| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | $522,473 | - | 137 | - | $3,813 | $522,473 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Moana | $196,696 | -11.8% | 103 | -8 | $1,909 | $997,801 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Office Christmas Party | $136,696 | - | 73 | - | $1,872 | $147,036 | 1 | Times Media Films | true | false |
| 4 | 2 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | $85,064 | -47.6% | 87 | -17 | $977 | $1,441,332 | 4 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 5 | 3 | Inferno | $67,339 | -40% | 58 | -4 | $1,161 | $248,475 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 6 | 5 | For the Birds | $41,089 | -20.5% | 38 | -5 | $1,081 | $413,999 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Fallen | $33,056 | -28.7% | 56 | +2 | $590 | $118,481 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 4 | Underworld: Blood Wars | $32,277 | -43.2% | 34 | -27 | $949 | $273,980 | 3 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 9 | 10 | A United Kingdom | $29,591 | -11.5% | 31 | - | $954 | $88,759 | 2 | Video Vision | false | false |
| 10 | 8 | Jonathan | $27,567 | -28.9% | 38 | -12 | $725 | $189,246 | 3 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Almost Christmas | $27,077 | -40.9% | 36 | -30 | $752 | $216,542 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 9 | The Wild Life | $20,026 | -42.8% | 60 | +1 | $333 | $88,870 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Edge of Seventeen | $14,908 | -34.5% | 28 | +2 | $532 | $61,800 | 2 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 14 | 15 | The Accountant | $10,526 | -21.6% | 11 | -1 | $956 | $568,385 | 8 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 15 | 13 | Trolls | $10,218 | -29.7% | 18 | -8 | $567 | $812,053 | 9 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | When the Bough Breaks | $8,711 | -25.7% | 11 | -6 | $791 | $427,822 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | 12 | Doctor Strange | $8,701 | -50.4% | 9 | -10 | $966 | $1,158,119 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 16 | Keeping Up with the Joneses | $8,183 | -32.6% | 5 | -3 | $1,636 | $400,392 | 8 | Times Media Films | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Boo! A Madea Halloween | $5,828 | -28% | 8 | -2 | $728 | $505,944 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | Maggie's Plan | $4,968 | +26.1% | 5 | - | $993 | $29,249 | 4 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 21 | 21 | Equity | $2,657 | -3% | 5 | - | $531 | $6,973 | 2 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Arrival | $2,641 | -18.8% | 2 | -2 | $1,320 | $180,867 | 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false | false |
| 23 | 24 | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back | $1,102 | +3.1% | 1 | -1 | $1,102 | $661,635 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 27 | Café Society | $594 | -11.1% | 2 | - | $297 | $63,534 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | Julieta | $463 | -31.5% | 2 | - | $231 | $20,049 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 22 | Skiptrace | $405 | -83.3% | 5 | - | $81 | $100,411 | 5 | African Entertainment Distributors | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Indignation | $206 | -69.6% | 2 | - | $103 | $38,111 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 28 | 23 | Blood Father | $94 | -93.8% | 1 | -3 | $94 | $157,461 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
