| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | $5,300,464 | -41% | 908 | +5 | $5,837 | $49,934,383 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Proposal | $4,652,040 | - | 610 | - | $7,626 | $4,652,040 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | $3,645,661 | -31.8% | 845 | +11 | $4,314 | $68,007,879 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Hangover | $2,706,337 | -35.1% | 428 | +5 | $6,323 | $8,403,976 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Friends Forever | $466,459 | -42.4% | 442 | - | $1,055 | $1,498,622 | 2 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Brüno | $303,696 | -50.1% | 393 | -79 | $772 | $6,760,132 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | $255,431 | -38.5% | 307 | -118 | $832 | $19,856,282 | 6 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Salami Aleikum | $154,222 | -44.5% | 59 | - | $2,613 | $505,563 | 2 | Zorro Film | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Angels & Demons | $151,947 | -36.9% | 214 | -38 | $710 | $46,611,119 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | Fanboys | $128,206 | - | 44 | - | $2,913 | $128,206 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $108,303 | -23.2% | 369 | -54 | $293 | $9,868,507 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Je l'aimais | $99,293 | - | 60 | - | $1,654 | $99,293 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 13 | 12 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | $88,444 | -10.6% | 267 | -38 | $331 | $19,146,827 | 11 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 14 | 19 | The Reader | $82,189 | +118.4% | 82 | -9 | $1,002 | $20,423,624 | 23 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 15 | - | Sometime in August | $62,801 | - | 34 | - | $1,847 | $62,801 | 1 | Senator Film | true | false |
| 16 | 10 | Le code a changé | $61,896 | -54% | 60 | - | $1,031 | $539,137 | 3 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Slumdog Millionaire | $61,726 | +37.2% | 135 | -17 | $457 | $18,847,755 | 20 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | State of Play | $56,596 | -42.1% | 99 | -41 | $571 | $4,384,177 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | Everyone Else | $53,499 | -30.7% | 56 | +2 | $955 | $1,515,933 | 7 | Prokino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 20 | - | Let it Rain | $50,432 | - | 40 | - | $1,260 | $50,432 | 1 | Alamode Film | true | false |
| 21 | 26 | My Bloody Valentine | $37,912 | +127.1% | 47 | +30 | $806 | $2,790,574 | 11 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 22 | 33 | Gran Torino | $37,111 | +266.6% | 47 | -2 | $789 | $6,257,030 | 22 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 23 | 11 | The Edge of Love | $29,985 | -75.7% | 59 | -5 | $508 | $184,527 | 2 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 24 | 15 | Tricks | $27,852 | -57.7% | 32 | - | $870 | $118,662 | 2 | KOOL Filmdistribution | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Small Crime | $25,434 | -11% | 41 | -13 | $620 | $1,069,097 | 8 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | In Search of Memory 2009 Re-release | $21,923 | -33.1% | 31 | -1 | $707 | $372,106 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 27 | 16 | Inspector Bellamy | $21,367 | -60.5% | 43 | -11 | $496 | $536,704 | 4 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 28 | 17 | Che: Part Two | $20,678 | -61.5% | 41 | - | $504 | $97,329 | 2 | Central Film | false | false |
| 29 | 20 | Birdwatchers | $19,000 | -43.1% | 30 | -2 | $633 | $155,029 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 30 | 23 | Drag Me to Hell | $17,276 | -25.9% | 48 | -23 | $359 | $2,725,729 | 8 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 31 | 25 | The Crocodiles | $13,185 | -24.3% | 89 | -44 | $148 | $4,452,060 | 19 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 32 | 35 | Mid-August Lunch | $11,632 | +20.5% | 47 | +6 | $247 | $916,335 | 14 | Pandora Filmproduktion | false | false |
| 33 | 28 | Last Chance Harvey | $9,969 | -32.3% | 47 | -8 | $212 | $2,078,770 | 16 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 34 | 31 | Terminator Salvation | $8,904 | -18.3% | 38 | -16 | $234 | $13,517,489 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 35 | - | The Good the Bad the Weird | $8,415 | - | 20 | - | $420 | $31,733 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
