| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Jack the Giant Slayer | $288,928 | - | 97 | - | $2,978 | $288,928 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | - | Identity Thief | $168,205 | - | 56 | - | $3,003 | $168,205 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $137,459 | -25.5% | 92 | -14 | $1,494 | $745,110 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Snitch | $60,318 | -1.5% | 40 | -1 | $1,507 | $277,601 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Red Dawn | $36,022 | -37.2% | 51 | - | $706 | $137,519 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Warm Bodies | $35,732 | -25.5% | 40 | -1 | $893 | $124,407 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $35,076 | -21.2% | 45 | -13 | $779 | $83,675 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 9 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $33,965 | -5.8% | 34 | -5 | $998 | $248,951 | 4 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | $31,909 | -24.5% | 34 | -17 | $938 | $1,288,877 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | 100 Meter Leeuloop | $28,833 | -26% | 37 | -3 | $779 | $94,436 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 2 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $28,398 | -56.9% | 28 | -32 | $1,014 | $721,190 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Argo | $23,510 | -15.8% | 23 | -3 | $1,022 | $624,013 | 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Impossible | $19,727 | -12.6% | 20 | -3 | $986 | $163,342 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Quartet | $17,727 | -17.8% | 15 | -1 | $1,181 | $296,643 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Verraaiers | $11,442 | -32.2% | 10 | -8 | $1,144 | $260,266 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 14 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $11,064 | -31.9% | 12 | - | $922 | $38,313 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Klein Karoo | $9,290 | -11.1% | 11 | -2 | $844 | $506,969 | 8 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Les Misérables | $8,792 | +0.8% | 10 | -2 | $879 | $700,243 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | The Guilt Trip | $8,532 | -13.5% | 6 | -5 | $1,422 | $48,212 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | People Like Us | $7,397 | -10.6% | 9 | +1 | $821 | $23,505 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Flight | $7,297 | -7.4% | 9 | - | $810 | $366,235 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Chimpanzee | $5,804 | - | 7 | - | $829 | $5,805 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 23 | 21 | Parental Guidance | $5,408 | -25.6% | 12 | -3 | $450 | $731,552 | 12 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Zero Dark Thirty | $3,836 | -37.6% | 3 | -4 | $1,278 | $170,813 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Mama | $2,873 | -16.4% | 6 | -2 | $478 | $116,051 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | Anna Karenina | $705 | -67.1% | 1 | -2 | $705 | $110,404 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
