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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,201 | Ben Younger | $44,875,022 | 4 | $11,218,756 |
| 1,202 | Adrian Grunberg | $44,819,352 | 3 | $14,939,784 |
| 1,203 | Dan Bradley | $44,806,783 | 1 | $44,806,783 |
| 1,204 | Elizabeth Allen | $44,764,344 | 3 | $14,921,448 |
| 1,205 | Ken Scott | $44,669,377 | 6 | $7,444,896 |
| 1,206 | Scott Speer | $44,635,741 | 7 | $6,376,534 |
| 1,207 | Bruce McCulloch | $44,602,513 | 2 | $22,301,257 |
| 1,208 | Everado Gout | $44,543,553 | 2 | $22,271,777 |
| 1,209 | Shana Feste | $44,474,861 | 5 | $8,894,972 |
| 1,210 | Eugenio Derbez | $44,467,206 | 1 | $44,467,206 |
| 1,211 | Richard Thorpe | $44,372,006 | 12 | $3,697,667 |
| 1,212 | Fernando Meirelles | $44,348,912 | 6 | $7,391,485 |
| 1,213 | Dan Gilroy | $44,343,930 | 4 | $11,085,983 |
| 1,214 | George Armitage | $44,210,041 | 4 | $11,052,510 |
| 1,215 | Diane Keaton | $43,966,909 | 2 | $21,983,455 |
| 1,216 | Art Stevens | $43,899,231 | 1 | $43,899,231 |
| 1,217 | SJ Clarkson | $43,817,106 | 2 | $21,908,553 |
| 1,218 | Melina Matsoukas | $43,808,310 | 1 | $43,808,310 |
| 1,219 | Joseph Sargent | $43,753,693 | 7 | $6,250,528 |
| 1,220 | Jerome Robbins | $43,700,000 | 1 | $43,700,000 |
| 1,221 | Derek Cianfrance | $43,687,390 | 4 | $10,921,848 |
| 1,222 | Audrey Wells | $43,601,508 | 1 | $43,601,508 |
| 1,223 | Arne Glimcher | $43,551,829 | 2 | $21,775,915 |
| 1,224 | Rob Savage | $43,244,282 | 5 | $8,648,856 |
| 1,225 | Chris Kentis | $43,240,619 | 2 | $21,620,310 |
| 1,226 | Joel Silberg | $43,213,466 | 3 | $14,404,489 |
| 1,227 | Jim Fall | $42,734,455 | 2 | $21,367,228 |
| 1,228 | Tim McCanlies | $42,693,082 | 4 | $10,673,271 |
| 1,229 | Alan Rudolph | $42,685,236 | 14 | $3,048,945 |
| 1,230 | Peter Webber | $42,650,351 | 6 | $7,108,392 |
| 1,231 | James Gartner | $42,647,449 | 1 | $42,647,449 |
| 1,232 | Rick Famuyliwa | $42,566,110 | 2 | $21,283,055 |
| 1,233 | James Clavell | $42,432,803 | 2 | $21,216,402 |
| 1,234 | J.C. Chandor | $42,392,700 | 6 | $7,065,450 |
| 1,235 | Simon McQuoid | $42,326,031 | 2 | $21,163,016 |
| 1,236 | Joe Alves | $42,245,180 | 1 | $42,245,180 |
| 1,237 | Jorge Blanco | $42,194,060 | 1 | $42,194,060 |
| 1,238 | Mike Leigh | $42,180,393 | 14 | $3,012,885 |
| 1,239 | Andrew Hyatt | $42,020,227 | 5 | $8,404,045 |
| 1,240 | Courtney Solomon | $41,985,225 | 3 | $13,995,075 |
| 1,241 | George C. Wolfe | $41,850,659 | 5 | $8,370,132 |
| 1,242 | Colin Strause | $41,797,066 | 1 | $41,797,066 |
| 1,243 | Greg Strause | $41,797,066 | 1 | $41,797,066 |
| 1,244 | Christian Duguay | $41,747,137 | 8 | $5,218,392 |
| 1,245 | Julius Avery | $41,715,635 | 4 | $10,428,909 |
| 1,246 | Anand Tucker | $41,678,945 | 5 | $8,335,789 |
| 1,247 | Thurop Van Orman | $41,657,076 | 1 | $41,657,076 |
| 1,248 | Morgan Spurlock | $41,479,233 | 8 | $5,184,904 |
| 1,249 | Peter Markle | $41,313,762 | 5 | $8,262,752 |
| 1,250 | Davis Guggenheim | $41,297,391 | 7 | $5,899,627 |
