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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | Preston A. Whitmore II | $62,469,109 | 6 | $10,411,518 |
| 1,002 | Frank Perry | $62,459,512 | 6 | $10,409,919 |
| 1,003 | Mans Marlind | $62,321,039 | 3 | $20,773,680 |
| 1,004 | Björn Stein | $62,321,039 | 2 | $31,160,520 |
| 1,005 | Brian Gibson | $62,309,783 | 3 | $20,769,928 |
| 1,006 | Tom Mankiewicz | $62,142,853 | 2 | $31,071,427 |
| 1,007 | Brian Taylor | $62,057,564 | 5 | $12,411,513 |
| 1,008 | Jose Padilha | $61,928,328 | 4 | $15,482,082 |
| 1,009 | Roberto Benigni | $61,860,126 | 4 | $15,465,032 |
| 1,010 | Reid Carolin | $61,778,069 | 2 | $30,889,035 |
| 1,011 | Channing Tatum | $61,778,069 | 2 | $30,889,035 |
| 1,012 | George Sidney | $61,772,379 | 14 | $4,412,313 |
| 1,013 | Stephen Kay | $61,732,400 | 4 | $15,433,100 |
| 1,014 | Salim Akil | $61,692,863 | 2 | $30,846,432 |
| 1,015 | Vincente Minnelli | $61,682,111 | 18 | $3,426,784 |
| 1,016 | Dan Scanlan | $61,555,145 | 1 | $61,555,145 |
| 1,017 | Tom Hanks | $61,465,661 | 2 | $30,732,831 |
| 1,018 | Robert Lieberman | $61,354,486 | 7 | $8,764,927 |
| 1,019 | Michael Showalter | $61,287,468 | 9 | $6,809,719 |
| 1,020 | Thea Sharrock | $61,253,254 | 4 | $15,313,314 |
| 1,021 | Duwayne Dunham | $61,139,686 | 4 | $15,284,922 |
| 1,022 | Sir Carol Reed | $61,035,345 | 9 | $6,781,705 |
| 1,023 | Troy Miller | $60,860,220 | 5 | $12,172,044 |
| 1,024 | Eddie Murphy | $60,857,262 | 1 | $60,857,262 |
| 1,025 | Jeremy Paul Kagan | $60,820,285 | 7 | $8,688,612 |
| 1,026 | Gregory Nava | $60,667,326 | 6 | $10,111,221 |
| 1,027 | Blitz Bazawule | $60,619,191 | 3 | $20,206,397 |
| 1,028 | Don Hahn | $60,587,969 | 4 | $15,146,992 |
| 1,029 | David Mamet | $60,536,904 | 12 | $5,044,742 |
| 1,030 | Kay Cannon | $60,311,495 | 4 | $15,077,874 |
| 1,031 | Seong-ho Jang | $60,267,083 | 1 | $60,267,083 |
| 1,032 | Walter Salles | $60,074,947 | 9 | $6,674,994 |
| 1,033 | Christopher Koch | $60,008,303 | 1 | $60,008,303 |
| 1,034 | Drew Goddard | $59,912,392 | 2 | $29,956,196 |
| 1,035 | Steven S. DeKnight | $59,874,525 | 1 | $59,874,525 |
| 1,036 | Scott Beck | $59,779,109 | 4 | $14,944,777 |
| 1,037 | Bryan Woods | $59,779,109 | 4 | $14,944,777 |
| 1,038 | Christopher Spencer | $59,700,064 | 1 | $59,700,064 |
| 1,039 | Mark Rosman | $59,622,808 | 5 | $11,924,562 |
| 1,040 | Pat O’Connor | $59,298,268 | 7 | $8,471,181 |
| 1,041 | Charlie Bean | $59,281,555 | 2 | $29,640,778 |
| 1,042 | Paul Fisher | $59,281,555 | 1 | $59,281,555 |
| 1,043 | Bob Logan | $59,281,555 | 1 | $59,281,555 |
| 1,044 | Neil Marshall | $59,204,076 | 10 | $5,920,408 |
| 1,045 | John Herzfeld | $59,177,292 | 5 | $11,835,458 |
| 1,046 | Bobs Gannaway | $59,157,732 | 1 | $59,157,732 |
| 1,047 | Paul Schrader | $59,130,980 | 22 | $2,687,772 |
| 1,048 | Carlos Lopez Estrada | $59,128,438 | 5 | $11,825,688 |
| 1,049 | Ken Russell | $58,942,938 | 10 | $5,894,294 |
| 1,050 | Randall Miller | $58,935,003 | 7 | $8,419,286 |
