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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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
401 Daniel Espinosa $231,694,382 7 $33,099,197
402 Wayne Wang $231,584,934 18 $12,865,830
403 David R. Ellis $230,985,374 6 $38,497,562
404 Roger Michell $229,062,022 12 $19,088,502
405 Robert Benton $228,812,101 9 $25,423,567
406 Steve Hickner $228,044,465 2 $114,022,233
407 Kathryn Bigelow $227,008,217 9 $25,223,135
408 Damien Chazelle $226,561,183 5 $45,312,237
409 Richard Benjamin $226,390,191 12 $18,865,849
410 Craig Gillespie $225,810,735 9 $25,090,082
411 George Tillman, Jr $225,477,980 8 $28,184,748
412 Simon Wincer $225,295,869 13 $17,330,451
413 Jake Schreier $225,224,876 4 $56,306,219
414 Tarsem Singh $224,590,631 6 $37,431,772
415 Alfred Hitchcock $223,727,244 43 $5,202,959
416 Tom Laughlin $223,040,907 4 $55,760,227
417 Boaz Yakin $221,880,671 10 $22,188,067
418 Pierre Morel $221,676,240 9 $24,630,693
419 Jonathan Goldstein $221,612,904 4 $55,403,226
420 John Francis Daley $221,612,904 4 $55,403,226
421 Jimmy Hayward $220,827,036 3 $73,609,012
422 John Huston $220,652,401 22 $10,029,655
423 Jonathan Levine $220,600,954 8 $27,575,119
424 John Hamburg $220,431,513 6 $36,738,586
425 Simon Wells $220,293,755 7 $31,470,536
426 Frank Darabont $218,504,224 5 $43,700,845
427 Jon Amiel $217,807,463 9 $24,200,829
428 Jon Lucas $217,596,495 6 $36,266,083
429 Scott Moore $217,596,495 6 $36,266,083
430 Tom Dey $217,241,050 5 $43,448,210
431 Mark Osborne $217,038,759 3 $72,346,253
432 Kevin Smith $216,880,554 19 $11,414,766
433 Sam Wood $216,480,470 6 $36,080,078
434 Rupert Wyatt $216,399,492 5 $43,279,898
435 Edgar Wright $215,772,289 9 $23,974,699
436 Jonathan Lynn $215,478,157 9 $23,942,017
437 Terry Gilliam $215,476,102 13 $16,575,085
438 Bradley Cooper $215,288,866 3 $71,762,955
439 James DeMonaco $215,078,105 6 $35,846,351
440 Albert Hughes $214,424,191 7 $30,632,027
441 Andy Serkis $214,039,688 5 $42,807,938
442 Theodore Melfi $213,744,999 4 $53,436,250
443 John Guillermin $213,255,630 10 $21,325,563
444 Richard Linklater $213,094,404 24 $8,878,934
445 Alex Kendrick $212,068,988 7 $30,295,570
446 Alejandro Monteverde $211,783,554 4 $52,945,889
447 Danny DeVito $211,552,402 6 $35,258,734
448 Mick Jackson $210,093,066 7 $30,013,295
449 Michael Caton-Jones $209,838,308 12 $17,486,526
450 Peter Yates $209,721,540 17 $12,336,561
451 Dominic Sena $208,914,074 5 $41,782,815
452 Thor Freudenthal $208,284,244 4 $52,071,061
453 Michael Chaves $206,635,379 4 $51,658,845
454 Peter Chelsom $206,622,952 13 $15,894,073
455 Jonathan Frakes $205,969,102 6 $34,328,184
456 Joe Roth $205,602,821 6 $34,267,137
457 Rupert Sanders $204,975,971 5 $40,995,194
458 Jon Erwin $203,706,533 9 $22,634,059
459 Tony Gilroy $202,810,577 3 $67,603,526
460 Julius Onah $202,510,614 5 $40,502,123
461 Timur Bekmambetov $202,144,190 12 $16,845,349
462 Eric Brevig $201,950,381 2 $100,975,191
463 Gary Fleder $201,562,246 9 $22,395,805
464 Lawrence Guterman $201,151,436 3 $67,050,479
465 Phil Johnston $201,091,711 2 $100,545,856
466 Sam Weisman $200,883,197 5 $40,176,639
467 Nathan Greno $200,821,936 1 $200,821,936
468 Ben Falcone $200,662,903 5 $40,132,581
469 Allen Hughes $199,862,063 9 $22,206,896
470 Henry Joost $199,750,111 7 $28,535,730
471 Ariel Schulman $199,750,111 7 $28,535,730
472 Michael Moore $197,525,648 11 $17,956,877
473 Richard Attenborough $197,398,047 10 $19,739,805
474 Gary Winick $196,332,270 6 $32,722,045
475 Gavin O’Connor $196,285,554 8 $24,535,694
476 Justin Baldoni $194,247,487 3 $64,749,162
477 Luke Greenfield $194,030,916 6 $32,338,486
478 Stephanie Ma Stine $193,590,620 1 $193,590,620
479 Chris McKay $193,048,279 5 $38,609,656
480 Greg Mottola $192,459,720 8 $24,057,465
481 Morten Tyldum $192,339,852 3 $64,113,284
482 John Frankenheimer $191,623,883 21 $9,124,947
483 Jason Friedberg $191,564,775 10 $19,156,478
484 Cal Brunker $190,854,179 5 $38,170,836
485 John Schlesinger $190,793,498 15 $12,719,567
486 Bob Persichetti $190,173,195 2 $95,086,598
487 Rodney Rothman $190,173,195 1 $190,173,195
488 Ol Parker $188,910,920 4 $47,227,730
489 Charles Martin Smith $188,498,722 8 $23,562,340
490 Guy Hamilton $188,453,189 10 $18,845,319
491 John Moore $187,903,503 6 $31,317,251
492 Kirk De Micco $187,168,425 1 $187,168,425
493 Jean-Jacques Annaud $186,365,316 11 $16,942,301
494 Cate Shortland $184,742,854 4 $46,185,714
495 Joe Carnahan $184,077,352 13 $14,159,796
496 Paul Mazursky $183,464,162 10 $18,346,416
497 Sam Wrench $182,896,092 7 $26,128,013
498 Kirk Jones $182,123,214 5 $36,424,643
499 Andrzej Bartkowiak $179,344,264 7 $25,620,609
500 Peter Faiman $179,074,528 2 $89,537,264

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.