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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Douglas McGrath | $34,604,862 | 4 | $8,651,216 |
| 1,302 | George Armitage | $34,555,751 | 3 | $11,518,584 |
| 1,303 | Lone Scherfig | $34,475,396 | 7 | $4,925,057 |
| 1,304 | Tommy O'Haver | $34,473,936 | 4 | $8,618,484 |
| 1,305 | Elia Kazan | $34,400,000 | 13 | $2,646,154 |
| 1,306 | Bud Yorkin | $34,362,438 | 5 | $6,872,488 |
| 1,307 | Kevin Tancharoen | $34,317,908 | 2 | $17,158,954 |
| 1,308 | James Signorelli | $34,309,766 | 2 | $17,154,883 |
| 1,309 | David Swift | $34,223,111 | 4 | $8,555,778 |
| 1,310 | Mark Cowen | $34,126,126 | 1 | $34,126,126 |
| 1,311 | Peter Sollett | $34,107,478 | 5 | $6,821,496 |
| 1,312 | Jocelyn Moorhouse | $34,074,547 | 5 | $6,814,909 |
| 1,313 | Ari Sandel | $34,030,343 | 2 | $17,015,172 |
| 1,314 | Seong-Hu Park | $33,919,605 | 1 | $33,919,605 |
| 1,315 | Craig R. Baxley | $33,915,875 | 3 | $11,305,292 |
| 1,316 | Henry King | $33,900,000 | 7 | $4,842,857 |
| 1,317 | Beyoncé Knowles | $33,889,684 | 1 | $33,889,684 |
| 1,318 | Phil Traill | $33,864,613 | 3 | $11,288,204 |
| 1,319 | Matt Williams | $33,771,174 | 1 | $33,771,174 |
| 1,320 | Alan Shapiro | $33,689,416 | 2 | $16,844,708 |
| 1,321 | Mike Hodges | $33,667,907 | 7 | $4,809,701 |
| 1,322 | Arlene Sanford | $33,657,542 | 2 | $16,828,771 |
| 1,323 | Susanna Fogel | $33,625,882 | 4 | $8,406,471 |
| 1,324 | Mick Garris | $33,625,870 | 6 | $5,604,312 |
| 1,325 | Annabel Jankel | $33,551,385 | 3 | $11,183,795 |
| 1,326 | Rocky Morton | $33,551,385 | 2 | $16,775,693 |
| 1,327 | Allen Coulter | $33,494,491 | 2 | $16,747,246 |
| 1,328 | Clive Donner | $33,482,035 | 5 | $6,696,407 |
| 1,329 | Kent Alterman | $33,479,698 | 1 | $33,479,698 |
| 1,330 | Steven E. de Souza | $33,423,000 | 1 | $33,423,000 |
| 1,331 | Gil Junger | $33,422,806 | 6 | $5,570,468 |
| 1,332 | Robert Pulcini | $33,328,116 | 6 | $5,554,686 |
| 1,333 | Shari Springer Berman | $33,328,116 | 6 | $5,554,686 |
| 1,334 | Steve Bendelack | $33,302,167 | 1 | $33,302,167 |
| 1,335 | Marcus Raboy | $33,262,678 | 4 | $8,315,670 |
| 1,336 | Keith Scholey | $33,208,941 | 7 | $4,744,134 |
| 1,337 | Menahem Golan | $33,202,975 | 5 | $6,640,595 |
| 1,338 | Jason Winer | $33,052,700 | 2 | $16,526,350 |
| 1,339 | John Gatins | $33,022,286 | 1 | $33,022,286 |
| 1,340 | Daisy von Scherler Mayer | $32,909,269 | 3 | $10,969,756 |
| 1,341 | Robert Ben Garant | $32,891,920 | 3 | $10,963,973 |
| 1,342 | Levan Gabriadze | $32,789,645 | 2 | $16,394,823 |
| 1,343 | Mikael Salomon | $32,761,319 | 5 | $6,552,264 |
| 1,344 | Dennis Iliadis | $32,752,215 | 2 | $16,376,108 |
| 1,345 | Rodo Sayagues | $32,638,038 | 1 | $32,638,038 |
| 1,346 | Gary Rydstrom | $32,622,971 | 3 | $10,874,324 |
| 1,347 | Tom Bezucha | $32,544,794 | 2 | $16,272,397 |
| 1,348 | Will Merrick | $32,502,025 | 1 | $32,502,025 |
| 1,349 | Nick Johnson | $32,502,025 | 1 | $32,502,025 |
| 1,350 | Rod Blackhurst | $32,494,740 | 5 | $6,498,948 |
