| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Joker | - | - | - | $1,172,432 | 99 | $1,797,022 | Oct 4 | Times Media Films | false |
| 2 | Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw | - | - | - | $1,158,084 | 124 | $3,895,020 | Aug 2 | United International Pictures | false |
| 3 | Gemini Man | - | - | - | $460,135 | 144 | $761,920 | Oct 11 | United International Pictures | false |
| 4 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | - | - | - | $442,201 | 122 | $1,351,588 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 5 | Hustlers | - | - | - | $308,619 | 82 | $1,030,764 | Sep 13 | Times Media Films | false |
| 6 | Abominable | - | - | - | $278,961 | 114 | $592,276 | Sep 27 | United International Pictures | false |
| 7 | The Lion King | - | - | - | $202,791 | 156 | $7,234,264 | Jul 19 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 8 | Zulu Wedding | - | - | - | $175,403 | 64 | $311,640 | Oct 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 9 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold | - | - | - | $165,011 | 87 | $825,817 | Sep 16 | United International Pictures | false |
| 10 | Downton Abbey | - | - | - | $159,097 | 28 | $329,653 | Sep 20 | United International Pictures | false |
| 11 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | - | - | - | $133,378 | 111 | $602,769 | Sep 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Addams Family | - | - | - | $115,012 | 95 | $136,209 | Oct 11 | Times Media Films | false |
| 13 | It: Chapter Two | - | - | - | $102,275 | 98 | $805,457 | Sep 6 | Times Media Films | false |
| 14 | Losing Lerato | - | - | - | $101,358 | 36 | $282,791 | Sep 16 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 15 | Angel Has Fallen | - | - | - | $98,858 | 112 | $1,189,725 | Aug 23 | Times Media Films | false |
| 16 | Pavarotti | - | - | - | $65,658 | 19 | $101,665 | Sep 27 | Gravel Road Distribution Group | false |
| 17 | Blessers | - | - | - | $64,711 | 54 | $177,387 | Oct 25 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false |
| 18 | The Story of Racheltjie De Beer | - | - | - | $63,102 | 43 | $98,963 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 19 | Rambo: Last Blood | - | - | - | $58,986 | 66 | $191,369 | Sep 20 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 20 | Ad Astra | - | - | - | $46,543 | 61 | $186,929 | Sep 20 | Times Media Films | false |
| 21 | Fiela's Child | - | - | - | $40,058 | 59 | $212,504 | Sep 16 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 22 | Overcomer | - | - | - | $36,195 | 50 | $250,990 | Aug 30 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 23 | Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | - | - | - | $31,851 | 57 | $349,378 | Aug 30 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 24 | Escape Plan: The Extractors | - | - | - | $28,072 | 40 | $36,021 | Oct 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 25 | Late Night | - | - | - | $27,351 | 11 | $28,664 | Oct 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 26 | Ready or Not | - | - | - | $17,271 | 15 | $34,537 | Sep 27 | Times Media Films | false |
| 27 | A Rainy Day in New York | - | - | - | $16,321 | 13 | $49,743 | Oct 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 28 | The Goldfinch | - | - | - | $13,055 | 7 | $15,501 | Oct 11 | Times Media Films | false |
| 29 | Polaroid | - | - | - | $12,811 | 24 | $29,713 | Sep 27 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 30 | Zombieland: Double Tap | - | - | - | $12,084 | 8 | $37,490 | Oct 25 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false |
| 31 | Teen Spirit | - | - | - | $4,266 | 15 | $9,614 | Sep 27 | Times Media Films | false |
| 32 | Light of My Life | - | - | - | $3,357 | 11 | $3,357 | Oct 18 | - | false |
| 33 | Good Boys | - | - | - | $2,336 | 37 | $66,823 | Aug 30 | United International Pictures | false |
| 34 | Bottom of the 9th | - | - | - | $2,049 | 12 | $2,049 | Oct 4 | Times Media Films | false |
| 35 | Yesterday | - | - | - | $215 | 62 | $258,944 | Jul 5 | United International Pictures | false |
