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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,701-1,800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,701 | Susan Stroman | $19,398,532 | 1 | $19,398,532 |
| 1,702 | Richard Starzak | $19,375,982 | 1 | $19,375,982 |
| 1,703 | Mark Burton | $19,375,982 | 1 | $19,375,982 |
| 1,704 | Bruno Barreto | $19,253,607 | 9 | $2,139,290 |
| 1,705 | Nanette Burstein | $19,238,735 | 3 | $6,412,912 |
| 1,706 | Eric Meza | $19,194,572 | 1 | $19,194,572 |
| 1,707 | Mark Herman | $19,121,399 | 5 | $3,824,280 |
| 1,708 | Adrienne Shelly | $19,097,550 | 1 | $19,097,550 |
| 1,709 | Andrew Dominik | $19,088,949 | 6 | $3,181,492 |
| 1,710 | Mike Slee | $19,084,280 | 4 | $4,771,070 |
| 1,711 | Stuart Beattie | $19,080,226 | 2 | $9,540,113 |
| 1,712 | Ishana Night Shyamalan | $19,071,404 | 1 | $19,071,404 |
| 1,713 | Fioria Sigismondi | $19,046,448 | 3 | $6,348,816 |
| 1,714 | Stephen Low | $19,007,745 | 5 | $3,801,549 |
| 1,715 | Robert Longo | $19,006,201 | 1 | $19,006,201 |
| 1,716 | Rohit Shetty | $19,004,882 | 10 | $1,900,488 |
| 1,717 | Richard Quine | $19,000,000 | 5 | $3,800,000 |
| 1,718 | Michael Goldenberg | $18,972,237 | 1 | $18,972,237 |
| 1,719 | Nick Gomez | $18,967,399 | 3 | $6,322,466 |
| 1,720 | Carl Schultz | $18,875,011 | 2 | $9,437,506 |
| 1,721 | James D. Stern | $18,848,487 | 4 | $4,712,122 |
| 1,722 | Doug Atchison | $18,848,430 | 1 | $18,848,430 |
| 1,723 | John Bonito | $18,844,784 | 1 | $18,844,784 |
| 1,724 | David Steinberg | $18,838,000 | 2 | $9,419,000 |
| 1,725 | Ross Katz | $18,835,699 | 2 | $9,417,850 |
| 1,726 | Richard Glatzer | $18,827,538 | 2 | $9,413,769 |
| 1,727 | Richard Talmadge | $18,820,000 | 1 | $18,820,000 |
| 1,728 | Richard Compton | $18,800,000 | 1 | $18,800,000 |
| 1,729 | Robert M. Young | $18,780,804 | 6 | $3,130,134 |
| 1,730 | Anna Halberg | $18,771,004 | 1 | $18,771,004 |
| 1,731 | Spenser Cohen | $18,771,004 | 1 | $18,771,004 |
| 1,732 | Jack Sholder | $18,763,152 | 3 | $6,254,384 |
| 1,733 | Don Kempf | $18,642,318 | 1 | $18,642,318 |
| 1,734 | Mary Agnes Donoghue | $18,638,183 | 2 | $9,319,092 |
| 1,735 | Asger Leth | $18,620,000 | 1 | $18,620,000 |
| 1,736 | Lang Elliott | $18,618,178 | 2 | $9,309,089 |
| 1,737 | Al Giddings | $18,571,938 | 1 | $18,571,938 |
| 1,738 | David Clark | $18,571,938 | 2 | $9,285,969 |
| 1,739 | Hy Averback | $18,518,000 | 3 | $6,172,667 |
| 1,740 | Matthew Robinson | $18,451,251 | 1 | $18,451,251 |
| 1,741 | Ricky Gervais | $18,451,251 | 4 | $4,612,813 |
| 1,742 | Mary Harron | $18,427,577 | 7 | $2,632,511 |
| 1,743 | Francois Ozon | $18,420,046 | 17 | $1,083,532 |
| 1,744 | James Goldstone | $18,408,323 | 3 | $6,136,108 |
| 1,745 | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | $18,403,107 | 4 | $4,600,777 |
| 1,746 | Werner Herzog | $18,392,843 | 28 | $656,887 |
| 1,747 | Dustin Hoffman | $18,388,357 | 1 | $18,388,357 |
| 1,748 | Franc Roddam | $18,363,933 | 4 | $4,590,983 |
| 1,749 | Greg Gillespie | $18,298,649 | 1 | $18,298,649 |
