| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Doctor Strange | $116,791 | -40.7% | 105 | -11 | $1,112 | $813,231 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Storks | $87,993 | -34.2% | 103 | +5 | $854 | $241,230 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Trolls | $53,653 | -29.3% | 74 | -11 | $725 | $652,327 | 5 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 4 | - | Max Steel | $48,670 | - | 71 | - | $685 | $48,670 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Blood Father | $47,009 | - | 68 | - | $691 | $47,009 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | The Accountant | $43,421 | -38.4% | 52 | -11 | $835 | $417,214 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | When the Bough Breaks | $42,146 | -30.9% | 45 | -2 | $936 | $260,874 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Arrival | $32,738 | -18.3% | 29 | +3 | $1,128 | $90,695 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $27,160 | -39% | 39 | -17 | $696 | $274,969 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 10 | - | Skiptrace | $25,901 | - | 44 | - | $588 | $25,901 | 1 | African Entertainment Distributors | true | false |
| 11 | 8 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $20,607 | -42.4% | 35 | -19 | $588 | $402,267 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $13,702 | -61.6% | 38 | -27 | $360 | $631,843 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | Alone in Berlin | $8,545 | - | 10 | - | $854 | $8,545 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 10 | The Secret Life of Pets | $8,159 | -41% | 19 | -17 | $429 | $1,662,709 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | The Girl on the Train | $6,598 | -31.4% | 14 | -5 | $471 | $457,135 | 7 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Shut In | $5,637 | -45% | 18 | +2 | $313 | $20,242 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | Actually Quite a Lot | $3,059 | -58% | 11 | -11 | $278 | $28,949 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 18 | - | Julieta | $2,357 | - | 4 | - | $589 | $13,529 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | Indignation | $2,346 | -50.1% | 5 | -1 | $469 | $29,423 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 13 | Hell or High Water | $2,217 | -75.5% | 5 | -18 | $443 | $34,164 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Sully | $2,159 | - | 3 | - | $719 | $318,253 | 11 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 22 | - | Café Society | $1,884 | - | 3 | - | $628 | $56,685 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | - | Deepwater Horizon | $935 | - | - | - | - | $496,003 | 8 | - | false | false |
| 24 | 21 | Mechanic: Resurrection | $698 | -16.3% | 1 | - | $698 | $704,446 | 13 | - | false | false |
| 25 | 19 | Ouija: Origin of Evil | $322 | -77% | 1 | -5 | $322 | $41,091 | 4 | Universal Pictures International (UPI) | false | false |
| 26 | - | Don't Breathe | $255 | - | 2 | - | $127 | $90,857 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | - | The Magnificent Seven | $219 | - | 2 | - | $109 | $519,891 | 9 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
