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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,001-3,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,001 | Manny Rodriguez | $2,827,393 | 3 | $942,464 |
| 3,002 | François Dupeyron | $2,824,365 | 1 | $2,824,365 |
| 3,003 | Antonio Margheriti | $2,810,199 | 10 | $281,020 |
| 3,004 | Abi Damaris Corbin | $2,806,359 | 1 | $2,806,359 |
| 3,005 | Remo D'Souza | $2,805,092 | 5 | $561,018 |
| 3,006 | Harry Beaumont | $2,800,000 | 5 | $560,000 |
| 3,007 | Vikas Bahl | $2,798,002 | 7 | $399,715 |
| 3,008 | Jeff Franklin | $2,793,776 | 1 | $2,793,776 |
| 3,009 | R.M. Richards | $2,793,214 | 1 | $2,793,214 |
| 3,010 | Alan Spencer | $2,786,807 | 1 | $2,786,807 |
| 3,011 | Marco Polo Constandse | $2,783,739 | 2 | $1,391,870 |
| 3,012 | Greg Kwedar | $2,778,745 | 2 | $1,389,373 |
| 3,013 | Darren Doane | $2,778,297 | 1 | $2,778,297 |
| 3,014 | David Schurmann | $2,767,805 | 3 | $922,602 |
| 3,015 | Lauren Greenfield | $2,762,295 | 4 | $690,574 |
| 3,016 | Gregory Levasseur | $2,756,333 | 1 | $2,756,333 |
| 3,017 | Brian Sisselman | $2,750,064 | 1 | $2,750,064 |
| 3,018 | Vincent Gallo | $2,746,907 | 2 | $1,373,454 |
| 3,019 | Christian Charles | $2,744,253 | 3 | $914,751 |
| 3,020 | Raul Martinez | $2,744,075 | 4 | $686,019 |
| 3,021 | David Price | $2,739,002 | 1 | $2,739,002 |
| 3,022 | Jim Sotos | $2,732,684 | 2 | $1,366,342 |
| 3,023 | Luv Ranjan | $2,726,460 | 4 | $681,615 |
| 3,024 | Wu Jing | $2,721,100 | 2 | $1,360,550 |
| 3,025 | Jehane Noujaim | $2,713,860 | 3 | $904,620 |
| 3,026 | Dan Rush | $2,712,131 | 1 | $2,712,131 |
| 3,027 | Indra Kumar | $2,711,278 | 6 | $451,880 |
| 3,028 | Reema Kagti | $2,706,375 | 3 | $902,125 |
| 3,029 | Tamar Simon Hoffs | $2,700,000 | 1 | $2,700,000 |
| 3,030 | Maurice Phillips | $2,697,777 | 1 | $2,697,777 |
| 3,031 | Richard C. Sarafian | $2,687,148 | 3 | $895,716 |
| 3,032 | Zal Batmanglij | $2,682,664 | 2 | $1,341,332 |
| 3,033 | Phil Morrison | $2,682,566 | 2 | $1,341,283 |
| 3,034 | Sang Yong Lee (이상용) | $2,676,912 | 3 | $892,304 |
| 3,035 | Valdimar Jóhannsson | $2,676,410 | 1 | $2,676,410 |
| 3,036 | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | $2,675,098 | 4 | $668,775 |
| 3,037 | Ron Fricke | $2,672,413 | 2 | $1,336,207 |
| 3,038 | Choi Dong-hoon | $2,666,410 | 5 | $533,282 |
| 3,039 | Leon Gast | $2,666,118 | 3 | $888,706 |
| 3,040 | Tran Anh Hung | $2,655,074 | 2 | $1,327,537 |
| 3,041 | Matthew Heineman | $2,654,190 | 9 | $294,910 |
| 3,042 | Abel Gance | $2,645,504 | 2 | $1,322,752 |
| 3,043 | Richard Dutcher | $2,637,726 | 1 | $2,637,726 |
| 3,044 | Jean-Luc Godard | $2,636,638 | 19 | $138,770 |
| 3,045 | Leonardo Defilippis | $2,627,016 | 1 | $2,627,016 |
| 3,046 | Luc Picard | $2,626,308 | 2 | $1,313,154 |
| 3,047 | Sujeeth | $2,626,284 | 1 | $2,626,284 |
| 3,048 | Moritz Mohr | $2,626,127 | 1 | $2,626,127 |
| 3,049 | Ziad Doueiri | $2,625,745 | 2 | $1,312,873 |
