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All Time Domestic Box Office by First-Time Directors (Rank 201-300)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2014 | The Nut Job | $64,251,538 | $58,278,428 | $122,529,966 | Peter Lepeniotis |
| 202 | 2009 | 17 Again | $64,167,069 | $75,307,837 | $139,474,906 | Burr Steers |
| 203 | 2005 | Sky High | $63,939,454 | $19,169,905 | $83,109,359 | Mike Mitchell |
| 204 | 1987 | Dirty Dancing | $63,892,689 | $150,001,106 | $213,893,795 | Emile Ardolino |
| 205 | 2011 | Unknown | $63,686,397 | $72,436,686 | $136,123,083 | Jaume Collet-Serra |
| 206 | 1995 | Babe | $63,658,910 | $182,441,090 | $246,100,000 | Chris Noonan |
| 207 | 1983 | Risky Business | $63,541,777 | $63,541,777 | Paul Brickman | |
| 208 | 1999 | She's All That | $63,465,522 | $63,465,522 | Robert Iscove | |
| 209 | 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | $63,257,940 | $62,581 | $63,320,521 | Tyler Perry |
| 210 | 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | $63,172,463 | $42,000,579 | $105,173,042 | Nicholas Stoller |
| 211 | 1976 | A Star is Born | $63,129,898 | $63,129,898 | Frank Pierson | |
| 212 | 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | $63,118,386 | $63,118,386 | Mike Judge | |
| 213 | 2010 | The Last Song | $62,950,384 | $29,728,564 | $92,678,948 | Julie Anne Robinson |
| 214 | 2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | $62,495,645 | $64,435,680 | $126,931,325 | George Nolfi |
| 215 | 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | $62,321,039 | $98,058,891 | $160,379,930 | Mans Marlind Björn Stein |
| 216 | 1997 | Mouse Hunt | $61,894,591 | $61,894,591 | Gore Verbinski | |
| 217 | 2000 | The Cell | $61,280,963 | $24,630,263 | $85,911,226 | Tarsem Singh |
| 218 | 2000 | Coyote Ugly | $60,786,269 | $53,130,205 | $113,916,474 | David McNally |
| 219 | 2001 | The Wedding Planner | $60,400,856 | $34,327,673 | $94,728,529 | Adam Shankman |
| 220 | 2010 | Resident Evil: Afterlife | $60,128,566 | $235,745,624 | $295,874,190 | Paul W.S. Anderson |
| 221 | 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | $59,891,098 | $40,751,255 | $100,642,353 | Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris |
| 222 | 2014 | Son of God | $59,700,064 | $11,249,729 | $70,949,793 | Christopher Spencer |
| 223 | 2003 | Love Actually | $59,472,278 | $188,477,969 | $247,950,247 | Richard Curtis |
| 224 | 2017 | The Lego Ninjago Movie | $59,281,555 | $63,500,000 | $122,781,555 | Paul Fisher Charlie Bean Bob Logan |
| 225 | 2014 | Planes: Fire and Rescue | $59,157,732 | $97,241,912 | $156,399,644 | Bobs Gannaway |
| 226 | 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | $58,990,765 | $44,462,110 | $103,452,875 | Zack Snyder |
| 227 | 2015 | Vacation | $58,884,188 | $41,771,704 | $100,655,892 | John Francis Daley Jonathan Goldstein |
| 228 | 2001 | Behind Enemy Lines | $58,855,732 | $58,855,732 | John Moore | |
| 229 | 2006 | Curious George | $58,640,119 | $12,412,485 | $71,052,604 | Matthew O'Callaghan |
| 230 | 2010 | Easy A | $58,401,464 | $17,799,257 | $76,200,721 | Will Gluck |
| 231 | 2008 | Step Up 2 the Streets | $58,017,783 | $90,569,127 | $148,586,910 | Jon M. Chu |
