| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Schuks! Your Country Needs You | - | - | - | $1,566,095 | 98 | $2,474,815 | Nov 29 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | - | - | - | $1,356,272 | 127 | $1,841,586 | Dec 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 3 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | - | - | - | $1,354,198 | 91 | $2,121,670 | Nov 28 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | Frozen | - | - | - | $1,185,865 | 114 | $2,659,920 | Dec 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 5 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | - | - | - | $746,860 | 81 | $1,718,297 | Nov 21 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 6 | Free Birds | - | - | - | $501,791 | 82 | $501,791 | Dec 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 7 | A Madea Christmas | - | - | - | $490,940 | 54 | $642,631 | Dec 13 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 8 | Thor: The Dark World | - | - | - | $331,931 | 121 | $2,068,342 | Nov 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 9 | Homefront | - | - | - | $306,649 | 51 | $319,327 | Dec 6 | Crystal Brook Distrbution | false |
| 10 | 47 Ronin | - | - | - | $275,665 | 85 | $915,587 | Dec 20 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | Ender's Game | - | - | - | $258,888 | 61 | $258,888 | Dec 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 12 | Last Vegas | - | - | - | $257,885 | 46 | $641,728 | Dec 20 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 13 | As Jy Sing | - | - | - | $167,924 | 69 | $591,018 | Nov 14 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 14 | Escape Plan | - | - | - | $165,183 | 29 | $165,183 | Dec 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 15 | Walking with Dinosaurs 3D | - | - | - | $161,073 | 90 | $467,144 | Dec 26 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 16 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | - | - | - | $122,619 | 64 | $312,346 | Nov 22 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 17 | The Counselor | - | - | - | $115,266 | 20 | $209,660 | Dec 20 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 18 | Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux | - | - | - | $78,977 | 24 | $99,037 | Dec 13 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 19 | Blue Jasmine | - | - | - | $69,328 | 21 | $176,214 | Dec 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 20 | Captain Phillips | - | - | - | $63,556 | 53 | $348,945 | Nov 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 21 | Baggage Claim | - | - | - | $47,496 | 23 | $238,411 | Nov 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 22 | Khumba | - | - | - | $40,773 | 120 | $772,761 | Oct 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 23 | Mud | - | - | - | $38,436 | 17 | $38,436 | Dec 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 24 | Enough Said | - | - | - | $34,374 | 8 | $86,630 | Nov 22 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 25 | Before Midnight | - | - | - | $18,958 | 10 | $30,492 | Nov 29 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 26 | Emperor | - | - | - | $12,643 | 10 | $28,994 | Dec 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 27 | Insidious: Chapter 2 | - | - | - | $11,553 | 18 | $69,734 | Nov 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | Black Nativity | - | - | - | $10,456 | 19 | $10,456 | Dec 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 29 | The Family | - | - | - | $6,026 | 46 | $258,818 | Nov 1 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 30 | In a World... | - | - | - | $5,993 | 5 | $5,993 | Dec 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 31 | About Time | - | - | - | $5,929 | 60 | $342,490 | Oct 25 | United International Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Fifth Estate | - | - | - | $5,788 | 10 | $5,788 | Dec 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 33 | Battle of the Year | - | - | - | $5,438 | 53 | $345,773 | Oct 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 34 | Detachment 2013 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,701 | 10 | $7,189 | Nov 22 | - | false |
| 35 | Gravity | - | - | - | $868 | 68 | $818,055 | Oct 18 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 36 | The Purge | - | - | - | $53 | 20 | $35,439 | Oct 11 | United International Pictures | false |
