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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Nick Hamm | $16,874,629 | 6 | $2,812,438 |
| 1,802 | Richard Kelly | $16,807,363 | 3 | $5,602,454 |
| 1,803 | Janusz Kaminski | $16,779,636 | 2 | $8,389,818 |
| 1,804 | Mark Christpher | $16,757,163 | 1 | $16,757,163 |
| 1,805 | Tommy Lee Wallace | $16,750,289 | 5 | $3,350,058 |
| 1,806 | Jonas Elmer | $16,734,283 | 1 | $16,734,283 |
| 1,807 | Josie Rourke | $16,648,499 | 3 | $5,549,500 |
| 1,808 | Buzz Kulik | $16,647,800 | 6 | $2,774,633 |
| 1,809 | James Glickenhaus | $16,647,588 | 3 | $5,549,196 |
| 1,810 | Ariel Vromen | $16,638,978 | 7 | $2,376,997 |
| 1,811 | Tim Blake Nelson | $16,621,711 | 5 | $3,324,342 |
| 1,812 | Prachya Pinkaew | $16,609,717 | 4 | $4,152,429 |
| 1,813 | Harry Winer | $16,604,726 | 2 | $8,302,363 |
| 1,814 | Stan Lathan | $16,595,791 | 4 | $4,148,948 |
| 1,815 | Lamont Johnson | $16,593,944 | 4 | $4,148,486 |
| 1,816 | Michael Cristofer | $16,521,410 | 2 | $8,260,705 |
| 1,817 | RZA | $16,489,984 | 3 | $5,496,661 |
| 1,818 | Anthony Hickox | $16,428,216 | 5 | $3,285,643 |
| 1,819 | James Lapine | $16,425,760 | 5 | $3,285,152 |
| 1,820 | Christian Marquand | $16,408,286 | 1 | $16,408,286 |
| 1,821 | Richard Lang | $16,400,000 | 2 | $8,200,000 |
| 1,822 | Bethany Ashton Wolf | $16,376,066 | 1 | $16,376,066 |
| 1,823 | Peter Kosminsky | $16,357,770 | 2 | $8,178,885 |
| 1,824 | John Harrison | $16,324,573 | 1 | $16,324,573 |
| 1,825 | Phil Karlson | $16,318,124 | 7 | $2,331,161 |
| 1,826 | Giuseppe Tornatore | $16,288,155 | 7 | $2,326,879 |
| 1,827 | Busby Berkeley | $16,200,000 | 7 | $2,314,286 |
| 1,828 | Art Linson | $16,159,377 | 2 | $8,079,689 |
| 1,829 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | $16,148,906 | 2 | $8,074,453 |
| 1,830 | Nate Parker | $16,143,898 | 3 | $5,381,299 |
| 1,831 | Rob McKittrick | $16,124,543 | 1 | $16,124,543 |
| 1,832 | Thomas J. Wright | $16,093,651 | 1 | $16,093,651 |
| 1,833 | Gregory Widen | $16,091,660 | 1 | $16,091,660 |
| 1,834 | Lenny Abrahamson | $16,036,003 | 3 | $5,345,334 |
| 1,835 | Brian Koppelman | $16,020,728 | 2 | $8,010,364 |
| 1,836 | Tom Gries | $16,000,000 | 5 | $3,200,000 |
| 1,837 | Daniel Mann | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 1,838 | Sam Wanamaker | $16,000,000 | 2 | $8,000,000 |
| 1,839 | Carl Gottlieb | $15,965,000 | 1 | $15,965,000 |
| 1,840 | Christian Rivers | $15,951,040 | 1 | $15,951,040 |
| 1,841 | Steve Gomer | $15,930,522 | 2 | $7,965,261 |
| 1,842 | Britt Allcroft | $15,911,332 | 1 | $15,911,332 |
| 1,843 | William A. Wellman | $15,900,000 | 11 | $1,445,455 |
| 1,844 | Julian Schnabel | $15,875,566 | 6 | $2,645,928 |
| 1,845 | Paul Bolger | $15,849,032 | 1 | $15,849,032 |
| 1,846 | Yvette Kaplan | $15,849,032 | 1 | $15,849,032 |
| 1,847 | Trey Edward Shults | $15,788,729 | 3 | $5,262,910 |
| 1,848 | Stewart Hendler | $15,783,946 | 3 | $5,261,315 |
| 1,849 | Donovan Marsh | $15,767,460 | 4 | $3,941,865 |
