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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Sean Baker | $28,299,362 | 8 | $3,537,420 |
| 1,502 | Corey Yuen | $28,233,665 | 7 | $4,033,381 |
| 1,503 | Whit Stillman | $28,210,622 | 5 | $5,642,124 |
| 1,504 | Rusty Cundieff | $28,178,127 | 8 | $3,522,266 |
| 1,505 | Tom Harper | $28,136,441 | 6 | $4,689,407 |
| 1,506 | Vincent McEveety | $28,000,000 | 1 | $28,000,000 |
| 1,507 | Gene Quintano | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 1,508 | Hendel Butoy | $27,931,461 | 1 | $27,931,461 |
| 1,509 | Joe Berlinger | $27,903,392 | 11 | $2,536,672 |
| 1,510 | Javier Gutierrez | $27,793,018 | 1 | $27,793,018 |
| 1,511 | Uli Edel | $27,766,297 | 5 | $5,553,259 |
| 1,512 | Ciaran Foy | $27,754,332 | 3 | $9,251,444 |
| 1,513 | Anthony Waller | $27,696,373 | 3 | $9,232,124 |
| 1,514 | John Waters | $27,633,484 | 10 | $2,763,348 |
| 1,515 | Steve Kloves | $27,610,295 | 2 | $13,805,148 |
| 1,516 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | $27,577,260 | 2 | $13,788,630 |
| 1,517 | Bruce Joel Rubin | $27,484,464 | 1 | $27,484,464 |
| 1,518 | Jason Zada | $27,469,261 | 2 | $13,734,631 |
| 1,519 | Gilbert Cates | $27,339,821 | 3 | $9,113,274 |
| 1,520 | Steve Gomer | $27,086,993 | 3 | $9,028,998 |
| 1,521 | John Roberts | $27,084,499 | 3 | $9,028,166 |
| 1,522 | David Mackenzie | $27,068,647 | 8 | $3,383,581 |
| 1,523 | Lesli Linka Glatter | $27,067,247 | 1 | $27,067,247 |
| 1,524 | Che-Kirk Wong | $27,066,941 | 1 | $27,066,941 |
| 1,525 | Ron Maxwell | $27,054,674 | 3 | $9,018,225 |
| 1,526 | Michael Miller | $27,041,518 | 2 | $13,520,759 |
| 1,527 | Rick Friedberg | $26,936,265 | 1 | $26,936,265 |
| 1,528 | Steven Lisberger | $26,918,576 | 2 | $13,459,288 |
| 1,529 | Jessica Bendinger | $26,910,736 | 1 | $26,910,736 |
| 1,530 | Diane English | $26,902,075 | 1 | $26,902,075 |
| 1,531 | Eric Valette | $26,890,041 | 1 | $26,890,041 |
| 1,532 | Fraser Clarke Heston | $26,695,272 | 2 | $13,347,636 |
| 1,533 | Craig Mazin | $26,651,516 | 2 | $13,325,758 |
| 1,534 | Howard Franklin | $26,623,974 | 3 | $8,874,658 |
| 1,535 | Ethan Maniquis | $26,593,646 | 1 | $26,593,646 |
| 1,536 | Nicole Holofcener | $26,592,039 | 4 | $6,648,010 |
| 1,537 | Patrick Gilmore | $26,483,452 | 1 | $26,483,452 |
| 1,538 | Paul Bogart | $26,404,847 | 5 | $5,280,969 |
| 1,539 | Lisa Cholodenko | $26,310,286 | 3 | $8,770,095 |
| 1,540 | Olatunde Osunsanmi | $26,218,170 | 3 | $8,739,390 |
| 1,541 | Leon Ichaso | $26,130,776 | 4 | $6,532,694 |
| 1,542 | Aneesh Chaganty | $26,015,149 | 4 | $6,503,787 |
| 1,543 | Des McAnuff | $26,000,610 | 4 | $6,500,153 |
| 1,544 | René Cardona, Jr. | $25,998,102 | 2 | $12,999,051 |
| 1,545 | Bruce Robinson | $25,971,416 | 4 | $6,492,854 |
| 1,546 | Masayuki Ochiai | $25,928,550 | 3 | $8,642,850 |
| 1,547 | Melville Shavelson | $25,912,624 | 4 | $6,478,156 |
| 1,548 | Harald Reinl | $25,900,000 | 3 | $8,633,333 |
| 1,549 | Damien Wayans | $25,794,018 | 1 | $25,794,018 |
| 1,550 | Ray Mendoza | $25,782,474 | 1 | $25,782,474 |
