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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 301-400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Joseph Ruben | $297,691,389 | 10 | $29,769,139 |
| 302 | Lawrence Kasdan | $296,871,637 | 11 | $26,988,331 |
| 303 | Howard Deutch | $295,668,577 | 10 | $29,566,858 |
| 304 | Emile Ardolino | $295,286,811 | 6 | $49,214,469 |
| 305 | Joel Zwick | $294,552,764 | 4 | $73,638,191 |
| 306 | Gus Van Sant | $294,193,117 | 17 | $17,305,477 |
| 307 | Michael Lembeck | $293,722,463 | 10 | $29,372,246 |
| 308 | Peter Ramsey | $293,585,953 | 2 | $146,792,977 |
| 309 | Peter Sohn | $292,604,216 | 3 | $97,534,739 |
| 310 | Steve Miner | $292,198,368 | 14 | $20,871,312 |
| 311 | Harald Zwart | $291,225,077 | 5 | $58,245,015 |
| 312 | Neil Jordan | $290,451,919 | 20 | $14,522,596 |
| 313 | Carl Reiner | $290,434,026 | 11 | $26,403,093 |
| 314 | Les Mayfield | $289,185,737 | 8 | $36,148,217 |
| 315 | David Hand | $287,722,486 | 4 | $71,930,622 |
| 316 | Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu | $287,015,101 | 7 | $41,002,157 |
| 317 | Darren Aronofsky | $286,647,053 | 10 | $28,664,705 |
| 318 | Joachim Ronnin | $286,488,481 | 2 | $143,244,241 |
| 319 | Randall Wallace | $286,173,975 | 4 | $71,543,494 |
| 320 | Greg MacGillivray | $285,251,250 | 11 | $25,931,932 |
| 321 | Neill Blomkamp | $284,765,508 | 5 | $56,953,102 |
| 322 | Robert Altman | $284,695,443 | 24 | $11,862,310 |
| 323 | John Carpenter | $282,989,243 | 20 | $14,149,462 |
| 324 | Warren Beatty | $282,719,616 | 5 | $56,543,923 |
| 325 | George Cukor | $281,717,470 | 14 | $20,122,676 |
| 326 | Destin Daniel Cretton | $278,830,953 | 6 | $46,471,826 |
| 327 | James Bobin | $277,325,139 | 5 | $55,465,028 |
| 328 | John Pasquin | $276,713,253 | 4 | $69,178,313 |
| 329 | Elizabeth Banks | $275,608,229 | 7 | $39,372,604 |
| 330 | Gavin Hood | $274,970,361 | 7 | $39,281,480 |
| 331 | George P. Cosmatos | $274,561,291 | 8 | $34,320,161 |
| 332 | Steven Caple Jr | $273,101,394 | 3 | $91,033,798 |
| 333 | Ken Kwapis | $272,899,305 | 10 | $27,289,931 |
| 334 | Scott Mosier | $272,699,130 | 1 | $272,699,130 |
| 335 | Yarrow Cheney | $272,699,130 | 1 | $272,699,130 |
| 336 | Robert Redford | $272,103,854 | 9 | $30,233,762 |
| 337 | Hugh Wilson | $271,622,020 | 8 | $33,952,753 |
| 338 | Stephen Frears | $271,312,017 | 22 | $12,332,364 |
| 339 | Stephen Hopkins | $270,843,042 | 11 | $24,622,095 |
| 340 | Joe Wright | $269,686,455 | 10 | $26,968,646 |
| 341 | John Glen | $269,648,646 | 7 | $38,521,235 |
| 342 | Mark Steven Johnson | $269,280,162 | 9 | $29,920,018 |
| 343 | Dan Scanlon | $268,488,329 | 1 | $268,488,329 |
| 344 | Penelope Spheeris | $266,127,648 | 11 | $24,193,423 |
| 345 | Larry Charles | $263,208,226 | 8 | $32,901,028 |
| 346 | Anthony Minghella | $262,952,234 | 7 | $37,564,605 |
| 347 | Kevin Costner | $260,190,800 | 7 | $37,170,114 |
| 348 | Tyler Gillett | $260,103,662 | 9 | $28,900,407 |
| 349 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | $260,103,662 | 9 | $28,900,407 |
