| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Despicable Me | $4,067,762 | +11.5% | 697 | +7 | $5,836 | $16,428,865 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | 3 | Conference of Animals | $2,723,785 | +41.2% | 643 | -82 | $4,236 | $5,852,313 | 2 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Social Network | $1,990,445 | -16.2% | 367 | +29 | $5,423 | $5,493,387 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 4 | - | The Other Guys | $1,846,189 | - | 352 | - | $5,244 | $2,030,067 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Eat Pray Love | $1,374,663 | -10.1% | 519 | -6 | $2,648 | $10,737,759 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | - | Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | $1,131,123 | - | 435 | - | $2,600 | $1,152,510 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 7 | - | Young Goethe in Love | $948,253 | - | 250 | - | $3,793 | $1,041,554 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 8 | - | Piranha 3D | $853,091 | - | 312 | - | $2,734 | $853,091 | 1 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $533,226 | -40% | 319 | -78 | $1,671 | $15,280,453 | 5 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Charlie St. Cloud | $479,578 | -26.8% | 269 | -1 | $1,782 | $1,534,250 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Single by Contract | $326,616 | -4.8% | 398 | -7 | $820 | $4,282,870 | 5 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Twelve | $325,822 | - | 111 | - | $2,935 | $325,822 | 1 | TOBIS Film | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | The End Is My Beginning | $216,818 | <0.1% | 79 | - | $2,744 | $550,945 | 2 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 14 | - | Furry Vengeance | $213,526 | - | 206 | - | $1,036 | $214,873 | 1 | Concorde Filmverleih | true | false |
| 15 | - | Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | $205,141 | - | 98 | - | $2,093 | $218,611 | 1 | Prokino Filmverleih | true | false |
| 16 | 7 | The Town | $202,893 | -46.2% | 173 | -15 | $1,172 | $2,442,330 | 4 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams | $198,914 | +11.3% | 402 | -32 | $494 | $792,176 | 3 | Falcom Media | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | The American | $185,832 | -26.7% | 230 | -1 | $807 | $3,522,192 | 5 | TOBIS Film | false | false |
| 19 | 12 | Inception | $184,479 | -13.6% | 165 | -25 | $1,118 | $36,216,407 | 12 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | $120,376 | -11.8% | 227 | -45 | $530 | $5,850,170 | 7 | Walt Disney Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 13 | Vampires Suck | $118,462 | -37.1% | 310 | -124 | $382 | $7,957,414 | 6 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 22 | 10 | The Last Exorcism | $111,300 | -49.4% | 193 | -5 | $576 | $934,449 | 3 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 23 | 31 | Little Nicholas | $91,187 | +153.5% | 146 | -4 | $624 | $1,727,084 | 8 | Central Film | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | The Road | $63,228 | -32.5% | 55 | -2 | $1,149 | $251,403 | 2 | Senator Film | false | false |
| 25 | - | Ramona and Beezus | $59,260 | - | 51 | - | $1,161 | $59,260 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 26 | 16 | Step Up 3D | $51,090 | -45.9% | 75 | -46 | $681 | $13,802,982 | 8 | Constantin Film | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Mammuth | $50,889 | -12.6% | 49 | -12 | $1,038 | $894,828 | 5 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 28 | 29 | Honey | $45,730 | +20.9% | 40 | - | $1,143 | $716,484 | 6 | Piffl Medien | false | false |
| 29 | 18 | Get Him to the Greek | $43,538 | -47.2% | 87 | -59 | $500 | $5,134,599 | 7 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 30 | 32 | The Concert | $42,365 | +20.3% | 129 | +13 | $328 | $2,973,475 | 12 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 31 | 21 | Jew Suss: Rise and Fall | $42,114 | -35.8% | 83 | -60 | $507 | $750,658 | 4 | Concorde Filmverleih | false | false |
| 32 | 34 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | $42,064 | +38.6% | 52 | - | $808 | $379,670 | 5 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 33 | 23 | Hochzeitspolka | $41,711 | -29.6% | 54 | -20 | $772 | $314,997 | 3 | X Verleih AG | false | false |
| 34 | - | October | $40,893 | - | 31 | - | $1,319 | $44,461 | 1 | Neue Visionen Filmverleih | true | false |
| 35 | - | Lebanon | $37,900 | - | 30 | - | $1,263 | $41,801 | 1 | Central Film | true | false |
| 36 | 27 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink | $36,843 | -12% | 67 | +5 | $549 | $108,593 | 2 | Kinowelt Filmverleih | false | false |
| 37 | 37 | Kinshasa Symphony | $36,259 | +30.8% | 22 | +2 | $1,648 | $201,285 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 38 | 26 | Avatar | $35,803 | -23% | 38 | -16 | $942 | $156,231,921 | 44 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 39 | 25 | The Last Airbender | $30,325 | -45.9% | 98 | -76 | $309 | $15,572,208 | 9 | Paramount Pictures International | false | false |
| 40 | 36 | Ponyo | $28,751 | +0.3% | 135 | -75 | $212 | $751,256 | 5 | Universum Film (UFA) | false | false |
| 41 | 35 | Grown Ups | $24,526 | -16.7% | 75 | -31 | $327 | $18,237,933 | 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 42 | 39 | Salt | $10,280 | -57% | 48 | -30 | $214 | $7,283,463 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
