| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $241,281 | -47.7% | 123 | +3 | $1,961 | $922,023 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 2 | - | Moana | $206,630 | - | 123 | - | $1,679 | $206,630 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | - | Underworld: Blood Wars | $90,843 | - | 62 | - | $1,465 | $90,843 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | For the Birds | $68,541 | -17% | 55 | -1 | $1,246 | $218,463 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Jonathan | $66,432 | - | 52 | - | $1,277 | $66,432 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 6 | - | Almost Christmas | $59,199 | - | 56 | - | $1,057 | $59,199 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | Doctor Strange | $46,614 | -40.5% | 55 | -19 | $847 | $1,097,248 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Storks | $26,121 | -63.3% | 63 | -29 | $414 | $407,403 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | When the Bough Breaks | $24,746 | -42.4% | 32 | -11 | $773 | $386,269 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Trolls | $20,109 | -53.9% | 41 | -14 | $490 | $766,652 | 7 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Accountant | $19,968 | -28.5% | 18 | -14 | $1,109 | $533,273 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 12 | 11 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $18,331 | -16.5% | 19 | -3 | $964 | $364,016 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 13 | 5 | Max Steel | $17,385 | -61.3% | 35 | -33 | $496 | $159,564 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 14 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $12,380 | -23.7% | 14 | -6 | $884 | $478,925 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Blood Father | $12,368 | -64.8% | 23 | -47 | $537 | $147,064 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Arrival | $12,044 | -41.5% | 11 | -10 | $1,094 | $162,218 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 17 | 10 | Skiptrace | $6,762 | -72.5% | 15 | -32 | $450 | $93,062 | 3 | African Entertainment Distributors | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | The Snow Queen 2 | $5,501 | -70.4% | 41 | - | $134 | $34,497 | 2 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | - | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | $3,520 | - | 1 | - | $3,520 | $598,117 | 9 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 20 | 15 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $2,270 | -63.2% | 5 | -8 | $454 | $600,249 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Sully | $1,525 | -6.6% | 3 | - | $508 | $337,924 | 13 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | The Secret Life of Pets | $808 | -79.6% | 2 | -5 | $404 | $1,650,498 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
