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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Eran Riklis | $414,148 | 6 | $69,025 |
| 4,002 | Whitney Hamilton | $413,656 | 1 | $413,656 |
| 4,003 | Scott Pryor | $413,522 | 1 | $413,522 |
| 4,004 | Gloria Stella | $413,522 | 1 | $413,522 |
| 4,005 | Taryn Brumfitt | $412,340 | 2 | $206,170 |
| 4,006 | Han Jaerim | $412,196 | 2 | $206,098 |
| 4,007 | Phillip Baribeau | $410,185 | 2 | $205,093 |
| 4,008 | Jo Sung-hee | $409,976 | 3 | $136,659 |
| 4,009 | Ahn Sang-hoon | $409,644 | 3 | $136,548 |
| 4,010 | Michael A. Goorjian | $409,476 | 1 | $409,476 |
| 4,011 | Dario Argento | $409,121 | 15 | $27,275 |
| 4,012 | Casey Affleck | $408,983 | 2 | $204,492 |
| 4,013 | Claus Räfle | $408,397 | 1 | $408,397 |
| 4,014 | Rick Bieber | $408,159 | 3 | $136,053 |
| 4,015 | Aitch Alberto | $407,838 | 1 | $407,838 |
| 4,016 | Pang Ho-cheung | $407,816 | 4 | $101,954 |
| 4,017 | Alejandro Landes | $406,473 | 2 | $203,237 |
| 4,018 | Steven Conrad | $406,252 | 1 | $406,252 |
| 4,019 | Josh Duhamel | $405,904 | 2 | $202,952 |
| 4,020 | Nir Bergman | $405,818 | 2 | $202,909 |
| 4,021 | Bradley Jackson | $405,797 | 1 | $405,797 |
| 4,022 | Sean Mathias | $405,409 | 2 | $202,705 |
| 4,023 | Charles Randolph-Wright | $405,191 | 1 | $405,191 |
| 4,024 | Rosario Roveto, Jr. | $403,069 | 1 | $403,069 |
| 4,025 | Satyajit Ray | $402,723 | 7 | $57,532 |
| 4,026 | Mark Jonathan Harris | $401,472 | 2 | $200,736 |
| 4,027 | Ike Barinholtz | $401,464 | 1 | $401,464 |
| 4,028 | Kate Novack | $400,713 | 1 | $400,713 |
| 4,029 | Thomas Riedelsheimer | $400,530 | 1 | $400,530 |
| 4,030 | Josh Franer | $399,370 | 1 | $399,370 |
| 4,031 | Ismail Merchant | $398,610 | 1 | $398,610 |
| 4,032 | Scott Hillenbrand | $397,641 | 2 | $198,821 |
| 4,033 | Arnaud Desplechin | $396,928 | 7 | $56,704 |
| 4,034 | Haresh Narayan | $395,000 | 1 | $395,000 |
| 4,035 | K. Hari Shankar | $395,000 | 1 | $395,000 |
| 4,036 | Gary Preisler | $392,000 | 1 | $392,000 |
| 4,037 | Nick Stringer | $391,942 | 1 | $391,942 |
| 4,038 | Kim Bass | $391,167 | 4 | $97,792 |
| 4,039 | James Keach | $391,039 | 4 | $97,760 |
| 4,040 | Andrew Bujalski | $390,956 | 5 | $78,191 |
| 4,041 | Taggart Siegel | $390,438 | 2 | $195,219 |
| 4,042 | Jean-Francois Delassus | $390,157 | 1 | $390,157 |
| 4,043 | David Salle | $389,731 | 1 | $389,731 |
| 4,044 | Jake Scott | $389,494 | 4 | $97,374 |
| 4,045 | Anna Muylaert | $388,654 | 3 | $129,551 |
| 4,046 | Jennifer Peedom | $387,218 | 4 | $96,805 |
| 4,047 | R.J. Daniel Hanna | $386,891 | 2 | $193,446 |
| 4,048 | Elegance Bratton | $385,627 | 2 | $192,814 |
| 4,049 | Arie Posin | $385,069 | 2 | $192,535 |
| 4,050 | Billy Morrissette | $384,098 | 1 | $384,098 |
