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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,901-4,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,901 | Andrea Di Stefano | $500,117 | 3 | $166,706 |
| 3,902 | Mike Cheslik | $499,652 | 1 | $499,652 |
| 3,903 | Francis Lee | $498,957 | 2 | $249,479 |
| 3,904 | Ali Zafar | $496,172 | 1 | $496,172 |
| 3,905 | Titus Kaphar | $494,402 | 1 | $494,402 |
| 3,906 | Julian Higgins | $493,679 | 1 | $493,679 |
| 3,907 | E.L. Katz | $493,285 | 4 | $123,321 |
| 3,908 | Ishiro Honda | $491,389 | 11 | $44,672 |
| 3,909 | Khurram H. Alavi | $490,973 | 1 | $490,973 |
| 3,910 | Ayman Jamal | $490,973 | 1 | $490,973 |
| 3,911 | Penny Lane | $489,000 | 4 | $122,250 |
| 3,912 | Christopher N. Rowley | $488,393 | 2 | $244,197 |
| 3,913 | Sophie Fiennes | $487,354 | 4 | $121,839 |
| 3,914 | Michael Fischa | $486,722 | 1 | $486,722 |
| 3,915 | Anthony LaMolinara | $485,728 | 1 | $485,728 |
| 3,916 | Zhao Xiaoding | $485,728 | 1 | $485,728 |
| 3,917 | Jae-rim Han | $484,112 | 1 | $484,112 |
| 3,918 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | $483,795 | 1 | $483,795 |
| 3,919 | Xu Jinglei | $482,013 | 2 | $241,007 |
| 3,920 | Brian Presley | $481,924 | 2 | $240,962 |
| 3,921 | Rolf Schübel | $481,207 | 1 | $481,207 |
| 3,922 | Aziz Mirza | $479,759 | 2 | $239,880 |
| 3,923 | Sang Geun Lee | $478,949 | 1 | $478,949 |
| 3,924 | Caroline Bottaro | $478,710 | 1 | $478,710 |
| 3,925 | Nancy Savoca | $478,275 | 4 | $119,569 |
| 3,926 | Radhika Rao | $475,628 | 3 | $158,543 |
| 3,927 | Vinay Sapru | $475,628 | 3 | $158,543 |
| 3,928 | Michael Almereyda | $474,525 | 6 | $79,088 |
| 3,929 | Stefan Fjeldmark | $473,477 | 1 | $473,477 |
| 3,930 | Michael Hegner | $473,477 | 2 | $236,739 |
| 3,931 | Greg Manwaring | $473,477 | 1 | $473,477 |
| 3,932 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $472,166 | 1 | $472,166 |
| 3,933 | Arnon Goldfinger | $471,842 | 1 | $471,842 |
| 3,934 | Danny Clinch | $470,604 | 3 | $156,868 |
| 3,935 | Matt Dillon | $470,092 | 3 | $156,697 |
| 3,936 | Han Han | $469,706 | 5 | $93,941 |
| 3,937 | Joshua Brand | $468,240 | 1 | $468,240 |
| 3,938 | Anshai Lal | $467,596 | 1 | $467,596 |
| 3,939 | Raoul Ruiz | $467,247 | 4 | $116,812 |
| 3,940 | Ralph Thomas | $466,639 | 2 | $233,320 |
| 3,941 | Lee Gye-Byeok | $466,505 | 3 | $155,502 |
| 3,942 | Lynne Stopkewich | $465,417 | 5 | $93,083 |
| 3,943 | Rupert Everett | $464,495 | 1 | $464,495 |
| 3,944 | Vittorio de Sica | $464,297 | 10 | $46,430 |
| 3,945 | Karen Moncrieff | $464,126 | 3 | $154,709 |
| 3,946 | Jeff Nathanson | $463,730 | 1 | $463,730 |
| 3,947 | Salvador Simó | $462,981 | 2 | $231,491 |
| 3,948 | Liu Jiang | $461,996 | 2 | $230,998 |
| 3,949 | Joseph Medina | $461,691 | 1 | $461,691 |
