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All Time Domestic Box Office by First-Time Directors (Rank 401-500)
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This chart contains the top 100 movies with a first-time director based on the cumulative domestic box office.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | $37,537,675 | $37,537,675 | Peter Hewitt | |
| 402 | 2012 | Lawless | $37,397,291 | $16,996,346 | $54,393,637 | John Hillcoat |
| 403 | 2006 | The Wild | $37,384,046 | $61,626,621 | $99,010,667 | Steve Williams |
| 404 | 2011 | The Roommate | $37,300,107 | $15,245,600 | $52,545,707 | Christian E. Christiansen |
| 405 | 2011 | Jumping the Broom | $37,295,394 | $863,207 | $38,158,601 | Salim Akil |
| 406 | 2000 | Keeping the Faith | $37,036,404 | $8,300,000 | $45,336,404 | Edward Norton |
| 407 | 2012 | That's My Boy | $36,931,089 | $21,154,146 | $58,085,235 | Sean Anders |
| 408 | 1995 | Just Cause | $36,853,222 | $36,853,222 | Arne Glimcher | |
| 409 | 2001 | Kiss of the Dragon | $36,833,473 | $36,833,473 | Chris Nahon | |
| 410 | 2000 | Bounce | $36,805,288 | $16,620,004 | $53,425,292 | Don Roos |
| 411 | 2011 | Colombiana | $36,665,854 | $35,629,408 | $72,295,262 | Olivier Megaton |
| 412 | 2006 | Accepted | $36,580,083 | $1,734,720 | $38,314,803 | Steve Pink |
| 413 | 1991 | Soapdish | $36,489,888 | $36,489,888 | Ueli Steiger | |
| 414 | 2014 | Million Dollar Arm | $36,447,959 | $2,769,953 | $39,217,912 | Craig Gillespie |
| 415 | 1992 | Universal Soldier | $36,299,898 | $36,299,898 | Roland Emmerich | |
| 416 | 1972 | Last Tango in Paris | $36,144,824 | $36,144,824 | Bernardo Bertolucci | |
| 417 | 1984 | Breakin' | $36,100,000 | $36,100,000 | Joel Silberg | |
| 418 | 2013 | Walking with Dinosaurs | $36,076,121 | $94,504,609 | $130,580,730 | Barry Cook Neil Nightingale |
| 419 | 2005 | Derailed | $36,020,063 | $21,500,000 | $57,520,063 | Mikael Hafstrom |
| 420 | 2001 | In the Bedroom | $35,930,604 | $6,207,267 | $42,137,871 | Todd Field |
| 421 | 1996 | Shine | $35,811,509 | $852,386 | $36,663,895 | Scott Hicks |
| 422 | 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | $35,763,137 | $12,055,776 | $47,818,913 | Robert Lorenz |
| 423 | 2010 | The American | $35,606,376 | $32,344,347 | $67,950,723 | Anton Corbijn |
| 424 | 1995 | A Goofy Movie | $35,336,439 | $35,336,439 | Kevin Lima | |
| 425 | 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | $35,161,554 | $33,533,889 | $68,695,443 | Dave Filoni |
| 426 | 2002 | The Hot Chick | $35,081,550 | $19,557,959 | $54,639,509 | Tom Brady |
| 427 | 2012 | Step Up Revolution | $35,074,677 | $130,477,613 | $165,552,290 | Scott Speer |
| 428 | 2011 | A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas | $35,061,031 | $1,204,714 | $36,265,745 | Todd Strauss-Schulson |
| 429 | 2011 | 50/50 | $35,016,118 | $6,318,617 | $41,334,735 | Jonathan Levine |
| 430 | 1978 | Midnight Express | $35,000,000 | $35,000,000 | Alan Parker | |
| 431 | 1991 | Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare | $34,872,033 | $34,872,033 | Rachel Talalay | |
| 432 | 1997 | Addicted To Love | $34,673,095 | $34,673,095 | Griffin Dunne | |
