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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | Jessica M. Thompson | $25,100,080 | 2 | $12,550,040 |
| 1,502 | Simon Cellan Jones | $25,049,006 | 2 | $12,524,503 |
| 1,503 | William Peter Blatty | $25,011,739 | 2 | $12,505,870 |
| 1,504 | Josh Stolberg | $25,003,155 | 3 | $8,334,385 |
| 1,505 | David Douglas | $24,985,804 | 3 | $8,328,601 |
| 1,506 | Ulu Grosbard | $24,969,583 | 5 | $4,993,917 |
| 1,507 | Erik White | $24,719,879 | 4 | $6,179,970 |
| 1,508 | Charles Jarrott | $24,652,021 | 4 | $6,163,005 |
| 1,509 | Julie Taymor | $24,621,616 | 4 | $6,155,404 |
| 1,510 | Emile Gaudreault | $24,567,131 | 6 | $4,094,522 |
| 1,511 | Sergio Leone | $24,543,016 | 8 | $3,067,877 |
| 1,512 | Nicholas Ray | $24,483,352 | 3 | $8,161,117 |
| 1,513 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $24,477,704 | 1 | $24,477,704 |
| 1,514 | Pablo Larrain | $24,476,746 | 11 | $2,225,159 |
| 1,515 | Lisa Cholodenko | $24,474,721 | 2 | $12,237,361 |
| 1,516 | J.D. Dillard | $24,442,928 | 4 | $6,110,732 |
| 1,517 | Chuck Konzelman | $24,438,795 | 2 | $12,219,398 |
| 1,518 | Cary Solomon | $24,438,795 | 2 | $12,219,398 |
| 1,519 | Bruce Robinson | $24,391,307 | 3 | $8,130,436 |
| 1,520 | Bille August | $24,386,283 | 15 | $1,625,752 |
| 1,521 | Tim Fywell | $24,381,334 | 2 | $12,190,667 |
| 1,522 | Liesl Tommy | $24,278,399 | 1 | $24,278,399 |
| 1,523 | Jody Hill | $24,241,610 | 3 | $8,080,537 |
| 1,524 | John Gray | $24,166,306 | 3 | $8,055,435 |
| 1,525 | Leslie Small | $24,071,817 | 9 | $2,674,646 |
| 1,526 | Troy Nixey | $24,046,682 | 1 | $24,046,682 |
| 1,527 | Josh Greenbaum | $24,027,741 | 4 | $6,006,935 |
| 1,528 | Makoto Shinkai | $23,988,854 | 8 | $2,998,607 |
| 1,529 | Rob Pritts | $23,978,402 | 1 | $23,978,402 |
| 1,530 | Fritz Kiersch | $23,969,329 | 3 | $7,989,776 |
| 1,531 | Wash Westmoreland | $23,954,523 | 4 | $5,988,631 |
| 1,532 | Patricia Rozema | $23,848,040 | 5 | $4,769,608 |
| 1,533 | André De Toth | $23,800,000 | 6 | $3,966,667 |
| 1,534 | Kevin Allen | $23,774,012 | 5 | $4,754,802 |
| 1,535 | Dito Montiel | $23,763,979 | 9 | $2,640,442 |
| 1,536 | Mark Williams | $23,754,668 | 3 | $7,918,223 |
| 1,537 | Sean Phillips | $23,746,066 | 1 | $23,746,066 |
| 1,538 | Gregg Champion | $23,742,152 | 4 | $5,935,538 |
| 1,539 | John Carl Buechler | $23,736,563 | 3 | $7,912,188 |
| 1,540 | Savage Steve Holland | $23,729,407 | 4 | $5,932,352 |
| 1,541 | Amy Holden Jones | $23,676,308 | 4 | $5,919,077 |
| 1,542 | Seth Kearsley | $23,607,202 | 1 | $23,607,202 |
| 1,543 | Christian Alvart | $23,592,704 | 8 | $2,949,088 |
| 1,544 | Héctor Babenco | $23,532,385 | 5 | $4,706,477 |
| 1,545 | Giancarlo Lui | $23,400,000 | 1 | $23,400,000 |
| 1,546 | Tinto Brass | $23,400,000 | 2 | $11,700,000 |
| 1,547 | Bob Guccione | $23,400,000 | 1 | $23,400,000 |
| 1,548 | Franklin J. Schaffner | $23,398,410 | 6 | $3,899,735 |
| 1,549 | Bruce Hendricks | $23,359,915 | 2 | $11,679,958 |
