| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Deadpool | $351,503 | -40.7% | 107 | +6 | $3,285 | $1,149,719 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Vir Altyd | $175,185 | -41.3% | 65 | -6 | $2,695 | $576,429 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Happiness Is a Four-letter Word | $154,242 | - | 55 | - | $2,804 | $154,242 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | How to Be Single | $78,793 | -50.2% | 70 | -3 | $1,125 | $288,553 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 5 | - | Fifty Shades of Black | $45,586 | - | 50 | - | $911 | $45,586 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | Ride Along 2 | $38,452 | -49.6% | 55 | -13 | $699 | $973,536 | 58 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Daddy's Home | $32,155 | -27% | 41 | -14 | $784 | $412,147 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Dirty Grandpa | $27,770 | -46.6% | 42 | -15 | $661 | $330,329 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
| 9 | 11 | Norm of the North | $26,599 | -0.3% | 36 | -15 | $738 | $189,833 | 5 | N/A | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Revenant | $23,849 | -30.9% | 27 | -11 | $883 | $492,976 | 5 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 11 | 6 | The Finest Hours | $22,372 | -55.7% | 35 | -40 | $639 | $197,730 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | The 5th Wave | $20,593 | -51.8% | 35 | -23 | $588 | $281,748 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | 13 Hours | $18,279 | - | 32 | - | $571 | $18,279 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | $15,731 | -2.4% | 21 | -8 | $749 | $1,193,080 | 9 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 15 | - | Hail, Caesar! | $13,444 | - | 11 | - | $1,222 | $13,444 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 10 | The Choice | $13,357 | -58.8% | 32 | -29 | $417 | $118,378 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | The Dressmaker | $13,171 | -32.3% | 12 | -3 | $1,097 | $78,294 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Spotlight | $8,817 | -43.4% | 10 | -5 | $881 | $68,839 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 19 | - | Trumbo | $6,690 | - | 7 | - | $955 | $6,690 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 20 | 15 | The Good Dinosaur | $3,955 | -44.5% | 7 | -4 | $565 | $741,867 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | The Big Short | $3,740 | -26% | 5 | -1 | $748 | $110,375 | 58 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 17 | The Danish Girl | $2,986 | -32.7% | 5 | -1 | $597 | $34,835 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 26 | The Little Prince | $2,033 | +811.7% | 4 | +3 | $508 | $409,722 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | The Hateful Eight | $1,025 | -51.8% | 4 | -2 | $256 | $95,844 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | $983 | -38.4% | 2 | -1 | $491 | $3,206,747 | 10 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 19 | A Perfect Day | $549 | -75.8% | 8 | +1 | $68 | $3,985 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Suffragette | $408 | -59.5% | 1 | -2 | $408 | $44,679 | 58 | United International Pictures | false | false |