| 232 | 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer | $58,009,200 | $29,135,886 | $87,145,086 | Brad Furman |
| 233 | 1998 | U.S. Marshals | $57,833,603 | $57,833,603 | Stuart Baird | |
| 234 | 2006 | Invincible | $57,806,952 | $694,175 | $58,501,127 | Ericson Core |
| 235 | 2010 | Takers | $57,744,720 | $12,842,548 | $70,587,268 | John Luessenhop |
| 236 | 1987 | Dragnet | $57,387,000 | $57,387,000 | Tom Mankiewicz | |
| 237 | 2017 | The Shack | $57,386,418 | $35,536,993 | $92,923,411 | Stuart Hazeldine |
| 238 | 2000 | Next Friday | $57,176,582 | $2,498,725 | $59,675,307 | Steve Carr |
| 239 | 1981 | Chariots of Fire | $57,159,946 | $307,785 | $57,467,731 | Hugh Hudson |
| 240 | 2013 | Escape From Planet Earth | $57,012,977 | $17,143,633 | $74,156,610 | Cal Brunker |
| 241 | 1992 | Beethoven | $56,979,478 | $56,979,478 | Brian Levant | |
| 242 | 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | $56,968,169 | $56,968,169 | Randall Wallace | |
| 243 | 2000 | Shanghai Noon | $56,932,305 | $14,257,530 | $71,189,835 | Tom Dey |
| 244 | 2012 | American Reunion | $56,758,835 | $180,040,376 | $236,799,211 | Jon Hurwitz Hayden Schlossberg |
| 245 | 2016 | Me Before You | $56,245,075 | $149,200,000 | $205,445,075 | Thea Sharrock |
| 246 | 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | $56,190,094 | $10,540 | $56,200,634 | John Singleton |
| 247 | 2005 | White Noise | $56,094,360 | $36,000,000 | $92,094,360 | Geoffrey Sax |
| 248 | 1996 | Primal Fear | $56,073,633 | $46,500,000 | $102,573,633 | Gregory Hoblit |
| 249 | 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the We… | $56,068,547 | $141,524,605 | $197,593,152 | Steve Box |
| 250 | 2012 | ParaNorman | $56,003,051 | $52,116,611 | $108,119,662 | Chris Butler |
| 251 | 2014 | Dracula Untold | $55,991,880 | $164,249,843 | $220,241,723 | Gary Shore |
| 252 | 2000 | Romeo Must Die | $55,973,336 | $35,063,424 | $91,036,760 | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
| 253 | 2004 | Saw | $55,968,727 | $47,911,300 | $103,880,027 | James Wan |
| 254 | 2001 | The Animal | $55,762,229 | $55,762,229 | Luke Greenfield | |
| 255 | 1999 | Never Been Kissed | $55,474,757 | $55,474,757 | Raja Gosnell | |
| 256 | 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | $55,389,516 | $23,369,006 | $78,758,522 | Peter Cornwell |
| 257 | 2005 | Crash | $55,334,418 | $45,838,620 | $101,173,038 | Paul Haggis |
| 258 | 1992 | Alien 3 | $54,927,174 | $103,572,826 | $158,500,000 | David Fincher |
| 259 | 1981 | For Your Eyes Only | $54,800,000 | $140,500,000 | $195,300,000 | John Glen |
| 260 | 2012 | Project X | $54,731,865 | $48,296,323 | $103,028,188 | Nima Nourizadeh |
| 261 | 2012 | The Woman in Black | $54,333,290 | $74,622,608 | $128,955,898 | James Watkins |
| 262 | 2013 | Evil Dead | $54,239,856 | $43,538,500 | $97,778,356 | Fede Alverez |
| 263 | 2007 | TMNT | $54,149,098 | $41,946,920 | $96,096,018 | Kevin Munroe |
| 264 | 1997 | Austin Powers: International Man of M… | $53,883,989 | $13,800,000 | $67,683,989 | Jay Roach |
| 265 | 1993 | Rookie of the Year | $53,579,269 | $53,579,269 | Daniel Stern | |
| 266 | 1990 | Problem Child | $53,470,891 | $18,800,004 | $72,270,895 | Dennis Dugan |
