| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | $436,076 | - | 88 | - | $4,955 | $436,076 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | Schuks! Your Country Needs You | $357,805 | - | 98 | - | $3,651 | $357,805 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $251,903 | -39.2% | 81 | +2 | $3,109 | $875,167 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Thor: The Dark World | $173,588 | -23.9% | 84 | -18 | $2,066 | $1,736,411 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | $75,781 | -2.7% | 64 | - | $1,184 | $189,727 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | As Jy Sing | $64,721 | -36.2% | 47 | -11 | $1,377 | $430,105 | 3 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Captain Phillips | $49,118 | -24.5% | 43 | -10 | $1,142 | $285,435 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Khumba | $27,137 | -37.4% | 31 | -32 | $875 | $765,265 | 6 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Baggage Claim | $21,309 | -14.7% | 19 | -3 | $1,121 | $165,470 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | - | Before Midnight | $11,534 | - | 10 | - | $1,153 | $11,534 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 12 | Enough Said | $11,132 | -27.4% | 8 | - | $1,391 | $34,763 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 16 | Insidious: Chapter 2 | $11,094 | -6.6% | 10 | -8 | $1,109 | $58,181 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Butler | $9,927 | -52.7% | 14 | -10 | $709 | $167,387 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 10 | Gravity | $9,567 | -51.3% | 14 | -20 | $683 | $811,412 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | About Time | $9,422 | -37.4% | 15 | -12 | $628 | $337,771 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | The Family | $8,431 | -54.7% | 15 | -15 | $562 | $252,792 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 15 | Battle of the Year | $7,559 | -37.4% | 12 | -4 | $629 | $340,335 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Girl Most Likely | $7,014 | -43% | 15 | - | $467 | $26,733 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 20 | Runner Runner | $3,255 | +2.7% | 5 | -2 | $651 | $439,360 | 10 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Nothing for Mahala | $2,192 | -13.3% | 4 | -2 | $548 | $236,281 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 7 | Prisoners | $1,965 | -93.9% | 7 | -2 | $280 | $207,930 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | Detachment 2013 Re-release | $1,470 | -27.9% | 10 | - | $147 | $5,488 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 23 | 19 | Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa | $1,308 | -62.2% | 3 | -4 | $436 | $81,500 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | R.I.P.D. | $1,154 | -30.6% | 2 | -2 | $577 | $343,543 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 24 | Killing Season | $387 | -71.3% | 2 | -4 | $193 | $34,631 | 5 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 25 | The Purge | $282 | +754.5% | 1 | - | $282 | $35,386 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
