| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $461,503 | - | 120 | - | $3,845 | $461,503 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 2 | - | For the Birds | $82,552 | - | 56 | - | $1,474 | $82,552 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 1 | Doctor Strange | $78,362 | -32.9% | 74 | -31 | $1,058 | $974,078 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 2 | Storks | $71,151 | -19.1% | 92 | -11 | $773 | $344,120 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | Max Steel | $44,879 | -7.8% | 68 | -3 | $659 | $114,931 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | Trolls | $43,580 | -18.8% | 55 | -19 | $792 | $718,926 | 6 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | When the Bough Breaks | $42,937 | +1.9% | 43 | -2 | $998 | $326,161 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Blood Father | $35,123 | -25.3% | 70 | +2 | $501 | $109,057 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Accountant | $27,917 | -35.7% | 32 | -20 | $872 | $482,159 | 5 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Skiptrace | $24,593 | -5% | 47 | +3 | $523 | $26,474 | 2 | African Entertainment Distributors | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $21,950 | -19.2% | 22 | -17 | $997 | $320,661 | 5 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Arrival | $20,594 | -37.1% | 21 | -8 | $980 | $128,782 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Snow Queen 2 | $18,579 | - | 41 | - | $453 | $18,579 | 1 | Indigenous Film Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 11 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $16,236 | -21.2% | 20 | -15 | $811 | $447,654 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 12 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $6,172 | -55% | 13 | -25 | $474 | $646,218 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | - | Maggie's Plan | $5,893 | - | 5 | - | $1,178 | $5,893 | 1 | Sony Pictures Releasing | true | false |
| 17 | 13 | Alone in Berlin | $5,560 | -34.9% | 10 | - | $556 | $18,366 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | The Secret Life of Pets | $3,966 | -51.4% | 7 | -12 | $566 | $1,667,191 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 15 | The Girl on the Train | $2,639 | -60% | - | - | - | $459,774 | 8 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 20 | 21 | Sully | $1,633 | -24.4% | 3 | - | $544 | $327,968 | 12 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Indignation | $1,573 | -32.9% | 4 | -1 | $393 | $33,197 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | Julieta | $1,197 | -49.2% | 4 | - | $299 | $15,584 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Café Society | $1,107 | -41.2% | 3 | - | $369 | $58,909 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 17 | Actually Quite a Lot | $956 | -68.7% | 3 | -8 | $318 | $32,659 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 25 | 23 | Deepwater Horizon | $432 | -53.8% | - | - | - | $496,722 | 9 | - | false | false |
| 26 | 27 | The Magnificent Seven | $313 | +42.9% | 1 | -1 | $313 | $520,303 | 10 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 27 | 24 | Mechanic: Resurrection | $257 | -63.2% | 1 | - | $257 | $720,160 | 14 | - | false | false |
