| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Safe House | $225,486 | - | 69 | - | $3,267 | $225,486 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Jack and Jill | $198,696 | -27.9% | 76 | -1 | $2,614 | $534,719 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 2012 3D Release | $96,574 | - | 59 | - | $1,636 | $96,574 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | The Descendants | $74,199 | -21.7% | 26 | +1 | $2,853 | $214,813 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | - | Hugo | $73,933 | - | 27 | - | $2,738 | $73,933 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 6 | - | The Iron Lady | $64,595 | - | 20 | - | $3,229 | $64,595 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 7 | 4 | We Bought a Zoo | $64,441 | -16.8% | 58 | -2 | $1,111 | $484,049 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 2 | Underworld: Awakening | $40,328 | -64.6% | 31 | -25 | $1,300 | $731,530 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | $28,568 | -35.9% | 33 | -11 | $865 | $885,283 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $28,106 | +2.2% | 30 | -9 | $936 | $1,596,885 | 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 7 | Man on a Ledge | $24,650 | -41.8% | 36 | - | $684 | $86,974 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 13 | Footloose 2011 Re-release | $21,999 | -15.2% | 28 | - | $785 | $471,386 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | The Muppets | $19,476 | -26.3% | 17 | -3 | $1,145 | $85,705 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 16 | Courageous | $16,239 | -18.6% | 13 | -2 | $1,249 | $82,185 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Seeking Justice | $15,089 | -62.4% | 31 | -19 | $486 | $184,566 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $14,859 | -43.1% | 22 | -15 | $675 | $1,534,921 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | Midnight in Paris | $14,732 | -7% | 12 | +2 | $1,227 | $277,532 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 9 | Dolphin Tale | $14,420 | -63.2% | 19 | -21 | $758 | $825,207 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 14 | The Adventures of Tintin | $14,218 | -40.3% | 17 | -20 | $836 | $1,851,576 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 17 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | $8,681 | -53.7% | 15 | -31 | $578 | $2,112,452 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 19 | Hoofmeisie | $7,716 | -22.4% | 11 | -1 | $701 | $545,328 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 20 | Margin Call | $3,065 | -61% | 2 | -4 | $1,532 | $138,128 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | Puss in Boots | $3,027 | -26.3% | 6 | -5 | $504 | $2,706,645 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Platteland | $74 | -70% | 1 | -1 | $74 | $1,069,699 | 12 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
