| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Doctor Strange | - | - | - | $1,050,634 | 120 | $1,158,119 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 2 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | - | - | - | $680,742 | 123 | $1,853,708 | Nov 25 | Times Media Films | false |
| 3 | The Accountant | - | - | - | $401,657 | 63 | $606,513 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 4 | Storks | - | - | - | $381,282 | 103 | $443,459 | Nov 11 | Times Media Films | false |
| 5 | Trolls | - | - | - | $376,680 | 124 | $859,996 | Oct 21 | Times Media Films | false |
| 6 | When the Bough Breaks | - | - | - | $361,523 | 47 | $465,009 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 7 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | - | - | - | $268,627 | 61 | $457,906 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 8 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | - | - | - | $234,724 | 70 | $577,389 | Oct 21 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 9 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | - | - | - | $222,962 | 100 | $609,677 | Oct 21 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | Arrival | - | - | - | $150,174 | 29 | $203,158 | Nov 11 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 11 | For the Birds | - | - | - | $149,922 | 56 | $633,959 | Nov 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 12 | Max Steel | - | - | - | $142,179 | 71 | $159,564 | Nov 18 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 13 | Blood Father | - | - | - | $134,696 | 70 | $163,131 | Nov 18 | United International Pictures | false |
| 14 | Skiptrace | - | - | - | $86,300 | 47 | $100,411 | Nov 18 | African Entertainment Distributors | false |
| 15 | The Girl on the Train | - | - | - | $75,966 | 61 | $459,774 | Oct 7 | Times Media Films | false |
| 16 | The Secret Life of Pets | - | - | - | $63,974 | 113 | $1,650,498 | Sep 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 17 | Deepwater Horizon | - | - | - | $55,773 | 80 | $496,722 | Sep 30 | M-Net | false |
| 18 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | - | - | - | $35,365 | 103 | $598,117 | Oct 7 | Times Media Films | false |
| 19 | Hell or High Water | - | - | - | $34,164 | 23 | $34,164 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 20 | Actually Quite a Lot | - | - | - | $32,659 | 22 | $32,659 | Nov 4 | Times Media Films | false |
| 21 | The Snow Queen 2 | - | - | - | $28,996 | 41 | $38,393 | Nov 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 22 | Indignation | - | - | - | $25,047 | 10 | $41,224 | Oct 28 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 23 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | - | - | - | $22,231 | 25 | $41,091 | Oct 28 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 24 | Sully | - | - | - | $20,305 | 61 | $337,924 | Sep 9 | Times Media Films | false |
| 25 | Shut In | - | - | - | $20,242 | 18 | $20,242 | Nov 11 | Times Media Films | false |
| 26 | Masterminds | - | - | - | $20,025 | 56 | $181,075 | Oct 14 | Times Media Films | false |
| 27 | Alone in Berlin | - | - | - | $18,366 | 10 | $18,366 | Nov 18 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | Julieta | - | - | - | $15,584 | 5 | $21,383 | Nov 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 29 | Mechanic: Resurrection | - | - | - | $12,860 | 86 | $720,160 | Aug 26 | Crystal Brook Distrbution | false |
| 30 | Don't Breathe | - | - | - | $12,590 | 23 | $90,857 | Oct 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 31 | Shepherds and Butchers | - | - | - | $9,134 | 30 | $17,342 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 32 | Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief | - | - | - | $6,974 | 34 | $243,897 | Sep 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 33 | Maggie's Plan | - | - | - | $5,893 | 5 | $53,471 | Nov 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 34 | Café Society | - | - | - | $4,108 | 15 | $67,779 | Oct 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 35 | Desierto | - | - | - | $3,893 | 16 | $3,893 | Nov 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 36 | Hatchet Hour | - | - | - | $2,113 | 7 | $2,112 | Nov 4 | African Entertainment Distributors | false |
| 37 | The Light Between Oceans | - | - | - | $1,731 | 12 | $65,389 | Sep 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 38 | The Magnificent Seven | - | - | - | $631 | 72 | $520,303 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