| 433 | 1998 | Jack Frost | $34,645,374 | $34,645,374 | Troy Miller | |
| 434 | 1984 | The Killing Fields | $34,609,720 | $34,609,720 | Roland Joffe | |
| 435 | 1966 | Hawaii | $34,562,222 | $34,562,222 | George Roy Hill | |
| 436 | 1970 | Woodstock | $34,505,110 | $34,505,110 | Michael Wadleigh | |
| 437 | 1987 | Heat | $34,493,095 | $34,493,095 | R.M. Richards | |
| 438 | 2003 | Monster | $34,469,210 | $29,771,603 | $64,240,813 | Patty Jenkins |
| 439 | 2012 | The Watch | $34,353,000 | $32,777,045 | $67,130,045 | Akiva Schaffer |
| 440 | 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | $34,327,391 | $34,327,391 | Brian Henson | |
| 441 | 2005 | Magnificent Desolation | $34,126,126 | $5,720,770 | $39,846,896 | Mark Cowen |
| 442 | 1999 | The Best Man | $34,102,780 | $470,000 | $34,572,780 | Malcolm D. Lee |
| 443 | 2000 | My Dog Skip | $34,099,640 | $1,695,679 | $35,795,319 | Jay Russell |
| 444 | 2015 | The DUFF | $34,030,343 | $9,498,291 | $43,528,634 | Ari Sandel |
| 445 | 2006 | She's the Man | $33,889,159 | $21,390,449 | $55,279,608 | Andy Fickman |
| 446 | 2009 | All About Steve | $33,862,903 | $6,264,356 | $40,127,259 | Phil Traill |
| 447 | 2017 | Wind River | $33,799,770 | $6,552,107 | $40,351,877 | Taylor Sheridan |
| 448 | 1987 | Adventures in Babysitting | $33,790,923 | $33,790,923 | Chris Columbus | |
| 449 | 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? | $33,736,689 | $33,736,689 | Mike Nichols | |
| 450 | 1939 | The Wizard of Oz | $33,711,566 | $43,401 | $33,754,967 | Victor Fleming Mervyn LeRoy Richard Thorpe |
| 451 | 2004 | The Punisher | $33,664,370 | $20,869,404 | $54,533,774 | Jonathan Hensleigh |
| 452 | 2008 | Semi-Pro | $33,479,698 | $10,500,665 | $43,980,363 | Kent Alterman |
| 453 | 1968 | Rosemary's Baby | $33,395,426 | $33,395,426 | Roman Polanski | |
| 454 | 2012 | 2016: Obama’s America | $33,349,941 | $33,349,941 | Dinesh D'Souza John Sullivan |
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| 455 | 2007 | Mr. Bean’s Holiday | $33,302,167 | $201,679,175 | $234,981,342 | Steve Bendelack |
| 456 | 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | $33,300,000 | $33,300,000 | David Lean | |
| 457 | 2017 | Geostorm | $33,078,335 | $174,000,000 | $207,078,335 | Dean Devlin |
| 458 | 2011 | Arthur | $33,035,397 | $14,752,546 | $47,787,943 | Jason Winer |
| 459 | 2005 | Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story | $33,022,286 | $6,476,074 | $39,498,360 | John Gatins |
| 460 | 2000 | Dracula 2000 | $33,000,377 | $33,000,377 | Patrick Lussier | |
| 461 | 1977 | Heroes | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | Jeremy Paul Kagan | |
| 462 | 1985 | The Last Dragon | $33,000,000 | $33,000,000 | Michael Schultz | |
| 463 | 2007 | Balls of Fury | $32,886,940 | $7,991,682 | $40,878,622 | Robert Ben Garant |
| 464 | 2009 | The Last House on the Left | $32,752,215 | $13,774,028 | $46,526,243 | Dennis Iliadis |
| 465 | 1996 | Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco | $32,709,423 | $32,709,423 | David R. Ellis | |
| 466 | 2015 | Unfriended | $32,482,090 | $30,079,359 | $62,561,449 | Levan Gabriadze |
