| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Sherlock Holmes | $711,126 | - | 82 | - | $8,672 | $798,461 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Avatar | $700,889 | -12.7% | 78 | -15 | $8,985 | $12,227,979 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | It's Complicated | $438,594 | -14.2% | 87 | - | $5,041 | $1,243,679 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | - | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $203,859 | - | 74 | - | $2,754 | $203,859 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Surrogates | $96,543 | -54% | 61 | - | $1,582 | $387,347 | 2 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $88,558 | -39.3% | 81 | -3 | $1,093 | $1,435,206 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $83,926 | -40.5% | 92 | -4 | $912 | $2,870,608 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | $64,157 | -29.9% | 47 | - | $1,365 | $370,530 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Nanga Parbat | $59,044 | -40.3% | 40 | -26 | $1,476 | $432,223 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | $49,374 | -26.9% | 34 | - | $1,452 | $132,553 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Old Dogs | $43,779 | -54.8% | 64 | - | $684 | $376,829 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Salami Aleikum | $43,506 | -28.3% | 40 | -6 | $1,087 | $841,810 | 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $38,998 | -42.1% | 19 | - | $2,052 | $542,887 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | A Serious Man | $38,264 | -21.9% | 8 | - | $4,783 | $114,080 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | $37,302 | - | 17 | - | $2,194 | $41,001 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | 15 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | $24,428 | -23.5% | 43 | +2 | $568 | $103,287 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Sacred Demijohn 2 | $22,674 | -47.5% | 7 | - | $3,239 | $72,841 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | - | Same Same But Different | $22,489 | - | 10 | - | $2,248 | $22,489 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 19 | 18 | The White Ribbon | $21,540 | -1.9% | 18 | +4 | $1,196 | $833,352 | 19 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | The Princess and the Frog | $20,965 | -45.8% | 61 | -16 | $343 | $1,909,455 | 8 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Dragon Trap | $20,210 | - | 9 | - | $2,245 | $20,210 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 22 | - | New in Town | $15,817 | - | 14 | - | $1,129 | $15,817 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 23 | 19 | Soul Kitchen | $12,780 | -36% | 19 | -2 | $672 | $466,235 | 6 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Whatever Works | $9,315 | -13.3% | 17 | -7 | $547 | $630,651 | 9 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 25 | 25 | Winds of Sand, Women of Rock | $9,073 | +2.7% | 3 | -1 | $3,024 | $40,932 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 17 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | $8,818 | -61.6% | 25 | -17 | $352 | $3,406,748 | 9 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | 16 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | $7,621 | -67.2% | 43 | - | $177 | $185,749 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 28 | 22 | Fame | $7,088 | -34.5% | 20 | -7 | $354 | $641,564 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 29 | 21 | Gamer | $6,999 | -53.7% | 32 | - | $218 | $248,653 | 4 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 30 | 20 | The Rebound | $5,301 | -70.3% | 15 | -23 | $353 | $728,965 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 31 | 28 | Looking for Eric | $5,300 | -20.9% | 10 | -2 | $530 | $58,208 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 32 | 24 | Mount St. Elias | $4,853 | -54.5% | 15 | -10 | $323 | $905,096 | 10 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 33 | 30 | Albert Schweitzer | $4,422 | +3.3% | 10 | -2 | $442 | $59,116 | 4 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 34 | 26 | Seraphine | $4,326 | -49% | 8 | -1 | $540 | $47,034 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 35 | 32 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $4,084 | +15.9% | 1 | - | $4,084 | $14,399 | 2 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 36 | 27 | Where the Wild Things Are | $2,871 | -61.3% | 13 | -8 | $220 | $177,876 | 7 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 37 | 34 | Bock for President | $2,653 | -10.8% | 4 | - | $663 | $26,565 | 3 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | - | Bright Star | $2,598 | - | 4 | - | $649 | $76,079 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 39 | 31 | Hachi: A Dog's Tale | $2,557 | -37.4% | 9 | -4 | $284 | $542,582 | 11 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 40 | - | Lourdes | $1,732 | - | 5 | - | $346 | $105,295 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 29 | Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys | $1,040 | -77.8% | 2 | -5 | $520 | $155,882 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 42 | - | Up | $925 | - | 3 | - | $308 | $3,071,944 | 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 43 | - | 2012 | $890 | - | 2 | - | $445 | $4,486,294 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 44 | - | Defamation | $801 | - | 3 | - | $267 | $4,054 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 45 | - | Tetro | $636 | - | 1 | - | $636 | $31,789 | 7 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 46 | - | Plastic Planet | $586 | - | 5 | - | $117 | $728,578 | 20 | N/A | false | false |
| 47 | - | Planet 51 | $331 | - | 5 | - | $66 | $335,827 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