| 1,750 | Michael Polish | $18,289,694 | 13 | $1,406,900 |
| 1,751 | Nag Ashwin | $18,289,575 | 3 | $6,096,525 |
| 1,752 | Bart Freundlich | $18,277,075 | 4 | $4,569,269 |
| 1,753 | Tim Pope | $18,276,076 | 2 | $9,138,038 |
| 1,754 | Heywood Gould | $18,248,623 | 2 | $9,124,312 |
| 1,755 | Don Coscarelli | $18,175,928 | 6 | $3,029,321 |
| 1,756 | Brad Parker | $18,119,640 | 2 | $9,059,820 |
| 1,757 | Frank Nissen | $18,098,433 | 1 | $18,098,433 |
| 1,758 | Geoff Burrowes | $18,096,355 | 2 | $9,048,178 |
| 1,759 | Bob Hathcock | $18,075,331 | 2 | $9,037,666 |
| 1,760 | Marek Kanievska | $18,055,323 | 2 | $9,027,662 |
| 1,761 | Richard Pryor | $18,034,150 | 1 | $18,034,150 |
| 1,762 | Jorma Taccone | $18,021,730 | 2 | $9,010,865 |
| 1,763 | Arne Mattsson | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,764 | Donald Wrye | $18,000,000 | 1 | $18,000,000 |
| 1,765 | Bharat Nalluri | $17,989,804 | 5 | $3,597,961 |
| 1,766 | Karan Johar | $17,975,270 | 7 | $2,567,896 |
| 1,767 | Daniel Sackheim | $17,951,431 | 1 | $17,951,431 |
| 1,768 | Emerald Fennell | $17,886,794 | 2 | $8,943,397 |
| 1,769 | Rob Hardy | $17,821,945 | 4 | $4,455,486 |
| 1,770 | Asif Kapadia | $17,818,519 | 9 | $1,979,835 |
| 1,771 | Joe Cornish | $17,814,965 | 3 | $5,938,322 |
| 1,772 | Chris Bailey | $17,811,382 | 1 | $17,811,382 |
| 1,773 | Mark Koetsier | $17,811,382 | 1 | $17,811,382 |
| 1,774 | Allan Arkush | $17,798,302 | 4 | $4,449,576 |
| 1,775 | Yuen Woo Ping | $17,774,835 | 6 | $2,962,473 |
| 1,776 | Holly Goldberg Sloan | $17,736,619 | 1 | $17,736,619 |
| 1,777 | Sergey Bodrov | $17,725,785 | 1 | $17,725,785 |
| 1,778 | Jeff Schaffer | $17,718,223 | 1 | $17,718,223 |
| 1,779 | Elaine Bogan | $17,716,215 | 1 | $17,716,215 |
| 1,780 | Lulu Wang | $17,700,478 | 3 | $5,900,159 |
| 1,781 | Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego | $17,686,929 | 2 | $8,843,465 |
| 1,782 | Michael J. Bassett | $17,530,219 | 6 | $2,921,703 |
| 1,783 | Jean-Jacques Mantello | $17,524,983 | 6 | $2,920,831 |
| 1,784 | David Nutter | $17,507,368 | 1 | $17,507,368 |
| 1,785 | Atom Egoyan | $17,506,790 | 13 | $1,346,676 |
| 1,786 | Vincenzo Natali | $17,506,561 | 6 | $2,917,760 |
| 1,787 | Larry Sher | $17,501,244 | 1 | $17,501,244 |
| 1,788 | Bud Smith | $17,500,399 | 1 | $17,500,399 |
| 1,789 | Boots Riley | $17,493,096 | 1 | $17,493,096 |
| 1,790 | Antony Hoffman | $17,480,890 | 1 | $17,480,890 |
| 1,791 | Carter Smith | $17,432,844 | 4 | $4,358,211 |
| 1,792 | J.C. Chandor | $17,366,390 | 6 | $2,894,398 |
| 1,793 | Cheryl Dunye | $17,364,308 | 2 | $8,682,154 |
| 1,794 | Cheech Marin | $17,355,263 | 1 | $17,355,263 |
| 1,795 | Lance Rivera | $17,352,893 | 2 | $8,676,447 |
| 1,796 | Gary Goddard | $17,336,370 | 1 | $17,336,370 |
| 1,797 | Ellory Elkayem | $17,266,505 | 3 | $5,755,502 |
| 1,798 | Melvin Frank | $17,260,608 | 6 | $2,876,768 |
| 1,799 | David Yarovesky | $17,259,427 | 2 | $8,629,714 |
| 1,800 | John D. Hancock | $17,230,331 | 4 | $4,307,583 |
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.