| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
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| 1 | - | Khumba | $175,617 | - | 119 | - | $1,475 | $175,617 | 1 | Indigenous Film Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | 1 | Gravity | $139,743 | -33.4% | 67 | -1 | $2,085 | $430,052 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 3 | - | Battle of the Year | $110,085 | - | 53 | - | $2,077 | $110,085 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 4 | - | About Time | $89,378 | - | 59 | - | $1,514 | $89,378 | 1 | United International Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | - | Riddick | $56,459 | - | 31 | - | $1,821 | $56,459 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 6 | 2 | The Smurfs 2 | $49,820 | -59.1% | 50 | -36 | $996 | $2,160,167 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 7 | 6 | Paranoia | $27,646 | -28.8% | 35 | +1 | $789 | $83,280 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 8 | 5 | Redemption | $26,612 | -35.6% | 28 | -13 | $950 | $164,506 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 7 | Runner Runner | $24,204 | -35.8% | 31 | -13 | $780 | $396,220 | 5 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Conjuring | $21,391 | -24.1% | 24 | -6 | $891 | $444,668 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 11 | 4 | Prisoners | $20,526 | -51.7% | 34 | -11 | $603 | $166,383 | 3 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Diana | $15,505 | -55.7% | 36 | +2 | $430 | $63,134 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | 10 | Nothing for Mahala | $15,168 | -38.3% | 21 | -10 | $722 | $205,654 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 14 | 3 | R.I.P.D. | $12,800 | -77.3% | 19 | -31 | $673 | $325,530 | 4 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Jobs | $11,535 | -49% | 25 | - | $461 | $46,072 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 16 | 12 | We're the Millers | $11,522 | -34.3% | 20 | -3 | $576 | $651,936 | 8 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 13 | Grown Ups 2 | $11,186 | -36.2% | 15 | -4 | $745 | $1,666,585 | 12 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 18 | - | Arbitrage | $9,013 | - | 5 | - | $1,802 | $69,082 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 19 | 16 | 2 Guns | $7,773 | -37% | 12 | -4 | $647 | $531,291 | 7 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | 19 | This Is the End | $4,761 | -37.5% | 7 | -2 | $680 | $30,351 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | - | Rust and Bone | $1,087 | - | 5 | - | $217 | $13,353 | 3 | N/A | false | false |
| 22 | 18 | The Purge | $517 | -93.7% | 2 | -18 | $258 | $33,984 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 23 | 20 | Pain & Gain | $307 | -34.8% | 1 | -1 | $307 | $267,427 | 10 | United International Pictures | false | false |
