| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Terminator Salvation | $5,228,454 | - | 967 | - | $5,406 | $5,908,120 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $3,661,793 | -28.5% | 1,042 | -50 | $3,514 | $35,894,430 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | - | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $2,529,154 | - | 504 | - | $5,018 | $3,879,974 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $2,527,628 | -8.2% | 733 | - | $3,448 | $12,371,074 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $1,196,297 | -25.5% | 323 | +3 | $3,703 | $3,453,173 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Star Trek | $439,355 | -44.7% | 415 | -153 | $1,058 | $11,849,235 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | 17 Again | $376,070 | -26.8% | 221 | -68 | $1,701 | $4,415,362 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | My Bloody Valentine | $325,939 | -20.8% | 62 | -1 | $5,257 | $1,732,162 | 3 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | $273,638 | +1.4% | 314 | -66 | $871 | $17,174,157 | 12 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | The Uninvited | $226,961 | -44.8% | 101 | - | $2,247 | $789,454 | 2 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Limits of Control | $152,358 | -15.7% | 56 | - | $2,720 | $419,325 | 2 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $130,147 | +41.2% | 305 | -7 | $426 | $1,998,469 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $127,055 | -59% | 255 | -133 | $498 | $9,485,132 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Crocodiles | $106,543 | +45.2% | 370 | -41 | $287 | $3,886,838 | 11 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Last House on the Left | $101,921 | - | 140 | - | $728 | $905,392 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 16 | 13 | Sunshine Cleaning | $94,244 | +3.4% | 70 | -1 | $1,346 | $512,149 | 3 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $89,001 | +32.1% | 186 | -60 | $478 | $6,675,347 | 10 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 18 | 17 | Princess Lillifee | $81,964 | +37.2% | 347 | -64 | $236 | $6,210,189 | 11 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $74,779 | +31.7% | 60 | +2 | $1,246 | $803,915 | 7 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Mid-August Lunch | $58,814 | +20% | 59 | +2 | $996 | $640,179 | 6 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Gran Torino | $52,526 | +0.7% | 107 | -9 | $490 | $5,773,120 | 14 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $48,573 | -6.1% | 127 | -74 | $382 | $12,777,048 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 14 | Duplicity | $48,087 | -41.5% | 72 | -63 | $667 | $2,670,975 | 6 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Last Chance Harvey | $45,111 | -5.9% | 94 | -22 | $479 | $1,723,374 | 8 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 25 | 28 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $44,499 | +59.2% | 155 | -43 | $287 | $4,032,552 | 12 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 23 | The Reader | $37,382 | -14.8% | 116 | -27 | $322 | $19,488,291 | 15 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 27 | - | The Promotion | $33,660 | - | 30 | - | $1,122 | $33,660 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 28 | 26 | Knowing | $22,712 | -24.1% | 31 | -33 | $732 | $4,979,210 | 9 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 29 | 33 | Eldorado | $21,558 | +28.9% | 23 | - | $937 | $200,367 | 4 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 30 | 37 | Hilde | $20,868 | +79.5% | 69 | -5 | $302 | $3,552,579 | 13 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 31 | 27 | Public Enemy | $18,116 | -37.2% | 30 | -2 | $603 | $211,125 | 3 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 32 | 35 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | $17,773 | +16.6% | 26 | -2 | $683 | $195,646 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | - | Dorfpunks | $15,124 | - | 30 | - | $504 | $424,773 | - | Piffl Medien | - | false |
| 34 | 29 | Phantom Pain | $14,904 | -45.4% | 60 | -46 | $248 | $747,346 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | 24 | Crank: High Voltage | $14,567 | -66.1% | 59 | -61 | $246 | $6,890,754 | 8 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