| 4,051 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | $383,520 | 2 | $191,760 |
| 4,052 | Spencer Susser | $382,946 | 1 | $382,946 |
| 4,053 | Mandeep Kumar | $381,533 | 3 | $127,178 |
| 4,054 | Chantelle Squires | $380,017 | 1 | $380,017 |
| 4,055 | Danny Strong | $378,294 | 1 | $378,294 |
| 4,056 | Chuck Workman | $377,885 | 3 | $125,962 |
| 4,057 | Amir Bar-Lev | $375,825 | 4 | $93,956 |
| 4,058 | Atsuko Hirayanagi | $375,393 | 1 | $375,393 |
| 4,059 | Krystin Ver Linden | $373,037 | 2 | $186,519 |
| 4,060 | Kim Byung-seo | $372,562 | 1 | $372,562 |
| 4,061 | Hae-Juh Lee | $372,562 | 1 | $372,562 |
| 4,062 | Rolf de Heer | $371,701 | 7 | $53,100 |
| 4,063 | Richard Rowley | $371,245 | 2 | $185,623 |
| 4,064 | Yuval Adler | $370,224 | 4 | $92,556 |
| 4,065 | Fan Lixin | $369,673 | 3 | $123,224 |
| 4,066 | Sanjay Gupta | $369,310 | 4 | $92,328 |
| 4,067 | Samual Moaz | $368,088 | 1 | $368,088 |
| 4,068 | Diane Paragas | $367,849 | 1 | $367,849 |
| 4,069 | Lee Hae-yeong | $365,639 | 3 | $121,880 |
| 4,070 | Mevlut Akkaya | $365,548 | 1 | $365,548 |
| 4,071 | Julian Farino | $364,875 | 3 | $121,625 |
| 4,072 | Evan Morgan | $364,138 | 1 | $364,138 |
| 4,073 | Qasim Basir | $362,239 | 4 | $90,560 |
| 4,074 | Heather Lenz | $360,931 | 1 | $360,931 |
| 4,075 | Cedric Sunstrom | $358,000 | 1 | $358,000 |
| 4,076 | Paul Solet | $356,310 | 6 | $59,385 |
| 4,077 | Shen Zhou | $356,255 | 2 | $178,128 |
| 4,078 | Lu Liu | $356,255 | 2 | $178,128 |
| 4,079 | Thorsten Schutte | $355,074 | 1 | $355,074 |
| 4,080 | Noble Jones | $354,103 | 1 | $354,103 |
| 4,081 | David Oyelowo | $354,087 | 1 | $354,087 |
| 4,082 | Jamie Bradshaw | $353,513 | 1 | $353,513 |
| 4,083 | Alexander Doulerain | $353,513 | 1 | $353,513 |
| 4,084 | Luis Iga | $351,205 | 1 | $351,205 |
| 4,085 | Alexis Michalik | $351,019 | 2 | $175,510 |
| 4,086 | Michie Gleason | $350,481 | 1 | $350,481 |
| 4,087 | Max Winkler | $350,458 | 4 | $87,615 |
| 4,088 | Tran Thanh | $350,000 | 3 | $116,667 |
| 4,089 | Ngoc Dang Vu | $350,000 | 1 | $350,000 |
| 4,090 | Keiichi Hara | $349,766 | 4 | $87,442 |
| 4,091 | Rebecca Harrell Tickell | $349,746 | 7 | $49,964 |
| 4,092 | Emmanuelle Bercot | $348,370 | 5 | $69,674 |
| 4,093 | David M. Gutel | $348,317 | 1 | $348,317 |
| 4,094 | Emilio Palame | $348,317 | 1 | $348,317 |
| 4,095 | Michael Keaton | $347,977 | 2 | $173,989 |
| 4,096 | Frédéric Fonteyne | $347,808 | 2 | $173,904 |
| 4,097 | Stephen Bradley | $347,321 | 1 | $347,321 |
| 4,098 | Erik Matti | $346,859 | 4 | $86,715 |
| 4,099 | Kamal Musale | $345,937 | 1 | $345,937 |
| 4,100 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $344,045 | 4 | $86,011 |
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.