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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 Fred Walton $14,209,815 3 $4,736,605
2,002 Michel Debats $14,176,931 2 $7,088,466
2,003 John Bruno $14,160,569 2 $7,080,285
2,004 Gary Weis $14,155,617 1 $14,155,617
2,005 John Cherry $14,143,280 1 $14,143,280
2,006 Jim Isaac $14,140,520 2 $7,070,260
2,007 David Siegel $14,123,808 4 $3,530,952
2,008 Scott McGehee $14,123,808 4 $3,530,952
2,009 Asghar Farhadi $14,074,901 7 $2,010,700
2,010 Claude Lelouch $14,072,352 11 $1,279,305
2,011 Charles Sturridge $14,059,077 1 $14,059,077
2,012 Noel Black $14,049,540 3 $4,683,180
2,013 Marshall Brickman $14,043,618 2 $7,021,809
2,014 Michael Rymer $14,026,509 2 $7,013,255
2,015 Vic Armstrong $14,019,924 2 $7,009,962
2,016 Lionel Smith Martin $14,010,363 1 $14,010,363
2,017 Michael Gornick $14,000,000 1 $14,000,000
2,018 Douglas Sirk $14,000,000 14 $1,000,000
2,019 Jeffrey Bloom $14,000,000 2 $7,000,000
2,020 Saul Dibb $13,997,253 4 $3,499,313
2,021 Richard Shepard $13,989,437 5 $2,797,887
2,022 Miguel Sapochnik $13,942,007 2 $6,971,004
2,023 Jessy Terrero $13,922,211 2 $6,961,106
2,024 Emmett Malloy $13,917,997 3 $4,639,332
2,025 Brendan Malloy $13,917,997 2 $6,958,999
2,026 Brett Haley $13,913,268 7 $1,987,610
2,027 Chuan Lu $13,873,211 4 $3,468,303
2,028 Boaz Davidson $13,829,781 2 $6,914,891
2,029 John Mackenzie $13,819,525 3 $4,606,508
2,030 Christine Jeffs $13,818,317 4 $3,454,579
2,031 Harry Hook $13,812,230 1 $13,812,230
2,032 John M. Stahl $13,800,000 1 $13,800,000
2,033 Ate de Jong $13,772,300 4 $3,443,075
2,034 Andy Morahan $13,738,574 1 $13,738,574
2,035 Tuck Tucker $13,684,949 1 $13,684,949
2,036 Zara Hayes $13,631,124 1 $13,631,124
2,037 Justin Folk $13,603,112 2 $6,801,556
2,038 Piet Kroon $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
2,039 Tom Sito $13,596,911 1 $13,596,911
2,040 Jonathan Darby $13,587,246 1 $13,587,246
2,041 Jesse Vaughan $13,571,817 1 $13,571,817
2,042 Gregory Poirier $13,558,739 1 $13,558,739
2,043 Bo Burnham $13,539,710 3 $4,513,237
2,044 Al Silliman, Jr. $13,500,000 1 $13,500,000
2,045 Michael Caulfield $13,485,455 1 $13,485,455
2,046 Mike Mills $13,461,138 3 $4,487,046
2,047 Mickey Liddell $13,442,412 1 $13,442,412
2,048 William A. Fraker $13,400,000 2 $6,700,000
2,049 Jacob Schwarz $13,388,000 2 $6,694,000
2,050 Eric Toledano $13,333,811 4 $3,333,453
2,051 Olivier Nakache $13,333,811 4 $3,333,453
2,052 Campbell Scott $13,327,437 3 $4,442,479
2,053 Kon Ichikawa $13,319,764 4 $3,329,941
2,054 Vadim Perelman $13,308,924 6 $2,218,154
2,055 Mel Damski $13,300,393 10 $1,330,039
2,056 Masanori Hata $13,299,749 1 $13,299,749
2,057 Jason Bloom $13,294,762 2 $6,647,381
2,058 Francine McDougall $13,276,953 1 $13,276,953
2,059 Scott Silver $13,260,050 1 $13,260,050
2,060 Fred Savage $13,235,267 1 $13,235,267
2,061 Sebastian Lelio $13,221,736 6 $2,203,623
2,062 Darrell Roodt $13,146,765 8 $1,643,346
2,063 Jean-Claude Lord $13,121,713 3 $4,373,904
2,064 Jim Kouf $13,116,922 2 $6,558,461
2,065 John Hough $13,110,874 4 $3,277,719
2,066 Drew Barrymore $13,077,184 1 $13,077,184
2,067 Alan S. Johnson $13,030,214 1 $13,030,214
2,068 Joel Oliansky $13,000,000 1 $13,000,000
2,069 Sukumar $13,000,000 4 $3,250,000
2,070 Lee Philips $13,000,000 4 $3,250,000
2,071 John Trent $13,000,000 2 $6,500,000
2,072 David Lowell Rich $13,000,000 5 $2,600,000
2,073 Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) $12,991,667 15 $866,111
2,074 Burt Kennedy $12,950,596 4 $3,237,649
2,075 Kabir Khan $12,943,254 7 $1,849,036
2,076 Benh Zeitlin $12,939,264 2 $6,469,632
2,077 Kim Jee-woon $12,920,325 8 $1,615,041
2,078 Catherine Owens $12,898,847 1 $12,898,847
2,079 Adele Lim $12,897,789 1 $12,897,789
2,080 Lance Hool $12,896,229 4 $3,224,057
2,081 Bill Pohlad $12,854,195 3 $4,284,732
2,082 Mort Nathan $12,847,726 2 $6,423,863
2,083 Sarah Polley $12,846,714 4 $3,211,679
2,084 Istvan Szabo $12,837,387 7 $1,833,912
2,085 Doug Aarniokoski $12,822,174 4 $3,205,544
2,086 Jerry Zaks $12,803,305 1 $12,803,305
2,087 Michael Davis $12,796,824 1 $12,796,824
2,088 Taniguchi Goro $12,768,073 5 $2,553,615
2,089 Robert Harling $12,767,815 1 $12,767,815
2,090 Laura Lau $12,739,737 1 $12,739,737
2,091 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon $12,737,089 4 $3,184,272
2,092 Sammo Hung Kam-Bo $12,716,953 6 $2,119,492
2,093 Bryan Barber $12,669,914 2 $6,334,957
2,094 Rob Marcarelli $12,610,552 1 $12,610,552
2,095 Debra Granik $12,607,430 5 $2,521,486
2,096 Akiva Goldsman $12,600,231 2 $6,300,116
2,097 Lee David Zlotoff $12,592,203 1 $12,592,203
2,098 Theodore Witcher $12,554,569 1 $12,554,569
2,099 Zalman King $12,547,397 4 $3,136,849
2,100 Alex Scharfman $12,519,487 1 $12,519,487

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.