| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | $228,839 | -51.9% | 95 | - | $2,408 | $856,736 | 2 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 2 | - | The Host | $170,130 | - | 79 | - | $2,153 | $170,130 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 3 | 2 | The Croods | $157,840 | -43% | 88 | +2 | $1,793 | $1,562,362 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 4 | - | Olympus Has Fallen | $129,441 | - | 58 | - | $2,231 | $129,441 | 1 | - | true | false |
| 5 | 3 | Parker | $52,986 | -41.2% | 61 | -4 | $868 | $571,758 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | 4 | Identity Thief | $50,163 | -42.5% | 55 | -3 | $912 | $690,670 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | - | 21 & Over | $49,241 | - | 28 | - | $1,758 | $49,241 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 8 | 7 | So Undercover | $19,413 | -54.4% | 23 | -1 | $844 | $196,234 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 9 | 5 | Jack the Giant Slayer | $17,346 | -63.9% | 29 | -23 | $598 | $781,115 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Oz the Great and Powerful | $16,979 | -63.3% | 12 | -40 | $1,414 | $1,157,640 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 8 | Hitchcock | $16,350 | -50.8% | 22 | - | $743 | $65,138 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | - | Seven Psychopaths | $15,045 | - | 12 | - | $1,253 | $15,045 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 13 | - | Won't Back Down | $9,781 | - | 19 | - | $514 | $9,781 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 12 | Quartet | $9,648 | -18.2% | 9 | -2 | $1,072 | $389,134 | 9 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 10 | Fanie Fourie's Lobola | $8,529 | -50.9% | 17 | -6 | $501 | $375,753 | 7 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Snitch | $7,223 | -70.5% | 18 | -19 | $401 | $482,308 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 14 | The Impossible | $5,745 | -42.1% | 9 | -4 | $638 | $247,661 | 7 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | 19 | Flight | $2,165 | -36% | 6 | +2 | $360 | $407,465 | 12 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 17 | Hyde Park on Hudson | $1,848 | -53% | 3 | -3 | $616 | $70,012 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 16 | Klein Karoo | $1,557 | -63.1% | 5 | -2 | $311 | $561,032 | 11 | Indigenous Film Distribution | false | false |
| 21 | 15 | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | $1,239 | -77.6% | 3 | -8 | $413 | $816,231 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 22 | 23 | Zero Dark Thirty | $1,109 | -55.5% | 2 | - | $554 | $189,795 | 9 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 26 | The Guilt Trip | $1,061 | -34.1% | 4 | +1 | $265 | $72,590 | 6 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 24 | - | Silver Linings Playbook | $665 | - | 2 | - | $332 | $551,900 | 16 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 25 | 22 | Red Dawn | $657 | -77.3% | 3 | -7 | $219 | $192,992 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 26 | - | The Intouchables | $569 | - | 2 | - | $284 | $103,315 | 14 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 27 | 25 | Mama | $355 | -82% | 3 | -2 | $118 | $133,825 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
