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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,501-2,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,501 | Alejandro Montalvo | $6,485,961 | 1 | $6,485,961 |
| 2,502 | Philippe Falardeau | $6,470,754 | 5 | $1,294,151 |
| 2,503 | Jules Bass | $6,455,330 | 8 | $806,916 |
| 2,504 | Arthur Rankin Jr. | $6,455,330 | 7 | $922,190 |
| 2,505 | Guillaume Canet | $6,446,860 | 6 | $1,074,477 |
| 2,506 | Lloyd Bacon | $6,438,000 | 13 | $495,231 |
| 2,507 | Michael Carney | $6,423,605 | 1 | $6,423,605 |
| 2,508 | Terence Davies | $6,422,032 | 7 | $917,433 |
| 2,509 | J.F. Lawton | $6,420,615 | 1 | $6,420,615 |
| 2,510 | Richard Stanley | $6,415,362 | 2 | $3,207,681 |
| 2,511 | Allan Burns | $6,408,791 | 1 | $6,408,791 |
| 2,512 | Robert Z. Leonard | $6,400,000 | 9 | $711,111 |
| 2,513 | Juan Jose Campanella | $6,391,436 | 3 | $2,130,479 |
| 2,514 | Sebastian del Amo | $6,382,924 | 2 | $3,191,462 |
| 2,515 | Paul Provenza | $6,377,461 | 1 | $6,377,461 |
| 2,516 | Penn Jillette | $6,377,461 | 1 | $6,377,461 |
| 2,517 | Philip Haas | $6,372,868 | 3 | $2,124,289 |
| 2,518 | Kevin Connor | $6,342,668 | 10 | $634,267 |
| 2,519 | William Richert | $6,341,645 | 2 | $3,170,823 |
| 2,520 | Walter Bernstein | $6,321,392 | 1 | $6,321,392 |
| 2,521 | Richard Tanne | $6,304,223 | 2 | $3,152,112 |
| 2,522 | Anees Bazmee | $6,288,906 | 10 | $628,891 |
| 2,523 | Casey La Scala | $6,281,233 | 2 | $3,140,617 |
| 2,524 | James C. Strouse | $6,261,605 | 4 | $1,565,401 |
| 2,525 | Craig Zobel | $6,253,246 | 3 | $2,084,415 |
| 2,526 | Susanne Bier | $6,239,100 | 7 | $891,300 |
| 2,527 | Antonia Bird | $6,228,251 | 2 | $3,114,126 |
| 2,528 | Tilman Singer | $6,217,731 | 2 | $3,108,866 |
| 2,529 | Maria Schrader | $6,179,526 | 4 | $1,544,882 |
| 2,530 | Caroline Link | $6,173,485 | 3 | $2,057,828 |
| 2,531 | Aisling Walsh | $6,170,998 | 2 | $3,085,499 |
| 2,532 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 2,533 | Jonathan Wacks | $6,142,119 | 2 | $3,071,060 |
| 2,534 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,132,813 | 2 | $3,066,407 |
| 2,535 | Linda Mendoza | $6,126,237 | 5 | $1,225,247 |
| 2,536 | David Schwimmer | $6,123,278 | 2 | $3,061,639 |
| 2,537 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $6,107,261 | 11 | $555,206 |
| 2,538 | Paolo Sorrentino | $6,099,813 | 10 | $609,981 |
| 2,539 | Ronan Chapalain | $6,096,582 | 1 | $6,096,582 |
| 2,540 | Pascal Vuong | $6,096,582 | 2 | $3,048,291 |
| 2,541 | Nicholaus Goossen | $6,090,172 | 2 | $3,045,086 |
| 2,542 | Marc Abraham | $6,089,165 | 2 | $3,044,583 |
| 2,543 | John Nicolella | $6,086,891 | 1 | $6,086,891 |
| 2,544 | Alex Gibney | $6,082,845 | 20 | $304,142 |
| 2,545 | Peter Hunt | $6,075,793 | 2 | $3,037,897 |
| 2,546 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | $6,057,221 | 10 | $605,722 |
| 2,547 | Blair Treu | $6,047,363 | 1 | $6,047,363 |
| 2,548 | Robert Radler | $6,044,652 | 2 | $3,022,326 |
| 2,549 | Tensai Okamura | $6,041,216 | 2 | $3,020,608 |
