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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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
1,001 David Anspaugh $57,998,233 3 $19,332,744
1,002 Ken Russell $57,934,534 8 $7,241,817
1,003 Christophe Gans $57,931,479 3 $19,310,493
1,004 Eric Bress $57,924,679 2 $28,962,340
1,005 J. Mackye Gruber $57,924,679 1 $57,924,679
1,006 Akiva Schaffer $57,787,462 5 $11,557,492
1,007 Stuart Gillard $57,777,798 4 $14,444,450
1,008 Kimberly Peirce $57,722,970 4 $14,430,743
1,009 Stuart Hazeldine $57,386,418 2 $28,693,209
1,010 David M. Rosenthal $57,052,917 6 $9,508,820
1,011 Kenneth Lonergan $56,922,831 3 $18,974,277
1,012 Ralph Bakshi $56,871,472 5 $11,374,294
1,013 Geoffrey Sax $56,800,907 2 $28,400,454
1,014 Jon Hurwitz $56,758,835 1 $56,758,835
1,015 Hayden Schlossberg $56,758,835 1 $56,758,835
1,016 Takashi Yamazaki $56,667,215 14 $4,047,658
1,017 Thom Eberhardt $56,464,283 4 $14,116,071
1,018 Thea Sharrock $56,245,075 4 $14,061,269
1,019 Steve Box $56,068,547 1 $56,068,547
1,020 Gary Shore $55,991,880 3 $18,663,960
1,021 Jane Campion $55,905,132 8 $6,988,142
1,022 John Wells $55,835,368 3 $18,611,789
1,023 Justin Kurzel $55,800,923 7 $7,971,560
1,024 Michael Winner $55,766,226 8 $6,970,778
1,025 Peter Cornwell $55,389,516 2 $27,694,758
1,026 Billy Ray $55,389,010 3 $18,463,003
1,027 Mark Mylod $55,291,783 2 $27,645,892
1,028 Benny Boom $54,949,349 2 $27,474,675
1,029 Sheldon Lettich $54,909,393 4 $13,727,348
1,030 George T. Miller $54,838,280 4 $13,709,570
1,031 Fred Wolf $54,812,671 6 $9,135,445
1,032 Jeff Tomsic $54,730,625 6 $9,121,771
1,033 Kevin Kolsch $54,724,696 4 $13,681,174
1,034 Dennis Widmyer $54,724,696 3 $18,241,565
1,035 Stella Meghie $54,699,325 4 $13,674,831
1,036 James Watkins $54,383,559 3 $18,127,853
1,037 R.J. Cutler $54,295,543 5 $10,859,109
1,038 Jeffrey W. Byrd $54,221,679 3 $18,073,893
1,039 Luis Valdez $54,215,416 1 $54,215,416
1,040 William Malone $54,054,105 2 $27,027,053
1,041 Gillian Armstrong $54,019,691 5 $10,803,938
1,042 Neal Israel $53,952,082 4 $13,488,021
1,043 Rowdy Harrington $53,848,651 3 $17,949,550
1,044 Walter Salles $53,841,430 8 $6,730,179
1,045 Stewart Raffill $53,830,310 6 $8,971,718
1,046 Anton Corbijn $53,660,564 6 $8,943,427
1,047 Daniel Stern $53,579,269 2 $26,789,635
1,048 Richard Tuggle $53,199,316 2 $26,599,658
1,049 Robert Mandel $52,993,949 4 $13,248,487
1,050 Brent McCorkle $52,844,368 2 $26,422,184
1,051 Bryan Bertino $52,767,406 5 $10,553,481
1,052 Jean-Francois Richet $52,703,773 6 $8,783,962
1,053 Sam Miller $52,543,632 1 $52,543,632
1,054 Nikolaj Arcel $52,505,835 3 $17,501,945
1,055 Peter Cattaneo $52,414,256 5 $10,482,851
1,056 Alejandro Agresti $52,330,111 3 $17,443,370
1,057 William Shatner $52,210,049 4 $13,052,512
1,058 Tony Richardson $52,143,354 7 $7,449,051
1,059 Josh Safdie $52,130,590 4 $13,032,648
1,060 Benny Safdie $52,130,590 5 $10,426,118
1,061 Sam Firstenberg $52,115,063 6 $8,685,844
1,062 Garth Davis $51,864,453 3 $17,288,151
1,063 Neveldine & Taylor $51,774,002 1 $51,774,002
1,064 John Crowley $51,433,115 5 $10,286,623
1,065 Cory Edwards $51,386,611 1 $51,386,611
1,066 Robert Lorenz $51,329,230 3 $17,109,743
1,067 Jim McBride $51,286,859 3 $17,095,620
1,068 Danny Pang $51,199,980 11 $4,654,544
1,069 Oxide Pang Chun $51,199,980 7 $7,314,283
1,070 Christopher Guest $50,970,779 7 $7,281,540
1,071 Tom Brady $50,960,872 3 $16,986,957
1,072 Rob Stevenhagen $50,877,145 1 $50,877,145
1,073 Stiles White $50,856,010 1 $50,856,010
1,074 Anthony Stacchi $50,837,305 2 $25,418,653
1,075 Graham Annable $50,837,305 1 $50,837,305
1,076 Eric Bergeron $50,802,661 1 $50,802,661
1,077 Don Paul $50,802,661 1 $50,802,661
1,078 Alexander Witt $50,740,078 1 $50,740,078
1,079 Kevin Donovan $50,586,000 1 $50,586,000
1,080 Joel Edgerton $50,575,957 2 $25,287,979
1,081 Norman Tokar $50,523,992 3 $16,841,331
1,082 Tony Goldwyn $50,492,506 5 $10,098,501
1,083 Ole Bornedal $50,484,569 6 $8,414,095
1,084 Rob Greenberg $50,316,123 1 $50,316,123
1,085 Edward Dmytryk $50,209,547 4 $12,552,387
1,086 Jorge R. Gutierrez $50,151,543 1 $50,151,543
1,087 Stefano Solima $50,065,850 2 $25,032,925
1,088 Matthew Robbins $50,056,816 4 $12,514,204
1,089 John Sanford $50,026,353 1 $50,026,353
1,090 Anthony Hemingway $49,876,377 1 $49,876,377
1,091 Rod Lurie $49,699,308 9 $5,522,145
1,092 George Scribner $49,576,671 1 $49,576,671
1,093 Billy Crystal $49,353,363 3 $16,451,121
1,094 Abby Kohn $48,795,601 2 $24,397,801
1,095 Marc Silverstein $48,795,601 2 $24,397,801
1,096 John Lounsbery $48,775,599 1 $48,775,599
1,097 Robin Budd $48,430,258 1 $48,430,258
1,098 Donovan Cook $48,430,258 1 $48,430,258
1,099 Ben Stassen $48,418,451 10 $4,841,845
1,100 Mark Levin $48,392,135 2 $24,196,068

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.