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All Time Domestic Box Office by First-Time Directors
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This chart contains the top 100 movies with a first-time director based on the cumulative domestic box office.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Shrek 2 | $441,226,247 | $495,781,885 | $937,008,132 | Conrad Vernon |
| 2 | 1994 | The Lion King | $422,780,140 | $564,671,250 | $987,451,390 | Rob Minkoff Roger Allers |
| 3 | 2010 | Toy Story 3 | $415,004,880 | $654,661,124 | $1,069,666,004 | Lee Unkrich |
| 4 | 2013 | Frozen | $400,738,009 | $873,496,971 | $1,274,234,980 | Jennifer Lee Chris Buck |
| 5 | 2003 | Finding Nemo | $380,529,370 | $555,900,000 | $936,429,370 | Andrew Stanton |
| 6 | 2016 | Deadpool | $363,070,709 | $437,958,540 | $801,029,249 | Tim Miller |
| 7 | 2015 | Minions | $336,045,770 | $831,199,596 | $1,167,245,366 | Kyle Balda |
| 8 | 2007 | Shrek the Third | $322,719,944 | $484,610,992 | $807,330,936 | Chris Miller |
| 9 | 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | $300,531,751 | $405,571,077 | $706,102,828 | David Slade |
| 10 | 2009 | Up | $293,004,164 | $438,459,213 | $731,463,377 | Pete Docter |
| 11 | 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Pho… | $292,004,738 | $650,939,197 | $942,943,935 | David Yates |
| 12 | 1980 | Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back | $290,271,960 | $243,900,000 | $534,171,960 | Irvin Kershner |
| 13 | 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | $289,423,425 | $270,334,294 | $559,757,719 | David Silverman |
| 14 | 2016 | Sing | $270,329,045 | $364,001,448 | $634,330,493 | Garth Jennings |
| 15 | 2013 | Monsters University | $268,488,329 | $475,100,000 | $743,588,329 | Dan Scanlon |
| 16 | 2001 | Shrek | $267,655,011 | $224,157,783 | $491,812,794 | Andrew Adamson Vicky Jenson |
| 17 | 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | $262,030,663 | $495,859,604 | $757,890,267 | Marc Webb |
| 18 | 2010 | Despicable Me | $251,513,985 | $291,981,048 | $543,495,033 | Pierre Coffin Chris Renaud |
| 19 | 2014 | Maleficent | $241,407,328 | $517,129,407 | $758,536,735 | Robert Stromberg |
| 20 | 2012 | Brave | $237,282,182 | $317,324,350 | $554,606,532 | Mark Andrews |
| 21 | 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop | $234,760,478 | $81,539,522 | $316,300,000 | Martin Brest |
| 22 | 1991 | Beauty and the Beast | $218,951,625 | $232,378,217 | $451,329,842 | Gary Trousdale Kirk Wise |
| 23 | 2012 | Ted | $218,665,740 | $337,350,887 | $556,016,627 | Seth MacFarlane |
| 24 | 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon | $217,581,231 | $277,289,760 | $494,870,991 | Dean DeBlois |
| 25 | 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | $215,434,591 | $416,475,940 | $631,910,531 | Mark Osborne John Stevenson |
| 26 | 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | $206,362,140 | $438,240,376 | $644,602,516 | Alan Taylor |
| 27 | 2010 | Tangled | $200,821,936 | $385,655,304 | $586,477,240 | Nathan Greno |
| 28 | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | $198,680,470 | $191,844,722 | $390,525,192 | Sam Wood |
| 29 | 2005 | Madagascar | $193,595,521 | $362,964,045 | $556,559,566 | Tom McGrath |
| 30 | 1995 | Toy Story | $191,796,233 | $172,749,283 | $364,545,516 | John Lasseter |
| 31 | 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | $189,412,677 | $307,098,844 | $496,511,521 | Rich Moore |
