| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $1,528,962 | -44% | 998 | -43 | $1,532 | $42,241,730 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 2 | - | State of Play | $1,424,142 | - | 324 | - | $4,395 | $1,424,142 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $1,169,471 | -40.4% | 748 | +5 | $1,563 | $16,349,407 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Terminator Salvation | $1,129,536 | -56.4% | 923 | -56 | $1,223 | $12,007,802 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $810,683 | -47.1% | 504 | - | $1,608 | $7,128,952 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $622,832 | -36.1% | 328 | +5 | $1,898 | $5,666,646 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Drag Me to Hell | $517,776 | -47.7% | 275 | +1 | $1,882 | $1,720,479 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | - | Everyone Else | $279,159 | - | 40 | - | $6,978 | $279,159 | 1 | Prokino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 9 | 8 | 17 Again | $183,429 | -40.4% | 294 | +2 | $623 | $5,063,153 | 6 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Che: Part One | $177,913 | -45.6% | 123 | +1 | $1,446 | $607,725 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Slumdog Millionaire | $164,621 | -29.8% | 328 | -6 | $501 | $17,760,090 | 14 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | My Bloody Valentine | $159,737 | -42% | 69 | +3 | $2,315 | $2,378,646 | 5 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Small Crime | $150,606 | -45.4% | 62 | +3 | $2,429 | $495,589 | 2 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 14 | 9 | Star Trek | $150,098 | -50% | 267 | -89 | $562 | $12,571,788 | 7 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | The Uninvited | $84,266 | -41.7% | 101 | - | $834 | $1,119,691 | 4 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 16 | 15 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $82,135 | -35.6% | 305 | - | $269 | $2,266,358 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Obsessed | $78,504 | -61.9% | 101 | -2 | $777 | $479,685 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | The Crocodiles | $65,925 | -35.5% | 334 | -10 | $197 | $4,105,327 | 13 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 19 | - | Observe and Report | $58,610 | - | 61 | - | $960 | $58,610 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 20 | - | The Last House on the Left | $52,706 | - | 126 | - | $418 | $1,072,790 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 21 | 18 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $52,527 | -35.9% | 142 | -29 | $369 | $6,834,973 | 12 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | The Limits of Control | $49,783 | -49.4% | 55 | -1 | $905 | $666,610 | 4 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 23 | - | Contact High | $47,327 | - | 31 | - | $1,526 | $94,621 | 1 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | true | false |
| 24 | 29 | The Reader | $41,373 | +10.5% | 141 | +12 | $293 | $19,657,955 | 17 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Princess Lillifee | $37,865 | -36.8% | 277 | -34 | $136 | $6,331,082 | 13 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 26 | - | Grimm Love 2009 Re-release | $36,907 | - | 54 | - | $683 | $36,907 | 1 | Central Film | true | false |
| 27 | 24 | Gran Torino | $36,888 | -29.6% | 115 | -4 | $320 | $5,906,164 | 16 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 28 | 26 | Last Chance Harvey | $35,390 | -14.3% | 119 | +8 | $297 | $1,840,388 | 10 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 29 | 21 | Sunshine Cleaning | $30,279 | -49.9% | 62 | -6 | $488 | $662,828 | 5 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 25 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $29,998 | -35.3% | 108 | -2 | $277 | $12,871,199 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 20 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | $28,227 | -55% | 123 | -53 | $229 | $9,633,797 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $28,029 | -15.3% | 128 | -16 | $218 | $4,108,202 | 14 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Mid-August Lunch | $26,991 | -28% | 59 | +2 | $457 | $745,653 | 8 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 34 | 27 | Duplicity | $26,436 | -33.9% | 61 | +4 | $433 | $2,765,956 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 35 | 23 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $23,168 | -57.3% | 63 | +1 | $367 | $928,518 | 9 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
