| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Croods | $562,021 | - | 102 | - | $5,510 | $562,021 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | - | Parker | $227,012 | - | 65 | - | $3,492 | $227,012 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Identity Thief | $175,499 | +4.3% | 57 | +1 | $3,078 | $433,267 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $143,739 | -50.3% | 83 | -14 | $1,731 | $561,436 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $97,614 | -29% | 70 | -22 | $1,394 | $944,845 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | So Undercover | $60,268 | - | 24 | - | $2,511 | $60,268 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | Snitch | $60,172 | -0.2% | 38 | -2 | $1,583 | $377,693 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $33,338 | -5% | 34 | -11 | $980 | $898,792 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $32,597 | -4% | 28 | -6 | $1,164 | $306,725 | 5 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 11 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $25,319 | -10.8% | 17 | -11 | $1,489 | $772,080 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | Warm Bodies | $24,517 | -31.4% | 27 | -13 | $908 | $176,175 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 12 | Argo | $21,382 | -9.1% | 15 | -8 | $1,425 | $665,013 | 10 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 13 | The Impossible | $21,182 | +7.4% | 18 | -2 | $1,176 | $200,513 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Quartet | $19,511 | +10.1% | 12 | -3 | $1,625 | $332,627 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 21 | Flight | $10,593 | +45.2% | 7 | -2 | $1,513 | $384,626 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 5 | Red Dawn | $10,110 | -71.9% | 15 | -36 | $674 | $173,173 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | The Guilt Trip | $9,514 | +11.5% | 4 | -2 | $2,378 | $63,019 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Verraaiers | $9,420 | -17.7% | 7 | -3 | $1,345 | $279,646 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $9,018 | -18.5% | 7 | -5 | $1,288 | $54,413 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 18 | Les Misérables | $8,627 | -1.9% | 6 | -4 | $1,437 | $720,881 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Klein Karoo | $7,768 | -16.4% | 10 | -1 | $776 | $525,800 | 9 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | 25 | Mama | $5,582 | +94.3% | 6 | - | $930 | $124,421 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 9 | Wreck-It Ralph | $5,192 | -83.7% | 9 | -25 | $576 | $1,330,221 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Chimpanzee | $4,921 | -15.2% | 7 | - | $703 | $14,392 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Zero Dark Thirty | $4,605 | +20% | 3 | - | $1,535 | $178,451 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Anna Karenina | $2,214 | +214% | 2 | +1 | $1,107 | $113,968 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
