| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Underworld: Awakening | $200,732 | - | 52 | - | $3,860 | $200,732 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | - | We Bought a Zoo | $124,396 | - | 61 | - | $2,039 | $124,396 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 3 | 4 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $90,176 | -27% | 68 | -6 | $1,326 | $611,280 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 1 | Dolphin Tale | $80,851 | -46.3% | 55 | -4 | $1,470 | $665,779 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $76,460 | -38.3% | 73 | - | $1,047 | $1,324,948 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 2 | The Adventures of Tintin | $68,130 | -50.6% | 40 | -36 | $1,703 | $1,694,833 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | Machine Gun Preacher | $65,088 | - | 40 | - | $1,627 | $65,088 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 8 | 5 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $55,979 | -45.9% | 40 | -37 | $1,399 | $1,954,065 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $47,113 | -35.7% | 30 | - | $1,570 | $318,322 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | A Little Bit of Heaven | $37,830 | -49% | 45 | - | $840 | $145,110 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $34,986 | -44.4% | 50 | -14 | $699 | $1,444,923 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Margin Call | $26,533 | -25.7% | 17 | - | $1,560 | $86,730 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | 31 Million Reasons | $26,264 | -33.1% | 16 | -12 | $1,641 | $82,602 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | Midnight in Paris | $21,357 | -11.6% | 11 | - | $1,941 | $186,281 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Hoofmeisie | $18,338 | -43.2% | 23 | -4 | $797 | $488,689 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | The Ides of March | $14,677 | -5.7% | 11 | -3 | $1,334 | $185,619 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 17 | 11 | Puss in Boots | $12,953 | -62.6% | 10 | -28 | $1,295 | $2,620,014 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | I Don't Know How She Does It | $11,900 | -57.9% | 15 | -23 | $793 | $451,336 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | The Skin I Live In | $10,096 | - | 5 | - | $2,019 | $10,096 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Real Steel | $4,756 | -50% | 7 | -3 | $679 | $1,043,997 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Tower Heist | $4,621 | -40.5% | 5 | -3 | $924 | $1,151,813 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Platteland | $3,300 | -68.6% | 10 | -4 | $330 | $1,027,647 | 9 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | The Help | $3,040 | +55% | 2 | - | $1,520 | $302,077 | 16 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Johnny English Reborn | $1,893 | -34.5% | 3 | - | $631 | $1,857,743 | 15 | United International Pictures | false | false |
