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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Hilla Medalia | $141,595 | 3 | $47,198 |
| 5,002 | Malcolm Venville | $141,574 | 3 | $47,191 |
| 5,003 | Shrabani Deodhar | $141,528 | 1 | $141,528 |
| 5,004 | Luis Ortega | $141,327 | 2 | $70,664 |
| 5,005 | Florian Sigl | $141,143 | 1 | $141,143 |
| 5,006 | Anjelica Huston | $140,426 | 2 | $70,213 |
| 5,007 | Marvin Samel | $140,399 | 1 | $140,399 |
| 5,008 | David N. Donihue | $140,091 | 1 | $140,091 |
| 5,009 | Dhanush | $140,000 | 3 | $46,667 |
| 5,010 | Peter Yost | $139,920 | 1 | $139,920 |
| 5,011 | Michael Rohatyn | $139,920 | 1 | $139,920 |
| 5,012 | Gavin Rothery | $139,593 | 1 | $139,593 |
| 5,013 | Nicol Paone | $139,358 | 2 | $69,679 |
| 5,014 | Andrew Heckler | $139,270 | 1 | $139,270 |
| 5,015 | Conor Allyn | $139,221 | 6 | $23,204 |
| 5,016 | John Stalberg Jr. | $139,034 | 1 | $139,034 |
| 5,017 | Tom Berninger | $138,991 | 1 | $138,991 |
| 5,018 | Bryan White | $138,811 | 1 | $138,811 |
| 5,019 | Laura Moss | $138,617 | 1 | $138,617 |
| 5,020 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | $138,486 | 2 | $69,243 |
| 5,021 | Carl Lauten | $138,325 | 1 | $138,325 |
| 5,022 | Kevin Jordan | $138,267 | 1 | $138,267 |
| 5,023 | Stig Björkman | $138,148 | 2 | $69,074 |
| 5,024 | Wanuri Kahiu | $137,968 | 3 | $45,989 |
| 5,025 | Ari Folman | $137,815 | 2 | $68,908 |
| 5,026 | Jeff Daniels | $137,650 | 2 | $68,825 |
| 5,027 | Michael Damian | $137,338 | 8 | $17,167 |
| 5,028 | Max Pachman | $137,260 | 1 | $137,260 |
| 5,029 | Victor Levin | $137,112 | 2 | $68,556 |
| 5,030 | Rebecca Dreyfus | $136,918 | 2 | $68,459 |
| 5,031 | Liam Owen | $136,815 | 1 | $136,815 |
| 5,032 | Brian Skiba | $136,815 | 14 | $9,773 |
| 5,033 | Rose Troche | $136,049 | 2 | $68,025 |
| 5,034 | Stephen Poliakoff | $135,893 | 1 | $135,893 |
| 5,035 | Zhang Li | $135,739 | 3 | $45,246 |
| 5,036 | Shemi Zarhin | $135,382 | 1 | $135,382 |
| 5,037 | Bill Morrison | $135,208 | 2 | $67,604 |
| 5,038 | Sean Mewshaw | $135,026 | 1 | $135,026 |
| 5,039 | Manmohan Singh | $135,000 | 2 | $67,500 |
| 5,040 | Kitaro Kosaka | $134,787 | 1 | $134,787 |
| 5,041 | Choi Jaehoon | $134,716 | 1 | $134,716 |
| 5,042 | Kevin Knoblock | $134,696 | 2 | $67,348 |
| 5,043 | Mark Bozek | $134,288 | 1 | $134,288 |
| 5,044 | Marius Markevicius | $134,109 | 2 | $67,055 |
| 5,045 | Oliver Schmitz | $134,078 | 4 | $33,520 |
| 5,046 | Joe Lynch | $133,778 | 6 | $22,296 |
| 5,047 | Ilan Duran Cohen | $133,672 | 1 | $133,672 |
| 5,048 | John Pirozzi | $133,443 | 1 | $133,443 |
| 5,049 | Nicholas D. Wrathall | $133,296 | 2 | $66,648 |
