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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,101-1,200)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,101 | Rowdy Harrington | $53,848,651 | 3 | $17,949,550 |
| 1,102 | Anton Corbijn | $53,660,564 | 7 | $7,665,795 |
| 1,103 | Jon Gunn | $53,635,358 | 5 | $10,727,072 |
| 1,104 | Robert Lorenz | $53,589,243 | 3 | $17,863,081 |
| 1,105 | Daniel Stern | $53,579,269 | 2 | $26,789,635 |
| 1,106 | Richard Tuggle | $53,199,316 | 2 | $26,599,658 |
| 1,107 | Tony Goldwyn | $53,123,957 | 5 | $10,624,791 |
| 1,108 | Robert Mandel | $52,993,949 | 4 | $13,248,487 |
| 1,109 | Brent McCorkle | $52,844,368 | 3 | $17,614,789 |
| 1,110 | Edward Dmytryk | $52,829,547 | 6 | $8,804,925 |
| 1,111 | Bryan Bertino | $52,767,406 | 5 | $10,553,481 |
| 1,112 | Jean-Francois Richet | $52,703,773 | 8 | $6,587,972 |
| 1,113 | Jonathan Entwistle | $52,547,391 | 2 | $26,273,696 |
| 1,114 | Sam Miller | $52,543,632 | 1 | $52,543,632 |
| 1,115 | Mark Mylod | $52,512,209 | 2 | $26,256,105 |
| 1,116 | Nikolaj Arcel | $52,505,835 | 3 | $17,501,945 |
| 1,117 | Alejandro Agresti | $52,330,111 | 4 | $13,082,528 |
| 1,118 | William Shatner | $52,210,049 | 4 | $13,052,512 |
| 1,119 | Tony Richardson | $52,143,354 | 7 | $7,449,051 |
| 1,120 | Josh Safdie | $52,130,590 | 6 | $8,688,432 |
| 1,121 | Benny Safdie | $52,130,590 | 5 | $10,426,118 |
| 1,122 | Sam Firstenberg | $52,115,063 | 6 | $8,685,844 |
| 1,123 | Garth Davis | $51,864,453 | 3 | $17,288,151 |
| 1,124 | Neveldine & Taylor | $51,774,002 | 1 | $51,774,002 |
| 1,125 | Michael Gottlieb | $51,424,717 | 2 | $25,712,359 |
| 1,126 | Cory Edwards | $51,386,611 | 1 | $51,386,611 |
| 1,127 | Jim McBride | $51,286,859 | 3 | $17,095,620 |
| 1,128 | Oxide Pang Chun | $51,199,980 | 7 | $7,314,283 |
| 1,129 | Danny Pang | $51,199,980 | 11 | $4,654,544 |
| 1,130 | Christopher Guest | $50,970,779 | 7 | $7,281,540 |
| 1,131 | Tom Brady | $50,960,872 | 3 | $16,986,957 |
| 1,132 | Rob Stevenhagen | $50,877,145 | 1 | $50,877,145 |
| 1,133 | Stiles White | $50,856,010 | 1 | $50,856,010 |
| 1,134 | Anthony Stacchi | $50,837,305 | 2 | $25,418,653 |
| 1,135 | Graham Annable | $50,837,305 | 1 | $50,837,305 |
| 1,136 | Don Paul | $50,802,661 | 1 | $50,802,661 |
| 1,137 | Eric Bergeron | $50,802,661 | 1 | $50,802,661 |
| 1,138 | Alexander Witt | $50,740,078 | 1 | $50,740,078 |
| 1,139 | Kevin Donovan | $50,586,000 | 2 | $25,293,000 |
| 1,140 | Joel Edgerton | $50,575,957 | 2 | $25,287,979 |
| 1,141 | Norman Tokar | $50,523,992 | 3 | $16,841,331 |
| 1,142 | Julie Taymor | $50,506,616 | 5 | $10,101,323 |
| 1,143 | Ole Bornedal | $50,484,569 | 7 | $7,212,081 |
| 1,144 | Rob Greenberg | $50,316,123 | 1 | $50,316,123 |
| 1,145 | Jorge R. Gutierrez | $50,151,543 | 1 | $50,151,543 |
| 1,146 | Stefano Solima | $50,065,850 | 2 | $25,032,925 |
| 1,147 | Lawrence Lamont | $50,054,690 | 2 | $25,027,345 |
| 1,148 | John Sanford | $50,026,353 | 1 | $50,026,353 |
| 1,149 | Anthony Hemingway | $49,876,377 | 1 | $49,876,377 |
