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Box Office Star Records > Domestic > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Domestic Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,601-1,700)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Art Directors - Top Domestic Assistant Directors - 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 Set Decorators - Top Domestic Set Designers - Top Domestic Sound Designers - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,601 | Vincent Paronnaud | $4,697,108 | 2 | $2,348,554 |
| 1,602 | Andre Techine | $4,673,340 | 10 | $467,334 |
| 1,603 | Robert Kenner | $4,667,671 | 3 | $1,555,890 |
| 1,604 | Bob Odenkirk | $4,630,045 | 1 | $4,630,045 |
| 1,605 | Mel Damski | $4,600,393 | 5 | $920,079 |
| 1,606 | Tim Hunter | $4,600,000 | 3 | $1,533,333 |
| 1,607 | Marcel Langereger | $4,598,506 | 1 | $4,598,506 |
| 1,608 | Karan Johar | $4,591,491 | 2 | $2,295,746 |
| 1,609 | John Turturro | $4,589,039 | 5 | $917,808 |
| 1,610 | Norman Z. McLeod | $4,500,000 | 2 | $2,250,000 |
| 1,611 | Cedric Klapisch | $4,495,215 | 5 | $899,043 |
| 1,612 | Wayne Kramer | $4,470,420 | 3 | $1,490,140 |
| 1,613 | Caroline Thompson | $4,428,830 | 1 | $4,428,830 |
| 1,614 | Justin Simien | $4,404,154 | 1 | $4,404,154 |
| 1,615 | Stan Winston | $4,385,516 | 2 | $2,192,758 |
| 1,616 | Matt Dean Russell | $4,367,448 | 1 | $4,367,448 |
| 1,617 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $4,364,639 | 1 | $4,364,639 |
| 1,618 | Peter Markle | $4,358,940 | 2 | $2,179,470 |
| 1,619 | Phillip Borsos | $4,349,446 | 1 | $4,349,446 |
| 1,620 | Charles Ferguson | $4,341,067 | 2 | $2,170,534 |
| 1,621 | Danny Cannon | $4,283,255 | 1 | $4,283,255 |
| 1,622 | Lynne Ramsay | $4,262,302 | 2 | $2,131,151 |
| 1,623 | Paul Gross | $4,241,197 | 2 | $2,120,599 |
| 1,624 | Gauri Shinde | $4,238,565 | 2 | $2,119,283 |
| 1,625 | Adam Rifkin | $4,231,525 | 6 | $705,254 |
| 1,626 | Daniel Kwan | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 1,627 | Daniel Scheinert | $4,210,454 | 1 | $4,210,454 |
| 1,628 | Russell Crowe | $4,200,117 | 1 | $4,200,117 |
| 1,629 | Jeff Stilson | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 1,630 | Xavier Dolan | $4,077,188 | 7 | $582,455 |
| 1,631 | Philip Saville | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 1,632 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 1,633 | Xavier Beauvois | $4,043,184 | 3 | $1,347,728 |
| 1,634 | Cindy Meehl | $4,036,175 | 1 | $4,036,175 |
| 1,635 | Charlie Peters | $4,030,793 | 1 | $4,030,793 |
| 1,636 | Israel Horovitz | $4,011,530 | 1 | $4,011,530 |
| 1,637 | Don McKellar | $4,000,469 | 2 | $2,000,235 |
| 1,638 | Jacques Tourneur | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 1,639 | Malik Bendjelloul | $3,965,090 | 1 | $3,965,090 |
| 1,640 | Jon Poll | $3,950,294 | 1 | $3,950,294 |
| 1,641 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $3,934,981 | 3 | $1,311,660 |
| 1,642 | J.D. Dillard | $3,930,990 | 1 | $3,930,990 |
| 1,643 | Luke Scott | $3,915,251 | 1 | $3,915,251 |
| 1,644 | Pa Ranjith | $3,903,095 | 2 | $1,951,548 |
| 1,645 | Robert Lieberman | $3,881,735 | 3 | $1,293,912 |
| 1,646 | Imtiaz Ali | $3,879,363 | 3 | $1,293,121 |
| 1,647 | Matt Brown | $3,877,922 | 1 | $3,877,922 |
| 1,648 | Stewart Hendler | $3,818,664 | 2 | $1,909,332 |
