| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sing | $213,276 | +0.2% | 104 | -12 | $2,050 | $1,439,979 | 3 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Passengers | $173,637 | -16.8% | 88 | +7 | $1,973 | $609,067 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Leap! | $163,023 | - | 89 | - | $1,831 | $163,023 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | Assassin's Creed | $141,673 | +16.1% | 108 | -3 | $1,311 | $1,026,987 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Why Him? | $134,107 | +40% | 66 | +6 | $2,031 | $386,696 | 2 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $110,195 | +1% | 78 | -40 | $1,412 | $1,723,015 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Hacksaw Ridge | $69,791 | +22.2% | 58 | - | $1,203 | $197,848 | 2 | African Entertainment Distributors | false | false |
| 8 | 6 | Moana | $64,242 | -11.3% | 55 | -32 | $1,168 | $1,825,821 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | Manchester by the Sea | $42,312 | - | 20 | - | $2,115 | $42,312 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 8 | Office Christmas Party | $28,603 | -9.2% | 40 | -15 | $715 | $587,335 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Jou Romeo | $25,503 | +5% | 38 | -7 | $671 | $180,870 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $20,359 | -6.6% | 19 | -13 | $1,071 | $1,759,876 | 7 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | $17,605 | +8.5% | 24 | +1 | $733 | $62,819 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | For the Birds | $15,382 | -12.7% | 12 | -12 | $1,281 | $590,114 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | A United Kingdom | $13,980 | +35% | 13 | - | $1,075 | $203,884 | 5 | Video Vision | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $5,165 | +45.1% | 3 | - | $1,721 | $448,636 | 11 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Inferno | $4,900 | -36% | 4 | -5 | $1,225 | $437,585 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 18 | - | Underworld: Blood Wars | $4,658 | - | 8 | - | $582 | $349,074 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Maggie's Plan | $3,198 | +17.4% | 5 | - | $639 | $45,937 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 20 | 20 | Arrival | $2,827 | +22.3% | 3 | - | $942 | $190,958 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Snaaks Genoeg | $2,586 | +11.1% | 14 | +1 | $184 | $7,922 | 2 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | - | Jonathan | $1,727 | - | 4 | - | $431 | $234,052 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | The Accountant | $1,710 | +35.9% | 2 | - | $855 | $606,513 | 11 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Equity | $1,514 | -0.3% | 3 | -1 | $504 | $18,206 | 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Almost Christmas | $1,388 | -20.4% | 7 | - | $198 | $265,407 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 26 | Café Society | $501 | +28.1% | 2 | - | $250 | $66,939 | 14 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 27 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $336 | -13.8% | 1 | - | $336 | $609,677 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 25 | Blood Father | $185 | -71.3% | 1 | - | $185 | $163,131 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