| 267 | 2010 | Life as We Know It | $53,374,681 | $52,513,156 | $105,887,837 | Greg Berlanti |
| 268 | 2000 | Final Destination | $53,302,314 | $58,734,556 | $112,036,870 | James Wong |
| 269 | 2012 | The Devil Inside | $53,262,945 | $48,496,545 | $101,759,490 | William Brent Bell |
| 270 | 1990 | Arachnophobia | $53,208,180 | $53,208,180 | Frank Marshall | |
| 271 | 1999 | Forces of Nature | $52,957,800 | $41,000,000 | $93,957,800 | Bronwen Hughes |
| 272 | 2005 | Kicking and Screaming | $52,842,724 | $3,000,000 | $55,842,724 | Jesse Dylan |
| 273 | 2008 | The Strangers | $52,597,610 | $30,454,066 | $83,051,676 | Bryan Bertino |
| 274 | 2014 | No Good Deed | $52,543,632 | $1,779,578 | $54,323,210 | Sam Miller |
| 275 | 2003 | Radio | $52,333,738 | $959,890 | $53,293,628 | Mike Tollin |
| 276 | 2006 | The Lake House | $52,330,111 | $62,500,000 | $114,830,111 | Alejandro Agresti |
| 277 | 1980 | Ordinary People | $52,302,978 | $52,302,978 | Robert Redford | |
| 278 | 2015 | Insidious Chapter 3 | $52,218,558 | $68,459,886 | $120,678,444 | Leigh Whannell |
| 279 | 2003 | Underworld | $51,970,690 | $43,737,767 | $95,708,457 | Len Wiseman |
| 280 | 2012 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | $51,774,002 | $97,443,353 | $149,217,355 | Neveldine & Taylor |
| 281 | 2016 | Lion | $51,728,731 | $93,976,949 | $145,705,680 | Garth Davis |
| 282 | 2017 | Atomic Blonde | $51,573,925 | $45,100,000 | $96,673,925 | David Leitch |
| 283 | 1993 | Dennis the Menace | $51,270,765 | $66,000,000 | $117,270,765 | Nick Castle |
| 284 | 2005 | Hide and Seek | $51,100,486 | $72,596,255 | $123,696,741 | John Polson |
| 285 | 1964 | Goldfinger | $51,100,000 | $73,800,000 | $124,900,000 | Guy Hamilton |
| 286 | 1977 | Oh, God! | $51,061,196 | $51,061,196 | Carl Reiner | |
| 287 | 1994 | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult | $51,041,856 | $51,041,856 | Peter Segal | |
| 288 | 1988 | Bull Durham | $50,888,729 | $50,888,729 | Ron Shelton | |
| 289 | 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | $50,877,145 | $39,605,172 | $90,482,317 | Rob Stevenhagen |
| 290 | 2014 | Ouija | $50,856,010 | $52,827,332 | $103,683,342 | Stiles White |
| 291 | 2014 | The Boxtrolls | $50,837,305 | $61,108,946 | $111,946,251 | Anthony Stacchi Graham Annable |
| 292 | 2005 | Syriana | $50,824,620 | $41,866,339 | $92,690,959 | Stephen Gaghan |
| 293 | 2000 | The Road to El Dorado | $50,802,661 | $14,897,339 | $65,700,000 | Eric Bergeron Don Paul |
| 294 | 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | $50,800,000 | $50,800,000 | Richard Attenborough | |
| 295 | 2004 | Resident Evil: Apocalypse | $50,740,078 | $74,428,656 | $125,168,734 | Alexander Witt |
| 296 | 1994 | The Crow | $50,638,075 | $50,638,075 | Alex Proyas | |
| 297 | 2002 | The Tuxedo | $50,586,000 | $53,843,625 | $104,429,625 | Kevin Donovan |
| 298 | 1994 | Angels in the Outfield | $50,236,831 | $50,236,831 | William Dear | |
| 299 | 1997 | Breakdown | $50,159,144 | $50,159,144 | Jeffrey W. Byrd Jonathan Mostow |
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| 300 | 2014 | The Book of Life | $50,151,543 | $47,500,000 | $97,651,543 | Jorge R. Gutierrez |
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.