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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Akiva Schaffer | $110,434,858 | 5 | $22,086,972 |
| 702 | Takaski Shimizu | $110,359,362 | 2 | $55,179,681 |
| 703 | Rupert Wainwright | $110,126,614 | 3 | $36,708,871 |
| 704 | Nisha Ganatra | $109,686,281 | 6 | $18,281,047 |
| 705 | Cornell John | $109,306,210 | 1 | $109,306,210 |
| 706 | Peter Billingsley | $109,226,916 | 2 | $54,613,458 |
| 707 | Terence Young | $108,875,671 | 10 | $10,887,567 |
| 708 | Alan Metter | $108,525,676 | 5 | $21,705,135 |
| 709 | Oren Peli | $107,926,366 | 2 | $53,963,183 |
| 710 | Dean Israelite | $107,712,691 | 5 | $21,542,538 |
| 711 | Frank Miller | $107,667,812 | 3 | $35,889,271 |
| 712 | Seth Rogen | $107,575,377 | 2 | $53,787,689 |
| 713 | Evan Goldberg | $107,575,377 | 2 | $53,787,689 |
| 714 | Clay Kaytis | $107,509,366 | 4 | $26,877,342 |
| 715 | Fergal Reilly | $107,509,366 | 1 | $107,509,366 |
| 716 | Bong Joon Ho | $107,245,636 | 8 | $13,405,705 |
| 717 | Duncan Jones | $107,087,680 | 5 | $21,417,536 |
| 718 | David Lynch | $106,686,396 | 12 | $8,890,533 |
| 719 | David Lowery | $106,682,246 | 9 | $11,853,583 |
| 720 | Stuart Rosenberg | $106,253,908 | 6 | $17,708,985 |
| 721 | Tommy Wirkola | $105,840,239 | 13 | $8,141,557 |
| 722 | Paul Michael Glaser | $105,782,594 | 5 | $21,156,519 |
| 723 | Andrew Fleming | $105,766,635 | 9 | $11,751,848 |
| 724 | Peter Hedges | $105,728,259 | 5 | $21,145,652 |
| 725 | Jack Smight | $105,722,763 | 9 | $11,746,974 |
| 726 | Anthony Leondis | $105,618,115 | 2 | $52,809,058 |
| 727 | John Ford | $105,400,000 | 27 | $3,903,704 |
| 728 | Adam Nee | $105,364,584 | 4 | $26,341,146 |
| 729 | Aaron Nee | $105,364,584 | 4 | $26,341,146 |
| 730 | Don Siegel | $105,203,180 | 17 | $6,188,422 |
| 731 | Sofia Coppola | $104,480,355 | 9 | $11,608,928 |
| 732 | Joshua Logan | $104,081,356 | 5 | $20,816,271 |
| 733 | Tim Heitz | $103,974,820 | 1 | $103,974,820 |
| 734 | Christopher Cain | $103,901,633 | 8 | $12,987,704 |
| 735 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $103,231,002 | 6 | $17,205,167 |
| 736 | James Ivory | $103,094,259 | 20 | $5,154,713 |
| 737 | Danny Leiner | $103,063,267 | 3 | $34,354,422 |
| 738 | Thomas Carter | $103,024,926 | 4 | $25,756,232 |
| 739 | James Algar | $102,797,000 | 2 | $51,398,500 |
| 740 | Sam Peckinpah | $102,392,537 | 13 | $7,876,349 |
| 741 | Gene Saks | $102,368,900 | 6 | $17,061,483 |
| 742 | Hayao Miyazaki | $102,021,544 | 12 | $8,501,795 |
| 743 | Charles Stone III | $101,948,559 | 7 | $14,564,080 |
| 744 | Bob Rafelson | $101,732,502 | 8 | $12,716,563 |
| 745 | David E. Talbert | $101,566,563 | 5 | $20,313,313 |
| 746 | Mike Flanagan | $101,134,065 | 8 | $12,641,758 |
| 747 | Niki Caro | $101,029,369 | 8 | $12,628,671 |
| 748 | Bo Welch | $101,018,283 | 1 | $101,018,283 |
| 749 | Mervyn LeRoy | $100,598,929 | 15 | $6,706,595 |
| 750 | Igor Kovalyov | $100,494,685 | 1 | $100,494,685 |