| 1,051 | Adrian Molina | $58,751,938 | 1 | $58,751,938 |
| 1,052 | Madeline Sharafian | $58,751,938 | 2 | $29,375,969 |
| 1,053 | Matthew O'Callaghan | $58,640,119 | 1 | $58,640,119 |
| 1,054 | Will Finn | $58,488,700 | 2 | $29,244,350 |
| 1,055 | Roar Uthaug | $58,428,207 | 6 | $9,738,035 |
| 1,056 | Glenn Gordon Caron | $58,248,762 | 3 | $19,416,254 |
| 1,057 | Albert Brooks | $58,156,058 | 7 | $8,308,008 |
| 1,058 | John Hillcoat | $58,150,858 | 4 | $14,537,715 |
| 1,059 | Gurinder Chadha | $58,054,663 | 10 | $5,805,466 |
| 1,060 | David Anspaugh | $57,998,233 | 6 | $9,666,372 |
| 1,061 | Christophe Gans | $57,931,479 | 4 | $14,482,870 |
| 1,062 | Eric Bress | $57,924,679 | 2 | $28,962,340 |
| 1,063 | J. Mackye Gruber | $57,924,679 | 1 | $57,924,679 |
| 1,064 | Justin Kurzel | $57,811,824 | 9 | $6,423,536 |
| 1,065 | Akiva Schaffer | $57,787,462 | 5 | $11,557,492 |
| 1,066 | Kimberly Peirce | $57,722,970 | 4 | $14,430,743 |
| 1,067 | Takashi Yamazaki | $57,393,091 | 16 | $3,587,068 |
| 1,068 | Stuart Hazeldine | $57,386,418 | 2 | $28,693,209 |
| 1,069 | George Marshall | $57,100,000 | 11 | $5,190,909 |
| 1,070 | David M. Rosenthal | $57,052,917 | 6 | $9,508,820 |
| 1,071 | Kenneth Lonergan | $56,922,831 | 3 | $18,974,277 |
| 1,072 | Ralph Bakshi | $56,871,472 | 5 | $11,374,294 |
| 1,073 | Geoffrey Sax | $56,800,907 | 2 | $28,400,454 |
| 1,074 | Jon Hurwitz | $56,758,835 | 2 | $28,379,418 |
| 1,075 | Hayden Schlossberg | $56,758,835 | 2 | $28,379,418 |
| 1,076 | Jeff Nichols | $56,488,450 | 6 | $9,414,742 |
| 1,077 | Thom Eberhardt | $56,464,283 | 5 | $11,292,857 |
| 1,078 | Leslie Small | $56,315,868 | 11 | $5,119,624 |
| 1,079 | Steve Box | $56,068,547 | 1 | $56,068,547 |
| 1,080 | Gary Shore | $55,991,880 | 3 | $18,663,960 |
| 1,081 | Jane Campion | $55,905,132 | 8 | $6,988,142 |
| 1,082 | John Wells | $55,835,368 | 3 | $18,611,789 |
| 1,083 | Michael Winner | $55,766,226 | 9 | $6,196,247 |
| 1,084 | Peter Cattaneo | $55,709,247 | 5 | $11,141,849 |
| 1,085 | Peter Cornwell | $55,389,516 | 2 | $27,694,758 |
| 1,086 | Billy Ray | $55,389,010 | 3 | $18,463,003 |
| 1,087 | Benny Boom | $54,949,349 | 2 | $27,474,675 |
| 1,088 | Sheldon Lettich | $54,909,393 | 5 | $10,981,879 |
| 1,089 | George T. Miller | $54,838,280 | 4 | $13,709,570 |
| 1,090 | Fred Wolf | $54,812,671 | 6 | $9,135,445 |
| 1,091 | Jeff Tomsic | $54,730,625 | 9 | $6,081,181 |
| 1,092 | Kevin Kolsch | $54,724,696 | 4 | $13,681,174 |
| 1,093 | Dennis Widmyer | $54,724,696 | 3 | $18,241,565 |
| 1,094 | Stella Meghie | $54,699,325 | 4 | $13,674,831 |
| 1,095 | Luis Valdez | $54,595,718 | 2 | $27,297,859 |
| 1,096 | R.J. Cutler | $54,295,543 | 6 | $9,049,257 |
| 1,097 | Jeffrey W. Byrd | $54,221,679 | 3 | $18,073,893 |
| 1,098 | William Malone | $54,054,105 | 2 | $27,027,053 |
| 1,099 | Gillian Armstrong | $54,019,691 | 5 | $10,803,938 |
| 1,100 | Neal Israel | $53,952,082 | 5 | $10,790,416 |
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.