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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)BETA


See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Editors - Top Domestic Associate Producers - Top Domestic Casting Directors - Top Domestic Cinematographers - Top Domestic Co-Producers - Top Domestic Composers - Top Domestic Costume Designers - Top Domestic Costume Supervisors - Top Domestic Dialogue Editors - Top Domestic Editors - Top Domestic Executive Producers - Top Domestic Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Domestic Music Editors - Top Domestic Music Supervisors - Top Domestic Producers - Top Domestic Production Designers - Top Domestic Re-recording Mixers - Top Domestic Screenwriters - Top Domestic Second Unit Directors - Top Domestic Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - Top Domestic Sound Editors - Top Domestic Sound Effects Editors - Top Domestic Sound Mixers - Top Domestic Story Creators - Top Domestic Stunt Coordinators - Top Domestic Supervising Sound Editors - Top Domestic Unit Production Managers - Top Domestic Visual Effects Supervisors - Top International Directors - Top Worldwide Directors

This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.

Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

Rank Name Domestic
Box Office
Movies Average
1,101 Anton Corbijn $53,660,564 7 $7,665,795
1,102 Jon Gunn $53,635,358 5 $10,727,072
1,103 Robert Lorenz $53,589,243 3 $17,863,081
1,104 Daniel Stern $53,579,269 2 $26,789,635
1,105 Richard Tuggle $53,199,316 2 $26,599,658
1,106 Tony Goldwyn $53,123,957 5 $10,624,791
1,107 Robert Mandel $52,993,949 4 $13,248,487
1,108 Brent McCorkle $52,844,368 3 $17,614,789
1,109 Edward Dmytryk $52,829,547 6 $8,804,925
1,110 Bryan Bertino $52,767,406 5 $10,553,481
1,111 Jean-Francois Richet $52,703,773 8 $6,587,972
1,112 Sam Miller $52,543,632 1 $52,543,632
1,113 Mark Mylod $52,512,209 2 $26,256,105
1,114 Nikolaj Arcel $52,505,835 3 $17,501,945
1,115 Jonathan Entwistle $52,476,165 2 $26,238,083
1,116 Alejandro Agresti $52,330,111 4 $13,082,528
1,117 William Shatner $52,210,049 4 $13,052,512
1,118 Tony Richardson $52,143,354 7 $7,449,051
1,119 Josh Safdie $52,130,590 6 $8,688,432
1,120 Benny Safdie $52,130,590 5 $10,426,118
1,121 Sam Firstenberg $52,115,063 6 $8,685,844
1,122 Garth Davis $51,864,453 3 $17,288,151
1,123 Neveldine & Taylor $51,774,002 1 $51,774,002
1,124 Michael Gottlieb $51,424,717 2 $25,712,359
1,125 Cory Edwards $51,386,611 1 $51,386,611
1,126 Jim McBride $51,286,859 3 $17,095,620
1,127 Oxide Pang Chun $51,199,980 7 $7,314,283
1,128 Danny Pang $51,199,980 11 $4,654,544
1,129 Christopher Guest $50,970,779 7 $7,281,540
1,130 Tom Brady $50,960,872 3 $16,986,957
1,131 Rob Stevenhagen $50,877,145 1 $50,877,145
1,132 Stiles White $50,856,010 1 $50,856,010
1,133 Anthony Stacchi $50,837,305 2 $25,418,653
1,134 Graham Annable $50,837,305 1 $50,837,305
1,135 Eric Bergeron $50,802,661 1 $50,802,661
1,136 Don Paul $50,802,661 1 $50,802,661
