| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dolphin Tale | $150,677 | -32.6% | 59 | +2 | $2,553 | $521,871 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 2 | 4 | The Adventures of Tintin | $138,019 | -15.4% | 76 | -4 | $1,816 | $1,538,156 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $123,958 | -24.6% | 73 | -1 | $1,698 | $1,162,237 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $123,590 | -30.9% | 74 | - | $1,670 | $416,992 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $103,466 | -22.2% | 77 | -4 | $1,343 | $1,813,775 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | A Little Bit of Heaven | $74,194 | - | 45 | - | $1,648 | $74,194 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 7 | 6 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $73,291 | -22.2% | 30 | - | $2,443 | $237,838 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $62,976 | -29.4% | 64 | -7 | $984 | $1,357,154 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | - | 31 Million Reasons | $39,236 | - | 28 | - | $1,401 | $39,236 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 10 | - | Margin Call | $35,722 | - | 17 | - | $2,101 | $35,722 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 9 | Puss in Boots | $34,665 | -42.2% | 38 | -12 | $912 | $2,536,040 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Hoofmeisie | $32,278 | -15% | 27 | +1 | $1,195 | $437,502 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | New Year's Eve | $29,380 | -48.6% | 42 | -13 | $699 | $1,231,475 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 8 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $28,280 | -57.2% | 38 | -24 | $744 | $409,623 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Midnight in Paris | $24,173 | -16.1% | 11 | -1 | $2,197 | $147,489 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | The Thing | $16,111 | -33.6% | 18 | - | $895 | $55,811 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | The Ides of March | $15,562 | -22.3% | 14 | -1 | $1,111 | $159,681 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Platteland | $10,494 | -44.1% | 14 | -1 | $749 | $995,822 | 8 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Real Steel | $9,521 | -38.5% | 10 | -6 | $952 | $1,011,622 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Tower Heist | $7,768 | -35.1% | 8 | -1 | $971 | $1,119,461 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Johnny English Reborn | $2,888 | -29.3% | 3 | -1 | $962 | $1,813,188 | 14 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | The Help | $1,961 | -28.9% | 2 | -1 | $980 | $289,989 | 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Beginners | $1,518 | -3.7% | 3 | - | $506 | $44,063 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Anonymous | $827 | +9.5% | 2 | +1 | $413 | $64,968 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | - | Moneyball | $597 | - | 2 | - | $298 | $142,092 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