| 1,649 | Trivikram Srinivas | $3,813,043 | 3 | $1,271,014 |
| 1,650 | James Caan | $3,806,930 | 1 | $3,806,930 |
| 1,651 | James Cruze | $3,800,000 | 1 | $3,800,000 |
| 1,652 | Norman Taurog | $3,800,000 | 5 | $760,000 |
| 1,653 | Sam Liu | $3,775,000 | 6 | $629,167 |
| 1,654 | Mabrouk El Mechri | $3,763,583 | 1 | $3,763,583 |
| 1,655 | Shakun Batra | $3,762,581 | 2 | $1,881,291 |
| 1,656 | Charlie Kaufman | $3,759,286 | 1 | $3,759,286 |
| 1,657 | Duke Johnson | $3,759,286 | 1 | $3,759,286 |
| 1,658 | Simon Verhoeven | $3,759,078 | 2 | $1,879,539 |
| 1,659 | Mark Buntzman | $3,739,406 | 1 | $3,739,406 |
| 1,660 | Helen Hunt | $3,735,717 | 2 | $1,867,859 |
| 1,661 | Farhan Akhtar | $3,674,480 | 1 | $3,674,480 |
| 1,662 | Mike White | $3,673,299 | 2 | $1,836,650 |
| 1,663 | Jacques Audiard | $3,669,377 | 4 | $917,344 |
| 1,664 | Martin Sheen | $3,614,349 | 2 | $1,807,175 |
| 1,665 | Tom Schulman | $3,602,884 | 1 | $3,602,884 |
| 1,666 | Justin Barber | $3,600,146 | 1 | $3,600,146 |
| 1,667 | Max Joseph | $3,591,417 | 1 | $3,591,417 |
| 1,668 | Jon Shenk | $3,572,028 | 3 | $1,190,676 |
| 1,669 | Albert Magnoli | $3,571,624 | 1 | $3,571,624 |
| 1,670 | Oren Moverman | $3,567,060 | 4 | $891,765 |
| 1,671 | Phil Roman | $3,560,469 | 2 | $1,780,235 |
| 1,672 | Katja von Garnier | $3,550,775 | 4 | $887,694 |
| 1,673 | Anees Bazmee | $3,545,724 | 4 | $886,431 |
| 1,674 | Drake Doremus | $3,537,364 | 6 | $589,561 |
| 1,675 | Scott Winant | $3,525,125 | 1 | $3,525,125 |
| 1,676 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $3,517,764 | 3 | $1,172,588 |
| 1,677 | Thomas Lennon | $3,513,757 | 3 | $1,171,252 |
| 1,678 | Jan Lachauer | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,679 | Laura Checkoway | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 1,680 | Victor Caire | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,681 | Kevin Wilson Jr | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,682 | Dave Mullins | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,683 | Glen Keane | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 1,684 | Frank Stiefel | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,685 | Jakob Schuh | $3,508,777 | 2 | $1,754,389 |
| 1,686 | Theophile Dufresne | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,687 | Derin Seale | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,688 | Max Porter | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,689 | Florian Babikian | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,690 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,691 | Gabriel Grapperon | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,692 | Chris Overton | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,693 | Ru Kuwahata | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,694 | Vincent Bayoux | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,695 | Kate Davis | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,696 | Lucas Navarro | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,697 | Katja Benrath | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 1,698 | Bonni Cohen | $3,496,795 | 2 | $1,748,398 |
| 1,699 | Maggie Carey | $3,491,669 | 1 | $3,491,669 |
| 1,700 | Lee Hirsch | $3,483,795 | 1 | $3,483,795 |
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.