| 1,351 | Bryce McGuire | $32,494,740 | 2 | $16,247,370 |
| 1,352 | David M. Evans | $32,443,097 | 4 | $8,110,774 |
| 1,353 | Grant Heslov | $32,428,195 | 1 | $32,428,195 |
| 1,354 | Joshua Michael Stern | $32,421,277 | 3 | $10,807,092 |
| 1,355 | Tsui Hark | $32,413,211 | 13 | $2,493,324 |
| 1,356 | Susanna White | $32,408,327 | 3 | $10,802,776 |
| 1,357 | Hany Abu-Assad | $32,400,085 | 6 | $5,400,014 |
| 1,358 | Dax Shepard | $32,349,452 | 3 | $10,783,151 |
| 1,359 | Hans Petter Moland | $32,291,008 | 7 | $4,613,001 |
| 1,360 | Damian Harris | $32,262,005 | 3 | $10,754,002 |
| 1,361 | Adam Brooks | $32,241,649 | 1 | $32,241,649 |
| 1,362 | Marco Schnabel | $32,235,793 | 1 | $32,235,793 |
| 1,363 | Robert Greenwald | $32,229,527 | 7 | $4,604,218 |
| 1,364 | Jack Clayton | $32,189,287 | 3 | $10,729,762 |
| 1,365 | Richie Keen | $32,187,017 | 3 | $10,729,006 |
| 1,366 | Tetsuro Kodama | $32,132,374 | 1 | $32,132,374 |
| 1,367 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $32,131,830 | 1 | $32,131,830 |
| 1,368 | Mark Tonderai | $32,112,020 | 2 | $16,056,010 |
| 1,369 | Jim Field Smith | $32,083,860 | 2 | $16,041,930 |
| 1,370 | Scott Beck | $32,062,904 | 4 | $8,015,726 |
| 1,371 | Bryan Woods | $32,062,904 | 4 | $8,015,726 |
| 1,372 | Zach Helm | $32,061,555 | 1 | $32,061,555 |
| 1,373 | Loren Bouchard | $31,933,830 | 1 | $31,933,830 |
| 1,374 | Henry Levin | $31,920,615 | 6 | $5,320,103 |
| 1,375 | Shane Acker | $31,907,309 | 2 | $15,953,655 |
| 1,376 | Deran Sarafian | $31,873,100 | 3 | $10,624,367 |
| 1,377 | Terry George | $31,743,416 | 3 | $10,581,139 |
| 1,378 | Karel Reisz | $31,700,000 | 7 | $4,528,571 |
| 1,379 | Mark Romanek | $31,597,131 | 1 | $31,597,131 |
| 1,380 | Michael Zinberg | $31,559,552 | 1 | $31,559,552 |
| 1,381 | Matthias Glasner | $31,559,552 | 2 | $15,779,776 |
| 1,382 | Michael Gordon | $31,455,882 | 6 | $5,242,647 |
| 1,383 | David Moreau | $31,418,697 | 4 | $7,854,674 |
| 1,384 | Xavier Palud | $31,418,697 | 1 | $31,418,697 |
| 1,385 | Oz Scott | $31,261,000 | 2 | $15,630,500 |
| 1,386 | Christopher Erskin | $31,203,964 | 1 | $31,203,964 |
| 1,387 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | $31,191,613 | 5 | $6,238,323 |
| 1,388 | Jim Drake | $31,138,404 | 2 | $15,569,202 |
| 1,389 | Peter Atencio | $31,050,184 | 3 | $10,350,061 |
| 1,390 | Otto Bathurst | $30,824,628 | 1 | $30,824,628 |
| 1,391 | Tomas Alfredson | $30,820,158 | 3 | $10,273,386 |
| 1,392 | James Ponsoldt | $30,787,449 | 5 | $6,157,490 |
| 1,393 | Luis Prieto | $30,723,147 | 4 | $7,680,787 |
| 1,394 | Scott Frank | $30,618,270 | 2 | $15,309,135 |
| 1,395 | Tom Ropelewski | $30,610,303 | 2 | $15,305,152 |
| 1,396 | Tatsuya Nagamine | $30,376,755 | 3 | $10,125,585 |
| 1,397 | Anna J. Foerster | $30,353,973 | 2 | $15,176,987 |
| 1,398 | Bob Dolman | $30,306,281 | 1 | $30,306,281 |
| 1,399 | Stephan Elliott | $30,248,552 | 5 | $6,049,710 |
| 1,400 | Desmond Davis | $30,000,000 | 3 | $10,000,000 |
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.