| 2,550 | Erik Van Looy | $6,002,684 | 2 | $3,001,342 |
| 2,551 | Raoul Walsh | $6,000,000 | 17 | $352,941 |
| 2,552 | Camilo Vila | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 2,553 | Corey Allen | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 2,554 | Aaron Woodley | $5,997,707 | 3 | $1,999,236 |
| 2,555 | Charles S. Dutton | $5,984,504 | 2 | $2,992,252 |
| 2,556 | Ernest Thompson | $5,979,011 | 1 | $5,979,011 |
| 2,557 | Michael Joens | $5,958,456 | 1 | $5,958,456 |
| 2,558 | David G. Evans | $5,942,152 | 2 | $2,971,076 |
| 2,559 | Craig Johnson | $5,938,260 | 4 | $1,484,565 |
| 2,560 | Tyler Russell | $5,937,306 | 1 | $5,937,306 |
| 2,561 | Doug Lefler | $5,932,060 | 2 | $2,966,030 |
| 2,562 | Rob Epstein | $5,929,140 | 5 | $1,185,828 |
| 2,563 | Philippe Mora | $5,919,000 | 7 | $845,571 |
| 2,564 | Jeffrey Friedman | $5,915,579 | 4 | $1,478,895 |
| 2,565 | Matt Piedmont | $5,909,483 | 1 | $5,909,483 |
| 2,566 | Matt Ross | $5,898,704 | 3 | $1,966,235 |
| 2,567 | Marcos Siega | $5,895,253 | 2 | $2,947,627 |
| 2,568 | Bruce Schooley | $5,885,881 | 2 | $2,942,941 |
| 2,569 | Craig Bolotin | $5,871,603 | 2 | $2,935,802 |
| 2,570 | Alejandro Chomski | $5,867,786 | 4 | $1,466,947 |
| 2,571 | Ritesh Batra | $5,850,454 | 4 | $1,462,614 |
| 2,572 | Nelson Shin | $5,849,647 | 2 | $2,924,824 |
| 2,573 | Kristoffer Borgli | $5,848,349 | 3 | $1,949,450 |
| 2,574 | Tom Savini | $5,835,247 | 1 | $5,835,247 |
| 2,575 | Brandon Cronenberg | $5,831,286 | 3 | $1,943,762 |
| 2,576 | Kevin Peeples | $5,825,851 | 2 | $2,912,926 |
| 2,577 | Joseph Cedar | $5,822,319 | 2 | $2,911,160 |
| 2,578 | Jun-Soo Park | $5,809,800 | 3 | $1,936,600 |
| 2,579 | Sarah Gavron | $5,797,418 | 3 | $1,932,473 |
| 2,580 | Paul Newman | $5,795,904 | 5 | $1,159,181 |
| 2,581 | Gary A. Sherman | $5,785,046 | 2 | $2,892,523 |
| 2,582 | Sergei Bodrov | $5,784,884 | 2 | $2,892,442 |
| 2,583 | Jan Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 3 | $1,923,418 |
| 2,584 | Pieter Jan Brugge | $5,763,875 | 1 | $5,763,875 |
| 2,585 | Wesley Strick | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 2,586 | Matthew Dyas | $5,751,141 | 3 | $1,917,047 |
| 2,587 | Michael Mason | $5,728,940 | 1 | $5,728,940 |
| 2,588 | Jonathan Teplitzky | $5,718,119 | 5 | $1,143,624 |
| 2,589 | Josh Baker | $5,718,096 | 1 | $5,718,096 |
| 2,590 | Jonathan Baker | $5,718,096 | 2 | $2,859,048 |
| 2,591 | Anatole Litvak | $5,700,000 | 4 | $1,425,000 |
| 2,592 | Kevin James Dobson | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 2,593 | Eric Radomski | $5,682,620 | 3 | $1,894,207 |
| 2,594 | Bruce Timm | $5,682,620 | 1 | $5,682,620 |
| 2,595 | Maya Angelou | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 2,596 | Dean Wright | $5,669,081 | 1 | $5,669,081 |
| 2,597 | Sngmoo Lee | $5,666,340 | 1 | $5,666,340 |
| 2,598 | Joshua Enck | $5,644,104 | 2 | $2,822,052 |
| 2,599 | Abel Gongora | $5,637,079 | 1 | $5,637,079 |
| 2,600 | Alain DesRochers | $5,613,632 | 4 | $1,403,408 |
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.