| 1,150 | Rod Lurie | $49,699,308 | 9 | $5,522,145 |
| 1,151 | Billy Crystal | $49,353,363 | 3 | $16,451,121 |
| 1,152 | Albert Pyun | $48,993,772 | 10 | $4,899,377 |
| 1,153 | Abby Kohn | $48,795,601 | 2 | $24,397,801 |
| 1,154 | Marc Silverstein | $48,795,601 | 2 | $24,397,801 |
| 1,155 | John Lounsbery | $48,775,599 | 1 | $48,775,599 |
| 1,156 | Robin Budd | $48,430,258 | 1 | $48,430,258 |
| 1,157 | Donovan Cook | $48,430,258 | 1 | $48,430,258 |
| 1,158 | Mark Levin | $48,392,135 | 2 | $24,196,068 |
| 1,159 | Todd Field | $48,167,273 | 3 | $16,055,758 |
| 1,160 | Bruce A. Evans | $48,094,354 | 2 | $24,047,177 |
| 1,161 | Jennifer Flackett | $48,006,762 | 1 | $48,006,762 |
| 1,162 | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan | $48,003,015 | 2 | $24,001,508 |
| 1,163 | Stephen Surjik | $47,965,000 | 1 | $47,965,000 |
| 1,164 | Steve Trenbirth | $47,901,582 | 1 | $47,901,582 |
| 1,165 | Mennan Yapo | $47,852,604 | 1 | $47,852,604 |
| 1,166 | John Sullivan | $47,794,443 | 2 | $23,897,222 |
| 1,167 | Michael Anderson | $47,725,353 | 5 | $9,545,071 |
| 1,168 | Bob Spiers | $47,644,420 | 2 | $23,822,210 |
| 1,169 | Mel Smith | $47,418,021 | 5 | $9,483,604 |
| 1,170 | John Fortenberry | $47,272,717 | 3 | $15,757,572 |
| 1,171 | Peter Medak | $47,049,511 | 7 | $6,721,359 |
| 1,172 | Todd Haynes | $46,929,475 | 13 | $3,609,960 |
| 1,173 | Christian Ditter | $46,863,944 | 4 | $11,715,986 |
| 1,174 | Tim Robbins | $46,587,957 | 3 | $15,529,319 |
| 1,175 | James Hawes | $46,476,520 | 2 | $23,238,260 |
| 1,176 | Tom Gormican | $46,369,112 | 3 | $15,456,371 |
| 1,177 | Edward Norton | $46,314,140 | 2 | $23,157,070 |
| 1,178 | John Sayles | $46,099,573 | 16 | $2,881,223 |
| 1,179 | Agnieszka Holland | $46,019,189 | 11 | $4,183,563 |
| 1,180 | Jake Szymanski | $46,009,673 | 2 | $23,004,837 |
| 1,181 | Susan Seidelman | $45,910,371 | 6 | $7,651,729 |
| 1,182 | Kirk DeMicco | $45,859,568 | 3 | $15,286,523 |
| 1,183 | Clare Kilner | $45,835,513 | 3 | $15,278,504 |
| 1,184 | Frank Capra | $45,821,691 | 12 | $3,818,474 |
| 1,185 | Nicolai Fuglsig | $45,819,713 | 1 | $45,819,713 |
| 1,186 | Patrick Tatopoulos | $45,802,315 | 1 | $45,802,315 |
| 1,187 | Dougal Wilson | $45,770,312 | 1 | $45,770,312 |
| 1,188 | Lee Toland Krieger | $45,733,183 | 2 | $22,866,592 |
| 1,189 | John Derek | $45,590,000 | 3 | $15,196,667 |
| 1,190 | Jun Falkenstein | $45,542,421 | 3 | $15,180,807 |
| 1,191 | Michael Wadleigh | $45,505,110 | 2 | $22,752,555 |
| 1,192 | Richard Friedenberg | $45,411,063 | 2 | $22,705,532 |
| 1,193 | Celine Song | $45,403,139 | 2 | $22,701,570 |
| 1,194 | Dylan Brown | $45,216,793 | 1 | $45,216,793 |
| 1,195 | Michel Hazanavicius | $45,078,665 | 8 | $5,634,833 |
| 1,196 | Nicholas Hytner | $45,075,065 | 8 | $5,634,383 |
| 1,197 | Ronald F. Maxwell | $45,058,246 | 2 | $22,529,123 |
| 1,198 | Gary Hardwick | $45,031,003 | 2 | $22,515,502 |
| 1,199 | Morgan Neville | $44,955,658 | 11 | $4,086,878 |
| 1,200 | Ken Shapiro | $44,921,312 | 2 | $22,460,656 |
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.