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All Time Domestic Box Office by First-Time Directors (Rank 301-400)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | 2004 | Home on the Range | $50,026,353 | $26,456,108 | $76,482,461 | Will Finn John Sanford |
| 302 | 1995 | A Walk in the Clouds | $50,008,143 | $50,008,143 | Alfonso Arau | |
| 303 | 2012 | Red Tails | $49,876,377 | $489,121 | $50,365,498 | Anthony Hemingway |
| 304 | 1988 | Oliver & Company | $49,576,671 | $49,576,671 | George Scribner | |
| 305 | 2007 | Michael Clayton | $49,033,882 | $43,953,769 | $92,987,651 | Tony Gilroy |
| 306 | 1976 | The Omen | $48,570,885 | $48,570,885 | Richard Donner | |
| 307 | 2006 | Date Movie | $48,548,426 | $36,597,739 | $85,146,165 | Jason Friedberg |
| 308 | 2016 | Kubo and the Two Strings | $48,023,088 | $29,525,476 | $77,548,564 | Travis Knight |
| 309 | 2008 | Nim's Island | $48,006,762 | $53,850,663 | $101,857,425 | Mark Levin Jennifer Flackett |
| 310 | 2016 | The Huntsman: Winter’s War | $48,003,015 | $117,146,287 | $165,149,302 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan |
| 311 | 2007 | Premonition | $47,852,604 | $33,608,739 | $81,461,343 | Mennan Yapo |
| 312 | 2002 | Big Fat Liar | $47,811,275 | $4,649,742 | $52,461,017 | Shawn Levy |
| 313 | 2007 | Dan in Real Life | $47,642,963 | $18,026,038 | $65,669,001 | Peter Hedges |
| 314 | 1991 | New Jack City | $47,624,253 | $47,624,253 | Mario Van Peebles | |
| 315 | 2009 | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by … | $47,566,524 | $21,156,324 | $68,722,848 | Lee Daniels |
| 316 | 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | $47,545,060 | $10,695,398 | $58,240,458 | Harald Zwart |
| 317 | 2006 | Nanny McPhee | $47,279,279 | $81,466,299 | $128,745,578 | Kirk Jones |
| 318 | 1978 | Halloween | $47,000,000 | $23,000,000 | $70,000,000 | John Carpenter |
| 319 | 1980 | Urban Cowboy | $46,918,287 | $46,918,287 | James Bridges | |
| 320 | 1977 | The Spy Who Loved Me | $46,800,000 | $138,600,000 | $185,400,000 | Gilbert Lewis |
| 321 | 2000 | Dude, Where's My Car? | $46,729,374 | $26,450,923 | $73,180,297 | Danny Leiner |
| 322 | 1995 | The Brady Bunch Movie | $46,546,167 | $46,546,167 | Betty Thomas | |
| 323 | 2011 | Arthur Christmas | $46,462,469 | $103,254,655 | $149,717,124 | Sarah Smith |
| 324 | 2006 | Deep Sea 3D | $46,233,398 | $41,778,182 | $88,011,580 | Howard Hall |
| 325 | 1972 | Deliverance | $46,122,355 | $46,122,355 | John Boorman | |
| 326 | 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | $46,009,673 | $29,900,000 | $75,909,673 | Jake Szymanski |
| 327 | 1997 | The Full Monty | $45,950,122 | $211,988,527 | $257,938,649 | Peter Cattaneo |
| 328 | 1997 | Bean | $45,334,169 | $211,239,959 | $256,574,128 | Mel Smith |
| 329 | 2017 | All Eyez on Me | $44,922,302 | $9,954,553 | $54,876,855 | Benny Boom |
| 330 | 2012 | Red Dawn | $44,806,783 | $3,357,367 | $48,164,150 | Dan Bradley |
| 331 | 1987 | A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Wa… | $44,793,222 | $44,793,222 | Chuck Russell | |
