| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | - | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | $404,554 | - | 105 | - | $3,852 | $404,554 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 2 | 2 | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | $201,677 | -2.9% | 90 | -1 | $2,240 | $1,206,420 | 3 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 3 | 1 | Schuks! Your Country Needs You | $185,509 | -33.7% | 79 | -19 | $2,348 | $1,248,667 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 4 | - | A Madea Christmas | $110,106 | - | 54 | - | $2,039 | $110,106 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 5 | 4 | Free Birds | $97,238 | -21.2% | 78 | -4 | $1,246 | $360,521 | 2 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 6 | 3 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | $81,141 | -47.4% | 66 | -12 | $1,229 | $1,405,792 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 7 | 7 | Homefront | $63,805 | -24.8% | 51 | +1 | $1,251 | $211,859 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 8 | - | Escape Plan | $42,183 | - | 29 | - | $1,454 | $42,183 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 9 | 5 | Ender's Game | $36,876 | -62.2% | 60 | -1 | $614 | $203,554 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 6 | Thor: The Dark World | $36,144 | -61.4% | 23 | -38 | $1,571 | $2,026,504 | 6 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | - | Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux | $20,524 | - | 23 | - | $892 | $20,524 | 1 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | true | false |
| 12 | 10 | Mud | $8,157 | -53.7% | 17 | - | $479 | $38,436 | 2 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 13 | - | The Fifth Estate | $5,788 | - | 10 | - | $578 | $5,788 | 1 | NuMetro Distribution | true | false |
| 14 | 14 | Baggage Claim | $5,146 | -46.6% | 8 | -6 | $643 | $204,293 | 6 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 15 | 11 | Captain Phillips | $4,794 | -72.2% | 6 | -10 | $799 | $348,991 | 5 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 16 | 9 | Justin and the Knights of Valour | $4,365 | -85% | 8 | -32 | $545 | $312,346 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 17 | 16 | Enough Said | $4,084 | -34.4% | 5 | - | $816 | $53,974 | 4 | NuMetro Distribution | false | false |
| 18 | 15 | Before Midnight | $2,053 | -67.7% | 2 | -8 | $1,026 | $30,492 | 3 | Ster-Kinekor Pictures | false | false |
| 19 | 21 | About Time | $789 | -67.8% | 4 | -3 | $197 | $347,718 | 8 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 20 | - | R.I.P.D. | $484 | - | 2 | - | $242 | $341,258 | 11 | United International Pictures | false | false |
| 21 | 24 | Detachment 2013 Re-release | $115 | -38.2% | 1 | - | $115 | $7,189 | 4 | N/A | false | false |
