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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Tarsem Singh | $224,280,186 | 6 | $37,380,031 |
| 402 | Alfred Hitchcock | $223,286,205 | 39 | $5,725,287 |
| 403 | Boaz Yakin | $221,850,579 | 9 | $24,650,064 |
| 404 | Pierre Morel | $221,676,240 | 9 | $24,630,693 |
| 405 | Jonathan Goldstein | $221,612,904 | 3 | $73,870,968 |
| 406 | John Francis Daley | $221,612,904 | 3 | $73,870,968 |
| 407 | Jimmy Hayward | $220,827,036 | 3 | $73,609,012 |
| 408 | John Huston | $220,652,401 | 21 | $10,507,257 |
| 409 | Jonathan Levine | $220,600,954 | 7 | $31,514,422 |
| 410 | John Hamburg | $220,431,513 | 5 | $44,086,303 |
| 411 | Simon Wells | $220,293,755 | 7 | $31,470,536 |
| 412 | Frank Darabont | $218,432,640 | 5 | $43,686,528 |
| 413 | Jon Amiel | $217,807,463 | 9 | $24,200,829 |
| 414 | Jon Lucas | $217,596,495 | 5 | $43,519,299 |
| 415 | Scott Moore | $217,596,495 | 5 | $43,519,299 |
| 416 | Tom Dey | $217,241,050 | 5 | $43,448,210 |
| 417 | Mark Osborne | $216,745,804 | 3 | $72,248,601 |
| 418 | Sam Wood | $216,480,470 | 5 | $43,296,094 |
| 419 | Rupert Wyatt | $216,399,492 | 5 | $43,279,898 |
| 420 | Kevin Smith | $215,786,749 | 19 | $11,357,197 |
| 421 | Terry Gilliam | $215,476,102 | 13 | $16,575,085 |
| 422 | Bradley Cooper | $215,288,866 | 2 | $107,644,433 |
| 423 | James DeMonaco | $215,078,105 | 6 | $35,846,351 |
| 424 | Edgar Wright | $214,719,973 | 8 | $26,839,997 |
| 425 | Albert Hughes | $214,424,191 | 7 | $30,632,027 |
| 426 | Andy Serkis | $214,039,688 | 4 | $53,509,922 |
| 427 | Theodore Melfi | $213,744,999 | 4 | $53,436,250 |
| 428 | John Guillermin | $213,255,630 | 10 | $21,325,563 |
| 429 | Richard Linklater | $212,976,779 | 22 | $9,680,763 |
| 430 | Alejandro Monteverde | $211,562,272 | 3 | $70,520,757 |
| 431 | Danny DeVito | $211,552,402 | 6 | $35,258,734 |
| 432 | Mick Jackson | $210,093,066 | 7 | $30,013,295 |
| 433 | Michael Caton-Jones | $209,838,308 | 12 | $17,486,526 |
| 434 | Peter Yates | $209,721,540 | 16 | $13,107,596 |
| 435 | Dominic Sena | $208,914,074 | 5 | $41,782,815 |
| 436 | Thor Freudenthal | $208,284,244 | 4 | $52,071,061 |
| 437 | Michael Chaves | $206,635,379 | 3 | $68,878,460 |
| 438 | Peter Chelsom | $206,622,952 | 12 | $17,218,579 |
| 439 | Jonathan Frakes | $205,969,102 | 6 | $34,328,184 |
| 440 | Joe Roth | $205,602,821 | 6 | $34,267,137 |
| 441 | Adil El Arbi | $204,428,355 | 4 | $51,107,089 |
| 442 | Bilall Fallah | $204,428,355 | 4 | $51,107,089 |
| 443 | Jon Erwin | $203,706,533 | 9 | $22,634,059 |
| 444 | Tony Gilroy | $202,810,577 | 3 | $67,603,526 |
| 445 | Timur Bekmambetov | $202,144,190 | 12 | $16,845,349 |
| 446 | Eric Brevig | $201,950,381 | 2 | $100,975,191 |
| 447 | Gary Fleder | $201,562,246 | 9 | $22,395,805 |
| 448 | Lawrence Guterman | $201,151,436 | 3 | $67,050,479 |
| 449 | Phil Johnston | $201,091,711 | 1 | $201,091,711 |
| 450 | Sam Weisman | $200,883,197 | 5 | $40,176,639 |
