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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,901-3,000)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,901 | Chris Overton | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,902 | Elaine McMillion Sheldon | $3,508,777 | 3 | $1,169,592 |
| 2,903 | Victor Caire | $3,508,777 | 1 | $3,508,777 |
| 2,904 | Mike Marvin | $3,500,898 | 2 | $1,750,449 |
| 2,905 | Koreyoshi Kurahara | $3,500,000 | 2 | $1,750,000 |
| 2,906 | Bonni Cohen | $3,496,795 | 3 | $1,165,598 |
| 2,907 | Mark Achbar | $3,493,516 | 1 | $3,493,516 |
| 2,908 | Jennifer Abbott | $3,493,516 | 1 | $3,493,516 |
| 2,909 | Maggie Carey | $3,491,669 | 1 | $3,491,669 |
| 2,910 | Paolo Virzi | $3,490,037 | 8 | $436,255 |
| 2,911 | Kevin Macdonald | $3,487,308 | 6 | $581,218 |
| 2,912 | Christopher Ashley | $3,487,000 | 4 | $871,750 |
| 2,913 | Alex Ross Perry | $3,484,010 | 10 | $348,401 |
| 2,914 | Hannes Holm | $3,479,315 | 3 | $1,159,772 |
| 2,915 | André Ducharme | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,916 | Guy A. Lepage | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,917 | Sylvain Roy | $3,479,302 | 1 | $3,479,302 |
| 2,918 | Jeremy Saulnier | $3,478,755 | 4 | $869,689 |
| 2,919 | Adam Resnick | $3,469,493 | 1 | $3,469,493 |
| 2,920 | Jemaine Clement | $3,469,224 | 1 | $3,469,224 |
| 2,921 | Jeffrey Hornaday | $3,463,620 | 3 | $1,154,540 |
| 2,922 | Orson Welles | $3,457,916 | 11 | $314,356 |
| 2,923 | Edward Buzzell | $3,450,000 | 2 | $1,725,000 |
| 2,924 | Pen Densham | $3,443,047 | 1 | $3,443,047 |
| 2,925 | James Kent | $3,440,747 | 3 | $1,146,916 |
| 2,926 | Aleksandr Sokurov | $3,438,166 | 5 | $687,633 |
| 2,927 | Farhad Samji | $3,436,159 | 6 | $572,693 |
| 2,928 | Carlos Ávila | $3,434,515 | 1 | $3,434,515 |
| 2,929 | Zana Briski | $3,430,117 | 1 | $3,430,117 |
| 2,930 | Ross Kauffman | $3,430,117 | 3 | $1,143,372 |
| 2,931 | Jan Egleson | $3,417,056 | 1 | $3,417,056 |
| 2,932 | Advait Chandan | $3,401,324 | 3 | $1,133,775 |
| 2,933 | James Schamus | $3,401,155 | 1 | $3,401,155 |
| 2,934 | A.V. Rockwell | $3,400,020 | 1 | $3,400,020 |
| 2,935 | Buster Keaton | $3,400,000 | 4 | $850,000 |
| 2,936 | Jeremy Rawle | $3,377,000 | 1 | $3,377,000 |
| 2,937 | Gregg Godfrey | $3,377,000 | 1 | $3,377,000 |
| 2,938 | Luc Dardenne | $3,374,885 | 8 | $421,861 |
| 2,939 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne | $3,374,885 | 8 | $421,861 |
| 2,940 | Patrick Creadon | $3,369,372 | 5 | $673,874 |
| 2,941 | Steven Hahn | $3,360,800 | 1 | $3,360,800 |
| 2,942 | A.R. Murugadoss | $3,356,925 | 9 | $372,992 |
| 2,943 | Christopher Hampton | $3,356,899 | 3 | $1,118,966 |
| 2,944 | Andrew Slater | $3,355,266 | 1 | $3,355,266 |
| 2,945 | Sang-ho Yeon | $3,354,293 | 5 | $670,859 |
| 2,946 | Kazuya Tsurumaki | $3,352,321 | 4 | $838,080 |
| 2,947 | Shunsuke Nakashige | $3,350,693 | 1 | $3,350,693 |
| 2,948 | Russell Holt | $3,347,647 | 1 | $3,347,647 |
| 2,949 | Yash Chopra | $3,345,571 | 2 | $1,672,786 |
| 2,950 | Graham Moore | $3,344,040 | 2 | $1,672,020 |
