| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Avatar | $356,413 | -16.7% | 79 | +3 | $4,511 | $14,236,756 | 10 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 2 | 1 | Valentine's Day | $345,883 | -47.3% | 68 | - | $5,086 | $1,356,034 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Wolfman | $195,346 | -35.8% | 68 | - | $2,872 | $623,242 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | $188,477 | -28.5% | 92 | -1 | $2,048 | $601,109 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Sherlock Holmes | $170,471 | -26.6% | 82 | - | $2,078 | $2,282,458 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Book of Eli | $162,738 | - | 30 | - | $5,424 | $190,203 | 1 | Constantin Film | true | false |
| 7 | 7 | It's Complicated | $133,955 | -29.8% | 83 | -1 | $1,613 | $2,452,285 | 5 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | Up in the Air | $119,880 | -32.9% | 42 | - | $2,854 | $810,393 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $116,322 | -0.5% | 73 | -1 | $1,593 | $902,898 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 10 | - | The Lovely Bones | $116,293 | - | 43 | - | $2,704 | $116,293 | 1 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | true | false |
| 11 | 6 | Recep Ivedik 3 | $85,272 | -60.3% | 9 | - | $9,474 | $352,117 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | - | The Ghost Writer | $84,486 | - | 29 | - | $2,913 | $84,486 | 1 | Filmladen | true | false |
| 13 | - | Rock It! | $75,989 | - | 43 | - | $1,767 | $88,356 | 1 | Walt Disney Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $62,690 | +10.2% | 81 | -1 | $773 | $3,119,722 | 9 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 15 | - | Invictus | $51,067 | - | 22 | - | $2,321 | $56,063 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 16 | 10 | Time You Change | $32,029 | -57.8% | 17 | - | $1,884 | $389,551 | 3 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Julia's Disappearance | $31,515 | +2.5% | 12 | - | $2,626 | $129,535 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 12 | The Crocodiles Strike Back | $26,697 | -13.3% | 34 | - | $785 | $293,937 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Pettson & Findus - Katten och gubbens år 2009 Re-release | $24,162 | +32.7% | 44 | -3 | $549 | $200,266 | 6 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | The White Ribbon | $20,646 | +38.8% | 21 | +5 | $983 | $924,942 | 22 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 21 | 14 | The Girl Who Played with Fire | $15,681 | -38.3% | 26 | - | $603 | $155,671 | 3 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | The Princess and the Frog | $15,274 | -10.3% | 36 | -15 | $424 | $1,956,031 | 11 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | A Serious Man | $10,096 | -37.8% | 8 | - | $1,262 | $211,128 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | The Last Station 2010 Re-release | $9,682 | -37.2% | 14 | -3 | $691 | $142,247 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Nanga Parbat | $9,454 | -37.3% | 24 | -13 | $393 | $549,241 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Salami Aleikum | $9,100 | -36.4% | 14 | -15 | $650 | $922,300 | 8 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | North | $7,583 | -35.4% | 7 | - | $1,083 | $26,210 | 2 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 28 | 24 | Old Dogs | $7,544 | -36.5% | 23 | -16 | $328 | $451,487 | 6 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 29 | 23 | Friendship! 2010 Re-release | $7,372 | -40.9% | 19 | -15 | $388 | $486,777 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 30 | 21 | Did You Hear About the Morgans? | $6,247 | -57.5% | 16 | -19 | $390 | $1,598,447 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 31 | 30 | Pianomania | $5,912 | -18.4% | 6 | - | $985 | $31,237 | 3 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 32 | 26 | Same Same But Different | $5,705 | -49.5% | 8 | -3 | $713 | $91,992 | 4 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 33 | 29 | Soul Kitchen | $4,985 | -41.1% | 11 | -2 | $453 | $505,608 | 9 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 34 | - | Louise hires a contract killer | $4,268 | - | 3 | - | $1,422 | $4,497 | 1 | Polyfilm Verleih | true | false |
| 35 | 31 | Whatever Works | $3,470 | -26.2% | 11 | -2 | $315 | $643,115 | 12 | Polyfilm Verleih | false | false |
| 36 | 27 | Surrogates | $3,414 | -66.1% | 17 | -23 | $200 | $504,954 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 37 | 33 | Winds of Sand, Women of Rock | $3,185 | -25.4% | 5 | -1 | $637 | $67,234 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 38 | 32 | Günter Wallraff - Schwarz auf weiß | $2,388 | -48.8% | 5 | -1 | $477 | $11,882 | 2 | Filmladen | false | false |
| 39 | 36 | Where the Wild Things Are | $2,145 | +42.7% | 7 | -1 | $306 | $182,399 | 10 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 40 | 34 | Lourdes | $1,633 | -37.1% | 5 | - | $326 | $119,215 | 11 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 41 | 39 | Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno | $745 | -23.8% | 1 | - | $745 | $25,901 | 5 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 42 | 35 | Bock for President | $575 | -71.5% | 1 | -1 | $575 | $42,646 | 6 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 43 | 40 | Tetro | $528 | -38.1% | 2 | - | $264 | $35,361 | 10 | Stadtkino Filmverleih | false | false |
| 44 | 42 | Plastic Planet | $350 | -0.3% | 5 | +1 | $70 | $721,321 | 23 | N/A | false | false |
| 45 | 37 | Mount St. Elias | $301 | -73.5% | 6 | -4 | $50 | $896,109 | 13 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 46 | 43 | Up | $217 | -18.1% | 1 | -2 | $217 | $2,990,350 | 23 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 47 | 44 | Planet 51 | $123 | +15% | 1 | - | $123 | $336,869 | 12 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