| 32 | 2013 | The Croods | $187,168,425 | $385,900,000 | $573,068,425 | Kirk De Micco |
| 33 | 1990 | Dances with Wolves | $184,208,842 | $239,991,158 | $424,200,000 | Kevin Costner |
| 34 | 1978 | Grease | $181,813,770 | $205,700,000 | $387,513,770 | Randal Kleiser |
| 35 | 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | $176,760,185 | $306,100,000 | $482,860,185 | Rupert Wyatt |
| 36 | 2002 | Ice Age | $176,387,405 | $209,728,938 | $386,116,343 | Chris Wedge |
| 37 | 2017 | The Lego Batman Movie | $175,750,384 | $135,190,613 | $310,940,997 | Chris McKay |
| 38 | 2017 | Get Out | $175,484,140 | $78,274,840 | $253,758,980 | Jordan Peele |
| 39 | 2017 | The Boss Baby | $175,003,033 | $317,314,301 | $492,317,334 | Kent Seki |
| 40 | 1986 | Crocodile Dundee | $174,803,506 | $153,400,000 | $328,203,506 | Peter Faiman |
| 41 | 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Te… | $172,558,876 | $622,200,000 | $794,758,876 | Joachim Ronnin |
| 42 | 2010 | Tron: Legacy | $172,062,763 | $228,000,000 | $400,062,763 | Joseph Kosinski |
| 43 | 1999 | Tarzan | $171,091,819 | $277,100,000 | $448,191,819 | Chirs Buck |
| 44 | 2002 | Chicago | $170,687,518 | $136,083,027 | $306,770,545 | Rob Marshall |
| 45 | 2011 | The Help | $169,705,587 | $43,414,417 | $213,120,004 | Tate Taylor |
| 46 | 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $165,249,063 | $499,588,484 | $664,837,547 | Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
| 47 | 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | $162,994,032 | $148,600,000 | $311,594,032 | Paul Tibbitt |
| 48 | 2004 | Shark Tale | $161,412,000 | $210,505,043 | $371,917,043 | Rob Letterman Bibo Bergeron |
| 49 | 2012 | Ice Age: Continental Drift | $161,321,843 | $718,443,294 | $879,765,137 | Michael Thurmeier |
| 50 | 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman | $155,136,755 | $245,884,991 | $401,021,746 | Rupert Sanders |
| 51 | 2006 | Over the Hedge | $155,019,340 | $188,377,907 | $343,397,247 | Karey Kirkpatrick |
| 52 | 2008 | Horton Hears a Who | $154,529,439 | $144,948,447 | $299,477,886 | Jimmy Hayward Steve Martino |
| 53 | 2017 | Cars 3 | $152,901,115 | $225,400,000 | $378,301,115 | Brian Fee |
| 54 | 2008 | Sex and the City | $152,647,258 | $262,600,000 | $415,247,258 | Michael Patrick King |
| 55 | 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | $148,313,048 | $230,192,764 | $378,505,812 | Genndy Tartakovsky |
| 56 | 2002 | Lilo & Stitch | $145,771,527 | $100,028,473 | $245,800,000 | Chris Sanders |
| 57 | 1994 | The Santa Clause | $144,833,357 | $44,966,643 | $189,800,000 | John Pasquin |
| 58 | 2008 | Mamma Mia! | $144,130,063 | $471,618,814 | $615,748,877 | Phyllida Lloyd |
| 59 | 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | $143,528,619 | $375,085,764 | $518,614,383 | Alessandro Carloni |
| 60 | 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | $140,539,099 | $107,760,901 | $248,300,000 | Eduardo Sanchez Daniel Myrick |
| 61 | 1977 | Saturday Night Fever | $139,486,124 | $142,913,876 | $282,400,000 | John Badham |
| 62 | 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | $139,225,854 | $33,600,000 | $172,825,854 | Michael Lembeck |
| 63 | 2000 | Dinosaur | $137,748,063 | $218,400,000 | $356,148,063 | Eric Leighton |
| 64 | 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | $133,501,348 | $264,000,000 | $397,501,348 | J.J. Abrams |
| 65 | 1989 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | $130,724,172 | $91,975,828 | $222,700,000 | Joe Johnston |
