| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $8,924,244 | - | 673 | - | $13,260 | $8,924,244 | 1 | Paramount Pictures International | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Angels & Demons | $1,017,460 | -33.5% | 803 | -195 | $1,267 | $43,739,657 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | State of Play | $759,541 | -46.7% | 325 | +1 | $2,337 | $2,547,856 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $758,977 | -35.1% | 739 | -9 | $1,027 | $17,366,536 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $553,031 | -31.8% | 504 | - | $1,097 | $7,900,718 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Terminator Salvation | $467,770 | -58.6% | 627 | -296 | $746 | $12,834,653 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $418,407 | -32.8% | 326 | -2 | $1,283 | $6,250,078 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Drag Me to Hell | $308,038 | -40.5% | 275 | - | $1,120 | $2,160,850 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Everyone Else | $213,453 | -23.5% | 48 | +8 | $4,446 | $602,346 | 2 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | 17 Again | $134,791 | -26.5% | 293 | -1 | $460 | $5,248,364 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | My Bloody Valentine | $125,503 | -21.4% | 63 | -6 | $1,992 | $2,576,141 | 6 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Small Crime | $115,425 | -23.4% | 67 | +5 | $1,722 | $667,293 | 3 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Slumdog Millionaire | $108,860 | -33.9% | 303 | -25 | $359 | $17,947,673 | 15 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 14 | - | The Countess | $107,387 | - | 67 | - | $1,602 | $107,387 | 1 | X Verleih AG | true | false |
| 15 | 10 | Che: Part One | $99,528 | -44.1% | 121 | -2 | $822 | $783,283 | 3 | Central Film | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Star Trek | $71,154 | -52.6% | 180 | -87 | $395 | $12,720,515 | 8 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | $64,698 | -21.2% | 303 | -2 | $213 | $2,350,237 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Crossing Over | $64,184 | - | 55 | - | $1,166 | $64,184 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 19 | - | Home | $63,180 | - | 30 | - | $2,106 | $63,180 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 20 | 18 | The Crocodiles | $51,129 | -22.4% | 293 | -41 | $174 | $4,186,720 | 14 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | The Uninvited | $45,704 | -45.8% | 99 | -2 | $461 | $1,189,922 | 5 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 22 | - | The Last House on the Left | $39,247 | - | 108 | - | $363 | $1,117,805 | - | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | - | false |
| 23 | 21 | Monsters vs. Aliens | $37,171 | -29.2% | 132 | -10 | $281 | $6,874,432 | 13 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | The Reader | $31,825 | -23.1% | 144 | +3 | $221 | $19,725,295 | 18 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 25 | 28 | Last Chance Harvey | $29,787 | -15.8% | 102 | -17 | $292 | $1,895,382 | 11 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | The Limits of Control | $26,215 | -47.3% | 44 | -11 | $595 | $715,078 | 5 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Princess Lillifee | $25,338 | -33.1% | 221 | -56 | $114 | $6,364,134 | 14 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | Gran Torino | $24,493 | -33.6% | 95 | -20 | $257 | $5,954,878 | 17 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 29 | 32 | The Three Investigators and the Secret of Terror Castle | $24,126 | -13.9% | 123 | -5 | $196 | $4,137,662 | 15 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 30 | 30 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $23,476 | -21.7% | 89 | -19 | $263 | $12,900,472 | 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 17 | Obsessed | $22,793 | -71% | 71 | -30 | $321 | $522,350 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 32 | 33 | Mid-August Lunch | $21,508 | -20.3% | 59 | - | $364 | $779,517 | 9 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 33 | - | Big Stan | $17,215 | - | 20 | - | $860 | $80,695 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 34 | 35 | The First Day of the Rest of Your Life | $16,524 | -28.7% | 53 | -10 | $311 | $962,109 | 10 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 35 | - | Flash of Genius | $15,665 | - | 50 | - | $313 | $70,091 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 36 | 29 | Sunshine Cleaning | $15,025 | -50.4% | 55 | -7 | $273 | $691,456 | 6 | Capelight Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | Duplicity | $14,159 | -46.4% | 41 | -20 | $345 | $2,789,468 | 9 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 38 | 23 | Contact High | $12,972 | -72.6% | 30 | -1 | $432 | $120,383 | 2 | Delphi Filmverleih Produktion | false | false |