| 467 | 2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | $32,428,195 | $34,920,023 | $67,348,218 | Grant Heslov |
| 468 | 1993 | The Sandlot | $32,416,586 | $32,416,586 | David M. Evans | |
| 469 | 2014 | Nightcrawler | $32,381,218 | $17,953,200 | $50,334,418 | Dan Gilroy |
| 470 | 2015 | Entourage | $32,363,404 | $13,861,922 | $46,225,326 | Doug Ellin |
| 471 | 2008 | Definitely, Maybe | $32,241,649 | $23,376,217 | $55,617,866 | Adam Brooks |
| 472 | 2008 | The Love Guru | $32,200,122 | $7,923,224 | $40,123,346 | Marco Schnabel |
| 473 | 2017 | Fist Fight | $32,187,017 | $8,100,000 | $40,287,017 | Richie Keen |
| 474 | 2017 | How to Be a Latin Lover | $32,149,404 | $25,451,602 | $57,601,006 | Ken Marino |
| 475 | 1992 | The Lawnmower Man | $32,100,816 | $32,100,816 | Brett Leonard | |
| 476 | 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | $32,061,555 | $36,130,088 | $68,191,643 | Zach Helm |
| 477 | 2009 | Earth | $32,011,576 | $84,761,741 | $116,773,317 | Alastair Fothergill Mark Linfield |
| 478 | 1969 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | $31,897,253 | $31,897,253 | Paul Mazursky | |
| 479 | 2009 | 9 | $31,749,894 | $16,810,105 | $48,559,999 | Shane Acker |
| 480 | 2005 | The Wedding Date | $31,726,995 | $15,448,043 | $47,175,038 | Clare Kilner |
| 481 | 2008 | Transporter 3 | $31,715,062 | $75,520,530 | $107,235,592 | Camille Delamarre |
| 482 | 2008 | Quarantine | $31,691,811 | $10,232,963 | $41,924,774 | John Erick Dowdle |
| 483 | 1993 | Hard Target | $31,636,358 | $31,636,358 | John Woo | |
| 484 | 1987 | Can’t Buy Me Love | $31,623,833 | $31,623,833 | Steve Rash | |
| 485 | 2012 | House at the End of the Street | $31,611,916 | $12,492,066 | $44,103,982 | Mark Tonderai |
| 486 | 2008 | The Eye | $31,418,697 | $26,159,068 | $57,577,765 | David Moreau Xavier Palud |
| 487 | 2001 | Monster's Ball | $31,273,922 | $12,492,541 | $43,766,463 | Marc Forster |
| 488 | 2004 | Johnson Family Vacation | $31,203,964 | $82,795 | $31,286,759 | Christopher Erskin |
| 489 | 2012 | Joyful Noise | $30,932,113 | $225,801 | $31,157,914 | Todd Graff |
| 490 | 1982 | Young Doctors in Love | $30,688,860 | $30,688,860 | Garry Marshall | |
| 491 | 1994 | Blank Check | $30,573,770 | $30,573,770 | Rupert Wainwright | |
| 492 | 2004 | Open Water | $30,500,882 | $25,017,759 | $55,518,641 | Chris Kentis |
| 493 | 2017 | Underworld: Blood Wars | $30,405,609 | $50,691,175 | $81,096,784 | Anna J. Foerster |
| 494 | 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | $30,331,165 | $30,331,165 | John Fortenberry | |
| 495 | 2002 | The Banger Sisters | $30,306,281 | $7,760,937 | $38,067,218 | Bob Dolman |
| 496 | 2003 | Honey | $30,272,254 | $32,374,509 | $62,646,763 | Bille Woodruff |
| 497 | 2010 | Daybreakers | $30,101,577 | $21,343,926 | $51,445,503 | Michael Spierig Peter Spierig |
| 498 | 1989 | Road House | $30,050,028 | $30,050,028 | Rowdy Harrington | |
| 499 | 1984 | The Gods Must Be Crazy | $30,031,783 | $4,300,000 | $34,331,783 | Jamie Uys |
| 500 | 1960 | Spartacus | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | $60,000,000 | Stanley Kubrick |
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.