| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Deadpool | $218,551 | -37.8% | 108 | +1 | $2,023 | $1,410,855 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 2 | - | Gods of Egypt | $149,993 | - | 70 | - | $2,142 | $149,993 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 3 | 3 | Happiness Is a Four-letter Word | $117,306 | -23.9% | 60 | +5 | $1,955 | $146,931 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Vir Altyd | $106,262 | -39.3% | 62 | -3 | $1,713 | $166,882 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | How to Be Single | $57,137 | -27.5% | 57 | -13 | $1,002 | $362,261 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Fifty Shades of Black | $32,052 | -29.7% | 50 | - | $641 | $92,755 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Brothers Grimsby | $22,502 | - | 50 | - | $450 | $22,502 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Ride Along 2 | $20,219 | -47.4% | 31 | -24 | $652 | $957,446 | 59 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Solace | $19,633 | - | 39 | - | $503 | $19,633 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 7 | Daddy's Home | $18,758 | -41.7% | 28 | -13 | $669 | $418,297 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Norm of the North | $18,073 | -32.1% | 31 | -5 | $583 | $201,434 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 12 | - | Room | $17,087 | - | 18 | - | $949 | $17,087 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | 14 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $13,376 | -15% | 18 | -3 | $743 | $1,151,374 | 10 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Revenant | $13,272 | -44.3% | 19 | -8 | $698 | $490,754 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 15 | - | The Boy | $10,685 | - | 10 | - | $1,068 | $10,685 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Dressmaker | $10,562 | -19.8% | 10 | -2 | $1,056 | $91,360 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 8 | Dirty Grandpa | $8,470 | -69.5% | 15 | -27 | $564 | $333,643 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | 13 Hours | $7,638 | -58.2% | 11 | -21 | $694 | $25,247 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | Die Ontwaking | $7,380 | - | 25 | - | $295 | $7,380 | 1 | N/A | true | false |
| 20 | 15 | Hail, Caesar! | $7,172 | -46.7% | 25 | +14 | $286 | $32,527 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 12 | The 5th Wave | $6,542 | -68.2% | 13 | -22 | $503 | $281,306 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Spotlight | $5,936 | -32.7% | 6 | -4 | $989 | $75,135 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Trumbo | $4,165 | -37.7% | 7 | - | $595 | $12,992 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 24 | 11 | The Finest Hours | $3,153 | -85.9% | 9 | -26 | $350 | $202,248 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | The Big Short | $2,752 | -26.4% | 4 | -1 | $688 | $109,217 | 59 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | The Danish Girl | $2,084 | -30.2% | 5 | - | $416 | $36,782 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 23 | The Little Prince | $2,036 | +0.1% | 4 | - | $509 | $392,479 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 27 | Suffragette | $272 | -33.3% | 1 | - | $272 | $43,163 | 59 | United International Pictures | false | false |
