| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Avatar | $654,430 | -6.6% | 84 | +6 | $7,790 | $12,955,452 | 8 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes | $456,724 | -35.8% | 82 | - | $5,569 | $1,574,209 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | It's Complicated | $340,202 | -22.4% | 87 | - | $3,910 | $1,835,815 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | - | Up in the Air | $286,515 | - | 42 | - | $6,821 | $288,188 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 5 | - | Time You Change | $208,684 | - | 17 | - | $12,275 | $208,684 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $199,225 | -2.3% | 73 | -1 | $2,729 | $523,313 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $87,547 | +4.3% | 90 | -2 | $972 | $2,927,871 | 7 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 8 | - | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $58,466 | - | 26 | - | $2,248 | $66,291 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $55,157 | -37.7% | 67 | -14 | $823 | $1,530,338 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | 5 | Surrogates | $48,576 | -49.7% | 61 | - | $796 | $468,838 | 3 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | $43,532 | -11.8% | 34 | - | $1,280 | $198,671 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | $41,870 | -34.7% | 47 | - | $890 | $441,886 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | Nanga Parbat | $37,370 | -36.7% | 49 | +9 | $762 | $491,977 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | $31,856 | -18.3% | 23 | +4 | $1,385 | $587,707 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Salami Aleikum | $30,533 | -29.8% | 40 | - | $763 | $873,313 | 6 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Old Dogs | $29,578 | -32.4% | 59 | -5 | $501 | $419,696 | 4 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Julia's Disappearance | $28,149 | - | 10 | - | $2,814 | $28,149 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 18 | 16 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | $26,183 | +7.2% | 46 | +3 | $569 | $137,342 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 19 | 19 | The White Ribbon | $25,315 | +17.5% | 17 | -1 | $1,489 | $858,081 | 20 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | $23,892 | -35.9% | 17 | - | $1,405 | $93,512 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | A Serious Man | $23,510 | -38.6% | 8 | - | $2,938 | $161,155 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | The Princess and the Frog | $22,773 | +8.6% | 46 | -15 | $495 | $1,896,366 | 9 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 18 | Same Same But Different | $15,840 | -29.6% | 11 | +1 | $1,440 | $56,636 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Soul Kitchen | $11,713 | -8.3% | 17 | -2 | $689 | $476,249 | 7 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Whatever Works | $7,372 | -20.9% | 16 | -1 | $460 | $628,032 | 10 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | $6,110 | -30.7% | 18 | -7 | $339 | $3,324,810 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 27 | - | Pianomania | $6,081 | - | 6 | - | $1,013 | $6,081 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 28 | 25 | Winds of Sand, Women of Rock | $5,391 | -40.6% | 6 | +3 | $898 | $52,690 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 29 | 29 | Gamer | $5,187 | -25.9% | 15 | -17 | $345 | $248,412 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 30 | 32 | Mount St. Elias | $4,139 | -14.7% | 14 | -1 | $295 | $887,725 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 31 | 34 | Seraphine | $2,847 | -34.2% | 4 | -4 | $711 | $52,473 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 32 | 30 | The Rebound | $2,831 | -46.6% | 15 | - | $188 | $714,524 | 6 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 33 | 31 | Looking for Eric | $2,513 | -52.6% | 7 | -3 | $359 | $62,090 | 5 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 34 | 36 | Where the Wild Things Are | $2,172 | -24.3% | 10 | -3 | $217 | $176,702 | 8 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 35 | 35 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $2,049 | -49.8% | 1 | - | $2,049 | $22,309 | 3 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 36 | 40 | Lourdes | $1,875 | +8.3% | 4 | -1 | $468 | $106,508 | 9 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Bock for President | $1,757 | -33.8% | 2 | -2 | $878 | $35,365 | 4 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 38 | 33 | Albert Schweitzer | $1,722 | -61.1% | 7 | -3 | $246 | $61,571 | 5 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 39 | - | Widerstand in Haiderland | $1,644 | - | 2 | - | $822 | $2,336 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 40 | 45 | Tetro | $943 | +48.3% | 2 | +1 | $471 | $32,565 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 43 | 2012 | $680 | -23.6% | 1 | -1 | $680 | $4,487,563 | 13 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 41 | Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys | $592 | -43.1% | 1 | -1 | $592 | $152,714 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 43 | 44 | Defamation | $513 | -36% | 1 | -2 | $513 | $5,271 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 44 | 42 | Up | $410 | -55.7% | 2 | -1 | $205 | $2,988,601 | 21 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 45 | 47 | Planet 51 | $371 | +12.1% | 4 | -1 | $92 | $336,639 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 46 | 46 | Plastic Planet | $195 | -66.7% | 2 | -3 | $97 | $710,268 | 21 | N/A | false | false |
| 47 | - | G-Force | $132 | - | 2 | - | $66 | $2,383,966 | 17 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
