| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | The Secret Life of Pets | - | - | - | $686,408 | 113 | $1,650,498 | Sep 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 2 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | - | - | - | $559,195 | 103 | $598,117 | Oct 7 | Times Media Films | false |
| 3 | The Girl on the Train | - | - | - | $381,439 | 61 | $459,774 | Oct 7 | Times Media Films | false |
| 4 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | - | - | - | $375,017 | 100 | $609,677 | Oct 21 | United International Pictures | false |
| 5 | Trolls | - | - | - | $369,863 | 124 | $859,996 | Oct 21 | Times Media Films | false |
| 6 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | - | - | - | $231,821 | 70 | $577,389 | Oct 21 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 7 | Deepwater Horizon | - | - | - | $204,814 | 80 | $496,722 | Sep 30 | M-Net | false |
| 8 | Sy klink soos lente | - | - | - | $172,029 | 47 | $172,029 | Sep 30 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Magnificent Seven | - | - | - | $168,673 | 72 | $520,303 | Sep 23 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 10 | Masterminds | - | - | - | $161,050 | 56 | $181,075 | Oct 14 | Times Media Films | false |
| 11 | Bridget Jones's Baby | - | - | - | $151,756 | 83 | $683,371 | Sep 16 | United International Pictures | false |
| 12 | Mechanic: Resurrection | - | - | - | $116,583 | 86 | $720,160 | Aug 26 | Crystal Brook Distrbution | false |
| 13 | Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief | - | - | - | $114,557 | 34 | $243,897 | Sep 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 14 | The Accountant | - | - | - | $111,648 | 63 | $606,513 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 15 | Bad Moms | - | - | - | $105,306 | 69 | $799,567 | Aug 19 | Times Media Films | false |
| 16 | Don't Breathe | - | - | - | $78,267 | 23 | $90,857 | Oct 14 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 17 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | - | - | - | $77,058 | 61 | $457,906 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 18 | Nine Lives | - | - | - | $67,483 | 61 | $352,543 | Aug 26 | Times Media Films | false |
| 19 | Sully | - | - | - | $63,266 | 61 | $337,924 | Sep 9 | Times Media Films | false |
| 20 | Queen of Katwe | - | - | - | $58,209 | 31 | $58,209 | Oct 14 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 21 | Café Society | - | - | - | $45,803 | 15 | $67,779 | Oct 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 22 | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | - | - | - | $39,891 | 40 | $92,107 | Sep 23 | Times Media Films | false |
| 23 | Hillsong: Let Hope Rise | - | - | - | $35,340 | 19 | $35,340 | Oct 7 | Crystal Brook Distrbution | false |
| 24 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | - | - | - | $18,860 | 25 | $41,091 | Oct 28 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 25 | Sausage Party | - | - | - | $16,593 | 24 | $161,845 | Sep 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 26 | Blair Witch | - | - | - | $13,675 | 23 | $62,792 | Sep 23 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 27 | I.T. | - | - | - | $12,913 | 17 | $26,295 | Sep 23 | Crystal Brook Distrbution | false |
| 28 | The Light Between Oceans | - | - | - | $12,420 | 12 | $65,389 | Sep 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false |
| 29 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | - | - | - | $9,804 | 68 | $398,941 | Aug 12 | 20th Century Fox International | false |
| 30 | Shepherds and Butchers | - | - | - | $8,208 | 30 | $17,342 | Oct 28 | Times Media Films | false |
| 31 | Indignation | - | - | - | $8,150 | 10 | $41,224 | Oct 28 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 32 | Florence Foster Jenkins | - | - | - | $7,197 | 26 | $163,034 | Aug 12 | African Entertainment Distributors | false |
| 33 | Dis Koue Kos, Skat | - | - | - | $5,689 | 45 | $232,183 | Aug 26 | Times Media Films | false |
| 34 | The Shallows | - | - | - | $3,946 | 44 | $198,801 | Aug 26 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 35 | Hands of Stone | - | - | - | $1,936 | 8 | $1,936 | Oct 21 | Times Media Films | false |
| 36 | Viral | - | - | - | $1,644 | 22 | $21,067 | Sep 16 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 37 | The Meddler 2016 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,096 | 5 | $44,164 | Aug 5 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | Dora's Peace | - | - | - | $788 | 20 | $37,919 | Aug 26 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 39 | Star Trek Beyond | - | - | - | $662 | 67 | $377,826 | Aug 26 | Paramount Pictures International | false |
| 40 | Nerve | - | - | - | $338 | 39 | $121,669 | Aug 19 | M-Net | false |
| 41 | Central Intelligence | - | - | - | $289 | 132 | $2,272,185 | Jun 24 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
| 42 | Ghostbusters | - | - | - | $188 | 102 | $705,289 | Jul 29 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 43 | Kubo and the Two Strings | - | - | - | $95 | 33 | $80,267 | Aug 19 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false |
