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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.
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| 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.