| 1,550 | Alister Grierson | $23,242,480 | 3 | $7,747,493 |
| 1,551 | Graham Baker | $23,237,716 | 2 | $11,618,858 |
| 1,552 | Jay Sandrich | $23,200,000 | 1 | $23,200,000 |
| 1,553 | Jonathan Glazer | $23,142,663 | 4 | $5,785,666 |
| 1,554 | Robert Vincent O’Neil | $23,111,351 | 2 | $11,555,676 |
| 1,555 | Francis Glebas | $23,103,423 | 1 | $23,103,423 |
| 1,556 | Ice Cube | $23,047,939 | 1 | $23,047,939 |
| 1,557 | Wally Pfister | $23,022,309 | 1 | $23,022,309 |
| 1,558 | Paul Hunter | $23,010,607 | 1 | $23,010,607 |
| 1,559 | Jean-Philippe Vine | $23,009,270 | 1 | $23,009,270 |
| 1,560 | Joseph Sargent | $22,990,680 | 6 | $3,831,780 |
| 1,561 | Daniel St. Pierre | $22,985,448 | 2 | $11,492,724 |
| 1,562 | Brandon Camp | $22,965,110 | 3 | $7,655,037 |
| 1,563 | Stephen Merchant | $22,958,583 | 2 | $11,479,292 |
| 1,564 | Arna Selznick | $22,934,000 | 1 | $22,934,000 |
| 1,565 | George Bowers | $22,918,816 | 3 | $7,639,605 |
| 1,566 | Wim Wenders | $22,916,117 | 25 | $916,645 |
| 1,567 | Travis Cluff | $22,907,227 | 3 | $7,635,742 |
| 1,568 | Chris Lofing | $22,907,227 | 3 | $7,635,742 |
| 1,569 | Marc Rocco | $22,861,819 | 3 | $7,620,606 |
| 1,570 | Franco Amurri | $22,820,654 | 2 | $11,410,327 |
| 1,571 | Gail Mancuso | $22,782,371 | 1 | $22,782,371 |
| 1,572 | Nadia Tass | $22,777,032 | 4 | $5,694,258 |
| 1,573 | Joe McGrath | $22,744,718 | 1 | $22,744,718 |
| 1,574 | Robert Parrish | $22,744,718 | 4 | $5,686,180 |
| 1,575 | Ken Hughes | $22,744,718 | 2 | $11,372,359 |
| 1,576 | Val Guest | $22,744,718 | 5 | $4,548,944 |
| 1,577 | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | $22,711,196 | 5 | $4,542,239 |
| 1,578 | Edward Burns | $22,645,700 | 11 | $2,058,700 |
| 1,579 | Kenneth Johnson | $22,568,429 | 2 | $11,284,215 |
| 1,580 | Byron Paul | $22,565,634 | 1 | $22,565,634 |
| 1,581 | Uwe Boll | $22,560,499 | 14 | $1,611,464 |
| 1,582 | Ringo Lam | $22,545,790 | 6 | $3,757,632 |
| 1,583 | Don Scardino | $22,537,881 | 3 | $7,512,627 |
| 1,584 | William Eubank | $22,512,019 | 4 | $5,628,005 |
| 1,585 | Philip G. Atwell | $22,486,409 | 1 | $22,486,409 |
| 1,586 | Kat Coiro | $22,469,085 | 4 | $5,617,271 |
| 1,587 | Aleksander Bach | $22,467,450 | 1 | $22,467,450 |
| 1,588 | Stacy Title | $22,421,806 | 2 | $11,210,903 |
| 1,589 | Dave Meyers | $22,406,490 | 3 | $7,468,830 |
| 1,590 | Mike Bigelow | $22,400,154 | 1 | $22,400,154 |
| 1,591 | B.W.L. Norton | $22,376,095 | 2 | $11,188,048 |
| 1,592 | John Sturges | $22,374,471 | 14 | $1,598,177 |
| 1,593 | Anthony Harvey | $22,295,024 | 4 | $5,573,756 |
| 1,594 | Michael Mayer | $22,253,107 | 6 | $3,708,851 |
| 1,595 | Mark Brown | $22,235,901 | 2 | $11,117,951 |
| 1,596 | Hiromasa Yonebayashi | $22,175,956 | 3 | $7,391,985 |
| 1,597 | Jaume Balaguero | $22,165,521 | 7 | $3,166,503 |
| 1,598 | Gordon Chan | $22,162,473 | 7 | $3,166,068 |
| 1,599 | Delbert Mann | $22,148,927 | 3 | $7,382,976 |
| 1,600 | Jeremy Leven | $22,124,036 | 2 | $11,062,018 |
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.