| 5,050 | John Griesser | $133,006 | 1 | $133,006 |
| 5,051 | Rob Ashford | $132,666 | 3 | $44,222 |
| 5,052 | Nelson George | $131,995 | 3 | $43,998 |
| 5,053 | Vikram Gandhi | $131,909 | 4 | $32,977 |
| 5,054 | Godfrey Reggio | $131,847 | 3 | $43,949 |
| 5,055 | Fred Ashman | $131,672 | 1 | $131,672 |
| 5,056 | Jaco Van Dormael | $131,532 | 3 | $43,844 |
| 5,057 | Lisa Cortés | $131,490 | 3 | $43,830 |
| 5,058 | Dapeng Zhang | $131,225 | 3 | $43,742 |
| 5,059 | Kunal Deshmukh | $131,105 | 2 | $65,553 |
| 5,060 | Natasha Kermani | $131,042 | 5 | $26,208 |
| 5,061 | Chris Pine | $131,000 | 1 | $131,000 |
| 5,062 | Kelli Herd | $130,928 | 1 | $130,928 |
| 5,063 | Eric Notarnicola | $130,897 | 1 | $130,897 |
| 5,064 | Rachel Lambert | $130,457 | 2 | $65,229 |
| 5,065 | Chad Hartigan | $130,204 | 4 | $32,551 |
| 5,066 | Kelly Nyks | $130,152 | 2 | $65,076 |
| 5,067 | Peter Hutchinson | $130,152 | 1 | $130,152 |
| 5,068 | Jared P. Scott | $130,152 | 1 | $130,152 |
| 5,069 | Julia Loktev | $129,579 | 1 | $129,579 |
| 5,070 | Alan Clarke | $129,572 | 3 | $43,191 |
| 5,071 | Frédéric Mermoud | $129,547 | 2 | $64,774 |
| 5,072 | Gil Bettman | $129,508 | 1 | $129,508 |
| 5,073 | Bob Byington | $129,491 | 6 | $21,582 |
| 5,074 | Alê Abreu | $129,479 | 4 | $32,370 |
| 5,075 | Teddy Chan | $129,115 | 2 | $64,558 |
| 5,076 | Shola Lynch | $129,102 | 2 | $64,551 |
| 5,077 | Peter Chan | $129,078 | 5 | $25,816 |
| 5,078 | Abhishek Sharma | $128,831 | 6 | $21,472 |
| 5,079 | Arthur Bradford | $128,531 | 1 | $128,531 |
| 5,080 | Paula Ortiz | $128,342 | 4 | $32,086 |
| 5,081 | Claude Chabrol | $128,139 | 7 | $18,306 |
| 5,082 | Lorraine Senna | $128,024 | 1 | $128,024 |
| 5,083 | Marie Noelle | $127,993 | 1 | $127,993 |
| 5,084 | Jeff Zimbalist | $127,895 | 6 | $21,316 |
| 5,085 | Nik Fackler | $127,564 | 1 | $127,564 |
| 5,086 | Mark Covino | $127,257 | 1 | $127,257 |
| 5,087 | Jeff Howlett | $127,257 | 1 | $127,257 |
| 5,088 | Jan Komasa | $127,240 | 4 | $31,810 |
| 5,089 | Luke Wilson | $127,188 | 1 | $127,188 |
| 5,090 | Rupert Murray | $126,836 | 2 | $63,418 |
| 5,091 | Lucio Fulci | $126,387 | 12 | $10,532 |
| 5,092 | Jonah Tulis | $126,297 | 3 | $42,099 |
| 5,093 | Jaco Bouwer | $126,126 | 2 | $63,063 |
| 5,094 | Jannicke Systad Jacobsen | $126,085 | 1 | $126,085 |
| 5,095 | Duane Adler | $125,106 | 2 | $62,553 |
| 5,096 | Tomohisa Taguchi | $125,067 | 4 | $31,267 |
| 5,097 | John Swasey | $125,067 | 1 | $125,067 |
| 5,098 | Naomi Kawsase | $124,800 | 1 | $124,800 |
| 5,099 | Steven Silver | $124,791 | 1 | $124,791 |
| 5,100 | Pernille Fischer Christensen | $124,650 | 2 | $62,325 |
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.