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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,401-2,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,401 | Nicolas Philibert | $7,636,863 | 6 | $1,272,811 |
| 2,402 | Ian Iqbal Rashid | $7,635,176 | 2 | $3,817,588 |
| 2,403 | Thomas Michael Donnelly | $7,634,909 | 1 | $7,634,909 |
| 2,404 | Robert Rossen | $7,600,000 | 3 | $2,533,333 |
| 2,405 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $7,591,872 | 5 | $1,518,374 |
| 2,406 | Bill Forsyth | $7,586,159 | 3 | $2,528,720 |
| 2,407 | Chris Dowling | $7,580,420 | 3 | $2,526,807 |
| 2,408 | Jean Duval | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 2,409 | Frank Passingham | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 2,410 | Dave Borthwick | $7,578,946 | 1 | $7,578,946 |
| 2,411 | Jeff Lowell | $7,570,127 | 1 | $7,570,127 |
| 2,412 | Brett Morgen | $7,564,740 | 4 | $1,891,185 |
| 2,413 | Katia Lund | $7,563,397 | 1 | $7,563,397 |
| 2,414 | James Melkonian | $7,555,256 | 1 | $7,555,256 |
| 2,415 | Jalmari Helander | $7,526,721 | 5 | $1,505,344 |
| 2,416 | Alfredo De Villa | $7,503,736 | 2 | $3,751,868 |
| 2,417 | Richard J. Lewis | $7,502,560 | 1 | $7,502,560 |
| 2,418 | Menno Meyjes | $7,500,310 | 3 | $2,500,103 |
| 2,419 | Walter Lang | $7,500,000 | 3 | $2,500,000 |
| 2,420 | Robert Scheerer | $7,500,000 | 2 | $3,750,000 |
| 2,421 | Ferdinand Fairfax | $7,498,414 | 2 | $3,749,207 |
| 2,422 | Eli Craig | $7,475,637 | 5 | $1,495,127 |
| 2,423 | Steven Kampmann | $7,473,364 | 2 | $3,736,682 |
| 2,424 | Ruben Ostlund | $7,469,940 | 5 | $1,493,988 |
| 2,425 | Will Porter | $7,467,504 | 1 | $7,467,504 |
| 2,426 | Steve Boyum | $7,458,676 | 3 | $2,486,225 |
| 2,427 | Tommy Lee Jones | $7,457,673 | 2 | $3,728,837 |
| 2,428 | Stephen King | $7,433,663 | 1 | $7,433,663 |
| 2,429 | David Miller | $7,424,476 | 7 | $1,060,639 |
| 2,430 | Maneesh Sharma | $7,421,142 | 5 | $1,484,228 |
| 2,431 | David Bruckner | $7,405,974 | 7 | $1,057,996 |
| 2,432 | John Cameron Mitchell | $7,378,676 | 4 | $1,844,669 |
| 2,433 | Jonah Hill | $7,362,439 | 3 | $2,454,146 |
| 2,434 | Dominic Cooke | $7,359,404 | 4 | $1,839,851 |
| 2,435 | Kelly Makin | $7,327,473 | 2 | $3,663,737 |
| 2,436 | Abel Ferrara | $7,322,718 | 21 | $348,701 |
| 2,437 | Thomas Balmes | $7,320,323 | 2 | $3,660,162 |
| 2,438 | Michael Corrente | $7,313,147 | 2 | $3,656,574 |
| 2,439 | Raoul Peck | $7,311,445 | 6 | $1,218,574 |
| 2,440 | Clarence Brown | $7,300,000 | 9 | $811,111 |
| 2,441 | Scott Mann | $7,290,657 | 4 | $1,822,664 |
| 2,442 | Jennifer Westfeldt | $7,251,073 | 2 | $3,625,537 |
| 2,443 | Christopher Crowe | $7,242,035 | 1 | $7,242,035 |
| 2,444 | Chris Sivertson | $7,233,485 | 8 | $904,186 |
| 2,445 | Samuel Fuller | $7,206,220 | 5 | $1,441,244 |
| 2,446 | Dave Thomas | $7,204,821 | 2 | $3,602,411 |
| 2,447 | Rudy De Luca | $7,200,000 | 1 | $7,200,000 |
| 2,448 | Paul Downs Colaizzo | $7,136,342 | 2 | $3,568,171 |