| 451 | Nathan Greno | $200,821,936 | 1 | $200,821,936 |
| 452 | Ben Falcone | $200,662,903 | 5 | $40,132,581 |
| 453 | Allen Hughes | $199,862,063 | 9 | $22,206,896 |
| 454 | Ariel Schulman | $199,750,111 | 7 | $28,535,730 |
| 455 | Henry Joost | $199,750,111 | 7 | $28,535,730 |
| 456 | Michael Moore | $197,525,648 | 11 | $17,956,877 |
| 457 | Richard Attenborough | $197,398,047 | 10 | $19,739,805 |
| 458 | Henry Selick | $197,224,126 | 5 | $39,444,825 |
| 459 | Gary Winick | $196,332,270 | 6 | $32,722,045 |
| 460 | Rupert Sanders | $195,700,312 | 5 | $39,140,062 |
| 461 | Luke Greenfield | $194,030,916 | 5 | $38,806,183 |
| 462 | Chris McKay | $193,048,279 | 5 | $38,609,656 |
| 463 | Greg Mottola | $192,459,720 | 8 | $24,057,465 |
| 464 | Morten Tyldum | $192,339,852 | 3 | $64,113,284 |
| 465 | John Frankenheimer | $191,623,883 | 21 | $9,124,947 |
| 466 | Jason Friedberg | $191,564,775 | 10 | $19,156,478 |
| 467 | Cal Brunker | $190,854,179 | 5 | $38,170,836 |
| 468 | John Schlesinger | $190,793,260 | 15 | $12,719,551 |
| 469 | Bob Persichetti | $190,173,195 | 1 | $190,173,195 |
| 470 | Rodney Rothman | $190,173,195 | 1 | $190,173,195 |
| 471 | Ol Parker | $188,910,920 | 4 | $47,227,730 |
| 472 | Guy Hamilton | $188,453,189 | 10 | $18,845,319 |
| 473 | John Moore | $187,903,503 | 6 | $31,317,251 |
| 474 | Kirk De Micco | $187,168,425 | 1 | $187,168,425 |
| 475 | Charles Martin Smith | $187,112,112 | 8 | $23,389,014 |
| 476 | Tom Laughlin | $187,040,907 | 3 | $62,346,969 |
| 477 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $186,365,316 | 11 | $16,942,301 |
| 478 | Cate Shortland | $184,742,854 | 4 | $46,185,714 |
| 479 | Paul Mazursky | $183,464,162 | 10 | $18,346,416 |
| 480 | Alex Kendrick | $182,945,356 | 7 | $26,135,051 |
| 481 | Kirk Jones | $182,123,214 | 5 | $36,424,643 |
| 482 | Sam Wrench | $182,050,722 | 3 | $60,683,574 |
| 483 | Joe Carnahan | $180,143,868 | 11 | $16,376,715 |
| 484 | Andrzej Bartkowiak | $179,344,264 | 7 | $25,620,609 |
| 485 | Peter Faiman | $179,074,528 | 2 | $89,537,264 |
| 486 | William Wyler | $178,807,416 | 13 | $13,754,417 |
| 487 | Scott Hicks | $178,750,512 | 9 | $19,861,168 |
| 488 | Marcus Nispel | $177,100,776 | 5 | $35,420,155 |
| 489 | Olivier Megaton | $176,520,141 | 4 | $44,130,035 |
| 490 | Travis Knight | $175,218,677 | 4 | $43,804,669 |
| 491 | Kent Seki | $175,003,033 | 1 | $175,003,033 |
| 492 | Stephanie Ma Stine | $174,959,105 | 1 | $174,959,105 |
| 493 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $174,761,109 | 5 | $34,952,222 |
| 494 | Phyllida Lloyd | $174,505,524 | 3 | $58,168,508 |
| 495 | Michael Gracey | $174,340,174 | 3 | $58,113,391 |
| 496 | Espen Sandberg | $174,076,286 | 4 | $43,519,072 |
| 497 | Steve Barron | $173,736,935 | 7 | $24,819,562 |
| 498 | Marc Lawrence | $173,507,594 | 5 | $34,701,519 |
| 499 | Colin Higgins | $172,992,137 | 2 | $86,496,069 |
| 500 | Roman Polanski | $172,537,280 | 20 | $8,626,864 |
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.