| 1,850 | Jack Fisk | $15,743,287 | 2 | $7,871,644 |
| 1,851 | Demian Lichtenstein | $15,738,632 | 1 | $15,738,632 |
| 1,852 | Robert Kurtzman | $15,719,109 | 1 | $15,719,109 |
| 1,853 | Paul Abascal | $15,712,072 | 1 | $15,712,072 |
| 1,854 | Trent Cooper | $15,680,099 | 2 | $7,840,050 |
| 1,855 | Michael Mohan | $15,677,025 | 3 | $5,225,675 |
| 1,856 | Keith Melton | $15,626,076 | 1 | $15,626,076 |
| 1,857 | Newt Arnold | $15,557,818 | 2 | $7,778,909 |
| 1,858 | Prashanth Neel | $15,533,844 | 4 | $3,883,461 |
| 1,859 | Evan Spiliotopoulos | $15,532,137 | 1 | $15,532,137 |
| 1,860 | Nisha Ganatra | $15,500,045 | 5 | $3,100,009 |
| 1,861 | James Orr | $15,457,819 | 2 | $7,728,910 |
| 1,862 | Allan Moyle | $15,437,059 | 3 | $5,145,686 |
| 1,863 | Rob Schmidt | $15,417,771 | 1 | $15,417,771 |
| 1,864 | Oz Perkins | $15,368,089 | 6 | $2,561,348 |
| 1,865 | Gary Halvorson | $15,348,358 | 18 | $852,687 |
| 1,866 | Stanley Tucci | $15,317,623 | 5 | $3,063,525 |
| 1,867 | Bill Murray | $15,260,154 | 1 | $15,260,154 |
| 1,868 | Manny Coto | $15,220,530 | 2 | $7,610,265 |
| 1,869 | Ed Gass-Donnelly | $15,210,436 | 4 | $3,802,609 |
| 1,870 | Buck Henry | $15,198,912 | 1 | $15,198,912 |
| 1,871 | Arun Kumar | $15,198,530 | 2 | $7,599,265 |
| 1,872 | Ken Wiederhorn | $15,163,620 | 4 | $3,790,905 |
| 1,873 | Neal Brennan | $15,122,676 | 2 | $7,561,338 |
| 1,874 | Brad Lewis | $15,090,399 | 1 | $15,090,399 |
| 1,875 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $15,073,942 | 2 | $7,536,971 |
| 1,876 | Ramon Mendendez | $15,039,744 | 2 | $7,519,872 |
| 1,877 | Joel Hopkins | $15,037,678 | 3 | $5,012,559 |
| 1,878 | Nils Gaup | $15,033,137 | 4 | $3,758,284 |
| 1,879 | Tibor Takacs | $15,032,973 | 10 | $1,503,297 |
| 1,880 | Gregory Dark | $15,032,800 | 1 | $15,032,800 |
| 1,881 | Robert J. Rosenthal | $15,026,217 | 1 | $15,026,217 |
| 1,882 | Bruce Hunt | $15,007,991 | 1 | $15,007,991 |
| 1,883 | Sandeep Reddy Vanga | $15,000,076 | 3 | $5,000,025 |
| 1,884 | Anthony Asquith | $15,000,000 | 3 | $5,000,000 |
| 1,885 | Otto Preminger | $14,970,588 | 10 | $1,497,059 |
| 1,886 | Mamoru Hosoda | $14,950,501 | 5 | $2,990,100 |
| 1,887 | Jason Bateman | $14,942,870 | 4 | $3,735,718 |
| 1,888 | W.D. Richter | $14,941,499 | 2 | $7,470,750 |
| 1,889 | Julie Cohen | $14,861,685 | 5 | $2,972,337 |
| 1,890 | Nicholas McCarthy | $14,856,291 | 5 | $2,971,258 |
| 1,891 | Diederik Van Rooijen | $14,836,174 | 2 | $7,418,087 |
| 1,892 | Piers Haggard | $14,815,234 | 2 | $7,407,617 |
| 1,893 | James Dearden | $14,769,755 | 2 | $7,384,878 |
| 1,894 | David Robert Mitchell | $14,761,205 | 5 | $2,952,241 |
| 1,895 | Michael Anderson | $14,717,854 | 1 | $14,717,854 |
| 1,896 | Amma Asante | $14,696,558 | 4 | $3,674,140 |
| 1,897 | Thomas Vinterberg | $14,683,007 | 8 | $1,835,376 |
| 1,898 | Prince | $14,653,207 | 3 | $4,884,402 |
| 1,899 | Betsy West | $14,585,270 | 4 | $3,646,318 |
| 1,900 | Douglas Day Stewart | $14,577,448 | 2 | $7,288,724 |
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.