| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
| New This Week
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| 1 | 8 | $4,220,023 | +851.5% | 27.2% | 4 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $4,016,562 | 95.2% | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 2 | 2 | $2,263,394 | +2.4% | 14.6% | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $2,263,394 | 100% | 2 | Prokino Filmverleih | - |
| 3 | 18 | $1,920,844 | +12,179.3% | 12.4% | 2 | Princess Lillifee | $1,918,326 | 99.9% | 1 | Universum Film (UFA) | - |
| 4 | 1 | $1,440,871 | -36.5% | 9.3% | 4 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $689,921 | 47.9% | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 5 | 3 | $1,094,197 | -32.8% | 7% | 11 | Gran Torino | $424,279 | 38.8% | 4 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 6 | 4 | $1,006,327 | -19.7% | 6.5% | 2 | The Reader | $1,005,813 | 99.9% | 5 | Senator Film | - |
| 7 | 5 | $911,434 | -15.9% | 5.9% | 5 | Marley & Me | $489,920 | 53.8% | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 8 | 9 | $745,586 | +228.5% | 4.8% | 7 | The Crocodiles | $578,749 | 77.6% | 1 | Constantin Film | - |
| 9 | 11 | $419,905 | +127.6% | 2.7% | 5 | The Duchess | $274,189 | 65.3% | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | - |
| 10 | 12 | $369,216 | +150.5% | 2.4% | 5 | What Just Happened | $135,274 | 36.6% | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | - |
| 11 | 6 | $355,951 | -45.2% | 2.3% | 6 | The Tale of Despereaux | $197,059 | 55.4% | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - |
| 12 | 7 | $272,304 | -50.9% | 1.8% | 4 | Watchmen | $201,195 | 73.9% | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | - |
| 13 | 10 | $221,193 | +1.5% | 1.4% | 1 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $221,193 | 100% | 4 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | - |
| 14 | 29 | $67,678 | +1,246% | 0.4% | 4 | Germany 09: 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation | $61,695 | 91.2% | 1 | Piffl Medien | - |
| 15 | 13 | $56,189 | -14.9% | 0.4% | 1 | The Bone Man | $56,189 | 100% | 6 | Majestic Filmverleih | - |
| 16 | 16 | $25,749 | -3.9% | 0.2% | 3 | Baching | $14,665 | 57% | 3 | Movienet | - |
| 17 | 21 | $18,760 | +52.6% | 0.1% | 4 | Henners Traum - Das größte Tourismusprojekt Europas | $11,783 | 62.8% | 1 | Real Fiction | - |
| 18 | 14 | $15,501 | -60.8% | <0.1% | 2 | Alone | $11,984 | 77.3% | 3 | Kinostar Filmverleih | - |
| 19 | 15 | $12,947 | -60.9% | <0.1% | 2 | Three Monkeys | $11,742 | 90.7% | 2 | Arsenal Filmverleih | - |
| 20 | 20 | $12,796 | -4.8% | <0.1% | 4 | The Architect | $7,235 | 56.5% | 8 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | - |
| 21 | 19 | $9,291 | -35.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Where the Grass Is Greener | $9,291 | 100% | 3 | Filmlichter | - |
| 22 | 24 | $8,544 | +7.1% | <0.1% | 1 | Let's Make Money | $8,544 | 100% | 22 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | - |
| 23 | 17 | $8,286 | -48.1% | <0.1% | 1 | The Fall | $8,286 | 100% | 3 | Capelight Pictures | - |
| 24 | 28 | $7,093 | +35.2% | <0.1% | 4 | Give Me Your Hand | $3,032 | 42.7% | 5 | Edition Salzgeber | - |
| 25 | 23 | $6,931 | -13.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Merry Widow | $6,931 | 100% | 8 | Alamode Film | - |
| 26 | 26 | $6,276 | +14.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Novemberkind | $6,276 | 100% | 19 | Schwarz/Weiss Filmverleih | - |
| 27 | 30 | $6,195 | +34.7% | <0.1% | 1 | The Meerkats | $6,195 | 100% | 19 | Central Film | - |
| 28 | 35 | $5,599 | +115.3% | <0.1% | 1 | Alter und Schönheit | $5,599 | 100% | 12 | X Verleih AG | - |
| 29 | 25 | $4,806 | -16.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | $4,806 | 100% | 19 | FantasiaFilmi Oy | - |
| 30 | 31 | $4,314 | +30.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Quiet Chaos | $4,314 | 100% | 9 | KOOL Filmdistribution | - |
| 31 | 36 | $4,289 | +81.8% | <0.1% | 6 | Die dünnen Mädchen 2009 Re-release | $1,612 | 37.6% | 9 | Anchor | - |
| 32 | 27 | $3,628 | -32% | <0.1% | 1 | La Bohème | $3,628 | 100% | 23 | NFP Marketing & Distribution | - |
| 33 | 22 | $3,170 | -62% | <0.1% | 3 | Beautiful Bitch | $2,367 | 74.7% | 33 | Farbfilm-Verleih | - |
| 34 | 33 | $2,503 | -5.9% | <0.1% | 1 | Waltz with Bashir | $2,503 | 100% | 21 | Pandora Filmproduktion | - |
| 35 | 39 | $1,973 | +168.8% | <0.1% | 1 | The Stranger in Me | $1,973 | 100% | 24 | Ventura Film | - |
| 36 | 40 | $1,960 | +263.6% | <0.1% | 1 | Adam Resurrected | $1,960 | 100% | 6 | 3L Filmverleih | - |
| 37 | 32 | $1,616 | -45.6% | <0.1% | 1 | The Boss of It All | $1,616 | 100% | 11 | Alpha Films | - |
| 38 | 34 | $1,332 | -49.4% | <0.1% | 2 | Follow Kadri, Not Your Heart | $1,295 | 97.2% | 5 | Maxximum Film und Kunst GmbH | - |
| 39 | 38 | $1,036 | -3.2% | <0.1% | 2 | Maria am Wasser | $853 | 82.3% | 5 | Timebandits Films | - |
| 41 | 41 | $118 | +436.4% | <0.1% | 1 | A Road to Mecca: The Journey of Muhammad Asad | $118 | 100% | 18 | - | - |