| 66 | 1999 | American Beauty | $130,058,047 | $226,200,000 | $356,258,047 | Sam Mendes |
| 67 | 2005 | Robots | $128,200,012 | $132,500,000 | $260,700,012 | Carlos Saldanha |
| 68 | 1994 | Dumb & Dumber | $127,175,374 | $119,224,626 | $246,400,000 | Bobby Farrelly |
| 69 | 1977 | Smokey and the Bandit | $126,737,428 | $126,737,428 | Hal Needham | |
| 70 | 1993 | Sleepless in Seattle | $126,680,884 | $101,218,442 | $227,899,326 | Nora Ephron |
| 71 | 2002 | Mr. Deeds | $126,293,452 | $44,976,083 | $171,269,535 | Steven Brill |
| 72 | 2012 | Safe House | $126,181,630 | $82,360,532 | $208,542,162 | Daniel Espinosa |
| 73 | 2000 | Charlie's Angels | $125,305,545 | $134,430,545 | $259,736,090 | Joseph McGinty Nichol |
| 74 | 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | $124,870,275 | $111,957,402 | $236,827,677 | Phil Lord Christopher Miller |
| 75 | 1994 | Speed | $121,248,145 | $161,951,855 | $283,200,000 | Jan De Bont |
| 76 | 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | $119,793,567 | $154,599,082 | $274,392,649 | Cody Cameron Kris Pearn |
| 77 | 1974 | Blazing Saddles | $119,500,000 | $119,500,000 | Mel Brooks | |
| 78 | 2009 | G-Force | $119,436,770 | $173,381,071 | $292,817,841 | Hoyt H. Yeatman |
| 79 | 2007 | Blades of Glory | $118,594,548 | $27,000,000 | $145,594,548 | Josh Gordon Will Speck |
| 80 | 2010 | Jackass 3D | $117,229,692 | $54,456,101 | $171,685,793 | Jeff Tremaine |
| 81 | 2003 | S.W.A.T. | $116,877,597 | $90,277,151 | $207,154,748 | Clark Johnson |
| 82 | 1999 | Notting Hill | $116,089,678 | $247,638,548 | $363,728,226 | Roger Michell |
| 83 | 2009 | District 9 | $115,646,235 | $96,807,196 | $212,453,431 | Neill Blomkamp |
| 84 | 2004 | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | $114,326,736 | $53,464,968 | $167,791,704 | Rawson Marshall Thurber |
| 85 | 2008 | Bolt | $114,053,579 | $213,961,450 | $328,015,029 | Byron Howard Chris Williams |
| 86 | 1991 | The Addams Family | $113,502,246 | $78,000,000 | $191,502,246 | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 87 | 1989 | The Little Mermaid | $111,543,479 | $110,756,279 | $222,299,758 | Ron Clements John Musker |
| 88 | 2004 | The Grudge | $110,359,362 | $76,921,753 | $187,281,115 | Takaski Shimizu |
| 89 | 2005 | The 40 Year-old Virgin | $109,449,237 | $67,894,993 | $177,344,230 | Judd Apatow |
| 90 | 2009 | Couples Retreat | $109,205,660 | $63,244,763 | $172,450,423 | Peter Billingsley |
| 91 | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | $108,981,275 | $108,981,275 | Milos Forman | |
| 92 | 1983 | Terms of Endearment | $108,423,489 | $108,423,489 | James L. Brooks | |
| 93 | 1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | $108,360,063 | $104,039,937 | $212,400,000 | Steve Oedekerk |
| 94 | 2009 | Paranormal Activity | $107,918,810 | $86,264,224 | $194,183,034 | Oren Peli |
| 95 | 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | $107,509,366 | $245,320,162 | $352,829,528 | Clay Kaytis Fergal Reilly |
| 96 | 2000 | Chicken Run | $106,793,915 | $121,000,000 | $227,793,915 | Peter Lord |
| 97 | 1970 | Love Story | $106,397,186 | $30,000,000 | $136,397,186 | Arthur Hiller |
| 98 | 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | $106,260,000 | $106,260,000 | Robert Benton | |
| 99 | 1997 | George Of The Jungle | $105,263,257 | $69,200,000 | $174,463,257 | Sam Weisman |
| 100 | 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | $103,412,758 | $203,488,144 | $306,900,902 | Peter Ramsey |
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.