| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Dolphin Tale | $223,574 | - | 57 | - | $3,922 | $223,574 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $178,783 | - | 74 | - | $2,415 | $178,783 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $164,497 | -66.4% | 74 | - | $2,222 | $919,954 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Adventures of Tintin | $163,118 | -17.1% | 80 | -4 | $2,038 | $1,263,608 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $133,030 | -13.1% | 81 | -6 | $1,642 | $1,613,925 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $94,258 | - | 30 | - | $3,141 | $94,258 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 5 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $89,159 | -16.9% | 71 | -6 | $1,255 | $1,205,646 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $66,057 | -47.2% | 62 | - | $1,065 | $334,147 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Puss in Boots | $59,967 | -42.9% | 50 | -27 | $1,199 | $2,439,917 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | New Year's Eve | $57,153 | -30.2% | 55 | -8 | $1,039 | $1,156,993 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Hoofmeisie | $37,985 | -34.9% | 26 | -18 | $1,460 | $366,868 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Midnight in Paris | $28,811 | -13.2% | 12 | - | $2,400 | $103,004 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Thing | $24,259 | - | 18 | - | $1,347 | $24,259 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Ides of March | $20,034 | -0.7% | 15 | -2 | $1,335 | $130,998 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | Platteland | $18,780 | -6.5% | 15 | -17 | $1,252 | $967,331 | 7 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | $18,539 | -45.1% | 28 | -29 | $662 | $3,898,762 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Real Steel | $15,471 | -39.7% | 16 | -19 | $966 | $986,095 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 11 | Don 2 | $14,189 | -54.6% | 13 | -2 | $1,091 | $212,978 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Tower Heist | $11,969 | -13.3% | 9 | -9 | $1,329 | $1,097,836 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Johnny English Reborn | $4,083 | -34.3% | 4 | -5 | $1,020 | $1,797,758 | 13 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | The Help | $2,760 | +8.4% | 3 | - | $920 | $284,009 | 14 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | Beginners | $1,577 | +32.4% | 3 | - | $525 | $41,385 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Friends with Benefits | $1,221 | +7.8% | 2 | - | $610 | $1,092,166 | 17 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Anonymous | $755 | +23.8% | 1 | - | $755 | $62,999 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | Shanghai | $470 | - | 1 | - | $470 | $37,379 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
