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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 901-1,000)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
901 Hideo Nakata $75,941,727 17 $4,467,160
902 David Carson $75,671,262 3 $25,223,754
903 Chris Rock $75,665,378 3 $25,221,793
904 Jonathan Dayton $75,069,730 3 $25,023,243
905 Valerie Faris $75,069,730 3 $25,023,243
906 Stefen Fangmeier $75,030,163 1 $75,030,163
907 Reginald Hudlin $74,812,625 12 $6,234,385
908 Paul McGuigan $74,537,910 8 $9,317,239
909 Mark Pellington $74,508,867 10 $7,450,887
910 Gene Wilder $74,341,544 5 $14,868,309
911 Gary Dauberman $74,152,591 2 $37,076,296
912 George Scribner $74,151,346 1 $74,151,346
913 Albert Magnoli $74,106,633 2 $37,053,317
914 Tom Tykwer $73,951,079 11 $6,722,825
915 Pedro Almodovar $73,932,504 27 $2,738,241
916 Bryan Spicer $73,874,414 3 $24,624,805
917 Costa-Gavras $73,331,064 12 $6,110,922
918 Lorna Cook $73,215,310 1 $73,215,310
919 George Stevens $73,151,952 11 $6,650,177
920 Mario Van Peebles $73,142,885 12 $6,095,240
921 Nelson McCormick $72,931,911 3 $24,310,637
922 Doug Sweetland $72,679,278 1 $72,679,278
923 Chris Butler $72,652,590 2 $36,326,295
924 Terry Zwigoff $72,616,397 4 $18,154,099
925 Samantha Jayne $72,581,770 1 $72,581,770
926 Arturo Perez $72,581,770 1 $72,581,770
927 Angel Manuel Soto $72,541,501 3 $24,180,500
928 Marco Brambilla $72,407,200 2 $36,203,600
929 Andrei Konchalovsky $72,309,204 5 $14,461,841
930 Dan Trachtenberg $72,082,999 4 $18,020,750
931 Justin Simien $72,057,441 3 $24,019,147
932 Mike Tollin $72,027,629 2 $36,013,815
933 Steve Beck $71,981,451 2 $35,990,726
934 Marielle Heller $71,977,303 4 $17,994,326
935 Sean Cunningham $71,750,222 4 $17,937,556
936 George Nolfi $71,719,411 4 $17,929,853
937 Kevin Bray $71,696,755 2 $35,848,378
938 Alfonso Arau $71,664,677 2 $35,832,339
939 Gil Junger $71,600,772 7 $10,228,682
940 Steven Zaillian $71,197,832 3 $23,732,611
941 Frank Pierson $71,129,898 2 $35,564,949
942 Rick Rosenthal $71,091,553 8 $8,886,444
943 Kieth Merrill $70,800,000 3 $23,600,000
944 Gilbert Lewis $70,300,000 1 $70,300,000
945 John Flynn $70,051,158 6 $11,675,193
946 Mike "Mouse" McCoy $70,012,847 1 $70,012,847
947 Graeme Ferguson $70,000,000 1 $70,000,000
948 Andrew V. McLaglen $69,787,676 13 $5,368,283
949 Paul Brickman $69,591,795 2 $34,795,898
950 David Mirkin $69,569,377 2 $34,784,689
951 Gerard McMurray $69,488,745 3 $23,162,915
952 Sarah Smith $69,471,739 2 $34,735,870
953 Terrence Malick $69,189,848 11 $6,289,986
954 Nima Nourizadeh $69,171,850 2 $34,585,925
955 Peter Howitt $68,738,240 5 $13,747,648
956 John Dahl $68,509,788 8 $8,563,724
957 Ash Brannon $68,288,240 2 $34,144,120
958 Steve Shill $68,261,644 1 $68,261,644
959 Dinesh D'Souza $68,245,767 6 $11,374,295
960 Camille Delamarre $68,141,561 5 $13,628,312
961 Olivia Wilde $67,990,365 3 $22,663,455
962 Angela Robinson $67,692,837 3 $22,564,279
963 Danny Philippou $67,597,142 3 $22,532,381
964 Michael Philippou $67,597,142 3 $22,532,381
965 Lee Cronin $67,377,444 3 $22,459,148
966 Richard Pearce $66,788,289 6 $11,131,382
967 Nick Bruno $66,757,013 2 $33,378,507
968 Troy Quane $66,757,013 2 $33,378,507
969 Chris Noonan $66,664,515 2 $33,332,258
970 Shekhar Kapur $66,661,940 8 $8,332,743
971 Nigel Cole $66,138,388 6 $11,023,065
972 Greg Jacobs $66,013,057 2 $33,006,529
973 Matthew Robbins $65,556,816 5 $13,111,363
974 Gary Nelson $65,535,600 3 $21,845,200
975 Joseph L. Mankiewicz $65,400,000 6 $10,900,000
976 Damien Leone $65,283,519 5 $13,056,704
977 Andrew Douglas $65,233,369 2 $32,616,685
978 Ted Berman $65,187,923 2 $32,593,962
979 Keith Merryman $65,028,687 1 $65,028,687
980 David Newman $65,028,687 1 $65,028,687
981 Harve Foster $65,000,000 1 $65,000,000
982 John Weiley $65,000,000 3 $21,666,667
983 Brad Anderson $64,662,298 15 $4,310,820
984 Richard Franklin $64,516,233 5 $12,903,247
985 Jeremy Garelick $64,460,211 5 $12,892,042
986 Bruce Malmuth $64,296,891 3 $21,432,297
987 Peter Lepeniotis $64,251,538 4 $16,062,885
988 Kevin Munroe $64,149,046 4 $16,037,262
989 John Irvin $64,110,994 11 $5,828,272
990 Mike Thurmeier $64,063,008 1 $64,063,008
991 Fawn Veerasunthorn $63,973,821 1 $63,973,821
992 Mark Neveldine $63,842,327 6 $10,640,388
993 Gary David Goldberg $63,632,878 2 $31,816,439
994 Charles Crichton $63,509,361 3 $21,169,787
995 Doug McHenry $63,474,907 3 $21,158,302
996 Samuel Bayer $63,075,011 1 $63,075,011
997 Stuart Gillard $62,777,798 6 $10,462,966
998 Preston A. Whitmore II $62,469,109 6 $10,411,518
999 Frank Perry $62,459,512 6 $10,409,919
1,000 Mans Marlind $62,321,039 3 $20,773,680

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.