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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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
2,001 Dan O’Bannon $14,237,880 2 $7,118,940
2,002 Fred Walton $14,209,815 3 $4,736,605
2,003 Michel Debats $14,176,931 2 $7,088,466
2,004 John Bruno $14,160,569 2 $7,080,285
2,005 Gary Weis $14,155,617 1 $14,155,617
2,006 John Cherry $14,143,280 1 $14,143,280
2,007 Jim Isaac $14,140,520 2 $7,070,260
2,008 Scott McGehee $14,123,808 4 $3,530,952
2,009 David Siegel $14,123,808 4 $3,530,952
2,010 Asghar Farhadi $14,074,901 7 $2,010,700
2,011 Claude Lelouch $14,072,352 11 $1,279,305
2,012 Charles Sturridge $14,059,077 1 $14,059,077
2,013 Noel Black $14,049,540 3 $4,683,180
2,014 Marshall Brickman $14,043,618 2 $7,021,809
2,015 Michael Rymer $14,026,509 2 $7,013,255
2,016 Vic Armstrong $14,019,924 2 $7,009,962
2,017 Lionel Smith Martin $14,010,363 1 $14,010,363
2,018 Douglas Sirk $14,000,000 14 $1,000,000
2,019 Jeffrey Bloom $14,000,000 2 $7,000,000
2,020 Michael Gornick $14,000,000 1 $14,000,000
2,021 Saul Dibb $13,997,253 4 $3,499,313
2,022 Richard Shepard $13,989,437 5 $2,797,887
2,023 Miguel Sapochnik $13,942,007 2 $6,971,004
2,024 Jessy Terrero $13,922,211 2 $6,961,106
2,025 Emmett Malloy $13,917,997 3 $4,639,332
2,026 Brendan Malloy $13,917,997 2 $6,958,999
2,027 Brett Haley $13,913,268 7 $1,987,610
2,028 Chuan Lu $13,873,211 4 $3,468,303
2,029 Boaz Davidson $13,829,781 2 $6,914,891
2,030 John Mackenzie $13,819,525 3 $4,606,508
2,031 Christine Jeffs $13,818,317 4 $3,454,579
2,032 Harry Hook $13,812,230 1 $13,812,230
2,033 John M. Stahl $13,800,000 1 $13,800,000
2,034 Ate de Jong $13,772,300 4 $3,443,075
2,035 Andy Morahan $13,738,574 1 $13,738,574
2,036 Tuck Tucker $13,684,949 1 $13,684,949
2,037 Zara Hayes $13,631,124 1 $13,631,124
2,038 Justin Folk $13,603,112 2 $6,801,556
2,039 Piet Kroon $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
2,040 Tom Sito $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
2,041 Jonathan Darby $13,587,246 1 $13,587,246
2,042 Jesse Vaughan $13,571,817 1 $13,571,817
2,043 Gregory Poirier $13,558,739 1 $13,558,739
2,044 Bo Burnham $13,539,710 3 $4,513,237
2,045 Al Silliman, Jr. $13,500,000 1 $13,500,000
2,046 Michael Caulfield $13,485,455 1 $13,485,455
2,047 Mike Mills $13,461,138 3 $4,487,046
2,048 Mickey Liddell $13,442,412 1 $13,442,412
2,049 William A. Fraker $13,400,000 2 $6,700,000
2,050 Jacob Schwarz $13,388,000 2 $6,694,000
2,051 Eric Toledano $13,333,811 4 $3,333,453
2,052 Olivier Nakache $13,333,811 4 $3,333,453
2,053 Campbell Scott $13,327,437 3 $4,442,479
2,054 Kon Ichikawa $13,319,764 4 $3,329,941
2,055 Vadim Perelman $13,308,924 6 $2,218,154
2,056 Mel Damski $13,300,393 10 $1,330,039
2,057 Masanori Hata $13,299,749 1 $13,299,749
2,058 Jason Bloom $13,294,762 2 $6,647,381
2,059 Francine McDougall $13,276,953 1 $13,276,953
2,060 Scott Silver $13,260,050 1 $13,260,050
2,061 Fred Savage $13,235,267 1 $13,235,267
2,062 Sebastian Lelio $13,221,736 6 $2,203,623
2,063 Darrell Roodt $13,146,765 8 $1,643,346
2,064 Jean-Claude Lord $13,121,713 3 $4,373,904
2,065 Jim Kouf $13,116,922 2 $6,558,461
2,066 John Hough $13,110,874 4 $3,277,719
2,067 Drew Barrymore $13,077,184 1 $13,077,184
2,068 Alan S. Johnson $13,030,214 1 $13,030,214
2,069 John Trent $13,000,000 2 $6,500,000
2,070 David Lowell Rich $13,000,000 5 $2,600,000
2,071 Sukumar $13,000,000 4 $3,250,000
2,072 Joel Oliansky $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
2,073 Lee Philips $13,000,000 4 $3,250,000
2,074 Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) $12,991,667 15 $866,111
2,075 Burt Kennedy $12,950,596 4 $3,237,649
2,076 Kabir Khan $12,943,254 7 $1,849,036
2,077 Benh Zeitlin $12,939,264 2 $6,469,632
2,078 Kim Jee-woon $12,920,325 8 $1,615,041
2,079 Catherine Owens $12,898,847 1 $12,898,847
2,080 Adele Lim $12,897,789 1 $12,897,789
2,081 Lance Hool $12,896,229 4 $3,224,057
2,082 Bill Pohlad $12,854,195 3 $4,284,732
2,083 Mort Nathan $12,847,726 2 $6,423,863
2,084 Sarah Polley $12,846,714 4 $3,211,679
2,085 Istvan Szabo $12,837,387 7 $1,833,912
2,086 Doug Aarniokoski $12,822,174 4 $3,205,544
2,087 Jerry Zaks $12,803,305 1 $12,803,305
2,088 Michael Davis $12,796,824 1 $12,796,824
2,089 Taniguchi Goro $12,768,073 5 $2,553,615
2,090 Robert Harling $12,767,815 1 $12,767,815
2,091 Laura Lau $12,739,737 1 $12,739,737
2,092 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon $12,737,089 4 $3,184,272
2,093 Sammo Hung Kam-Bo $12,716,953 6 $2,119,492
2,094 Bryan Barber $12,669,914 2 $6,334,957
2,095 Rob Marcarelli $12,610,552 1 $12,610,552
2,096 Debra Granik $12,607,430 5 $2,521,486
2,097 Akiva Goldsman $12,600,231 2 $6,300,116
2,098 Lee David Zlotoff $12,592,203 1 $12,592,203
2,099 Theodore Witcher $12,554,569 1 $12,554,569
2,100 Zalman King $12,547,397 4 $3,136,849

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.