| 332 | 1988 | Young Guns | $44,726,644 | $44,726,644 | Christopher Cain | |
| 333 | 2011 | The Artist | $44,667,095 | $83,589,617 | $128,256,712 | Michel Hazanavicius |
| 334 | 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | $44,540,956 | $1,581,757 | $46,122,713 | Jared Hess |
| 335 | 1968 | The Odd Couple | $44,527,234 | $44,527,234 | Gene Saks | |
| 336 | 2013 | No se Aceptan Devoluciones | $44,467,206 | $56,019,410 | $100,486,616 | Eugenio Derbez |
| 337 | 1990 | Young Guns II | $44,143,410 | $44,143,410 | Geoff Murphy | |
| 338 | 2014 | St. Vincent | $44,137,712 | $10,699,522 | $54,837,234 | Theodore Melfi |
| 339 | 1979 | Love at First Bite | $43,900,000 | $43,900,000 | Stan Dragoti | |
| 340 | 2015 | The Gift | $43,787,265 | $15,191,388 | $58,978,653 | Joel Edgerton |
| 341 | 2003 | Under the Tuscan Sun | $43,601,508 | $13,888,516 | $57,490,024 | Audrey Wells |
| 342 | 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | $43,585,753 | $69,440,630 | $113,026,383 | Brad Peyton |
| 343 | 1997 | Soul Food | $43,492,389 | $43,492,389 | George Tillman, Jr | |
| 344 | 2014 | John Wick | $43,037,835 | $33,197,166 | $76,235,001 | Chad Stahelski |
| 345 | 1979 | Meatballs | $43,000,000 | $43,000,000 | Ivan Reitman | |
| 346 | 2003 | The Lizzie McGuire Movie | $42,734,455 | $12,800,000 | $55,534,455 | Jim Fall |
| 347 | 2015 | Krampus | $42,725,475 | $19,062,918 | $61,788,393 | Michael Dougherty |
| 348 | 1981 | The Four Seasons | $42,488,161 | $42,488,161 | Alan Alda | |
| 349 | 1976 | The Bad News Bears | $42,349,782 | $42,349,782 | Michael Ritchie | |
| 350 | 1968 | Bullitt | $42,300,873 | $42,300,873 | Peter Yates | |
| 351 | 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | $42,073,277 | $28,669,671 | $70,742,948 | Drew Goddard |
| 352 | 2008 | Nights in Rodanthe | $41,850,659 | $37,500,000 | $79,350,659 | George C. Wolfe |
| 353 | 2007 | Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem | $41,797,066 | $87,087,428 | $128,884,494 | Colin Strause Greg Strause |
| 354 | 2006 | The Hills Have Eyes | $41,778,863 | $28,576,950 | $70,355,813 | Alexandre Aja |
| 355 | 1969 | Easy Rider | $41,728,598 | $41,728,598 | Dennis Hopper | |
| 356 | 1978 | Up in Smoke | $41,590,893 | $41,590,893 | Tommy Chong | |
| 357 | 1997 | Money Talks | $41,076,865 | $41,076,865 | Brett Ratner | |
| 358 | 2002 | Orange County | $41,059,716 | $2,248,991 | $43,308,707 | Jake Kasdan |
| 359 | 2010 | The Last Exorcism | $41,034,350 | $29,131,550 | $70,165,900 | Danial Stamm |
| 360 | 1984 | 2010 | $41,000,000 | $41,000,000 | Les Mayfield | |
| 361 | 1985 | Pee Wee's Big Adventure | $40,940,662 | $40,940,662 | Tim Burton | |
| 362 | 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | $40,874,452 | $40,874,452 | Jeff Kanew | |
| 363 | 1999 | House on Haunted Hill | $40,846,082 | $24,244,459 | $65,090,541 | William Malone |
| 364 | 1998 | Pleasantville | $40,584,421 | $9,221,041 | $49,805,462 | Gary Ross |
| 365 | 1982 | The Dark Crystal | $40,577,001 | $40,577,001 | Frank Oz | |
| 366 | 1986 | Pretty in Pink | $40,471,663 | $40,471,663 | Howard Deutch | |
