| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $157,050 | -31.4% | 91 | -4 | $1,725 | $1,063,310 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | Oblivion | $151,239 | - | 66 | - | $2,291 | $151,239 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Escape from Planet Earth | $123,133 | - | 95 | - | $1,296 | $123,133 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Croods | $112,122 | -29% | 71 | -17 | $1,579 | $1,671,988 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | The Host | $80,473 | -52.7% | 80 | +1 | $1,005 | $287,869 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Olympus Has Fallen | $77,118 | -40.4% | 58 | - | $1,329 | $226,941 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | 21 & Over | $48,333 | -1.8% | 28 | - | $1,726 | $116,562 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Parker | $40,374 | -23.8% | 47 | -14 | $859 | $620,724 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Identity Thief | $39,350 | -21.6% | 45 | -10 | $874 | $729,387 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | So Undercover | $13,678 | -29.5% | 19 | -4 | $719 | $209,361 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 12 | Seven Psychopaths | $11,278 | -25% | 12 | - | $939 | $33,212 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Hitchcock | $10,071 | -38.4% | 12 | -10 | $839 | $81,585 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | 14 | Quartet | $8,700 | -9.8% | 8 | -1 | $1,087 | $392,400 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $8,546 | -49.7% | 13 | +1 | $657 | $1,137,737 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Won't Back Down | $8,238 | -15.8% | 19 | - | $433 | $21,718 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $8,056 | -53.6% | 21 | -8 | $383 | $772,998 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $6,522 | -23.5% | 16 | -1 | $407 | $374,038 | 8 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | - | Robot & Frank | $5,650 | - | 5 | - | $1,130 | $5,650 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | 17 | The Impossible | $5,618 | -2.2% | 10 | +1 | $561 | $248,732 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Snitch | $3,105 | -57% | 12 | -6 | $258 | $473,715 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 21 | 22 | Zero Dark Thirty | $1,109 | - | 2 | - | $554 | $185,517 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 25 | Red Dawn | $997 | +51.8% | 4 | +1 | $249 | $189,721 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | The Guilt Trip | $817 | -23% | 3 | -1 | $272 | $71,502 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Klein Karoo | $749 | -51.9% | 2 | -3 | $374 | $545,217 | 12 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $532 | -71.2% | 2 | -1 | $266 | $69,404 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 21 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $527 | -57.5% | 3 | - | $175 | $792,708 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Mama | $75 | -78.9% | 1 | -2 | $75 | $129,977 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
