| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Monster Trucks | $113,044 | - | 82 | - | $1,378 | $126,443 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Sing | $108,434 | -49.2% | 102 | -2 | $1,063 | $1,752,811 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 3 | 2 | Passengers | $98,400 | -43.3% | 79 | -9 | $1,245 | $791,918 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | Why Him? | $81,829 | -39% | 62 | -4 | $1,319 | $547,678 | 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Leap! | $70,691 | -56.6% | 90 | +1 | $785 | $322,604 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Assassin's Creed | $66,753 | -52.9% | 87 | -21 | $767 | $1,183,550 | 4 | 20th Century Fox International | false | false |
| 7 | - | Patriots Day | $61,859 | - | 53 | - | $1,167 | $61,859 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | Hacksaw Ridge | $48,944 | -29.9% | 55 | -3 | $889 | $287,287 | 3 | African Entertainment Distributors | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $43,773 | -60.3% | 35 | -43 | $1,250 | $1,855,912 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | Manchester by the Sea | $30,229 | -28.6% | 20 | - | $1,511 | $95,354 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | A Monster Calls | $30,110 | - | 42 | - | $716 | $30,110 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 12 | 8 | Moana | $26,726 | -58.4% | 37 | -18 | $722 | $1,924,886 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 15 | A United Kingdom | $11,976 | -14.3% | 11 | -2 | $1,088 | $227,736 | 6 | Video Vision | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | Jou Romeo | $8,990 | -64.7% | 23 | -15 | $390 | $207,376 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 14 | For the Birds | $8,861 | -42.4% | 12 | - | $738 | $617,299 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 10 | Office Christmas Party | $6,565 | -77% | 13 | -27 | $505 | $616,935 | 5 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $6,416 | -68.5% | 10 | -9 | $641 | $1,807,825 | 8 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life | $5,516 | -68.7% | 3 | -21 | $1,838 | $76,391 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Birth of a Nation | $3,945 | - | 10 | - | $394 | $3,945 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 20 | 19 | Maggie's Plan | $2,886 | -9.8% | 5 | - | $577 | $50,311 | 8 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 18 | Underworld: Blood Wars | $2,369 | -49.1% | 5 | -3 | $473 | $354,559 | 7 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Arrival | $2,236 | -20.9% | 3 | - | $745 | $194,646 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 16 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $1,664 | -67.8% | 2 | -1 | $832 | $460,715 | 12 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Equity | $693 | -54.2% | 1 | -2 | $693 | $19,778 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 25 | - | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $692 | - | 4 | - | $173 | $534,359 | 13 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 17 | Inferno | $601 | -87.7% | 2 | -2 | $300 | $446,188 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 26 | Café Society | $479 | -4.4% | 2 | - | $239 | $67,779 | 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 21 | Snaaks Genoeg | $171 | -93.4% | 1 | -13 | $171 | $9,404 | 3 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