| 1,251 | Terry Jones | $41,286,685 | 7 | $5,898,098 |
| 1,252 | Robert Clouse | $41,260,248 | 8 | $5,157,531 |
| 1,253 | Robert Harmon | $41,241,776 | 13 | $3,172,444 |
| 1,254 | Taylor Sheridan | $41,208,059 | 3 | $13,736,020 |
| 1,255 | John McNaughton | $41,093,728 | 5 | $8,218,746 |
| 1,256 | Danial Stamm | $41,034,350 | 1 | $41,034,350 |
| 1,257 | Tina Gordon | $40,860,481 | 2 | $20,430,241 |
| 1,258 | Timothy Reckart | $40,847,995 | 2 | $20,423,998 |
| 1,259 | Zach Cregger | $40,842,944 | 3 | $13,614,315 |
| 1,260 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,459 | 3 | $13,572,153 |
| 1,261 | Roxann Dawson | $40,713,082 | 1 | $40,713,082 |
| 1,262 | Bruce Neibaur | $40,593,286 | 1 | $40,593,286 |
| 1,263 | Niels Arden Oplev | $40,528,402 | 6 | $6,754,734 |
| 1,264 | Perry Andelin Blake | $40,363,530 | 1 | $40,363,530 |
| 1,265 | Aaron Norris | $40,330,481 | 6 | $6,721,747 |
| 1,266 | Pitof | $40,202,379 | 1 | $40,202,379 |
| 1,267 | S.S. Rajamouli | $40,196,918 | 5 | $8,039,384 |
| 1,268 | Peter MacDonald | $40,190,000 | 1 | $40,190,000 |
| 1,269 | George Gallo | $40,183,525 | 10 | $4,018,353 |
| 1,270 | Jeff McGrath | $40,108,697 | 2 | $20,054,349 |
| 1,271 | Cathy Malkasian | $40,108,697 | 2 | $20,054,349 |
| 1,272 | Michel Tiddes | $40,041,683 | 1 | $40,041,683 |
| 1,273 | Billy Bob Thornton | $40,017,377 | 4 | $10,004,344 |
| 1,274 | John Lafia | $39,879,208 | 2 | $19,939,604 |
| 1,275 | Michael Anderson | $39,717,854 | 2 | $19,858,927 |
| 1,276 | Henry Koster | $39,700,000 | 6 | $6,616,667 |
| 1,277 | Halina Reijn | $39,621,730 | 3 | $13,207,243 |
| 1,278 | Deborah Kaplan | $39,611,826 | 2 | $19,805,913 |
| 1,279 | Harry Elfont | $39,611,826 | 2 | $19,805,913 |
| 1,280 | John Patrick Shanley | $39,595,404 | 2 | $19,797,702 |
| 1,281 | Jerry Jameson | $39,583,301 | 7 | $5,654,757 |
| 1,282 | Sean Penn | $39,537,782 | 7 | $5,648,255 |
| 1,283 | Takashi Shimizu | $39,469,500 | 10 | $3,946,950 |
| 1,284 | Kyle Marvin | $39,448,525 | 1 | $39,448,525 |
| 1,285 | Charles Grosvenor | $39,442,871 | 1 | $39,442,871 |
| 1,286 | Steven Antin | $39,440,655 | 1 | $39,440,655 |
| 1,287 | John Eng | $39,402,572 | 1 | $39,402,572 |
| 1,288 | James Marsh | $39,392,493 | 10 | $3,939,249 |
| 1,289 | Danny Cannon | $38,971,167 | 2 | $19,485,584 |
| 1,290 | Ken Marino | $38,958,484 | 2 | $19,479,242 |
| 1,291 | Rachel Talalay | $38,936,366 | 4 | $9,734,092 |
| 1,292 | Joan Chen | $38,759,449 | 3 | $12,919,816 |
| 1,293 | Sean Durkin | $38,730,718 | 4 | $9,682,680 |
| 1,294 | Emilio Estevez | $38,715,091 | 8 | $4,839,386 |
| 1,295 | Michael Cuesta | $38,708,345 | 3 | $12,902,782 |
| 1,296 | Steven Seagal | $38,590,458 | 1 | $38,590,458 |
| 1,297 | Mike Nawrocki | $38,552,620 | 2 | $19,276,310 |
| 1,298 | Michael Radford | $38,416,287 | 9 | $4,268,476 |
| 1,299 | Carl Rinsch | $38,362,475 | 1 | $38,362,475 |
| 1,300 | Morton DaCosta | $38,253,846 | 2 | $19,126,923 |
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.