| 3,050 | Don Cheadle | $2,610,896 | 1 | $2,610,896 |
| 3,051 | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | $2,601,978 | 4 | $650,495 |
| 3,052 | Riley Stearns | $2,596,126 | 3 | $865,375 |
| 3,053 | David M. Matthews | $2,595,644 | 2 | $1,297,822 |
| 3,054 | Kevan Otto | $2,587,072 | 5 | $517,414 |
| 3,055 | Robin Wright | $2,577,830 | 1 | $2,577,830 |
| 3,056 | Nicolas Lopez | $2,574,431 | 4 | $643,608 |
| 3,057 | Florian Zeller | $2,570,642 | 2 | $1,285,321 |
| 3,058 | Thomas Purifoy Jr | $2,570,355 | 1 | $2,570,355 |
| 3,059 | William Oldroyd | $2,564,415 | 2 | $1,282,208 |
| 3,060 | Adamma Ebo | $2,561,270 | 1 | $2,561,270 |
| 3,061 | Paul Crowder | $2,560,945 | 2 | $1,280,473 |
| 3,062 | Tobias Forge | $2,550,639 | 1 | $2,550,639 |
| 3,063 | Harvey Miller | $2,549,195 | 1 | $2,549,195 |
| 3,064 | David Byrne | $2,545,142 | 1 | $2,545,142 |
| 3,065 | Abhishek Kapoor | $2,544,908 | 4 | $636,227 |
| 3,066 | Eddie Lamber | $2,543,913 | 1 | $2,543,913 |
| 3,067 | Katie Aselton | $2,543,759 | 3 | $847,920 |
| 3,068 | James Vanderbilt | $2,541,854 | 2 | $1,270,927 |
| 3,069 | Rick Stevenson | $2,535,916 | 1 | $2,535,916 |
| 3,070 | Sondra Locke | $2,531,528 | 1 | $2,531,528 |
| 3,071 | Hiroyuki Imaishi | $2,528,913 | 2 | $1,264,457 |
| 3,072 | Daniel Vigne | $2,522,881 | 1 | $2,522,881 |
| 3,073 | Charlie Chaplin | $2,518,165 | 7 | $359,738 |
| 3,074 | Malcolm Mowbray | $2,516,761 | 1 | $2,516,761 |
| 3,075 | B.J. McDonnell | $2,513,963 | 3 | $837,988 |
| 3,076 | Peter Horton | $2,513,250 | 1 | $2,513,250 |
| 3,077 | Courtney Hunt | $2,511,476 | 2 | $1,255,738 |
| 3,078 | Anubhav Sinha | $2,509,150 | 8 | $313,644 |
| 3,079 | Brad J. Silverman | $2,507,159 | 3 | $835,720 |
| 3,080 | Robert Wilson | $2,506,388 | 2 | $1,253,194 |
| 3,081 | Junsoo Park | $2,500,823 | 1 | $2,500,823 |
| 3,082 | Mallik Ram | $2,500,000 | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 3,083 | Michael D. Moore | $2,500,000 | 1 | $2,500,000 |
| 3,084 | Donna Deitch | $2,492,088 | 1 | $2,492,088 |
| 3,085 | Gilmer McCormick | $2,491,460 | 1 | $2,491,460 |
| 3,086 | Eric Valli | $2,487,878 | 1 | $2,487,878 |
| 3,087 | Andy Garcia | $2,484,186 | 1 | $2,484,186 |
| 3,088 | Gilles de Maistre | $2,482,298 | 7 | $354,614 |
| 3,089 | Kobi Libii | $2,480,645 | 1 | $2,480,645 |
| 3,090 | Arbaaz Khan | $2,474,674 | 1 | $2,474,674 |
| 3,091 | Xue Xiaolu | $2,473,890 | 3 | $824,630 |
| 3,092 | Sajid Nadiadwala | $2,472,695 | 1 | $2,472,695 |
| 3,093 | Luc Dionne | $2,462,588 | 1 | $2,462,588 |
| 3,094 | Gaspar Noe | $2,461,979 | 8 | $307,747 |
| 3,095 | Jason Chadwick | $2,455,635 | 1 | $2,455,635 |
| 3,096 | Wayne Blair | $2,450,867 | 4 | $612,717 |
| 3,097 | Abdellatif Kechiche | $2,450,504 | 3 | $816,835 |
| 3,098 | Mark Polish | $2,450,371 | 4 | $612,593 |
| 3,099 | Trevor Nunn | $2,446,490 | 4 | $611,623 |
| 3,100 | Dror Moreh | $2,445,246 | 3 | $815,082 |
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.