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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,201 | Harley Cokliss | $9,637,565 | 3 | $3,212,522 |
| 2,202 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $9,628,751 | 1 | $9,628,751 |
| 2,203 | Anthony Maras | $9,619,500 | 3 | $3,206,500 |
| 2,204 | Bjorne Runge | $9,599,982 | 4 | $2,399,996 |
| 2,205 | Tom George | $9,586,237 | 1 | $9,586,237 |
| 2,206 | Melanie Mayron | $9,574,155 | 3 | $3,191,385 |
| 2,207 | Steve James | $9,568,436 | 7 | $1,366,919 |
| 2,208 | Sylvain Chomet | $9,558,363 | 6 | $1,593,061 |
| 2,209 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $9,481,803 | 3 | $3,160,601 |
| 2,210 | Jason Hall | $9,479,390 | 1 | $9,479,390 |
| 2,211 | Pitipol Ybarra | $9,472,803 | 6 | $1,578,801 |
| 2,212 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 5 | $1,893,331 |
| 2,213 | E. Max Frye | $9,461,630 | 1 | $9,461,630 |
| 2,214 | Akira Kurosawa | $9,431,110 | 14 | $673,651 |
| 2,215 | Jerry Belson | $9,419,559 | 2 | $4,709,780 |
| 2,216 | Josh Schwartz | $9,409,538 | 1 | $9,409,538 |
| 2,217 | Chinonye Chukwu | $9,364,918 | 2 | $4,682,459 |
| 2,218 | Marshall Herskovitz | $9,350,022 | 2 | $4,675,011 |
| 2,219 | Kaige Chen | $9,341,499 | 13 | $718,577 |
| 2,220 | Deepa Mehta | $9,340,556 | 8 | $1,167,570 |
| 2,221 | Kevin Yagher | $9,321,492 | 1 | $9,321,492 |
| 2,222 | Dick Zondag | $9,315,576 | 3 | $3,105,192 |
| 2,223 | John Michael McDonagh | $9,300,002 | 4 | $2,325,001 |
| 2,224 | Duncan Gibbins | $9,282,023 | 2 | $4,641,012 |
| 2,225 | Christopher Leitch | $9,281,610 | 2 | $4,640,805 |
| 2,226 | Neil Abramson | $9,257,103 | 2 | $4,628,552 |
| 2,227 | Tom DeCerchio | $9,240,378 | 1 | $9,240,378 |
| 2,228 | James Neilson | $9,230,769 | 3 | $3,076,923 |
| 2,229 | Rex Ingram | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 2,230 | Benson Lee | $9,179,800 | 4 | $2,294,950 |
| 2,231 | Tina Gordon Chism | $9,177,065 | 1 | $9,177,065 |
| 2,232 | Aaron Schneider | $9,176,933 | 3 | $3,058,978 |
| 2,233 | Jack Conway | $9,172,000 | 6 | $1,528,667 |
| 2,234 | Victor Nunez | $9,087,697 | 2 | $4,543,849 |
| 2,235 | Todd Solondz | $9,051,415 | 8 | $1,131,427 |
| 2,236 | Isabel Coixet | $9,045,353 | 12 | $753,779 |
| 2,237 | Todd Douglas Miller | $9,042,724 | 2 | $4,521,362 |
| 2,238 | Russ Meyer | $9,036,122 | 2 | $4,518,061 |
| 2,239 | David Raynr | $9,017,070 | 1 | $9,017,070 |
| 2,240 | Duncan Tucker | $9,015,303 | 1 | $9,015,303 |
| 2,241 | Calmatic | $9,011,251 | 2 | $4,505,626 |
| 2,242 | Michael Cacoyannis | $9,006,614 | 2 | $4,503,307 |
| 2,243 | Josh Margolin | $9,002,073 | 1 | $9,002,073 |
| 2,244 | Park Chan-wook | $9,000,903 | 10 | $900,090 |
| 2,245 | Fred Niblo | $9,000,000 | 2 | $4,500,000 |
| 2,246 | Robert D. Webb | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 2,247 | Dick Powell | $9,000,000 | 2 | $4,500,000 |
| 2,248 | Ricardo de Montreuil | $8,988,196 | 2 | $4,494,098 |
| 2,249 | Kevin Williamson | $8,959,883 | 2 | $4,479,942 |
| 2,250 | Mike Clattenburg | $8,936,791 | 4 | $2,234,198 |