| 1,551 | Glenn Jordan | $25,782,304 | 4 | $6,445,576 |
| 1,552 | Dito Montiel | $25,626,498 | 9 | $2,847,389 |
| 1,553 | Justin Dec | $25,621,766 | 1 | $25,621,766 |
| 1,554 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $25,584,504 | 1 | $25,584,504 |
| 1,555 | Phil Vischer | $25,571,351 | 1 | $25,571,351 |
| 1,556 | Michael Crichton | $25,473,174 | 6 | $4,245,529 |
| 1,557 | Richard Eyre | $25,467,930 | 9 | $2,829,770 |
| 1,558 | Hart Bochner | $25,328,592 | 2 | $12,664,296 |
| 1,559 | Harmony Korine | $25,327,856 | 5 | $5,065,571 |
| 1,560 | Dan Cutforth | $25,326,071 | 2 | $12,663,036 |
| 1,561 | Jane Lipsitz | $25,326,071 | 2 | $12,663,036 |
| 1,562 | Yann Demange | $25,275,680 | 3 | $8,425,227 |
| 1,563 | David Douglas | $25,201,151 | 3 | $8,400,384 |
| 1,564 | Gary McKendry | $25,124,986 | 1 | $25,124,986 |
| 1,565 | Dev Patel | $25,116,955 | 2 | $12,558,478 |
| 1,566 | Anthony Bell | $25,107,267 | 4 | $6,276,817 |
| 1,567 | Jessica M. Thompson | $25,100,080 | 2 | $12,550,040 |
| 1,568 | Simon Cellan Jones | $25,049,006 | 3 | $8,349,669 |
| 1,569 | William Peter Blatty | $25,011,739 | 2 | $12,505,870 |
| 1,570 | Josh Stolberg | $25,003,155 | 4 | $6,250,789 |
| 1,571 | Erik White | $24,719,879 | 4 | $6,179,970 |
| 1,572 | Emile Gaudreault | $24,567,131 | 6 | $4,094,522 |
| 1,573 | Sergio Leone | $24,543,016 | 8 | $3,067,877 |
| 1,574 | Nicholas Ray | $24,483,352 | 3 | $8,161,117 |
| 1,575 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $24,477,704 | 1 | $24,477,704 |
| 1,576 | Pablo Larrain | $24,476,746 | 11 | $2,225,159 |
| 1,577 | J.D. Dillard | $24,442,928 | 4 | $6,110,732 |
| 1,578 | Chuck Konzelman | $24,438,795 | 2 | $12,219,398 |
| 1,579 | Cary Solomon | $24,438,795 | 2 | $12,219,398 |
| 1,580 | Bille August | $24,386,283 | 15 | $1,625,752 |
| 1,581 | Tim Fywell | $24,381,334 | 2 | $12,190,667 |
| 1,582 | Liesl Tommy | $24,278,399 | 1 | $24,278,399 |
| 1,583 | Jody Hill | $24,241,610 | 4 | $6,060,403 |
| 1,584 | John Gray | $24,166,306 | 4 | $6,041,577 |
| 1,585 | Troy Nixey | $24,046,682 | 1 | $24,046,682 |
| 1,586 | Josh Greenbaum | $24,027,741 | 7 | $3,432,534 |
| 1,587 | Makoto Shinkai | $23,988,854 | 9 | $2,665,428 |
| 1,588 | Rob Pritts | $23,978,402 | 1 | $23,978,402 |
| 1,589 | Fritz Kiersch | $23,969,329 | 3 | $7,989,776 |
| 1,590 | Wash Westmoreland | $23,954,523 | 4 | $5,988,631 |
| 1,591 | Patricia Rozema | $23,848,040 | 5 | $4,769,608 |
| 1,592 | André De Toth | $23,800,000 | 7 | $3,400,000 |
| 1,593 | Kevin Allen | $23,774,012 | 5 | $4,754,802 |
| 1,594 | Mark Williams | $23,754,668 | 3 | $7,918,223 |
| 1,595 | Sean Phillips | $23,746,066 | 1 | $23,746,066 |
| 1,596 | Gregg Champion | $23,742,152 | 4 | $5,935,538 |
| 1,597 | John Carl Buechler | $23,736,563 | 3 | $7,912,188 |
| 1,598 | Savage Steve Holland | $23,729,407 | 4 | $5,932,352 |
| 1,599 | Amy Holden Jones | $23,676,308 | 4 | $5,919,077 |
| 1,600 | Seth Kearsley | $23,607,202 | 1 | $23,607,202 |
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.