| 2,951 | John Putch | $3,336,053 | 7 | $476,579 |
| 2,952 | Bruno Nuytten | $3,331,297 | 1 | $3,331,297 |
| 2,953 | Rob Thomas | $3,322,127 | 1 | $3,322,127 |
| 2,954 | Xavier Koller | $3,319,344 | 1 | $3,319,344 |
| 2,955 | Keith Samples | $3,317,930 | 1 | $3,317,930 |
| 2,956 | Severin Fiala | $3,317,103 | 3 | $1,105,701 |
| 2,957 | Veronika Franz | $3,317,103 | 3 | $1,105,701 |
| 2,958 | Pierre Falardeau | $3,316,272 | 1 | $3,316,272 |
| 2,959 | Alex Holmes | $3,310,469 | 3 | $1,103,490 |
| 2,960 | Darrel Campbell | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 2,961 | Kevin McAfee | $3,310,439 | 1 | $3,310,439 |
| 2,962 | Fisher Stevens | $3,310,031 | 4 | $827,508 |
| 2,963 | Meryam Joobeur | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,964 | Daria Kashcheeva | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,965 | Kathryn Hendrickson | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,966 | Matthew A. Cherry | $3,304,748 | 3 | $1,101,583 |
| 2,967 | Bruno Collet | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,968 | Everett Downing | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,969 | Jean-Francois Le Corre | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,970 | Siqi Song | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,971 | Rosana Sullivan | $3,304,748 | 1 | $3,304,748 |
| 2,972 | Louis C.K. | $3,293,258 | 4 | $823,315 |
| 2,973 | Banksy | $3,291,250 | 1 | $3,291,250 |
| 2,974 | Bertrand Tavernier | $3,290,051 | 7 | $470,007 |
| 2,975 | Aanand Rai | $3,283,499 | 5 | $656,700 |
| 2,976 | Euzhan Palcy | $3,282,890 | 1 | $3,282,890 |
| 2,977 | Joachim Trier | $3,282,879 | 4 | $820,720 |
| 2,978 | Larry Cohen | $3,279,266 | 6 | $546,544 |
| 2,979 | David LaChapelle | $3,278,611 | 1 | $3,278,611 |
| 2,980 | Cory Finley | $3,276,008 | 3 | $1,092,003 |
| 2,981 | Meg Ryan | $3,273,896 | 2 | $1,636,948 |
| 2,982 | Vance Null | $3,269,322 | 1 | $3,269,322 |
| 2,983 | Hal Sutherland | $3,261,638 | 1 | $3,261,638 |
| 2,984 | Rob Sitch | $3,260,804 | 3 | $1,086,935 |
| 2,985 | Nacho Vigalondo | $3,258,290 | 7 | $465,470 |
| 2,986 | James F. Collier | $3,254,801 | 1 | $3,254,801 |
| 2,987 | Jennie Livingston | $3,247,160 | 1 | $3,247,160 |
| 2,988 | François Truffaut | $3,243,398 | 14 | $231,671 |
| 2,989 | Rowan Joffe | $3,242,457 | 1 | $3,242,457 |
| 2,990 | Lake Bell | $3,239,879 | 3 | $1,079,960 |
| 2,991 | Philippe Claudel | $3,223,275 | 3 | $1,074,425 |
| 2,992 | Alexis Durand-Brault | $3,210,072 | 2 | $1,605,036 |
| 2,993 | Andy Wolk | $3,206,713 | 2 | $1,603,357 |
| 2,994 | Victor Schertzinger | $3,200,000 | 2 | $1,600,000 |
| 2,995 | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi | $3,195,695 | 9 | $355,077 |
| 2,996 | Youssef Delara | $3,191,313 | 4 | $797,828 |
| 2,997 | Prakash Jha | $3,189,034 | 6 | $531,506 |
| 2,998 | Rama Burshtein | $3,187,043 | 2 | $1,593,522 |
| 2,999 | Graeme Clifford | $3,184,690 | 3 | $1,061,563 |
| 3,000 | Billy Bryk | $3,182,680 | 1 | $3,182,680 |
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.