Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Domestic Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,801-2,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,801 | Mark Lewis | $3,941,146 | 1 | $3,941,146 |
| 2,802 | Luke Scott | $3,915,251 | 1 | $3,915,251 |
| 2,803 | Laurent Cantet | $3,911,871 | 5 | $782,374 |
| 2,804 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 4 | $975,774 |
| 2,805 | Lisa Joy | $3,900,193 | 1 | $3,900,193 |
| 2,806 | Lee Hirsch | $3,889,126 | 2 | $1,944,563 |
| 2,807 | Timothy A. Chey | $3,884,788 | 7 | $554,970 |
| 2,808 | Imtiaz Ali | $3,879,363 | 6 | $646,561 |
| 2,809 | Ayan Mukerji | $3,827,466 | 2 | $1,913,733 |
| 2,810 | Rick de Oliveira | $3,816,594 | 1 | $3,816,594 |
| 2,811 | Ralph Fiennes | $3,810,592 | 4 | $952,648 |
| 2,812 | James Caan | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 2,813 | Lilly Wachowski | $3,802,260 | 1 | $3,802,260 |
| 2,814 | Duke Johnson | $3,802,039 | 2 | $1,901,020 |
| 2,815 | Pamela Adlon | $3,800,038 | 1 | $3,800,038 |
| 2,816 | James Cruze | $3,800,000 | 3 | $1,266,667 |
| 2,817 | Jean Negulesco | $3,800,000 | 5 | $760,000 |
| 2,818 | Sandra Goldbacher | $3,794,031 | 1 | $3,794,031 |
| 2,819 | Zacharias Kunuk | $3,786,801 | 2 | $1,893,401 |
| 2,820 | Terry Leonard | $3,776,540 | 1 | $3,776,540 |
| 2,821 | Sam Liu | $3,775,000 | 15 | $251,667 |
| 2,822 | Kyle Mooney | $3,763,863 | 1 | $3,763,863 |
| 2,823 | Mabrouk El Mechri | $3,763,583 | 2 | $1,881,792 |
| 2,824 | Shakun Batra | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 2,825 | Simon Verhoeven | $3,759,078 | 5 | $751,816 |
| 2,826 | Bart Layton | $3,755,480 | 3 | $1,251,827 |
| 2,827 | Andrew Solt | $3,753,977 | 1 | $3,753,977 |
| 2,828 | Matteo Garrone | $3,745,011 | 6 | $624,169 |
| 2,829 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 2,830 | Hu Guan | $3,738,105 | 8 | $467,263 |
| 2,831 | Helen Hunt | $3,735,717 | 2 | $1,867,859 |
| 2,832 | Don McKellar | $3,697,834 | 3 | $1,232,611 |
| 2,833 | Yang Yu | $3,695,533 | 1 | $3,695,533 |
| 2,834 | Azazel Jacobs | $3,690,890 | 6 | $615,148 |
| 2,835 | Will Mackenzie | $3,690,328 | 1 | $3,690,328 |
| 2,836 | Lewis Milestone | $3,690,000 | 3 | $1,230,000 |
| 2,837 | Nick Searcy | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 2,838 | Garrett Batty | $3,678,932 | 5 | $735,786 |
| 2,839 | Mike White | $3,673,299 | 2 | $1,836,650 |
| 2,840 | Jagan Shakti | $3,660,413 | 1 | $3,660,413 |
| 2,841 | Hiroyuki Hata | $3,659,632 | 1 | $3,659,632 |
| 2,842 | Maya Forbes | $3,650,415 | 3 | $1,216,805 |
| 2,843 | Yibai Zhang | $3,633,769 | 5 | $726,754 |
| 2,844 | Xu Zheng | $3,625,690 | 8 | $453,211 |
| 2,845 | Desmond Nakano | $3,622,433 | 1 | $3,622,433 |
| 2,846 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,621,917 | 4 | $905,479 |
| 2,847 | Martin Sheen | $3,614,349 | 2 | $1,807,175 |
| 2,848 | Max Eggers | $3,609,844 | 1 | $3,609,844 |
| 2,849 | Sam Eggers | $3,609,844 | 1 | $3,609,844 |
| 2,850 | Tom Schulman | $3,602,884 | 2 | $1,801,442 |
| 2,851 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 2,852 | Maggie Greenwald | $3,600,015 | 6 | $600,003 |
| 2,853 | Roko Belic | $3,599,174 | 1 | $3,599,174 |
| 2,854 | Farah Khan | $3,597,372 | 2 | $1,798,686 |
| 2,855 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 2,856 | Laura Poitras | $3,589,309 | 6 | $598,218 |
| 2,857 | Mark Goldblatt | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 2,858 | Percy Adlon | $3,587,303 | 2 | $1,793,652 |
| 2,859 | Michel Cote | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 2,860 | Robert Ménard | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 2,861 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $3,577,198 | 5 | $715,440 |
| 2,862 | Gaetano Morbioli | $3,574,915 | 1 | $3,574,915 |
| 2,863 | Luis Puenzo | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
| 2,864 | Jon Shenk | $3,572,028 | 5 | $714,406 |
| 2,865 | Oren Moverman | $3,567,060 | 4 | $891,765 |
| 2,866 | Phil Roman | $3,560,469 | 5 | $712,094 |
| 2,867 | Rakesh Roshan | $3,554,054 | 3 | $1,184,685 |
| 2,868 | Richard Kwietniowski | $3,553,318 | 2 | $1,776,659 |
| 2,869 | John Warren | $3,551,208 | 1 | $3,551,208 |
| 2,870 | Katja von Garnier | $3,550,775 | 6 | $591,796 |
| 2,871 | Stephen Williams | $3,541,159 | 2 | $1,770,580 |
| 2,872 | Drake Doremus | $3,537,364 | 7 | $505,338 |
| 2,873 | Paul Miller | $3,533,790 | 1 | $3,533,790 |
| 2,874 | Jeremy Comte | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,875 | Louise Bagnall | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,876 | Marianne Farley | $3,531,093 | 2 | $1,765,547 |
| 2,877 | Andrew Chesworth | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,878 | Alison Snowden | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,879 | David Fine | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,880 | Vincent Lambe | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,881 | Scott Winant | $3,525,125 | 1 | $3,525,125 |
| 2,882 | James Madigan | $3,522,025 | 1 | $3,522,025 |
| 2,883 | Kate Davis | $3,519,278 | 3 | $1,173,093 |
| 2,884 | Sam Pillsbury | $3,519,178 | 2 | $1,759,589 |
| 2,885 | Richard T. Heffron | $3,515,578 | 5 | $703,116 |
| 2,886 | Thomas Lennon | $3,513,757 | 3 | $1,171,252 |
| 2,887 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,508,777 | 3 | $1,169,592 |
| 2,888 | Victor Caire | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,889 | Max Porter | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,890 | Katja Benrath | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,891 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,892 | Laura Checkoway | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,893 | Ru Kuwahata | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,894 | Jakob Schuh | $3,508,777 | 9 | $389,864 |
| 2,895 | Glen Keane | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,896 | Gabriel Grapperon | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,897 | Kevin Wilson Jr | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,898 | Jan Lachauer | $3,508,777 | 5 | $701,755 |
| 2,899 | Florian Babikian | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,900 | Lucas Navarro | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
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.