| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | - | - | - | $776,398 | 81 | $1,710,703 | May 22 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 2 | Terminator Salvation | - | - | - | $760,116 | 79 | $851,398 | Jun 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | - | - | - | $715,732 | 97 | $2,430,504 | Jun 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | The Hangover | - | - | - | $519,696 | 56 | $2,001,996 | Jun 19 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 5 | Duplicity | - | - | - | $416,849 | 43 | $660,584 | May 29 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | - | - | - | $396,274 | 47 | $1,008,293 | May 13 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 7 | Angels & Demons | - | - | - | $336,641 | 80 | $1,052,036 | May 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 8 | Drag Me to Hell | - | - | - | $238,259 | 40 | $309,075 | Jun 12 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 9 | State of Play | - | - | - | $234,401 | 31 | $346,560 | Jun 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | 17 Again | - | - | - | $148,387 | 56 | $1,276,156 | Apr 17 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 11 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | - | - | - | $134,230 | 80 | $1,322,059 | Apr 29 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 12 | Obsessed | - | - | - | $108,297 | 24 | $343,932 | Jun 19 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 13 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | - | - | - | $106,937 | 66 | $748,758 | Apr 29 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 14 | White Wedding | - | - | - | $98,934 | 39 | $617,455 | Apr 29 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 15 | Star Trek | - | - | - | $83,085 | 43 | $383,493 | May 8 | United International Pictures | false |
| 16 | Coraline | - | - | - | $77,257 | 23 | $206,091 | May 8 | United International Pictures | false |
| 17 | The Burning Plain | - | - | - | $63,308 | 10 | $93,234 | Jun 5 | United International Pictures | false |
| 18 | The Last House on the Left | - | - | - | $59,722 | 25 | $124,823 | May 22 | United International Pictures | false |
| 19 | Sunshine Cleaning | - | - | - | $56,823 | 10 | $95,721 | Jun 12 | United International Pictures | false |
| 20 | Slumdog Millionaire | - | - | - | $44,373 | 20 | $1,245,660 | Mar 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 21 | The Reader | - | - | - | $28,347 | 10 | $339,802 | Mar 27 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 22 | The Uninvited | - | - | - | $27,829 | 10 | $47,887 | May 29 | United International Pictures | false |
| 23 | Adventureland | - | - | - | $22,712 | 10 | $22,712 | Jun 12 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 24 | The Young Victoria | - | - | - | $22,182 | 10 | $111,940 | Jun 26 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 25 | New York | - | - | - | $19,162 | 5 | $19,162 | Jun 26 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 26 | Miss March | - | - | - | $15,143 | 5 | $19,737 | May 29 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 27 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | - | - | - | $10,289 | 12 | $18,159 | May 29 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | The Unborn | - | - | - | $8,726 | 15 | $71,395 | May 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 29 | The International | - | - | - | $8,629 | 19 | $225,447 | Apr 24 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 30 | Welcome to the Sticks | - | - | - | $7,738 | 4 | $52,744 | Jun 26 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 31 | Fast & Furious | - | - | - | $4,357 | 63 | $1,830,098 | Apr 9 | United International Pictures | false |
| 32 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | - | - | - | $3,716 | 30 | $69,699 | May 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 33 | Man on Wire | - | - | - | $3,180 | 3 | $48,167 | May 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 34 | Then She Found Me | - | - | - | $2,742 | 1 | $12,613 | Mar 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 35 | Gran Torino | - | - | - | $1,022 | 40 | $295,574 | Mar 27 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