| 350 | John Stevenson | $258,677,462 | 3 | $86,225,821 |
| 351 | John Madden | $257,449,437 | 13 | $19,803,803 |
| 352 | Howard Zieff | $257,338,596 | 7 | $36,762,657 |
| 353 | George Clooney | $256,293,512 | 9 | $28,477,057 |
| 354 | David Lean | $256,200,507 | 10 | $25,620,051 |
| 355 | Harold Becker | $256,167,718 | 9 | $28,463,080 |
| 356 | David Bowers | $255,610,016 | 7 | $36,515,717 |
| 357 | Ron Shelton | $254,838,404 | 9 | $28,315,378 |
| 358 | Karey Kirkpatrick | $254,481,835 | 3 | $84,827,278 |
| 359 | Darren Lynn Bousman | $253,959,118 | 14 | $18,139,937 |
| 360 | Eli Roth | $252,801,245 | 12 | $21,066,770 |
| 361 | Frank Marshall | $252,321,753 | 9 | $28,035,750 |
| 362 | Greg Tiernan | $252,024,244 | 5 | $50,404,849 |
| 363 | Charles Shyer | $249,637,137 | 8 | $31,204,642 |
| 364 | Dean Parisot | $249,189,925 | 5 | $49,837,985 |
| 365 | Baltasar Kormakur | $248,979,508 | 10 | $24,897,951 |
| 366 | Gabriele Muccino | $248,913,960 | 11 | $22,628,542 |
| 367 | Miloš Forman | $248,460,563 | 9 | $27,606,729 |
| 368 | Josh Gordon | $248,008,948 | 5 | $49,601,790 |
| 369 | Will Speck | $248,008,948 | 5 | $49,601,790 |
| 370 | Michael Patrick King | $247,994,950 | 3 | $82,664,983 |
| 371 | Joel Crawford | $244,659,350 | 3 | $81,553,117 |
| 372 | Steven Brill | $243,882,963 | 9 | $27,098,107 |
| 373 | Ron Underwood | $243,012,300 | 7 | $34,716,043 |
| 374 | Brian Helgeland | $242,163,041 | 6 | $40,360,507 |
| 375 | Steve Oedekerk | $241,652,658 | 4 | $60,413,165 |
| 376 | Robert Stromberg | $241,407,328 | 1 | $241,407,328 |
| 377 | Gil Kenan | $240,665,450 | 5 | $48,133,090 |
| 378 | Don Bluth | $240,477,785 | 10 | $24,047,779 |
| 379 | Mimi Leder | $239,941,563 | 7 | $34,277,366 |
| 380 | Victor Fleming | $239,080,796 | 4 | $59,770,199 |
| 381 | Mark Andrews | $237,439,597 | 2 | $118,719,799 |
| 382 | Alan Parker | $236,423,327 | 14 | $16,887,381 |
| 383 | Phil Alden Robinson | $235,334,945 | 5 | $47,066,989 |
| 384 | P.J. Hogan | $234,711,022 | 6 | $39,118,504 |
| 385 | Ethan Coen | $231,906,428 | 10 | $23,190,643 |
| 386 | Daniel Espinosa | $231,694,382 | 6 | $38,615,730 |
| 387 | Wayne Wang | $231,584,934 | 18 | $12,865,830 |
| 388 | David R. Ellis | $230,985,374 | 6 | $38,497,562 |
| 389 | Bob Clark | $229,579,491 | 13 | $17,659,961 |
| 390 | Roger Michell | $229,062,022 | 12 | $19,088,502 |
| 391 | Robert Benton | $228,812,101 | 9 | $25,423,567 |
| 392 | Mark Dindal | $228,605,840 | 4 | $57,151,460 |
| 393 | Jon Avnet | $228,224,298 | 8 | $28,528,037 |
| 394 | Steve Hickner | $228,044,465 | 2 | $114,022,233 |
| 395 | Kathryn Bigelow | $227,008,217 | 9 | $25,223,135 |
| 396 | Richard Benjamin | $226,390,191 | 12 | $18,865,849 |
| 397 | Craig Gillespie | $225,810,735 | 8 | $28,226,342 |
| 398 | Damien Chazelle | $225,760,249 | 5 | $45,152,050 |
| 399 | George Tillman, Jr | $225,477,980 | 8 | $28,184,748 |
| 400 | Simon Wincer | $225,295,869 | 13 | $17,330,451 |
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.