| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Adventures of Tintin | - | - | - | $992,782 | 84 | $1,925,706 | Dec 23 | United International Pictures | false |
| 2 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | - | - | - | $966,781 | 74 | $1,534,921 | Dec 30 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 3 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | - | - | - | $789,027 | 89 | $2,168,073 | Dec 16 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | Dolphin Tale | - | - | - | $755,487 | 59 | $841,081 | Jan 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 5 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | - | - | - | $752,717 | 74 | $955,769 | Jan 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 6 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | - | - | - | $579,430 | 78 | $1,748,756 | Dec 16 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 7 | Underworld: Awakening | - | - | - | $454,055 | 56 | $851,145 | Jan 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 8 | Puss in Boots | - | - | - | $451,135 | 89 | $2,706,645 | Dec 2 | United International Pictures | false |
| 9 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | - | - | - | $400,616 | 30 | $528,895 | Jan 6 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | I Don't Know How She Does It | - | - | - | $355,964 | 62 | $481,122 | Dec 30 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 11 | We Bought a Zoo | - | - | - | $286,930 | 61 | $628,375 | Jan 20 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 12 | Hoofmeisie | - | - | - | $272,208 | 44 | $545,328 | Dec 23 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 13 | New Year's Eve | - | - | - | $223,412 | 70 | $1,231,475 | Dec 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 14 | Platteland | - | - | - | $213,909 | 72 | $1,069,699 | Nov 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 15 | Midnight in Paris | - | - | - | $193,965 | 12 | $340,388 | Dec 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 16 | Machine Gun Preacher | - | - | - | $153,361 | 40 | $240,132 | Jan 20 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 17 | A Little Bit of Heaven | - | - | - | $145,110 | 45 | $145,110 | Jan 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 18 | Margin Call | - | - | - | $117,822 | 17 | $142,111 | Jan 13 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 19 | 31 Million Reasons | - | - | - | $113,480 | 28 | $113,480 | Jan 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 20 | Tower Heist | - | - | - | $108,176 | 74 | $1,184,689 | Nov 4 | United International Pictures | false |
| 21 | Real Steel | - | - | - | $103,724 | 88 | $1,043,997 | Dec 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Ides of March | - | - | - | $102,990 | 17 | $185,619 | Dec 23 | - | false |
| 23 | The Darkest Hour | - | - | - | $98,449 | 60 | $202,213 | Jan 27 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 24 | Johnny English Reborn | - | - | - | $98,224 | 84 | $1,904,045 | Oct 14 | United International Pictures | false |
| 25 | Seeking Justice | - | - | - | $72,369 | 50 | $204,638 | Jan 27 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 26 | The Thing | - | - | - | $55,811 | 18 | $55,811 | Jan 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 27 | Don 2 | - | - | - | $47,080 | 15 | $212,978 | Dec 23 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 28 | J. Edgar | - | - | - | $31,244 | 15 | $31,244 | Jan 27 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 29 | The Muppets | - | - | - | $29,792 | 20 | $127,167 | Jan 27 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 30 | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 | - | - | - | $26,127 | 109 | $3,898,762 | Nov 18 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 31 | Courageous | - | - | - | $22,776 | 15 | $176,398 | Jan 27 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Help | - | - | - | $22,056 | 20 | $302,077 | Oct 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 33 | The Skin I Live In | - | - | - | $10,096 | 5 | $10,096 | Jan 12 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 34 | Beginners | - | - | - | $5,391 | 3 | $44,063 | Nov 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 35 | Anonymous | - | - | - | $2,737 | 7 | $64,968 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 36 | Moneyball | - | - | - | $597 | 20 | $142,092 | Nov 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 37 | Shanghai | - | - | - | $470 | 15 | $37,379 | Nov 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 38 | Skeem | - | - | - | $449 | 34 | $71,505 | Oct 28 | United International Pictures | false |