1,137 Alexander Witt $50,740,078 1 $50,740,078
1,138 Kevin Donovan $50,586,000 2 $25,293,000
1,139 Joel Edgerton $50,575,957 2 $25,287,979
1,140 Norman Tokar $50,523,992 3 $16,841,331
1,141 Julie Taymor $50,506,616 5 $10,101,323
1,142 Ole Bornedal $50,484,569 7 $7,212,081
1,143 Rob Greenberg $50,316,123 1 $50,316,123
1,144 Jorge R. Gutierrez $50,151,543 1 $50,151,543
1,145 Stefano Solima $50,065,850 2 $25,032,925
1,146 Lawrence Lamont $50,054,690 2 $25,027,345
1,147 John Sanford $50,026,353 1 $50,026,353
1,148 Anthony Hemingway $49,876,377 1 $49,876,377
1,149 Rod Lurie $49,699,308 9 $5,522,145
1,150 Billy Crystal $49,353,363 3 $16,451,121
1,151 Albert Pyun $48,993,772 10 $4,899,377
1,152 Abby Kohn $48,795,601 2 $24,397,801
1,153 Marc Silverstein $48,795,601 2 $24,397,801
1,154 John Lounsbery $48,775,599 1 $48,775,599
1,155 Robin Budd $48,430,258 1 $48,430,258
1,156 Donovan Cook $48,430,258 1 $48,430,258
1,157 Mark Levin $48,392,135 2 $24,196,068
1,158 Todd Field $48,167,273 3 $16,055,758
1,159 Bruce A. Evans $48,094,354 2 $24,047,177
1,160 Jennifer Flackett $48,006,762 1 $48,006,762
1,161 Cedric Nicolas-Troyan $48,003,015 2 $24,001,508
1,162 Stephen Surjik $47,965,000 1 $47,965,000
1,163 Steve Trenbirth $47,901,582 1 $47,901,582
1,164 Mennan Yapo $47,852,604 1 $47,852,604
1,165 John Sullivan $47,794,443 2 $23,897,222
1,166 Michael Anderson $47,725,353 5 $9,545,071
1,167 Bob Spiers $47,644,420 2 $23,822,210
1,168 Mel Smith $47,418,021 5 $9,483,604
1,169 John Fortenberry $47,272,717 3 $15,757,572
1,170 Peter Medak $47,049,511 7 $6,721,359
1,171 Todd Haynes $46,929,475 13 $3,609,960
1,172 Christian Ditter $46,863,944 4 $11,715,986
1,173 Tim Robbins $46,587,957 3 $15,529,319
1,174 James Hawes $46,476,520 2 $23,238,260
1,175 Tom Gormican $46,369,112 3 $15,456,371
1,176 Edward Norton $46,314,140 2 $23,157,070
1,177 John Sayles $46,099,573 16 $2,881,223
1,178 Agnieszka Holland $46,019,189 11 $4,183,563
1,179 Jake Szymanski $46,009,673 2 $23,004,837
1,180 Susan Seidelman $45,910,371 6 $7,651,729
1,181 Kirk DeMicco $45,859,568 3 $15,286,523
1,182 Clare Kilner $45,835,513 3 $15,278,504
1,183 Frank Capra $45,821,691 12 $3,818,474
1,184 Nicolai Fuglsig $45,819,713 1 $45,819,713
1,185 Patrick Tatopoulos $45,802,315 1 $45,802,315
1,186 Dougal Wilson $45,770,312 1 $45,770,312
1,187 Lee Toland Krieger $45,733,183 2 $22,866,592
1,188 John Derek $45,590,000 3 $15,196,667
1,189 Jun Falkenstein $45,542,421 3 $15,180,807
1,190 Michael Wadleigh $45,505,110 2 $22,752,555
1,191 Richard Friedenberg $45,411,063 2 $22,705,532
1,192 Dylan Brown $45,216,793 1 $45,216,793
1,193 Michel Hazanavicius $45,078,665 8 $5,634,833
1,194 Nicholas Hytner $45,075,065 8 $5,634,383
1,195 Ronald F. Maxwell $45,058,246 2 $22,529,123
1,196 Gary Hardwick $45,031,003 2 $22,515,502
1,197 Morgan Neville $44,955,658 11 $4,086,878
1,198 Ken Shapiro $44,921,312 2 $22,460,656
1,199 Ben Younger $44,875,022 4 $11,218,756
1,200 Adrian Grunberg $44,819,352 3 $14,939,784

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.