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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Emmanuelle Bercot | $348,370 | 5 | $69,674 |
| 4,002 | David M. Gutel | $348,317 | 1 | $348,317 |
| 4,003 | Emilio Palame | $348,317 | 1 | $348,317 |
| 4,004 | Michael Keaton | $347,977 | 2 | $173,989 |
| 4,005 | Frédéric Fonteyne | $347,808 | 2 | $173,904 |
| 4,006 | Stephen Bradley | $347,321 | 1 | $347,321 |
| 4,007 | Erik Matti | $346,859 | 4 | $86,715 |
| 4,008 | Kamal Musale | $345,937 | 1 | $345,937 |
| 4,009 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $344,045 | 4 | $86,011 |
| 4,010 | Gaby Dellal | $343,680 | 3 | $114,560 |
| 4,011 | Eugene Corr | $343,127 | 1 | $343,127 |
| 4,012 | Neil Barsky | $342,941 | 1 | $342,941 |
| 4,013 | Daniel Cohen | $342,667 | 3 | $114,222 |
| 4,014 | John Ridley | $340,911 | 4 | $85,228 |
| 4,015 | Stephen Meek | $340,017 | 2 | $170,009 |
| 4,016 | Baimei Yu | $340,017 | 3 | $113,339 |
| 4,017 | Chao Deng | $340,017 | 4 | $85,004 |
| 4,018 | Jeremy Warner | $340,017 | 2 | $170,009 |
| 4,019 | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | $339,754 | 1 | $339,754 |
| 4,020 | Dmitry Vasyudov | $338,987 | 1 | $338,987 |
| 4,021 | Derek Hui | $337,670 | 1 | $337,670 |
| 4,022 | Vinil Mathew | $336,985 | 2 | $168,493 |
| 4,023 | Chris Morris | $336,979 | 2 | $168,490 |
| 4,024 | Zeva Oelbaum | $336,223 | 1 | $336,223 |
| 4,025 | Lizzie Gottlieb | $335,417 | 1 | $335,417 |
| 4,026 | Mathieu Amalric | $335,164 | 7 | $47,881 |
| 4,027 | Masaaki Tezuka | $335,000 | 3 | $111,667 |
| 4,028 | Alain Guiraudie | $334,817 | 3 | $111,606 |
| 4,029 | Fernando Trueba | $333,709 | 7 | $47,673 |
| 4,030 | Jody Lee Lipes | $333,554 | 1 | $333,554 |
| 4,031 | Anthony Nardolillo | $333,388 | 2 | $166,694 |
| 4,032 | Ribhu Dasgupta | $331,507 | 3 | $110,502 |
| 4,033 | Ladj Ly | $330,181 | 3 | $110,060 |
| 4,034 | Chiemi Karasawa | $330,083 | 1 | $330,083 |
| 4,035 | Gokul Gokul | $327,929 | 3 | $109,310 |
| 4,036 | Sean Price Williams | $327,689 | 1 | $327,689 |
| 4,037 | Antonio Campos | $326,518 | 4 | $81,630 |
| 4,038 | Takashi Shimizu | $325,661 | 9 | $36,185 |
| 4,039 | Ken Burns | $325,653 | 4 | $81,413 |
| 4,040 | David McMahon | $325,653 | 3 | $108,551 |
| 4,041 | Sarah Burns | $325,653 | 3 | $108,551 |
| 4,042 | Phil Tippett | $325,042 | 1 | $325,042 |
| 4,043 | Ram Gopal Varma | $324,801 | 8 | $40,600 |
| 4,044 | Kim Hak-Soon | $324,719 | 1 | $324,719 |
| 4,045 | Tom Noonan | $324,222 | 1 | $324,222 |
| 4,046 | Jean Becker | $324,006 | 6 | $54,001 |
| 4,047 | Kristine Peterson | $323,908 | 2 | $161,954 |
| 4,048 | Lisa Barros D Sa | $323,688 | 2 | $161,844 |
| 4,049 | Glenn Leyburn | $323,688 | 2 | $161,844 |
