| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | Oz the Great and Powerful | $247,169 | - | 105 | - | $2,353 | $247,169 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $88,531 | -45.3% | 64 | -15 | $1,383 | $578,942 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | - | Snitch | $78,899 | - | 41 | - | $1,924 | $78,899 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 4 | 3 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $66,233 | -32.1% | 71 | -10 | $932 | $714,562 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 5 | 2 | Wreck-It Ralph | $53,285 | -45.7% | 54 | -21 | $986 | $1,211,839 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $46,846 | -21% | 53 | +2 | $883 | $131,302 | 2 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Argo | $34,821 | -18.4% | 30 | - | $1,160 | $552,349 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Verraaiers | $31,039 | -36.3% | 30 | -12 | $1,034 | $204,749 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 9 | The Impossible | $30,184 | -25.2% | 24 | +1 | $1,257 | $90,922 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 10 | Quartet | $28,762 | -6.2% | 19 | +5 | $1,513 | $225,937 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 11 | Klein Karoo | $20,463 | -26.3% | 22 | -6 | $930 | $481,251 | 6 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 7 | The Last Stand | $18,973 | -55% | 49 | - | $387 | $79,450 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 13 | - | 10 Years | $16,769 | - | 15 | - | $1,117 | $16,769 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 14 | 13 | Les Misérables | $15,836 | -33.5% | 18 | -6 | $879 | $682,472 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 8 | Beautiful Creatures | $15,767 | -62.2% | 31 | -26 | $508 | $162,145 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | - | The Guilt Trip | $15,588 | - | 11 | - | $1,417 | $15,588 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 17 | 15 | Flight | $13,479 | -30.1% | 13 | -6 | $1,036 | $345,787 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Life of Pi | $12,233 | -43.2% | 12 | -6 | $1,019 | $2,421,370 | 12 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 18 | Django Unchained | $10,038 | -27.8% | 14 | -1 | $717 | $482,803 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 12 | Back to the Jurassic | $9,430 | -65.1% | 9 | -12 | $1,047 | $220,966 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 16 | Zero Dark Thirty | $9,195 | -42.7% | 9 | -5 | $1,021 | $156,387 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 19 | Lincoln | $9,081 | -22.2% | 7 | -1 | $1,297 | $189,700 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 22 | Silver Linings Playbook | $6,419 | -11.7% | 8 | +1 | $802 | $517,775 | 11 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 20 | Mama | $5,198 | -52.2% | 8 | -7 | $649 | $107,450 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 21 | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away | $3,054 | -69% | 9 | -2 | $339 | $16,231 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | 23 | Anna Karenina | $2,634 | -3.1% | 3 | -1 | $878 | $107,412 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
