| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Oz the Great and Powerful | - | - | - | $944,845 | 106 | $1,194,524 | Mar 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Croods | - | - | - | $562,021 | 102 | $2,053,281 | Mar 28 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 3 | Jack the Giant Slayer | - | - | - | $561,436 | 97 | $791,025 | Mar 20 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 4 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | - | - | - | $497,927 | 79 | $821,836 | Feb 22 | United International Pictures | false |
| 5 | Identity Thief | - | - | - | $433,267 | 58 | $786,746 | Mar 20 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | A Good Day to Die Hard | - | - | - | $384,208 | 85 | $948,754 | Feb 15 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 7 | Snitch | - | - | - | $377,693 | 41 | $499,045 | Mar 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 8 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | - | - | - | $306,725 | 53 | $395,764 | Mar 1 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 9 | Wreck-It Ralph | - | - | - | $276,712 | 97 | $1,363,060 | Jan 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 10 | Parker | - | - | - | $227,012 | 65 | $744,174 | Mar 28 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 11 | Argo | - | - | - | $207,386 | 40 | $665,013 | Jan 25 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 12 | The Impossible | - | - | - | $200,513 | 24 | $270,450 | Mar 1 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 13 | Quartet | - | - | - | $186,202 | 20 | $406,961 | Feb 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 14 | Verraaiers | - | - | - | $180,179 | 51 | $297,105 | Feb 22 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 15 | Warm Bodies | - | - | - | $176,175 | 41 | $216,305 | Mar 15 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 16 | Red Dawn | - | - | - | $173,173 | 51 | $193,516 | Mar 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 17 | Klein Karoo | - | - | - | $102,281 | 75 | $553,119 | Feb 1 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 18 | 100 Meter Leeuloop | - | - | - | $94,436 | 40 | $94,436 | Mar 15 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 19 | Les Misérables | - | - | - | $86,884 | 44 | $796,163 | Jan 18 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 20 | The Last Stand | - | - | - | $79,450 | 49 | $79,450 | Mar 1 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 21 | Flight | - | - | - | $78,474 | 30 | $407,465 | Jan 25 | United International Pictures | false |
| 22 | Beautiful Creatures | - | - | - | $70,616 | 58 | $162,145 | Feb 22 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 23 | The Guilt Trip | - | - | - | $63,019 | 11 | $73,692 | Mar 8 | United International Pictures | false |
| 24 | So Undercover | - | - | - | $60,268 | 24 | $247,067 | Mar 28 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 25 | Zero Dark Thirty | - | - | - | $54,465 | 39 | $193,763 | Feb 15 | United International Pictures | false |
| 26 | Hyde Park on Hudson | - | - | - | $54,413 | 12 | $69,404 | Mar 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 27 | Life of Pi | - | - | - | $41,315 | 93 | $2,421,370 | Dec 21 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 28 | Back to the Jurassic | - | - | - | $37,756 | 52 | $220,966 | Feb 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 29 | Mama | - | - | - | $35,824 | 17 | $129,977 | Feb 7 | United International Pictures | false |
| 30 | 10 Years | - | - | - | $35,181 | 15 | $35,181 | Mar 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 31 | Lincoln | - | - | - | $32,239 | 22 | $197,745 | Feb 1 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 32 | Django Unchained | - | - | - | $29,003 | 34 | $482,803 | Jan 18 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 33 | Parental Guidance | - | - | - | $28,702 | 60 | $731,552 | Jan 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 34 | People Like Us | - | - | - | $23,505 | 9 | $36,602 | Mar 15 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 35 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | - | - | - | $16,231 | 11 | $16,231 | Mar 1 | United International Pictures | false |
| 36 | Silver Linings Playbook | - | - | - | $15,963 | 40 | $551,900 | Dec 28 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 37 | Chimpanzee | - | - | - | $14,391 | 7 | $14,392 | Mar 22 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 38 | Anna Karenina | - | - | - | $12,856 | 20 | $113,968 | Feb 1 | United International Pictures | false |
| 39 | The Intouchables | - | - | - | $2,336 | 5 | $103,315 | Jan 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 40 | Sleeper's Wake | - | - | - | $1,784 | 2 | $4,956 | Mar 8 | - | false |
| 41 | Jack Reacher | - | - | - | $1,574 | 71 | $1,180,903 | Dec 28 | United International Pictures | false |
