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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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.

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
901 Hideo Nakata $75,941,727 17 $4,467,160
902 David Carson $75,671,262 3 $25,223,754
903 Chris Rock $75,665,378 3 $25,221,793
904 Jonathan Dayton $75,069,730 3 $25,023,243
905 Valerie Faris $75,069,730 3 $25,023,243
906 Stefen Fangmeier $75,030,163 1 $75,030,163
907 Reginald Hudlin $74,812,625 12 $6,234,385
908 Paul McGuigan $74,537,910 8 $9,317,239
909 Mark Pellington $74,508,867 10 $7,450,887
910 Gene Wilder $74,341,544 5 $14,868,309
911 Gary Dauberman $74,152,591 2 $37,076,296
912 George Scribner $74,151,346 1 $74,151,346
913 Albert Magnoli $74,106,633 2 $37,053,317
914 Tom Tykwer $73,951,079 11 $6,722,825
915 Pedro Almodovar $73,932,504 27 $2,738,241
916 Bryan Spicer $73,874,414 3 $24,624,805
917 Robert Mulligan $73,700,194 8 $9,212,524
918 Costa-Gavras $73,331,064 12 $6,110,922
919 Lorna Cook $73,215,310 1 $73,215,310
920 Jim Gillespie $73,210,997 4 $18,302,749
921 George Stevens $73,151,952 11 $6,650,177
922 Mario Van Peebles $73,142,885 12 $6,095,240
923 Nelson McCormick $72,931,911 3 $24,310,637
924 Doug Sweetland $72,679,278 1 $72,679,278
925 Chris Butler $72,652,590 2 $36,326,295
926 Terry Zwigoff $72,616,397 4 $18,154,099
927 Arturo Perez $72,581,770 1 $72,581,770
928 Samantha Jayne $72,581,770 1 $72,581,770
929 Angel Manuel Soto $72,541,501 3 $24,180,500
930 Marco Brambilla $72,407,200 2 $36,203,600
931 Andrei Konchalovsky $72,309,204 5 $14,461,841
932 Dan Trachtenberg $72,082,999 4 $18,020,750
933 Justin Simien $72,057,441 3 $24,019,147
934 Mike Tollin $72,027,629 2 $36,013,815
935 Steve Beck $71,981,451 2 $35,990,726
936 Marielle Heller $71,977,303 4 $17,994,326
937 Sean Cunningham $71,750,222 4 $17,937,556
938 George Nolfi $71,719,411 4 $17,929,853
939 Kevin Bray $71,696,755 2 $35,848,378
940 Alfonso Arau $71,664,677 2 $35,832,339
941 Gil Junger $71,600,772 7 $10,228,682
942 Steven Zaillian $71,197,832 3 $23,732,611
943 Frank Pierson $71,129,898 2 $35,564,949
944 Rick Rosenthal $71,091,553 8 $8,886,444
945 Kieth Merrill $70,800,000 3 $23,600,000
946 Gilbert Lewis $70,300,000 1 $70,300,000
947 John Flynn $70,051,158 6 $11,675,193
948 Mike "Mouse" McCoy $70,012,847 1 $70,012,847
949 Graeme Ferguson $70,000,000 1 $70,000,000
950 Andrew V. McLaglen $69,787,676 13 $5,368,283
951 Paul Brickman $69,591,795 2 $34,795,898
952 David Mirkin $69,569,377 2 $34,784,689
953 Gerard McMurray $69,488,745 3 $23,162,915
954 Sarah Smith $69,471,739 2 $34,735,870
955 Terrence Malick $69,189,848 11 $6,289,986
956 Nima Nourizadeh $69,171,850 2 $34,585,925
957 Peter Howitt $68,738,240 5 $13,747,648
958 John Dahl $68,509,788 8 $8,563,724
959 Ash Brannon $68,288,240 2 $34,144,120
960 Steve Shill $68,261,644 1 $68,261,644
961 Dinesh D'Souza $68,245,767 6 $11,374,295
962 Camille Delamarre $68,141,561 5 $13,628,312
963 Olivia Wilde $67,990,365 3 $22,663,455
964 Angela Robinson $67,692,837 3 $22,564,279
965 Danny Philippou $67,597,142 3 $22,532,381
966 Michael Philippou $67,597,142 3 $22,532,381
967 Lee Cronin $67,377,444 3 $22,459,148
968 Richard Pearce $66,788,289 6 $11,131,382
969 Nick Bruno $66,757,013 2 $33,378,507
970 Troy Quane $66,757,013 2 $33,378,507
971 Chris Noonan $66,664,515 2 $33,332,258
972 Shekhar Kapur $66,661,940 8 $8,332,743
973 Nigel Cole $66,138,388 6 $11,023,065
974 Greg Jacobs $66,013,057 2 $33,006,529
975 Matthew Robbins $65,556,816 5 $13,111,363
976 Gary Nelson $65,535,600 3 $21,845,200
977 Joseph L. Mankiewicz $65,400,000 6 $10,900,000
978 Damien Leone $65,283,519 5 $13,056,704
979 Andrew Douglas $65,233,369 2 $32,616,685
980 Ted Berman $65,187,923 2 $32,593,962
981 Keith Merryman $65,028,687 1 $65,028,687
982 David Newman $65,028,687 1 $65,028,687
983 John Weiley $65,000,000 3 $21,666,667
984 Harve Foster $65,000,000 1 $65,000,000
985 Brad Anderson $64,662,298 15 $4,310,820
986 Richard Franklin $64,516,233 5 $12,903,247
987 Jeremy Garelick $64,460,211 5 $12,892,042
988 Bruce Malmuth $64,296,891 3 $21,432,297
989 Peter Lepeniotis $64,251,538 4 $16,062,885
990 Kevin Munroe $64,149,046 4 $16,037,262
991 John Irvin $64,110,994 11 $5,828,272
992 Mike Thurmeier $64,063,008 1 $64,063,008
993 Fawn Veerasunthorn $63,973,821 1 $63,973,821
994 Mark Neveldine $63,842,327 6 $10,640,388
995 Domee Shi $63,682,032 3 $21,227,344
996 Gary David Goldberg $63,632,878 2 $31,816,439
997 Charles Crichton $63,509,361 3 $21,169,787
998 Doug McHenry $63,474,907 3 $21,158,302
999 Samuel Bayer $63,075,011 1 $63,075,011
1,000 Stuart Gillard $62,777,798 6 $10,462,966

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.