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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Paul Schrader | $58,678,505 | 19 | $3,088,342 |
| 1,002 | Matthew O'Callaghan | $58,640,119 | 1 | $58,640,119 |
| 1,003 | Will Finn | $58,488,700 | 2 | $29,244,350 |
| 1,004 | Roar Uthaug | $58,428,207 | 5 | $11,685,641 |
| 1,005 | Glenn Gordon Caron | $58,248,762 | 3 | $19,416,254 |
| 1,006 | Albert Brooks | $58,156,058 | 6 | $9,692,676 |
| 1,007 | John Hillcoat | $58,150,858 | 4 | $14,537,715 |
| 1,008 | Gurinder Chadha | $58,054,663 | 9 | $6,450,518 |
| 1,009 | David Anspaugh | $57,998,233 | 3 | $19,332,744 |
| 1,010 | Ken Russell | $57,934,534 | 8 | $7,241,817 |
| 1,011 | Christophe Gans | $57,931,479 | 3 | $19,310,493 |
| 1,012 | J. Mackye Gruber | $57,924,679 | 1 | $57,924,679 |
| 1,013 | Eric Bress | $57,924,679 | 2 | $28,962,340 |
| 1,014 | Akiva Schaffer | $57,787,462 | 5 | $11,557,492 |
| 1,015 | Kimberly Peirce | $57,722,970 | 4 | $14,430,743 |
| 1,016 | Stuart Hazeldine | $57,386,418 | 2 | $28,693,209 |
| 1,017 | George Marshall | $57,100,000 | 9 | $6,344,444 |
| 1,018 | David M. Rosenthal | $57,052,917 | 6 | $9,508,820 |
| 1,019 | Kenneth Lonergan | $56,922,831 | 3 | $18,974,277 |
| 1,020 | Ralph Bakshi | $56,871,472 | 5 | $11,374,294 |
| 1,021 | Geoffrey Sax | $56,800,907 | 2 | $28,400,454 |
| 1,022 | Jon Hurwitz | $56,758,835 | 1 | $56,758,835 |
| 1,023 | Hayden Schlossberg | $56,758,835 | 1 | $56,758,835 |
| 1,024 | Takashi Yamazaki | $56,667,215 | 14 | $4,047,658 |
| 1,025 | Thom Eberhardt | $56,464,283 | 4 | $14,116,071 |
| 1,026 | Steve Box | $56,068,547 | 1 | $56,068,547 |
| 1,027 | Gary Shore | $55,991,880 | 3 | $18,663,960 |
| 1,028 | Jane Campion | $55,905,132 | 8 | $6,988,142 |
| 1,029 | John Wells | $55,835,368 | 3 | $18,611,789 |
| 1,030 | Justin Kurzel | $55,800,923 | 7 | $7,971,560 |
| 1,031 | Michael Winner | $55,766,226 | 8 | $6,970,778 |
| 1,032 | Peter Cornwell | $55,389,516 | 2 | $27,694,758 |
| 1,033 | Billy Ray | $55,389,010 | 3 | $18,463,003 |
| 1,034 | Mark Mylod | $55,291,783 | 2 | $27,645,892 |
| 1,035 | Benny Boom | $54,949,349 | 2 | $27,474,675 |
| 1,036 | Sheldon Lettich | $54,909,393 | 4 | $13,727,348 |
| 1,037 | George T. Miller | $54,838,280 | 4 | $13,709,570 |
| 1,038 | Fred Wolf | $54,812,671 | 6 | $9,135,445 |
| 1,039 | Jeff Tomsic | $54,730,625 | 6 | $9,121,771 |
| 1,040 | Kevin Kolsch | $54,724,696 | 4 | $13,681,174 |
| 1,041 | Dennis Widmyer | $54,724,696 | 3 | $18,241,565 |
| 1,042 | Stella Meghie | $54,699,325 | 4 | $13,674,831 |
| 1,043 | James Watkins | $54,383,559 | 3 | $18,127,853 |
| 1,044 | R.J. Cutler | $54,295,543 | 5 | $10,859,109 |
| 1,045 | Jeffrey W. Byrd | $54,221,679 | 3 | $18,073,893 |
| 1,046 | Luis Valdez | $54,215,416 | 1 | $54,215,416 |
| 1,047 | William Malone | $54,054,105 | 2 | $27,027,053 |
| 1,048 | Gillian Armstrong | $54,019,691 | 5 | $10,803,938 |
| 1,049 | Neal Israel | $53,952,082 | 4 | $13,488,021 |
| 1,050 | Rowdy Harrington | $53,848,651 | 3 | $17,949,550 |
