| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $184,470 | -25.4% | 106 | +1 | $1,740 | $490,989 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $65,932 | -25.5% | 60 | -4 | $1,098 | $668,300 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 3 | Snitch | $61,246 | -22.4% | 41 | - | $1,493 | $170,705 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | - | Red Dawn | $57,405 | - | 51 | - | $1,125 | $57,405 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Warm Bodies | $47,955 | - | 41 | - | $1,169 | $47,955 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 6 | 4 | A Good Day to Die Hard | $44,494 | -32.8% | 58 | -13 | $767 | $777,639 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 5 | Wreck-It Ralph | $42,249 | -20.7% | 51 | -3 | $828 | $1,248,449 | 8 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | - | 100 Meter Leeuloop | $38,955 | - | 40 | - | $973 | $38,955 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 9 | 6 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $36,065 | -23% | 39 | -14 | $924 | $185,290 | 3 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 7 | Argo | $27,938 | -19.8% | 26 | -4 | $1,074 | $588,688 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 9 | The Impossible | $22,562 | -25.3% | 23 | -1 | $980 | $127,314 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 10 | Quartet | $21,563 | -25% | 16 | -3 | $1,347 | $261,865 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 8 | Verraaiers | $16,874 | -45.6% | 18 | -12 | $937 | $235,432 | 4 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | - | Hyde Park on Hudson | $16,255 | - | 12 | - | $1,354 | $16,255 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 15 | 13 | 10 Years | $11,588 | -30.9% | 15 | - | $772 | $35,181 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 11 | Klein Karoo | $10,452 | -48.9% | 13 | -9 | $804 | $493,521 | 7 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | The Guilt Trip | $9,860 | -36.7% | 11 | - | $896 | $31,036 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | 14 | Les Misérables | $8,726 | -44.9% | 12 | -6 | $727 | $691,402 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | - | People Like Us | $8,275 | - | 8 | - | $1,034 | $8,275 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 20 | 17 | Flight | $7,883 | -41.5% | 9 | -4 | $875 | $356,153 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Parental Guidance | $7,270 | - | 15 | - | $484 | $729,854 | 11 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 22 | 22 | Lincoln | $6,207 | -31.6% | 8 | +1 | $775 | $197,745 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 23 | 21 | Zero Dark Thirty | $6,151 | -33.1% | 7 | -2 | $878 | $164,938 | 5 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | 24 | Mama | $3,435 | -33.9% | 8 | - | $429 | $112,012 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 26 | Anna Karenina | $2,145 | -18.6% | 3 | - | $715 | $109,491 | 7 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | - | Sleeper's Wake | $1,784 | - | 2 | - | $892 | $4,956 | 2 | N/A | false | false |
