| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Moana | - | - | - | $1,553,629 | 123 | $2,106,203 | Dec 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 2 | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | - | - | - | $1,335,372 | 137 | $1,918,732 | Dec 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 3 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | - | - | - | $1,002,370 | 123 | $1,853,708 | Nov 25 | Times Media Films | false |
| 4 | Sing | - | - | - | $925,423 | 116 | $2,210,396 | Dec 23 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 5 | Assassin's Creed | - | - | - | $579,465 | 117 | $1,259,650 | Dec 21 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 6 | Office Christmas Party | - | - | - | $474,397 | 75 | $622,542 | Dec 15 | Times Media Films | false |
| 7 | Inferno | - | - | - | $406,881 | 62 | $446,188 | Dec 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | For the Birds | - | - | - | $379,581 | 56 | $633,959 | Nov 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 9 | Underworld: Blood Wars | - | - | - | $310,358 | 62 | $366,243 | Dec 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Almost Christmas | - | - | - | $259,922 | 66 | $265,407 | Dec 2 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | Jonathan | - | - | - | $212,867 | 52 | $234,052 | Dec 2 | Times Media Films | false |
| 12 | A United Kingdom | - | - | - | $163,757 | 31 | $274,983 | Dec 9 | Video Vision | false |
| 13 | Fallen | - | - | - | $156,330 | 56 | $156,330 | Dec 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 14 | Trolls | - | - | - | $110,980 | 124 | $859,996 | Oct 21 | Times Media Films | false |
| 15 | Doctor Strange | - | - | - | $107,485 | 120 | $1,158,119 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 16 | When the Bough Breaks | - | - | - | $99,168 | 47 | $465,009 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 17 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | - | - | - | $90,037 | 61 | $457,906 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 18 | The Accountant | - | - | - | $89,456 | 63 | $606,513 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 19 | The Wild Life | - | - | - | $88,868 | 60 | $131,747 | Dec 9 | Times Media Films | false |
| 20 | Jou Romeo | - | - | - | $86,563 | 45 | $206,112 | Dec 23 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Edge of Seventeen | - | - | - | $84,812 | 28 | $84,812 | Dec 9 | Times Media Films | false |
| 22 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | - | - | - | $65,731 | 100 | $609,677 | Oct 21 | United International Pictures | false |
| 23 | Storks | - | - | - | $62,177 | 103 | $443,459 | Nov 11 | Times Media Films | false |
| 24 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | - | - | - | $39,399 | 70 | $577,389 | Oct 21 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 25 | Arrival | - | - | - | $30,693 | 29 | $203,158 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Blood Father | - | - | - | $27,342 | 70 | $163,131 | Nov 18 | United International Pictures | false |
| 27 | Max Steel | - | - | - | $17,385 | 71 | $159,564 | Nov 18 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | Skiptrace | - | - | - | $14,111 | 47 | $100,411 | Nov 18 | African Entertainment Distributors | false |
| 29 | Maggie's Plan | - | - | - | $11,145 | 5 | $53,471 | Nov 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 30 | The Snow Queen 2 | - | - | - | $9,397 | 41 | $38,393 | Nov 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 31 | Equity | - | - | - | $6,973 | 5 | $19,778 | Dec 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 32 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | - | - | - | $3,520 | 103 | $598,117 | Oct 7 | Times Media Films | false |
| 33 | Café Society | - | - | - | $1,855 | 15 | $67,779 | Oct 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 34 | Julieta | - | - | - | $1,544 | 5 | $21,383 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 35 | Sully | - | - | - | $1,525 | 61 | $337,924 | Sep 9 | Times Media Films | false |
| 36 | Indignation | - | - | - | $1,448 | 10 | $41,224 | Oct 28 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Secret Life of Pets | - | - | - | $808 | 113 | $1,650,498 | Sep 30 | United International Pictures | false |
