| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Avengers | $320,549 | -22.5% | 119 | +19 | $2,693 | $3,683,317 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Vow | $136,220 | -31.6% | 46 | - | $2,961 | $409,537 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Battleship | $111,392 | -20.5% | 82 | +3 | $1,358 | $598,874 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | 4 | Think Like a Man | $109,343 | -12.6% | 34 | +4 | $3,215 | $539,863 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 5 | 5 | Dark Shadows | $70,013 | -20.7% | 44 | - | $1,591 | $187,569 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 6 | Mirror Mirror | $54,467 | -7.8% | 55 | +2 | $990 | $732,133 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | - | One for the Money | $43,751 | - | 24 | - | $1,822 | $43,751 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 8 | 8 | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | $39,896 | +11.4% | 34 | -2 | $1,173 | $557,577 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | The Hunger Games | $37,353 | -20% | 52 | -4 | $718 | $1,159,988 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $23,261 | -16.4% | 16 | -1 | $1,453 | $855,667 | 9 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | $19,540 | -9.3% | 14 | -2 | $1,395 | $209,191 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | American Reunion | $18,879 | -30.9% | 35 | -10 | $539 | $1,013,193 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 12 | The Lorax | $18,601 | -4.1% | 30 | -4 | $620 | $1,699,553 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 13 | Shame | $9,572 | -41% | 7 | - | $1,367 | $28,451 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 15 | Good Deeds | $8,461 | -31.4% | 17 | -4 | $497 | $508,668 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 17 | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island | $7,146 | -26.5% | 16 | -6 | $446 | $1,579,213 | 10 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 18 | 21 Jump Street | $5,795 | -29.7% | 8 | -3 | $724 | $655,756 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Wuthering Heights | $5,281 | - | 5 | - | $1,056 | $5,281 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 19 | 14 | The Raven | $5,191 | -63.9% | 13 | -19 | $399 | $69,890 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Otelo Burning | $4,181 | -59.6% | 18 | -11 | $232 | $19,752 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
| 21 | 20 | Young Adult | $3,670 | -6.5% | 7 | - | $524 | $96,145 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 24 | The Devil Inside | $447 | +219.3% | 2 | +1 | $223 | $108,099 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 23 | Contraband | $337 | -6.9% | 1 | - | $337 | $455,072 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 22 | Semi-Soet | $188 | -79.3% | 1 | -7 | $188 | $1,159,062 | 14 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
