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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,201 | John Michael McDonagh | $9,300,002 | 4 | $2,325,001 |
| 2,202 | Duncan Gibbins | $9,282,023 | 2 | $4,641,012 |
| 2,203 | Christopher Leitch | $9,281,610 | 2 | $4,640,805 |
| 2,204 | Neil Abramson | $9,257,103 | 2 | $4,628,552 |
| 2,205 | Tom DeCerchio | $9,240,378 | 1 | $9,240,378 |
| 2,206 | James Neilson | $9,230,769 | 3 | $3,076,923 |
| 2,207 | Rex Ingram | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 2,208 | Benson Lee | $9,179,800 | 4 | $2,294,950 |
| 2,209 | Tina Gordon Chism | $9,177,065 | 1 | $9,177,065 |
| 2,210 | Aaron Schneider | $9,176,933 | 3 | $3,058,978 |
| 2,211 | Jack Conway | $9,172,000 | 6 | $1,528,667 |
| 2,212 | Victor Nunez | $9,087,697 | 2 | $4,543,849 |
| 2,213 | Todd Solondz | $9,051,415 | 8 | $1,131,427 |
| 2,214 | Isabel Coixet | $9,045,353 | 12 | $753,779 |
| 2,215 | Todd Douglas Miller | $9,042,724 | 2 | $4,521,362 |
| 2,216 | Russ Meyer | $9,036,122 | 2 | $4,518,061 |
| 2,217 | David Raynr | $9,017,070 | 1 | $9,017,070 |
| 2,218 | Duncan Tucker | $9,015,303 | 1 | $9,015,303 |
| 2,219 | Calmatic | $9,011,251 | 2 | $4,505,626 |
| 2,220 | Michael Cacoyannis | $9,006,614 | 2 | $4,503,307 |
| 2,221 | Park Chan-wook | $9,000,903 | 10 | $900,090 |
| 2,222 | Fred Niblo | $9,000,000 | 2 | $4,500,000 |
| 2,223 | Dick Powell | $9,000,000 | 2 | $4,500,000 |
| 2,224 | Robert D. Webb | $9,000,000 | 1 | $9,000,000 |
| 2,225 | Ricardo de Montreuil | $8,988,196 | 3 | $2,996,065 |
| 2,226 | Kevin Williamson | $8,959,883 | 2 | $4,479,942 |
| 2,227 | Akira Kurosawa | $8,948,852 | 12 | $745,738 |
| 2,228 | Mike Clattenburg | $8,936,791 | 4 | $2,234,198 |
| 2,229 | Douglas Trumbull | $8,921,050 | 2 | $4,460,525 |
| 2,230 | George Pal | $8,920,615 | 3 | $2,973,538 |
| 2,231 | Brian Dannelly | $8,914,538 | 2 | $4,457,269 |
| 2,232 | John Watson | $8,890,685 | 1 | $8,890,685 |
| 2,233 | David L. Cunningham | $8,885,234 | 4 | $2,221,309 |
| 2,234 | Stephen Susco | $8,866,745 | 1 | $8,866,745 |
| 2,235 | William Tannen | $8,854,833 | 2 | $4,427,417 |
| 2,236 | Will Graham | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,237 | James Duffy | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,238 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,239 | Patrik Forsberg | $8,840,453 | 1 | $8,840,453 |
| 2,240 | Allison Anders | $8,805,832 | 6 | $1,467,639 |
| 2,241 | Robert Boris | $8,793,000 | 1 | $8,793,000 |
| 2,242 | Ken Olin | $8,752,399 | 1 | $8,752,399 |
| 2,243 | Irving Reis | $8,750,000 | 1 | $8,750,000 |
| 2,244 | Mani Ratnam | $8,731,000 | 6 | $1,455,167 |
| 2,245 | Christopher Zalla | $8,702,731 | 2 | $4,351,366 |
| 2,246 | Paul Gross | $8,693,620 | 3 | $2,897,873 |
| 2,247 | Eugene Levy | $8,669,847 | 1 | $8,669,847 |
| 2,248 | Roger Mitchell | $8,601,243 | 2 | $4,300,622 |
| 2,249 | Stuart Orme | $8,579,626 | 2 | $4,289,813 |
| 2,250 | Anne Fontaine | $8,573,890 | 12 | $714,491 |