| 2,449 | Mark Griffiths | $7,121,000 | 4 | $1,780,250 |
| 2,450 | Joe Menendez | $7,074,759 | 4 | $1,768,690 |
| 2,451 | Susumu Mitsunaka | $7,071,622 | 2 | $3,535,811 |
| 2,452 | Sunu Gonera | $7,057,600 | 1 | $7,057,600 |
| 2,453 | Paul Nicholas | $7,047,572 | 2 | $3,523,786 |
| 2,454 | Rick Moranis | $7,035,618 | 1 | $7,035,618 |
| 2,455 | Bob Giraldi | $7,019,441 | 2 | $3,509,721 |
| 2,456 | Tab Murphy | $7,008,542 | 1 | $7,008,542 |
| 2,457 | Amos Poe | $7,000,000 | 4 | $1,750,000 |
| 2,458 | Chris Eyre | $6,999,159 | 4 | $1,749,790 |
| 2,459 | Larry Karaszewski | $6,982,680 | 1 | $6,982,680 |
| 2,460 | Scott Alexander | $6,982,680 | 2 | $3,491,340 |
| 2,461 | Zelda Barron | $6,957,975 | 1 | $6,957,975 |
| 2,462 | Michelle Manning | $6,947,000 | 1 | $6,947,000 |
| 2,463 | Eleanor Coppola | $6,941,439 | 3 | $2,313,813 |
| 2,464 | Ben Lewin | $6,937,452 | 7 | $991,065 |
| 2,465 | Hugh Welchman | $6,890,306 | 2 | $3,445,153 |
| 2,466 | Glen Morgan | $6,882,696 | 1 | $6,882,696 |
| 2,467 | Andy Cheng | $6,881,021 | 2 | $3,440,511 |
| 2,468 | Peter Hall | $6,849,998 | 4 | $1,712,500 |
| 2,469 | Charlie Kaufman | $6,842,824 | 4 | $1,710,706 |
| 2,470 | Wilson Yip | $6,841,143 | 6 | $1,140,191 |
| 2,471 | Yong-seok Choi | $6,840,000 | 1 | $6,840,000 |
| 2,472 | Woogie Kim | $6,840,000 | 1 | $6,840,000 |
| 2,473 | Frank Zuniga | $6,831,033 | 2 | $3,415,517 |
| 2,474 | Adam Anders | $6,820,796 | 1 | $6,820,796 |
| 2,475 | Janice Karman | $6,804,312 | 1 | $6,804,312 |
| 2,476 | Tony Kaye | $6,790,604 | 3 | $2,263,535 |
| 2,477 | Charles Dance | $6,759,422 | 1 | $6,759,422 |
| 2,478 | J.S. Cardone | $6,755,271 | 2 | $3,377,636 |
| 2,479 | Darin Scott | $6,754,958 | 7 | $964,994 |
| 2,480 | Charles Binamé | $6,749,187 | 2 | $3,374,594 |
| 2,481 | Dorota Kobiela | $6,735,118 | 2 | $3,367,559 |
| 2,482 | Gareth Evans | $6,730,926 | 5 | $1,346,185 |
| 2,483 | George Hickenlooper | $6,727,967 | 6 | $1,121,328 |
| 2,484 | Drew Pearce | $6,708,137 | 1 | $6,708,137 |
| 2,485 | Fuga Yamashiro | $6,689,758 | 2 | $3,344,879 |
| 2,486 | Mike Birbiglia | $6,684,049 | 3 | $2,228,016 |
| 2,487 | Sacha Gervasi | $6,676,588 | 5 | $1,335,318 |
| 2,488 | Ashutosh Gowariker | $6,651,939 | 5 | $1,330,388 |
| 2,489 | Farhan Akhtar | $6,650,785 | 4 | $1,662,696 |
| 2,490 | John Maybury | $6,644,154 | 2 | $3,322,077 |
| 2,491 | Chuck Barris | $6,621,520 | 1 | $6,621,520 |
| 2,492 | John Byrum | $6,600,000 | 1 | $6,600,000 |
| 2,493 | Mauro Borrelli | $6,587,090 | 4 | $1,646,773 |
| 2,494 | Roger Avary | $6,525,762 | 2 | $3,262,881 |
| 2,495 | Kurt Miller | $6,504,890 | 3 | $2,168,297 |
| 2,496 | Peter Speek | $6,504,890 | 2 | $3,252,445 |
| 2,497 | Jeb Stuart | $6,504,442 | 1 | $6,504,442 |
| 2,498 | Oliver Daly | $6,501,381 | 1 | $6,501,381 |
| 2,499 | Kevin Spacey | $6,498,286 | 2 | $3,249,143 |
| 2,500 | Timothy Björklund | $6,491,969 | 1 | $6,491,969 |
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.