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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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
1,401 Levan Gabriadze $32,789,645 2 $16,394,823
1,402 Mikael Salomon $32,761,319 5 $6,552,264
1,403 Dennis Iliadis $32,752,215 2 $16,376,108
1,404 Bonnie Hunt $32,662,299 1 $32,662,299
1,405 Rodo Sayagues $32,638,038 1 $32,638,038
1,406 Gary Rydstrom $32,622,971 3 $10,874,324
1,407 Edward Berger $32,580,655 6 $5,430,109
1,408 Tom Bezucha $32,544,794 2 $16,272,397
1,409 Nick Johnson $32,502,025 1 $32,502,025
1,410 Will Merrick $32,502,025 1 $32,502,025
1,411 Rod Blackhurst $32,494,740 5 $6,498,948
1,412 Bryce McGuire $32,494,740 2 $16,247,370
1,413 David M. Evans $32,443,097 4 $8,110,774
1,414 Grant Heslov $32,428,195 1 $32,428,195
1,415 Tsui Hark $32,426,588 15 $2,161,773
1,416 Joshua Michael Stern $32,421,277 3 $10,807,092
1,417 Susanna White $32,408,327 4 $8,102,082
1,418 Hany Abu-Assad $32,400,085 6 $5,400,014
1,419 Dax Shepard $32,349,452 3 $10,783,151
1,420 Adam Brooks $32,241,649 1 $32,241,649
1,421 Marco Schnabel $32,235,793 1 $32,235,793
1,422 Robert Greenwald $32,229,527 7 $4,604,218
1,423 Jack Clayton $32,189,287 3 $10,729,762
1,424 Richie Keen $32,187,017 3 $10,729,006
1,425 Tetsuro Kodama $32,132,374 1 $32,132,374
1,426 Hironobu Sakaguchi $32,131,830 1 $32,131,830
1,427 Mark Tonderai $32,112,020 2 $16,056,010
1,428 Jim Field Smith $32,083,860 2 $16,041,930
1,429 Zach Helm $32,061,555 1 $32,061,555
1,430 Bernard Derriman $31,933,830 1 $31,933,830
1,431 Loren Bouchard $31,933,830 1 $31,933,830
1,432 Henry Levin $31,920,615 6 $5,320,103
1,433 Shane Acker $31,907,309 2 $15,953,655
1,434 Deran Sarafian $31,873,100 3 $10,624,367
1,435 Terry George $31,743,416 3 $10,581,139
1,436 Mark Romanek $31,597,131 1 $31,597,131
1,437 Michael Zinberg $31,559,552 1 $31,559,552
1,438 Matthias Glasner $31,559,552 2 $15,779,776
1,439 Norman Taurog $31,490,453 17 $1,852,380
1,440 Michael Gordon $31,455,882 6 $5,242,647
1,441 Xavier Palud $31,418,697 1 $31,418,697
1,442 David Moreau $31,418,697 6 $5,236,450
1,443 Jesse Peretz $31,351,647 3 $10,450,549
1,444 Oz Scott $31,261,000 2 $15,630,500
1,445 Christopher Erskin $31,203,964 1 $31,203,964
1,446 Vondie Curtis-Hall $31,191,613 5 $6,238,323
1,447 Jim Drake $31,138,404 2 $15,569,202
1,448 Peter Atencio $31,050,184 4 $7,762,546
1,449 Josh Ruben $30,991,521 3 $10,330,507
1,450 Otto Bathurst $30,824,628 1 $30,824,628
1,451 Tomas Alfredson $30,820,158 3 $10,273,386
1,452 James Ponsoldt $30,787,449 6 $5,131,242
1,453 Luis Prieto $30,723,147 4 $7,680,787
1,454 Scott Frank $30,618,270 2 $15,309,135
1,455 Tom Ropelewski $30,610,303 2 $15,305,152
1,456 Tatsuya Nagamine $30,376,755 3 $10,125,585
1,457 Anna J. Foerster $30,353,973 2 $15,176,987
1,458 Bob Dolman $30,306,281 1 $30,306,281
1,459 Stephan Elliott $30,248,552 5 $6,049,710
1,460 Desmond Davis $30,000,000 3 $10,000,000
1,461 Michael Dinner $29,932,825 4 $7,483,206
1,462 Greg Beeman $29,811,382 3 $9,937,127
1,463 Peter Rida Michail $29,790,236 2 $14,895,118
1,464 Nat Faxon $29,789,751 3 $9,929,917
1,465 Jim Rash $29,789,751 3 $9,929,917
1,466 Kinka Usher $29,762,011 1 $29,762,011
1,467 Jon Cassar $29,747,603 2 $14,873,802
1,468 Phil Nibbelink $29,534,240 3 $9,844,747
1,469 Gregory Plotkin $29,404,555 2 $14,702,278
1,470 Sara Sugarman $29,366,452 4 $7,341,613
1,471 David Seltzer $29,232,000 2 $14,616,000
1,472 Lars Klevberg $29,208,403 3 $9,736,134
1,473 Eric Karson $29,055,810 5 $5,811,162
1,474 Rupert Goold $29,039,656 3 $9,679,885
1,475 George Butler $29,027,120 5 $5,805,424
1,476 Mike Tiddes $29,016,427 3 $9,672,142
1,477 Juan Carlos Fresnadillo $28,989,957 4 $7,247,489
1,478 Ed Decter $28,972,187 1 $28,972,187
1,479 Phillip Borsos $28,959,748 4 $7,239,937
1,480 Don Taylor $28,947,800 4 $7,236,950
1,481 Joe Charbanic $28,946,615 1 $28,946,615
1,482 Noah Baumbach $28,887,697 13 $2,222,131
1,483 John Carney $28,853,607 6 $4,808,935
1,484 Ed Harris $28,808,308 2 $14,404,154
1,485 Aaron Sorkin $28,780,744 3 $9,593,581
1,486 Siddharth Anand $28,773,726 5 $5,754,745
1,487 Kenji Nagasaki $28,749,064 3 $9,583,021
1,488 Lewis John Carlino $28,667,789 3 $9,555,930
1,489 Thomas Guard $28,596,818 2 $14,298,409
1,490 Charles Guard $28,596,818 2 $14,298,409
1,491 Mark DiSalle $28,595,042 2 $14,297,521
1,492 Brian Kirk $28,539,757 3 $9,513,252
1,493 Nia Vardalos $28,496,030 1 $28,496,030
1,494 Brian Gilbert $28,453,173 2 $14,226,587
1,495 Greg Coolidge $28,444,855 2 $14,222,428
1,496 Bill Paxton $28,441,737 2 $14,220,869
1,497 John Stainton $28,436,931 1 $28,436,931
1,498 Ken Finkleman $28,403,301 2 $14,201,651
1,499 Hallie Meyers-Shyer $28,372,124 3 $9,457,375
1,500 David Gelb $28,354,048 5 $5,670,810

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.