| 2,251 | Jeff Burr | $8,573,112 | 3 | $2,857,704 |
| 2,252 | Nathan Frankowski | $8,558,941 | 6 | $1,426,490 |
| 2,253 | Ayan Mukherjee | $8,557,874 | 3 | $2,852,625 |
| 2,254 | Paul Sabella | $8,556,572 | 1 | $8,556,572 |
| 2,255 | Dale Schott | $8,540,346 | 1 | $8,540,346 |
| 2,256 | Mark Jones | $8,533,294 | 2 | $4,266,647 |
| 2,257 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $8,515,029 | 3 | $2,838,343 |
| 2,258 | John Pogue | $8,509,867 | 5 | $1,701,973 |
| 2,259 | Julian Jarrold | $8,482,820 | 4 | $2,120,705 |
| 2,260 | Dan Aykroyd | $8,479,793 | 1 | $8,479,793 |
| 2,261 | Joshua Marston | $8,427,449 | 4 | $2,106,862 |
| 2,262 | Scott Kalvert | $8,425,705 | 2 | $4,212,853 |
| 2,263 | Eric Red | $8,398,855 | 3 | $2,799,618 |
| 2,264 | Shuki Levy | $8,363,899 | 1 | $8,363,899 |
| 2,265 | David Winning | $8,363,899 | 22 | $380,177 |
| 2,266 | Marleen Gorris | $8,362,909 | 4 | $2,090,727 |
| 2,267 | Guy Nattiv | $8,332,874 | 4 | $2,083,219 |
| 2,268 | Nicholas Jarecki | $8,328,937 | 2 | $4,164,469 |
| 2,269 | Andrew J. Kuehn | $8,316,206 | 2 | $4,158,103 |
| 2,270 | Peter Masterson | $8,255,200 | 3 | $2,751,733 |
| 2,271 | Joan Freeman | $8,253,123 | 2 | $4,126,562 |
| 2,272 | Sally Potter | $8,250,763 | 6 | $1,375,127 |
| 2,273 | Mitch Davis | $8,198,229 | 5 | $1,639,646 |
| 2,274 | Darnell Martin | $8,195,551 | 4 | $2,048,888 |
| 2,275 | Mark Rosman | $8,184,633 | 3 | $2,728,211 |
| 2,276 | Edouard Molinaro | $8,147,968 | 5 | $1,629,594 |
| 2,277 | Errol Morris | $8,131,058 | 11 | $739,187 |
| 2,278 | C. B. Harding | $8,130,530 | 1 | $8,130,530 |
| 2,279 | Dean Semler | $8,123,860 | 2 | $4,061,930 |
| 2,280 | Marilyn Agrelo | $8,119,240 | 3 | $2,706,413 |
| 2,281 | Wil Shriner | $8,117,637 | 1 | $8,117,637 |
| 2,282 | Felix Van Groeningen | $8,112,261 | 4 | $2,028,065 |
| 2,283 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $8,110,042 | 1 | $8,110,042 |
| 2,284 | Patrice Leconte | $8,103,529 | 6 | $1,350,588 |
| 2,285 | Lexi Alexander | $8,050,977 | 3 | $2,683,659 |
| 2,286 | Daniel Furguson | $8,020,721 | 1 | $8,020,721 |
| 2,287 | Tadayoshi Yamamuro | $8,008,363 | 1 | $8,008,363 |
| 2,288 | Vincent Kesteloot | $8,005,586 | 2 | $4,002,793 |
| 2,289 | Ralph Levy | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,290 | Stuart Paton | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,291 | Stuart Millar | $8,000,000 | 1 | $8,000,000 |
| 2,292 | Norman Z. McLeod | $8,000,000 | 8 | $1,000,000 |
| 2,293 | Tom DeSimone | $7,964,557 | 3 | $2,654,852 |
| 2,294 | Trivikram Srinivas | $7,913,043 | 6 | $1,318,841 |
| 2,295 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $7,900,288 | 3 | $2,633,429 |
| 2,296 | Yoon-dong Oh | $7,889,021 | 8 | $986,128 |
| 2,297 | Scott Wiper | $7,885,813 | 3 | $2,628,604 |
| 2,298 | Jeff Blyth | $7,882,250 | 1 | $7,882,250 |
| 2,299 | Drew Fellman | $7,873,570 | 1 | $7,873,570 |
| 2,300 | Patrick Stettner | $7,836,393 | 1 | $7,836,393 |
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.