| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ride Along 2 | $85,540 | -34.6% | 86 | -5 | $994 | $782,369 | 56 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Finest Hours | $75,936 | - | 69 | - | $1,100 | $75,936 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | Dirty Grandpa | $65,591 | -32.6% | 65 | +2 | $1,009 | $200,589 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 4 | 3 | The 5th Wave | $59,315 | -36.9% | 63 | +1 | $941 | $181,942 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Daddy's Home | $57,738 | -18% | 75 | +7 | $769 | $297,670 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Revenant | $49,680 | -44.5% | 55 | -2 | $903 | $383,389 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 7 | - | The Choice | $42,164 | - | 59 | - | $714 | $42,164 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 8 | 6 | Norm of the North | $31,733 | -19.7% | 64 | -9 | $495 | $127,493 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | - | Spotlight | $23,781 | - | 16 | - | $1,486 | $23,781 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 10 | - | The Dressmaker | $22,045 | - | 16 | - | $1,377 | $22,045 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $21,934 | -34.7% | 35 | -15 | $626 | $1,111,120 | 7 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Hateful Eight | $20,664 | -46.8% | 52 | - | $397 | $77,130 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 9 | The Good Dinosaur | $9,585 | -57.6% | 10 | -32 | $958 | $700,753 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 11 | 'n Pawpaw Vir My Darling | $8,271 | -57.9% | 25 | +5 | $330 | $251,389 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $7,827 | -61.7% | 5 | -35 | $1,565 | $3,071,981 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 16 | The Danish Girl | $6,415 | -30.3% | 7 | - | $916 | $21,123 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Point Break | $5,823 | -59.3% | 9 | -17 | $647 | $919,303 | 7 | - | false | false |
| 18 | 13 | The Big Short | $5,698 | -53.3% | 8 | -8 | $712 | $92,310 | 56 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | The Last Witch Hunter | $5,042 | -49.3% | 14 | -10 | $360 | $480,206 | 8 | N/A | false | false |
| 20 | 14 | Secret in Their Eyes | $4,536 | -60.9% | 16 | -16 | $283 | $259,253 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 17 | Joy | $3,465 | -59% | 6 | -9 | $577 | $158,619 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Sisters | $2,958 | -58.8% | 7 | -13 | $422 | $267,450 | 6 | N/A | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Suffragette | $1,772 | -60.9% | 4 | -3 | $443 | $40,096 | 56 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | The 33 | $1,128 | -69.4% | 11 | - | $102 | $6,284 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | Some Kind of Beautiful | $537 | -33.7% | 1 | - | $537 | $84,042 | 13 | N/A | false | false |
