Following on from its record opening day last Thursday, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom emerged as the highest grossing film in South Africa this past weekend, earning R4,431,228.00, outgrossing Schuks! Your Country Needs You which earned R3,635,876. It also outgrossed the opening weekend box office of some of the biggest studio films of the year, including Hunger Games - Catching Fire, World War Z, The Wolverine and Hangover 3.