| 1,051 | Walter Salles | $53,841,430 | 8 | $6,730,179 |
| 1,052 | Anton Corbijn | $53,660,564 | 6 | $8,943,427 |
| 1,053 | Robert Lorenz | $53,589,243 | 3 | $17,863,081 |
| 1,054 | Daniel Stern | $53,579,269 | 2 | $26,789,635 |
| 1,055 | Richard Tuggle | $53,199,316 | 2 | $26,599,658 |
| 1,056 | Robert Mandel | $52,993,949 | 4 | $13,248,487 |
| 1,057 | Tony Goldwyn | $52,954,059 | 5 | $10,590,812 |
| 1,058 | Brent McCorkle | $52,844,368 | 2 | $26,422,184 |
| 1,059 | Edward Dmytryk | $52,829,547 | 5 | $10,565,909 |
| 1,060 | Kieth Merrill | $52,800,000 | 2 | $26,400,000 |
| 1,061 | Bryan Bertino | $52,767,406 | 5 | $10,553,481 |
| 1,062 | Jean-Francois Richet | $52,703,773 | 6 | $8,783,962 |
| 1,063 | Sam Miller | $52,543,632 | 1 | $52,543,632 |
| 1,064 | Nikolaj Arcel | $52,505,835 | 3 | $17,501,945 |
| 1,065 | Peter Cattaneo | $52,414,256 | 5 | $10,482,851 |
| 1,066 | Alejandro Agresti | $52,330,111 | 3 | $17,443,370 |
| 1,067 | William Shatner | $52,210,049 | 4 | $13,052,512 |
| 1,068 | Tony Richardson | $52,143,354 | 7 | $7,449,051 |
| 1,069 | Josh Safdie | $52,130,590 | 4 | $13,032,648 |
| 1,070 | Benny Safdie | $52,130,590 | 5 | $10,426,118 |
| 1,071 | Sam Firstenberg | $52,115,063 | 6 | $8,685,844 |
| 1,072 | Garth Davis | $51,864,453 | 3 | $17,288,151 |
| 1,073 | Neveldine & Taylor | $51,774,002 | 1 | $51,774,002 |
| 1,074 | John Crowley | $51,433,115 | 5 | $10,286,623 |
| 1,075 | Cory Edwards | $51,386,611 | 1 | $51,386,611 |
| 1,076 | Jim McBride | $51,286,859 | 3 | $17,095,620 |
| 1,077 | Danny Pang | $51,199,980 | 11 | $4,654,544 |
| 1,078 | Oxide Pang Chun | $51,199,980 | 7 | $7,314,283 |
| 1,079 | Christopher Guest | $50,970,779 | 7 | $7,281,540 |
| 1,080 | Tom Brady | $50,960,872 | 3 | $16,986,957 |
| 1,081 | Rob Stevenhagen | $50,877,145 | 1 | $50,877,145 |
| 1,082 | Stiles White | $50,856,010 | 1 | $50,856,010 |
| 1,083 | Anthony Stacchi | $50,837,305 | 2 | $25,418,653 |
| 1,084 | Graham Annable | $50,837,305 | 1 | $50,837,305 |
| 1,085 | Eric Bergeron | $50,802,661 | 1 | $50,802,661 |
| 1,086 | Don Paul | $50,802,661 | 1 | $50,802,661 |
| 1,087 | Alexander Witt | $50,740,078 | 1 | $50,740,078 |
| 1,088 | Kevin Donovan | $50,586,000 | 2 | $25,293,000 |
| 1,089 | Joel Edgerton | $50,575,957 | 2 | $25,287,979 |
| 1,090 | Norman Tokar | $50,523,992 | 3 | $16,841,331 |
| 1,091 | Ole Bornedal | $50,484,569 | 6 | $8,414,095 |
| 1,092 | Rob Greenberg | $50,316,123 | 1 | $50,316,123 |
| 1,093 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $50,151,543 | 1 | $50,151,543 |
| 1,094 | Stefano Solima | $50,065,850 | 2 | $25,032,925 |
| 1,095 | Matthew Robbins | $50,056,816 | 4 | $12,514,204 |
| 1,096 | John Sanford | $50,026,353 | 1 | $50,026,353 |
| 1,097 | Anthony Hemingway | $49,876,377 | 1 | $49,876,377 |
| 1,098 | Rod Lurie | $49,699,308 | 9 | $5,522,145 |
| 1,099 | George Scribner | $49,576,671 | 1 | $49,576,671 |
| 1,100 | Billy Crystal | $49,353,363 | 3 | $16,451,121 |
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.