| 4,050 | Alain Gagnol | $322,070 | 4 | $80,518 |
| 4,051 | Jean-Loup Felicioli | $322,070 | 3 | $107,357 |
| 4,052 | Jade Bartlett | $321,000 | 1 | $321,000 |
| 4,053 | Goran Olsson | $320,985 | 3 | $106,995 |
| 4,054 | Yael Hersonski | $320,486 | 1 | $320,486 |
| 4,055 | Ted Nicolaou | $320,256 | 1 | $320,256 |
| 4,056 | Noah Hawley | $319,976 | 3 | $106,659 |
| 4,057 | Michael Jai White | $319,848 | 3 | $106,616 |
| 4,058 | Josh Sternfeld | $319,355 | 4 | $79,839 |
| 4,059 | Tia Brelis | $319,123 | 1 | $319,123 |
| 4,060 | Jayro Bustamante | $319,068 | 3 | $106,356 |
| 4,061 | David Kaplan | $317,831 | 1 | $317,831 |
| 4,062 | Gianni Di Gregorio | $317,405 | 4 | $79,351 |
| 4,063 | Isaac Halasima | $316,848 | 2 | $158,424 |
| 4,064 | Mike Norris | $316,554 | 2 | $158,277 |
| 4,065 | Petter Naess | $314,140 | 2 | $157,070 |
| 4,066 | Ian Nelms | $313,746 | 4 | $78,437 |
| 4,067 | Vanessa Gould | $312,777 | 1 | $312,777 |
| 4,068 | David Salzberg | $312,706 | 5 | $62,541 |
| 4,069 | Christian Tureaud | $312,706 | 5 | $62,541 |
| 4,070 | Chengpeng Dong (董成鹏) | $312,537 | 5 | $62,507 |
| 4,071 | Pierre Thoretton | $312,494 | 1 | $312,494 |
| 4,072 | Nora Twomey | $312,381 | 2 | $156,191 |
| 4,073 | Lech Majewski | $312,187 | 4 | $78,047 |
| 4,074 | John Dullaghan | $311,431 | 1 | $311,431 |
| 4,075 | Johnnie To | $310,774 | 8 | $38,847 |
| 4,076 | Alice Troughton | $310,745 | 1 | $310,745 |
| 4,077 | Sheng Ding | $310,740 | 7 | $44,391 |
| 4,078 | Veeru Devgan | $310,330 | 1 | $310,330 |
| 4,079 | Claude Barras | $309,768 | 2 | $154,884 |
| 4,080 | Naoyoshi Shiotani | $309,757 | 4 | $77,439 |
| 4,081 | Rafa Lara | $309,635 | 3 | $103,212 |
| 4,082 | Hu Jia | $309,297 | 1 | $309,297 |
| 4,083 | Cen Junyi | $309,297 | 1 | $309,297 |
| 4,084 | Luke Holland | $308,976 | 1 | $308,976 |
| 4,085 | Christopher Bell | $308,575 | 3 | $102,858 |
| 4,086 | Jean Renoir | $307,857 | 7 | $43,980 |
| 4,087 | Paulo Morelli | $307,076 | 2 | $153,538 |
| 4,088 | Maria Sole Tognazzi | $306,917 | 4 | $76,729 |
| 4,089 | Agnieszka Smoczyńska | $306,792 | 3 | $102,264 |
| 4,090 | Pierre-Luc Granjon | $306,385 | 2 | $153,193 |
| 4,091 | Jim Capobianco | $306,385 | 1 | $306,385 |
| 4,092 | Matthew Parkhill | $306,224 | 2 | $153,112 |
| 4,093 | Michael Glawogger | $306,151 | 1 | $306,151 |
| 4,094 | Roger Ross Williams | $305,967 | 5 | $61,193 |
| 4,095 | Anthony Abrams | $305,690 | 2 | $152,845 |
| 4,096 | Skander Halim | $305,688 | 1 | $305,688 |
| 4,097 | Miles Swain | $305,403 | 1 | $305,403 |
| 4,098 | Chad Villella | $305,393 | 3 | $101,798 |
| 4,099 | S.J. Suryah | $305,205 | 1 | $305,205 |
| 4,100 | Mike Cheslik | $305,190 | 1 | $305,190 |
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.