| 3,950 | Lena Dunham | $460,272 | 3 | $153,424 |
| 3,951 | Anudeep K.V. | $460,000 | 2 | $230,000 |
| 3,952 | Stephen Fung | $459,480 | 5 | $91,896 |
| 3,953 | Jonathan Wright | $459,466 | 9 | $51,052 |
| 3,954 | Bobcat Goldthwait | $459,458 | 7 | $65,637 |
| 3,955 | Stephane Aubier | $458,071 | 5 | $91,614 |
| 3,956 | Vincent Patar | $458,071 | 4 | $114,518 |
| 3,957 | Bharat Kamma | $457,000 | 1 | $457,000 |
| 3,958 | Austin Peters | $456,590 | 1 | $456,590 |
| 3,959 | Jeremiah Zagar | $456,016 | 3 | $152,005 |
| 3,960 | Adam Rehmeier | $455,708 | 2 | $227,854 |
| 3,961 | Emir Kusturica | $454,660 | 6 | $75,777 |
| 3,962 | Chatrichalerm Yukol | $454,255 | 1 | $454,255 |
| 3,963 | Elia Suleiman | $454,056 | 3 | $151,352 |
| 3,964 | Benny Chan | $451,404 | 6 | $75,234 |
| 3,965 | Peter Israelson | $450,000 | 1 | $450,000 |
| 3,966 | Nikhil Advani | $449,893 | 7 | $64,270 |
| 3,967 | Vivek Sharma | $449,776 | 1 | $449,776 |
| 3,968 | Daniel Roher | $449,561 | 4 | $112,390 |
| 3,969 | Benedict Andrews | $448,009 | 2 | $224,005 |
| 3,970 | Andrés Garrigó | $447,912 | 6 | $74,652 |
| 3,971 | Alex Orrelle | $447,719 | 1 | $447,719 |
| 3,972 | Maxime Giroux | $447,353 | 2 | $223,677 |
| 3,973 | Avi Nesher | $447,026 | 7 | $63,861 |
| 3,974 | Clare Peploe | $446,942 | 1 | $446,942 |
| 3,975 | Andreas Koefoed | $445,740 | 2 | $222,870 |
| 3,976 | Lee Jeong-jae | $444,931 | 1 | $444,931 |
| 3,977 | David Hillenbrand | $444,794 | 3 | $148,265 |
| 3,978 | Charlie Stratton | $444,179 | 2 | $222,090 |
| 3,979 | Jasmine Dellal | $442,936 | 1 | $442,936 |
| 3,980 | Giuseppe Bertolucci | $442,676 | 1 | $442,676 |
| 3,981 | Francesco Barilli | $442,676 | 3 | $147,559 |
| 3,982 | Max Minghella | $441,366 | 2 | $220,683 |
| 3,983 | Scott D. Goldstein | $436,132 | 1 | $436,132 |
| 3,984 | Martin Zandvliet | $434,640 | 6 | $72,440 |
| 3,985 | Ray Griggs | $433,588 | 2 | $216,794 |
| 3,986 | Rudy Valdez | $432,479 | 3 | $144,160 |
| 3,987 | Alejandro Jodorowsky | $431,951 | 7 | $61,707 |
| 3,988 | Salvador Litvak | $431,513 | 2 | $215,757 |
| 3,989 | Jim Archer | $430,635 | 1 | $430,635 |
| 3,990 | Sebastian Cordero | $430,542 | 3 | $143,514 |
| 3,991 | Malcolm Leo | $429,146 | 1 | $429,146 |
| 3,992 | John Gulager | $427,035 | 6 | $71,173 |
| 3,993 | Donald P. Bellisario | $426,965 | 1 | $426,965 |
| 3,994 | Jianping Li | $426,776 | 2 | $213,388 |
| 3,995 | Stevan Riley | $426,130 | 1 | $426,130 |
| 3,996 | Akiv Ali | $425,934 | 1 | $425,934 |
| 3,997 | Jesse Eisenberg | $425,776 | 2 | $212,888 |
| 3,998 | Matias Moltrasio | $425,332 | 2 | $212,666 |
| 3,999 | Mary Dore | $423,143 | 1 | $423,143 |
| 4,000 | Robert Connolly | $423,087 | 6 | $70,515 |
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.