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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,701-2,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,701 | Yang Yu | $3,695,533 | 1 | $3,695,533 |
| 2,702 | Azazel Jacobs | $3,690,890 | 6 | $615,148 |
| 2,703 | Will Mackenzie | $3,690,328 | 1 | $3,690,328 |
| 2,704 | Lewis Milestone | $3,690,000 | 3 | $1,230,000 |
| 2,705 | Nick Searcy | $3,679,893 | 1 | $3,679,893 |
| 2,706 | Mike White | $3,673,299 | 2 | $1,836,650 |
| 2,707 | Jagan Shakti | $3,660,413 | 1 | $3,660,413 |
| 2,708 | Maya Forbes | $3,650,415 | 3 | $1,216,805 |
| 2,709 | Yibai Zhang | $3,633,769 | 5 | $726,754 |
| 2,710 | Xu Zheng | $3,625,690 | 6 | $604,282 |
| 2,711 | Desmond Nakano | $3,622,433 | 1 | $3,622,433 |
| 2,712 | Christopher B. Stokes | $3,621,917 | 4 | $905,479 |
| 2,713 | Martin Sheen | $3,614,349 | 2 | $1,807,175 |
| 2,714 | Tom Schulman | $3,602,884 | 2 | $1,801,442 |
| 2,715 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 2,716 | Maggie Greenwald | $3,600,015 | 6 | $600,003 |
| 2,717 | Farah Khan | $3,597,372 | 2 | $1,798,686 |
| 2,718 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 2,719 | Laura Poitras | $3,589,309 | 6 | $598,218 |
| 2,720 | Mark Goldblatt | $3,588,626 | 1 | $3,588,626 |
| 2,721 | Percy Adlon | $3,587,303 | 2 | $1,793,652 |
| 2,722 | Michel Cote | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 2,723 | Robert Ménard | $3,579,013 | 1 | $3,579,013 |
| 2,724 | Rodrigo Sorogoyen | $3,577,198 | 5 | $715,440 |
| 2,725 | Luis Puenzo | $3,574,256 | 1 | $3,574,256 |
| 2,726 | Jon Shenk | $3,572,028 | 5 | $714,406 |
| 2,727 | Oren Moverman | $3,567,060 | 4 | $891,765 |
| 2,728 | Phil Roman | $3,560,469 | 4 | $890,117 |
| 2,729 | Richard Kwietniowski | $3,553,318 | 2 | $1,776,659 |
| 2,730 | John Warren | $3,551,208 | 1 | $3,551,208 |
| 2,731 | Katja von Garnier | $3,550,775 | 6 | $591,796 |
| 2,732 | Stephen Williams | $3,541,159 | 2 | $1,770,580 |
| 2,733 | Drake Doremus | $3,537,364 | 7 | $505,338 |
| 2,734 | Paul Miller | $3,533,790 | 1 | $3,533,790 |
| 2,735 | Jeremy Comte | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,736 | Louise Bagnall | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,737 | Marianne Farley | $3,531,093 | 2 | $1,765,547 |
| 2,738 | Andrew Chesworth | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,739 | Alison Snowden | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,740 | David Fine | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,741 | Vincent Lambe | $3,531,093 | 1 | $3,531,093 |
| 2,742 | Scott Winant | $3,525,125 | 1 | $3,525,125 |
| 2,743 | Kate Davis | $3,519,278 | 3 | $1,173,093 |
| 2,744 | Sam Pillsbury | $3,519,178 | 2 | $1,759,589 |
| 2,745 | Richard T. Heffron | $3,515,578 | 5 | $703,116 |
| 2,746 | Thomas Lennon | $3,513,757 | 3 | $1,171,252 |
| 2,747 | Max Porter | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,748 | Jakob Schuh | $3,508,777 | 9 | $389,864 |
| 2,749 | Katja Benrath | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,750 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,751 | Ru Kuwahata | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,752 | Glen Keane | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,753 | Laura Checkoway | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 2,754 | Gabriel Grapperon | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,755 | Kevin Wilson Jr | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,756 | Jan Lachauer | $3,508,777 | 5 | $701,755 |
| 2,757 | Florian Babikian | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,758 | Lucas Navarro | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,759 | Derin Seale | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,760 | Frank Stiefel | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,761 | Vincent Bayoux | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,762 | Dave Mullins | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,763 | Chris Overton | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,764 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,508,777 | 3 | $1,169,592 |
| 2,765 | Victor Caire | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,766 | Claude Berri | $3,503,546 | 2 | $1,751,773 |
| 2,767 | Mike Marvin | $3,500,898 | 2 | $1,750,449 |
| 2,768 | Bonni Cohen | $3,496,795 | 3 | $1,165,598 |
| 2,769 | Mark Achbar | $3,493,516 | 1 | $3,493,516 |
| 2,770 | Maggie Carey | $3,491,669 | 1 | $3,491,669 |
| 2,771 | Paolo Virzi | $3,490,037 | 7 | $498,577 |
| 2,772 | Christopher Ashley | $3,487,000 | 4 | $871,750 |
| 2,773 | Hannes Holm | $3,479,315 | 3 | $1,159,772 |
| 2,774 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,775 | Guy A. Lepage | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,776 | Sylvain Roy | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,777 | Jeremy Saulnier | $3,478,755 | 4 | $869,689 |
| 2,778 | Adam Resnick | $3,469,493 | 1 | $3,469,493 |
| 2,779 | Jemaine Clement | $3,469,224 | 1 | $3,469,224 |
| 2,780 | Jeffrey Hornaday | $3,463,620 | 3 | $1,154,540 |
| 2,781 | Orson Welles | $3,457,916 | 10 | $345,792 |
| 2,782 | Pen Densham | $3,443,047 | 1 | $3,443,047 |
| 2,783 | James Kent | $3,440,747 | 2 | $1,720,374 |
| 2,784 | Aleksandr Sokurov | $3,438,166 | 5 | $687,633 |
| 2,785 | Farhad Samji | $3,436,159 | 6 | $572,693 |
| 2,786 | Carlos Ávila | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 2,787 | Jan Egleson | $3,417,056 | 1 | $3,417,056 |
| 2,788 | Advait Chandan | $3,401,324 | 2 | $1,700,662 |
| 2,789 | James Schamus | $3,401,155 | 1 | $3,401,155 |
| 2,790 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,400,020 | 1 | $3,400,020 |
| 2,791 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 4 | $850,000 |
| 2,792 | T.C. Christensen | $3,390,918 | 5 | $678,184 |
| 2,793 | Jeremy Rawle | $3,377,000 | 1 | $3,377,000 |
| 2,794 | Gregg Godfrey | $3,377,000 | 1 | $3,377,000 |
| 2,795 | Steven Hahn | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 2,796 | Christopher Hampton | $3,356,899 | 3 | $1,118,966 |
| 2,797 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 2,798 | Sang-ho Yeon | $3,354,293 | 4 | $838,573 |
| 2,799 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 2,800 | Yash Chopra | $3,345,571 | 2 | $1,672,786 |
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.