| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $475,667 | - | 95 | - | $5,007 | $475,667 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | The Croods | $277,125 | -50.7% | 86 | -16 | $3,222 | $1,312,075 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Parker | $90,078 | -60.3% | 65 | - | $1,385 | $468,013 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Identity Thief | $87,193 | -50.3% | 58 | +1 | $1,503 | $598,809 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $48,095 | -66.5% | 52 | -31 | $924 | $736,198 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $46,273 | -52.6% | 52 | -18 | $889 | $1,106,696 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | So Undercover | $42,615 | -29.3% | 24 | - | $1,775 | $163,898 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | - | Hitchcock | $33,239 | - | 22 | - | $1,510 | $33,239 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 9 | 7 | Snitch | $24,466 | -59.3% | 37 | -1 | $661 | $456,733 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $17,387 | -46.7% | 23 | -5 | $755 | $355,730 | 6 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Warm Bodies | $13,842 | -43.5% | 24 | -3 | $576 | $216,305 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 14 | Quartet | $11,796 | -39.5% | 11 | -1 | $1,072 | $365,763 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $10,508 | -68.5% | 23 | -11 | $456 | $948,754 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | The Impossible | $9,917 | -53.2% | 13 | -5 | $762 | $232,386 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $5,542 | -78.1% | 11 | -6 | $503 | $798,999 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 21 | Klein Karoo | $4,225 | -45.6% | 7 | -3 | $603 | $548,223 | 10 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 19 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $3,935 | -56.4% | 6 | -1 | $655 | $65,118 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 23 | Wreck-It Ralph | $3,836 | -26.1% | 7 | -2 | $548 | $1,363,060 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | Flight | $3,384 | -68.1% | 4 | -3 | $846 | $396,572 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Les Misérables | $3,306 | -61.7% | 3 | -3 | $1,102 | $737,656 | 12 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | People Like Us | $3,295 | - | 5 | - | $659 | $36,602 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 16 | Red Dawn | $2,895 | -71.4% | 10 | -5 | $289 | $187,518 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 25 | Zero Dark Thirty | $2,494 | -45.8% | 2 | -1 | $1,247 | $184,636 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 18 | Verraaiers | $2,456 | -73.9% | 4 | -3 | $614 | $297,105 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Mama | $1,972 | -64.7% | 5 | -1 | $394 | $130,343 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 17 | The Guilt Trip | $1,610 | -83.1% | 3 | -1 | $536 | $69,648 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
