| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $2,140,088 | 89 | $2,706,645 | Dec 2 | United International Pictures | false |
| 2 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $1,125,289 | 89 | $2,168,073 | Dec 16 | United International Pictures | false |
| 3 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $1,115,340 | 109 | $3,898,762 | Nov 18 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 4 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $926,178 | 70 | $1,231,475 | Dec 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 5 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $914,618 | 88 | $1,043,997 | Dec 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $843,171 | 78 | $1,748,756 | Dec 16 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 7 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $608,991 | 84 | $1,925,706 | Dec 23 | United International Pictures | false |
| 8 | Platteland | - | - | - | $500,706 | 72 | $1,069,699 | Nov 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 9 | Happy Feet Two | - | - | - | $498,606 | 106 | $955,047 | Nov 25 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 10 | Arthur Christmas | - | - | - | $482,159 | 80 | $494,313 | Dec 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 11 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $315,874 | 74 | $1,184,689 | Nov 4 | United International Pictures | false |
| 12 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $231,730 | 84 | $1,904,045 | Oct 14 | United International Pictures | false |
| 13 | Hoofmeisie | - | - | - | $189,676 | 44 | $545,328 | Dec 23 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 14 | Drive | - | - | - | $140,356 | 17 | $150,447 | Dec 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 15 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $134,629 | 15 | $212,978 | Dec 23 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 16 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $77,761 | 20 | $142,092 | Nov 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 17 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | - | - | - | $75,692 | 20 | $75,692 | Dec 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 18 | Paranormal Activity 3 | - | - | - | $71,839 | 15 | $204,912 | Nov 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 19 | Immortals | - | - | - | $65,220 | 71 | $699,240 | Nov 11 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 20 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $62,452 | 17 | $185,619 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 21 | Dream House | - | - | - | $42,164 | 25 | $89,661 | Nov 25 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 22 | The Help | - | - | - | $34,422 | 20 | $302,077 | Oct 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 23 | In Time | - | - | - | $24,008 | 40 | $337,202 | Oct 28 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 24 | Beginners | - | - | - | $15,752 | 3 | $44,063 | Nov 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 25 | One Day | - | - | - | $9,349 | 35 | $265,471 | Sep 23 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 26 | Everything Must Go | - | - | - | $9,285 | 5 | $26,862 | Nov 18 | - | false |
| 27 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $9,197 | 7 | $64,968 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | Friends with Benefits | - | - | - | $5,933 | 65 | $1,092,166 | Sep 16 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 29 | Another Earth | - | - | - | $4,172 | 5 | $4,172 | Dec 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 30 | Contagion | - | - | - | $2,861 | 25 | $265,501 | Oct 21 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 31 | Skeem | - | - | - | $2,665 | 34 | $71,505 | Oct 28 | United International Pictures | false |
| 32 | Black Butterflies | - | - | - | $2,120 | 8 | $53,640 | Oct 21 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 33 | Shanghai | - | - | - | $1,361 | 15 | $37,379 | Nov 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 34 | The Change-Up | - | - | - | $1,130 | 51 | $528,663 | Sep 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 35 | The First Grader | - | - | - | $78 | 17 | $81,908 | Sep 23 | United International Pictures | false |
