| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Up | $219,851 | -22.7% | 73 | - | $3,011 | $575,655 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | District 9 | $89,412 | -26.9% | 79 | - | $1,131 | $971,417 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | The Time Traveler's Wife | $54,402 | -42% | 39 | -1 | $1,394 | $183,848 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | 5 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | $47,849 | -21.6% | 63 | -10 | $759 | $1,098,380 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 6 | The Proposal | $45,674 | -16.7% | 52 | -7 | $878 | $2,550,663 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Public Enemies | $42,871 | -30.4% | 58 | -5 | $739 | $292,347 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | My Sister's Keeper | $35,922 | -19.8% | 45 | -1 | $798 | $698,785 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 8 | G-Force | $25,985 | -31% | 44 | -6 | $590 | $1,162,606 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | - | I Hate Valentine's Day | $24,729 | - | 14 | - | $1,766 | $24,729 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 10 | 9 | Crank: High Voltage | $21,190 | -25.4% | 25 | - | $847 | $64,725 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Easy Virtue | $20,192 | - | 7 | - | $2,884 | $20,192 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | - | Dil Bole Hadippa | $16,887 | - | 7 | - | $2,412 | $16,887 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 13 | 11 | Year One | $15,595 | -7.9% | 18 | +1 | $866 | $183,919 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Dance Flick | $11,950 | -4.3% | 10 | - | $1,195 | $29,587 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Coco Before Chanel | $11,285 | -34.2% | 9 | - | $1,253 | $117,133 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 13 | Not Easily Broken | $8,848 | -13.1% | 15 | -3 | $589 | $111,485 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | The Hangover | $8,321 | -18% | 13 | -4 | $640 | $2,001,996 | 14 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | 18 | Orphan | $7,000 | +35.6% | 17 | +1 | $411 | $104,514 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Adam | $4,163 | -34.3% | 9 | - | $462 | $28,745 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 20 | - | Adoration | $2,152 | - | 5 | - | $430 | $2,152 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 21 | 20 | Disgrace | $1,498 | -59.8% | 5 | -3 | $299 | $62,713 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 21 | A Summer in Genoa | $851 | -66.3% | 4 | -1 | $212 | $65,293 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Fighting | $618 | -75.5% | 3 | -8 | $206 | $261,408 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 23 | Knowing | $533 | +11.7% | 2 | -2 | $266 | $881,794 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