| 2,251 | Douglas Trumbull | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 2,252 | George Pal | $8,920,615 | 3 | $2,973,538 |
| 2,253 | Brian Dannelly | $8,914,538 | 2 | $4,457,269 |
| 2,254 | John Watson | $8,890,685 | 1 | $8,890,685 |
| 2,255 | David L. Cunningham | $8,885,234 | 4 | $2,221,309 |
| 2,256 | Stephen Susco | $8,866,745 | 1 | $8,866,745 |
| 2,257 | William Tannen | $8,854,833 | 2 | $4,427,417 |
| 2,258 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,259 | Patrik Forsberg | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,260 | Will Graham | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,261 | James Duffy | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,262 | Allison Anders | $8,805,832 | 6 | $1,467,639 |
| 2,263 | Robert Boris | $8,793,000 | 1 | $8,793,000 |
| 2,264 | Ken Olin | $8,752,399 | 1 | $8,752,399 |
| 2,265 | Irving Reis | $8,750,000 | 1 | $8,750,000 |
| 2,266 | Mani Ratnam | $8,731,000 | 6 | $1,455,167 |
| 2,267 | Christopher Zalla | $8,702,731 | 2 | $4,351,366 |
| 2,268 | Paul Gross | $8,693,620 | 3 | $2,897,873 |
| 2,269 | Eugene Levy | $8,669,847 | 1 | $8,669,847 |
| 2,270 | Roger Mitchell | $8,601,243 | 2 | $4,300,622 |
| 2,271 | Stuart Orme | $8,579,626 | 2 | $4,289,813 |
| 2,272 | Anne Fontaine | $8,573,890 | 12 | $714,491 |
| 2,273 | Jeff Burr | $8,573,112 | 4 | $2,143,278 |
| 2,274 | Nathan Frankowski | $8,558,941 | 6 | $1,426,490 |
| 2,275 | Ayan Mukherjee | $8,557,874 | 3 | $2,852,625 |
| 2,276 | Paul Sabella | $8,556,572 | 1 | $8,556,572 |
| 2,277 | Dale Schott | $8,540,346 | 1 | $8,540,346 |
| 2,278 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 2 | $4,266,647 |
| 2,279 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $8,515,029 | 3 | $2,838,343 |
| 2,280 | John Pogue | $8,509,867 | 5 | $1,701,973 |
| 2,281 | Julian Jarrold | $8,482,820 | 4 | $2,120,705 |
| 2,282 | Dan Aykroyd | $8,479,793 | 1 | $8,479,793 |
| 2,283 | Joshua Marston | $8,427,449 | 4 | $2,106,862 |
| 2,284 | Scott Kalvert | $8,425,705 | 2 | $4,212,853 |
| 2,285 | Eric Red | $8,398,855 | 3 | $2,799,618 |
| 2,286 | David Winning | $8,363,899 | 23 | $363,648 |
| 2,287 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 2,288 | Marleen Gorris | $8,362,909 | 4 | $2,090,727 |
| 2,289 | Guy Nattiv | $8,332,874 | 4 | $2,083,219 |
| 2,290 | Nicholas Jarecki | $8,328,937 | 2 | $4,164,469 |
| 2,291 | Andrew J. Kuehn | $8,316,206 | 2 | $4,158,103 |
| 2,292 | Peter Masterson | $8,255,200 | 3 | $2,751,733 |
| 2,293 | Joan Freeman | $8,253,123 | 2 | $4,126,562 |
| 2,294 | Sally Potter | $8,250,763 | 6 | $1,375,127 |
| 2,295 | Mitch Davis | $8,198,229 | 5 | $1,639,646 |
| 2,296 | Darnell Martin | $8,195,551 | 4 | $2,048,888 |
| 2,297 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 3 | $2,728,211 |
| 2,298 | Edouard Molinaro | $8,147,968 | 5 | $1,629,594 |
| 2,299 | Errol Morris | $8,139,824 | 12 | $678,319 |
| 2,300 | C. B. Harding | $8,130,530 | 1 | $8,130,530 |
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.