| 751 | George Seaton | $100,489,150 | 7 | $14,355,593 |
| 752 | Daniel Petrie | $99,903,881 | 8 | $12,487,985 |
| 753 | Alejandro Amenábar | $99,677,369 | 8 | $12,459,671 |
| 754 | Steven Quale | $99,158,521 | 6 | $16,526,420 |
| 755 | Jerry Paris | $98,916,205 | 2 | $49,458,103 |
| 756 | John R. Leonetti | $98,575,318 | 4 | $24,643,830 |
| 757 | Sidney J. Furie | $98,425,505 | 15 | $6,561,700 |
| 758 | David Kellogg | $98,419,385 | 2 | $49,209,693 |
| 759 | Tamra Davis | $97,800,083 | 7 | $13,971,440 |
| 760 | Nimrod Antal | $97,647,417 | 6 | $16,274,570 |
| 761 | Michael Engler | $97,454,519 | 2 | $48,727,260 |
| 762 | Michael Curtiz | $97,406,086 | 32 | $3,043,940 |
| 763 | Hal Ashby | $96,883,158 | 10 | $9,688,316 |
| 764 | Gary Goldman | $96,468,617 | 4 | $24,117,154 |
| 765 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $96,369,809 | 11 | $8,760,892 |
| 766 | James Gray | $96,339,598 | 10 | $9,633,960 |
| 767 | William Dear | $96,233,331 | 6 | $16,038,889 |
| 768 | Carroll Ballard | $96,131,794 | 4 | $24,032,949 |
| 769 | Jared Bush | $96,093,622 | 1 | $96,093,622 |
| 770 | Mike Figgis | $95,864,045 | 14 | $6,847,432 |
| 771 | Fred Zinnemann | $95,828,122 | 12 | $7,985,677 |
| 772 | Sharon Maguire | $95,640,361 | 3 | $31,880,120 |
| 773 | Yorgos Lanthimos | $95,587,927 | 10 | $9,558,793 |
| 774 | Mark Rydell | $95,557,455 | 7 | $13,651,065 |
| 775 | Joe Pytka | $95,434,622 | 2 | $47,717,311 |
| 776 | Patrick Lussier | $95,267,362 | 9 | $10,585,262 |
| 777 | Beeban Kidron | $94,909,936 | 5 | $18,981,987 |
| 778 | Stanley Donen | $94,682,788 | 16 | $5,917,674 |
| 779 | John Milius | $93,996,657 | 7 | $13,428,094 |
| 780 | Franklin J. Schaffner | $93,898,410 | 8 | $11,737,301 |
| 781 | Kasi Lemmons | $93,865,688 | 7 | $13,409,384 |
| 782 | Paul Weiland | $93,790,146 | 5 | $18,758,029 |
| 783 | Bille Woodruff | $93,683,895 | 6 | $15,613,983 |
| 784 | Jared Stern | $93,657,117 | 1 | $93,657,117 |
| 785 | Bob Fosse | $93,623,112 | 5 | $18,724,622 |
| 786 | Henry Hathaway | $93,465,925 | 14 | $6,676,138 |
| 787 | Brad Furman | $93,335,147 | 7 | $13,333,592 |
| 788 | Michael Spierig | $93,246,225 | 4 | $23,311,556 |
| 789 | Peter Spierig | $93,246,225 | 4 | $23,311,556 |
| 790 | Tom Vaughan | $92,977,226 | 5 | $18,595,445 |
| 791 | John Luessenhop | $92,536,147 | 4 | $23,134,037 |
| 792 | Alex Kurtzman | $92,532,917 | 2 | $46,266,459 |
| 793 | Richard Brooks | $92,007,670 | 14 | $6,571,976 |
| 794 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $91,865,735 | 8 | $11,483,217 |
| 795 | Tom Holland | $91,804,798 | 6 | $15,300,800 |
| 796 | Michael Schultz | $91,767,931 | 10 | $9,176,793 |
| 797 | Harold Cronk | $91,721,368 | 7 | $13,103,053 |
| 798 | Luca Guadagnino | $91,697,074 | 16 | $5,731,067 |
| 799 | Jonathan Kaplan | $91,627,305 | 6 | $15,271,218 |
| 800 | James Watkins | $91,314,979 | 4 | $22,828,745 |
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.