| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 2 | Sing | $212,818 | -10.1% | 116 | +5 | $1,834 | $1,138,241 | 2 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | - | Passengers | $208,759 | - | 81 | - | $2,577 | $280,077 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Assassin's Creed | $121,991 | -50.5% | 111 | -6 | $1,099 | $701,456 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $109,094 | -25% | 118 | -14 | $924 | $1,444,466 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | - | Why Him? | $95,816 | - | 60 | - | $1,596 | $95,816 | 1 | 20th Century Fox International | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Moana | $72,397 | -11.2% | 87 | -4 | $832 | $1,626,026 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Hacksaw Ridge | $57,123 | - | 58 | - | $984 | $57,123 | 1 | African Entertainment Distributors | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Office Christmas Party | $31,496 | -47.7% | 55 | -20 | $572 | $516,233 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 9 | 8 | Jou Romeo | $24,289 | -8.3% | 45 | +2 | $539 | $110,852 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $21,806 | -33.5% | 32 | -21 | $681 | $1,704,918 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | For the Birds | $17,627 | +23.4% | 24 | -7 | $734 | $547,130 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | - | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | $16,228 | - | 23 | - | $705 | $16,228 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 13 | 10 | A United Kingdom | $10,355 | -26% | 13 | -10 | $796 | $174,112 | 4 | Video Vision | false | false |
| 14 | 7 | Inferno | $7,659 | -71.9% | 9 | -39 | $851 | $414,540 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | When the Bough Breaks | $4,318 | -22.4% | 6 | -2 | $719 | $465,009 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $3,560 | -27.3% | 3 | - | $1,186 | $439,282 | 10 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 17 | - | Maggie's Plan | $2,725 | - | 5 | - | $545 | $42,194 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Trolls | $2,473 | +0.5% | 5 | -1 | $494 | $859,996 | 11 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 19 | - | Snaaks Genoeg | $2,328 | - | 13 | - | $179 | $2,328 | 1 | Indigenous Film Distribution | true | false |
| 20 | - | Arrival | $2,311 | - | 3 | - | $770 | $185,473 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 12 | Almost Christmas | $1,744 | -79.9% | 7 | -15 | $249 | $261,666 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | - | Equity | $1,518 | - | 4 | - | $379 | $15,076 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 17 | The Accountant | $1,258 | -70.6% | 2 | -2 | $629 | $604,019 | 10 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 24 | - | Indignation | $680 | - | 2 | - | $340 | $41,224 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 20 | Blood Father | $644 | +43.4% | 1 | - | $644 | $162,682 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | - | Café Society | $391 | - | 2 | - | $195 | $65,899 | 13 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 21 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $390 | +13% | 1 | - | $390 | $664,100 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | - | Julieta | $14 | - | 1 | - | $14 | $21,383 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
