713,159 | 16 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 39 | 31 | Reservation Road | $7,005 | -57% | 20 | -8 | $350 | $148,824 | 5 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 40 | 32 | Julia | $6,907 | -49.9% | 20 | -9 | $345 | $168,049 | 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 43 | My Brother is an Only Child | $6,476 | -6% | 27 | +1 | $239 | $418,371 | 10 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 42 | 52 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | $5,906 | +23.1% | 8 | +1 | $738 | $1,027,126 | 15 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 43 | 33 | The Grocer's Son | $5,728 | -54.2% | 27 | -4 | $212 | $671,403 | 13 | Arsenal Filmverleih | false | false |
| 44 | 40 | Jesus Christus Erlöser | $5,691 | -18.7% | 12 | - | $474 | $204,129 | 10 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 45 | 46 | Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony | $5,258 | -14.5% | 17 | -5 | $309 | $1,187,670 | 21 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 46 | 39 | Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann | $5,117 | -37.2% | 4 | -3 | $1,279 | $86,510 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 47 | 37 | Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch! | $4,921 | -40.8% | 11 | -3 | $447 | $304,301 | 7 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | false | false |
| 48 | 79 | The Band's Visit | $4,836 | +655.6% | 7 | +1 | $690 | $1,157,186 | 25 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 49 | - | Big Man Japan 2008 Re-release | $4,723 | - | 5 | - | $944 | $4,723 | 1 | Rapid Eye Movies | true | false |
| 50 | 58 | The Edge of Heaven | $4,358 | +11.6% | 8 | -3 | $544 | $5,072,641 | 43 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 51 | 28 | Charlie Bartlett | $3,883 | -82.7% | 21 | -32 | $184 | $260,404 | 4 | Central Film | false | false |
| 52 | 53 | Fleisch ist mein Gemüse | $3,849 | -16.1% | 13 | -2 | $296 | $1,487,968 | 14 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 53 | 50 | Outsourced | $3,673 | -28% | 15 | +2 | $244 | $418,215 | 15 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 54 | 45 | Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution | $3,617 | -44.5% | 8 | -5 | $452 | $77,845 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 55 | 38 | Silly's Sweet Summer | $3,468 | -57.7% | 27 | -10 | $128 | $189,796 | 13 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 56 | 60 | Once | $3,400 | -7.7% | 23 | -2 | $147 | $1,334,317 | 27 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 57 | 67 | Four Minutes | $2,964 | +59.4% | 8 | +4 | $370 | $4,424,331 | 77 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 58 | 56 | You, the Living | $2,963 | -32.8% | 6 | -1 | $493 | $494,762 | 18 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 59 | 47 | Head Under Water | $2,820 | -51.3% | 9 | -1 | $313 | $144,672 | 11 | - | false | false |
| 60 | 49 | La Paloma. Sehnsucht. Weltweit | $2,326 | -57.7% | 5 | - | $465 | $32,662 | 4 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 61 | 59 | Funny Games | $2,219 | -39.9% | 11 | -2 | $201 | $133,578 | 8 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 62 | - | Grease 2008 Re-release | $2,194 | - | 1 | - | $2,194 | $2,194 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 63 | 55 | REC | $2,160 | -52.5% | 8 | -8 | $270 | $994,702 | 11 | 3L Filmverleih | false | false |
| 64 | 69 | Ich. Immendorff | $2,106 | +19.1% | 8 | - | $263 | $46,930 | 9 | Real Fiction | false | false |
| 65 | 64 | No Country for Old Men | $1,909 | -10.8% | 4 | -5 | $477 | $6,379,745 | 21 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 66 | 41 | Iron Man | $1,770 | -74.6% | 24 | -17 | $73 | $8,628,847 | 12 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 67 | 51 | Doomsday | $1,732 | -64% | 6 | -3 | $288 | $74,094 | 6 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 68 | 61 | Grave Decisions | $1,519 | -57.5% | 2 | -1 | $759 | $16,715,301 | 101 | Movienet | false | false |
| 69 | 62 | About Water: People and Yellow Cans 2008 Re-release | $1,204 | -65% | 6 | -2 | $200 | $26,816 | 5 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 70 | 85 | Wild Tigers I Have Known 2008 Re-release | $1,163 | +260.1% | 2 | - | $581 | $6,732 | 6 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 71 | 87 | Bird's Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China | $1,087 | +358.6% | 1 | - | $1,087 | $17,522 | 11 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 72 | 57 | Dirty Dancing 1997 Re-release | $1,068 | -74.7% | 1 | -3 | $1,068 | $10,811 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 73 | 68 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $1,044 | -41.1% | 12 | -1 | $87 | $13,186,003 | 25 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 74 | 63 | Michael Clayton | $933 | -57.1% | 9 | +2 | $103 | $3,819,767 | 21 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 75 | 73 | Tanz mit der Zeit | $846 | -28.9% | 2 | - | $423 | $54,518 | 17 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 76 | 82 | Little Dodo | $811 | +124% | 12 | +3 | $67 | $4,204,571 | 29 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 77 | 70 | Actresses | $724 | -58.5% | 4 | -2 | $181 | $232,658 | 14 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 78 | 75 | Back to Normandy | $699 | -21.6% | 1 | -1 | $699 | $5,870 | 4 | Ventura Film | false | false |
| 79 | 78 | Märzmelodie | $652 | -17.8% | 8 | -1 | $81 | $432,418 | 24 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 80 | 84 | Knut and His Friends | $624 | +75.8% | 4 | -2 | $156 | $559,339 | 20 | Farbfilm-Verleih | false | false |
| 81 | 66 | Tapas Mixtas | $540 | -71.3% | 2 | -1 | $270 | $15,299 | 3 | - | false | false |
| 82 | 81 | Twice Upon a Time | $372 | -10.6% | 1 | - | $372 | $613,375 | 29 | Movienet | false | false |
| 83 | 88 | You Are So Beautiful | $363 | +72.9% | 1 | - | $363 | $2,153,600 | 76 | Movienet | false | false |
| 84 | 72 | A Thousand Years of Good Prayers | $341 | -71.9% | 4 | -1 | $85 | $186,947 | 15 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 85 | 74 | Falafel | $325 | -67.6% | 3 | - | $108 | $9,255 | 9 | Mitosfilm | false | false |
| 86 | 83 | Holunderblüte | $298 | -16.8% | 1 | - | $298 | $84,902 | 26 | Edition Salzgeber | false | false |
| 87 | 71 | Meine Mutter, mein Bruder und ich! | $143 | -89.6% | 2 | -1 | $71 | $24,954 | 12 | Movienet | false | false |
| 88 | 29 | Balls of Fury | $103 | -99.5% | 1 | -4 | $103 | $21,217 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
