| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $1,164,913 | -69.8% | 17.9% | 2 | Crank: High Voltage | $988,268 | 84.8% | 2 | Universum Film (UFA) | - |
| 2 | 2 | $936,056 | -62.3% | 14.4% | 5 | Fast & Furious | $615,778 | 65.8% | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - |
| 3 | 6 | $800,602 | -29.4% | 12.3% | 4 | I Love You, Man | $486,355 | 60.7% | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | - |
| 4 | 7 | $690,006 | -37.6% | 10.6% | 5 | Defiance | $333,612 | 48.3% | 1 | Constantin Film | - |
| 5 | 3 | $680,815 | -58.2% | 10.5% | 3 | Knowing | $476,600 | 70% | 3 | Concorde Filmverleih | - |
| 6 | 5 | $656,546 | -47.6% | 10.1% | 1 | Slumdog Millionaire | $656,546 | 100% | 6 | Prokino Filmverleih | - |
| 7 | 4 | $478,369 | -62.9% | 7.4% | 3 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $455,475 | 95.2% | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | - |
| 8 | 9 | $359,078 | -0.8% | 5.5% | 2 | The Reader | $180,018 | 50.1% | 9 | Senator Film | - |
| 9 | 8 | $197,143 | -73.4% | 3% | 4 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $82,252 | 41.7% | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | - |
| 10 | 13 | $170,591 | +22.6% | 2.6% | 5 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $113,770 | 66.7% | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | - |
| 11 | 10 | $148,092 | -56.4% | 2.3% | 3 | Gran Torino | $90,908 | 61.4% | 8 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 12 | 14 | $80,436 | -40.4% | 1.2% | 2 | John Rabe | $66,984 | 83.3% | 7 | Majestic Filmverleih | - |
| 13 | 11 | $53,425 | -76.8% | 0.8% | 2 | The Forbidden Kingdom | $46,667 | 87.4% | 2 | Central Film | - |
| 14 | 12 | $32,430 | -81.1% | 0.5% | 1 | Willi und die Wunder dieser Welt | $32,430 | 100% | 8 | MFA+ FilmDistribution | - |
| 15 | 15 | $30,285 | -71.4% | 0.5% | 2 | Marley & Me | $23,631 | 78% | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | - |
| 16 | 16 | $13,980 | -67.2% | 0.2% | 1 | Die Ludolfs - Dankeschön für Italien! | $13,980 | 100% | 3 | Zorro Film | - |
