| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Kong: Skull Island | - | - | - | $1,065,416 | 123 | $1,465,657 | Mar 10 | Times Media Films | false |
| 2 | Logan | - | - | - | $1,046,583 | 115 | $1,211,538 | Mar 3 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 3 | Keeping Up with the Kandasamys | - | - | - | $788,682 | 35 | $1,233,315 | Mar 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 4 | John Wick: Chapter 2 | - | - | - | $529,169 | 104 | $969,979 | Mar 17 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 5 | Fifty Shades Darker | - | - | - | $459,560 | 102 | $2,465,598 | Feb 10 | United International Pictures | false |
| 6 | Rock Dog | - | - | - | $393,139 | 78 | $423,067 | Mar 3 | African Entertainment Distributors | false |
| 7 | The Great Wall | - | - | - | $247,046 | 96 | $711,683 | Feb 17 | United International Pictures | false |
| 8 | The Lego Batman Movie | - | - | - | $200,463 | 123 | $678,966 | Feb 10 | Times Media Films | false |
| 9 | Hidden Figures | - | - | - | $200,097 | 32 | $277,221 | Feb 24 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 10 | Power Rangers | - | - | - | $173,643 | 86 | $594,658 | Mar 24 | Times Media Films | false |
| 11 | Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu | - | - | - | $167,826 | 39 | $228,865 | Mar 10 | Times Media Films | false |
| 12 | Fist Fight | - | - | - | $160,070 | 60 | $230,053 | Feb 24 | Times Media Films | false |
| 13 | Hunting Emma | - | - | - | $117,645 | 39 | $135,328 | Mar 17 | Times Media Films | false |
| 14 | xXx: Return of Xander Cage | - | - | - | $110,181 | 116 | $1,707,898 | Jan 27 | United International Pictures | false |
| 15 | La La Land | - | - | - | $95,505 | 36 | $602,262 | Jan 27 | M-Net | false |
| 16 | Jackie | - | - | - | $89,492 | 20 | $91,543 | Mar 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 17 | CHIPS | - | - | - | $79,260 | 57 | $170,067 | Mar 24 | Times Media Films | false |
| 18 | Life | - | - | - | $78,274 | 58 | $151,878 | Mar 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 19 | Lion | - | - | - | $78,189 | 36 | $530,605 | Jan 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 20 | A Dog's Purpose | - | - | - | $69,303 | 59 | $124,125 | Feb 24 | Times Media Films | false |
| 21 | Get Out | - | - | - | $56,778 | 22 | $177,278 | Mar 24 | United International Pictures | false |
| 22 | Kampterrein | - | - | - | $49,128 | 45 | $161,424 | Mar 24 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 23 | Collide | - | - | - | $37,287 | 83 | $163,376 | Feb 17 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 24 | Tess | - | - | - | $33,169 | 21 | $56,364 | Feb 24 | Times Media Films | false |
| 25 | Monster Trucks | - | - | - | $29,373 | 84 | $410,969 | Jan 13 | United International Pictures | false |
| 26 | Fences | - | - | - | $27,202 | 20 | $72,576 | Feb 17 | United International Pictures | false |
| 27 | T2 Trainspotting | - | - | - | $26,579 | 31 | $43,831 | Feb 24 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 28 | The Sense of an Ending | - | - | - | $19,209 | 13 | $41,985 | Mar 24 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 29 | Miss Sloane | - | - | - | $11,860 | 16 | $11,860 | Mar 17 | Times Media Films | false |
| 30 | Manchester by the Sea | - | - | - | $11,549 | 20 | $172,444 | Jan 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 31 | Rings | - | - | - | $11,539 | 19 | $111,241 | Feb 3 | United International Pictures | false |
| 32 | The Hollars | - | - | - | $10,199 | 8 | $10,199 | Mar 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 33 | Collateral Beauty | - | - | - | $9,731 | 62 | $334,211 | Jan 27 | Times Media Films | false |
| 34 | Moonlight | - | - | - | $8,975 | 9 | $38,491 | Feb 10 | Times Media Films | false |
| 35 | Nocturnal Animals | - | - | - | $8,945 | 3 | $10,932 | Mar 10 | United International Pictures | false |
| 36 | Leap! | - | - | - | $5,183 | 90 | $545,996 | Jan 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 37 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | - | - | - | $3,172 | 5 | $3,172 | Mar 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Split | - | - | - | $3,096 | 17 | $153,263 | Jan 20 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 39 | Moana | - | - | - | $1,623 | 123 | $2,106,203 | Dec 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 40 | The Tribe | - | - | - | $1,387 | 5 | $1,387 | Mar 17 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 41 | Loving | - | - | - | $972 | 2 | $3,444 | Feb 17 | United International Pictures | false |