| 367 | 2001 | Heartbreakers | $40,334,024 | $17,419,801 | $57,753,825 | David Mirkin |
| 368 | 2001 | I Am Sam | $40,270,895 | $52,271,523 | $92,542,418 | Jessie Nelson |
| 369 | 2004 | Catwoman | $40,202,379 | $41,943,000 | $82,145,379 | Pitof |
| 370 | 1992 | Mo' Money | $40,190,000 | $40,190,000 | Peter MacDonald | |
| 371 | 2010 | Legion | $40,168,080 | $27,479,494 | $67,647,574 | Scott Stewart |
| 372 | 2013 | A Haunted House | $40,041,683 | $19,880,875 | $59,922,558 | Michel Tiddes |
| 373 | 1980 | Caddyshack | $39,846,344 | $39,846,344 | Harold Ramis | |
| 374 | 1980 | Friday the 13th | $39,754,601 | $20,000,000 | $59,754,601 | Sean Cunningham |
| 375 | 2007 | Epic Movie | $39,739,367 | $47,119,211 | $86,858,578 | Aaron Seltzer |
| 376 | 2004 | The Ladykillers | $39,692,139 | $37,700,000 | $77,392,139 | Ethan Coen |
| 377 | 2009 | Crazy Heart | $39,471,742 | $7,945,509 | $47,417,251 | Scott Cooper |
| 378 | 2000 | Little Nicky | $39,442,871 | $18,827,520 | $58,270,391 | Charles Grosvenor |
| 379 | 2010 | Burlesque | $39,440,655 | $51,112,020 | $90,552,675 | Steven Antin |
| 380 | 1990 | Joe Versus the Volcano | $39,381,963 | $39,381,963 | John Patrick Shanley | |
| 381 | 1993 | Hocus Pocus | $39,360,491 | $39,360,491 | Kenny Ortega | |
| 382 | 2000 | Pitch Black | $39,235,088 | $13,947,000 | $53,182,088 | David Twohy |
| 383 | 2010 | The Crazies | $39,123,589 | $17,321,945 | $56,445,534 | Breck Eisner |
| 384 | 1993 | What's Love Got to Do With It | $39,100,956 | $39,100,956 | Brian Gibson | |
| 385 | 1983 | Yentl | $39,012,241 | $39,012,241 | Barbra Streisand | |
| 386 | 2014 | Earth to Echo | $38,934,842 | $3,239,703 | $42,174,545 | David Green |
| 387 | 1986 | About Last Night... | $38,702,310 | $38,702,310 | Edward Zwick | |
| 388 | 1994 | On Deadly Ground | $38,590,458 | $38,590,458 | Steven Seagal | |
| 389 | 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | $38,372,662 | $88,176,945 | $126,549,607 | Joe Wright |
| 390 | 2013 | 47 Ronin | $38,362,475 | $113,354,340 | $151,716,815 | Carl Rinsch |
| 391 | 1984 | City Heat | $38,348,988 | $38,348,988 | Richard Benjamin | |
| 392 | 1982 | Conan the Barbarian | $38,264,085 | $40,850,000 | $79,114,085 | John Milius |
| 393 | 1999 | Cruel Intentions | $38,230,075 | $37,573,641 | $75,803,716 | Roger Kumble |
| 394 | 1984 | The Terminator | $38,019,031 | $40,000,000 | $78,019,031 | James Cameron |
| 395 | 2001 | Jeepers Creepers | $37,904,175 | $21,034,860 | $58,939,035 | Victor Salva |
| 396 | 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | $37,882,551 | $24,518,792 | $62,401,343 | Joel Gallen |
| 397 | 1979 | The Black Stallion | $37,799,643 | $37,799,643 | Carroll Ballard | |
| 398 | 2003 | Head of State | $37,788,228 | $495,537 | $38,283,765 | Chris Rock |
| 399 | 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | $37,785,198 | $37,785,198 | Bryan Spicer | |
| 400 | 2004 | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | $37,760,080 | $11,970,774 | $49,730,854 | Kerry Conran |
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.