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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,601-2,700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,601 | John Payson | $4,616,355 | 1 | $4,616,355 |
| 2,602 | Jill Sprecher | $4,615,135 | 3 | $1,538,378 |
| 2,603 | John Turturro | $4,607,208 | 5 | $921,442 |
| 2,604 | Peter Manoogian | $4,601,256 | 1 | $4,601,256 |
| 2,605 | Marcel Langereger | $4,598,506 | 1 | $4,598,506 |
| 2,606 | Christophe Barratier | $4,590,183 | 7 | $655,740 |
| 2,607 | Ivan Passer | $4,581,788 | 3 | $1,527,263 |
| 2,608 | Dorian Walker | $4,561,000 | 2 | $2,280,500 |
| 2,609 | Joshua John Miller | $4,530,418 | 1 | $4,530,418 |
| 2,610 | Joe Talbot | $4,515,719 | 1 | $4,515,719 |
| 2,611 | Harvey Glazer | $4,500,147 | 2 | $2,250,074 |
| 2,612 | Cedric Klapisch | $4,496,624 | 7 | $642,375 |
| 2,613 | Alex Cox | $4,488,291 | 5 | $897,658 |
| 2,614 | Luis Bunuel | $4,463,762 | 22 | $202,898 |
| 2,615 | Lawrence Gray | $4,460,426 | 2 | $2,230,213 |
| 2,616 | Alan Elliott | $4,450,454 | 1 | $4,450,454 |
| 2,617 | Xavier Dolan | $4,443,106 | 8 | $555,388 |
| 2,618 | David Kerr | $4,412,170 | 3 | $1,470,723 |
| 2,619 | Mark Tarlov | $4,398,989 | 1 | $4,398,989 |
| 2,620 | Stan Winston | $4,385,516 | 2 | $2,192,758 |
| 2,621 | Scott Marshall | $4,367,843 | 3 | $1,455,948 |
| 2,622 | John Chester | $4,367,816 | 1 | $4,367,816 |
| 2,623 | Matt Dean Russell | $4,367,448 | 1 | $4,367,448 |
| 2,624 | Eric Bross | $4,365,455 | 4 | $1,091,364 |
| 2,625 | Sooraj R. Barjatya | $4,364,639 | 3 | $1,454,880 |
| 2,626 | Lee Grant | $4,348,025 | 1 | $4,348,025 |
| 2,627 | Charles Ferguson | $4,341,067 | 3 | $1,447,022 |
| 2,628 | B.J. Novak | $4,330,720 | 1 | $4,330,720 |
| 2,629 | Christian Petzold | $4,306,125 | 5 | $861,225 |
| 2,630 | Kelly Reichardt | $4,304,820 | 8 | $538,103 |
| 2,631 | Michael Tuchner | $4,304,286 | 3 | $1,434,762 |
| 2,632 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,301,000 | 5 | $860,200 |
| 2,633 | Gene Nelson | $4,300,000 | 2 | $2,150,000 |
| 2,634 | Rodman Flender | $4,291,706 | 3 | $1,430,569 |
| 2,635 | Kevin Connolly | $4,286,367 | 2 | $2,143,184 |
| 2,636 | Steven Shainberg | $4,282,430 | 4 | $1,070,608 |
| 2,637 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 2,638 | Lynne Ramsay | $4,262,302 | 3 | $1,420,767 |
| 2,639 | Gauri Shinde | $4,238,565 | 2 | $2,119,283 |
| 2,640 | Chris Nash | $4,237,170 | 2 | $2,118,585 |
| 2,641 | Vic Sarin | $4,224,065 | 4 | $1,056,016 |
| 2,642 | Dominik Moll | $4,218,771 | 5 | $843,754 |
| 2,643 | Jack Haley Jr. | $4,210,938 | 1 | $4,210,938 |
| 2,644 | Russell Crowe | $4,200,117 | 2 | $2,100,059 |
| 2,645 | Dana Brown | $4,191,719 | 4 | $1,047,930 |
| 2,646 | Aditya Dhar | $4,185,663 | 1 | $4,185,663 |
| 2,647 | Sergio Arau | $4,180,870 | 1 | $4,180,870 |
| 2,648 | Eddie Huang | $4,178,620 | 1 | $4,178,620 |
| 2,649 | Ariel Winograd | $4,171,561 | 7 | $595,937 |
| 2,650 | Damien O'Donnell | $4,170,647 | 2 | $2,085,324 |
| 2,651 | Andy Wilson | $4,166,918 | 1 | $4,166,918 |
| 2,652 | Pedro Pablo Ibarra | $4,165,949 | 2 | $2,082,975 |
| 2,653 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,160,475 | 2 | $2,080,238 |
| 2,654 | Jeff Stilson | $4,157,223 | 1 | $4,157,223 |
| 2,655 | Charles Robert Carner | $4,151,836 | 2 | $2,075,918 |
| 2,656 | Rodrigo Garcia | $4,144,982 | 6 | $690,830 |
| 2,657 | Hideaki Anno | $4,144,265 | 7 | $592,038 |
| 2,658 | Peter M. Cohen | $4,142,507 | 1 | $4,142,507 |
| 2,659 | Xavier Beauvois | $4,135,908 | 5 | $827,182 |
| 2,660 | James D. Parriott | $4,134,992 | 1 | $4,134,992 |
| 2,661 | James Burrows | $4,109,724 | 1 | $4,109,724 |
| 2,662 | Jonathan Betuel | $4,100,000 | 1 | $4,100,000 |
| 2,663 | Siva Koratala | $4,075,090 | 3 | $1,358,363 |
| 2,664 | Frank Tashlin | $4,075,000 | 3 | $1,358,333 |
| 2,665 | Peter Baldwin | $4,073,582 | 2 | $2,036,791 |
| 2,666 | Philip Saville | $4,068,087 | 1 | $4,068,087 |
| 2,667 | Natalie Krinsky | $4,066,487 | 1 | $4,066,487 |
| 2,668 | Wolfgang Becker | $4,063,859 | 2 | $2,031,930 |
| 2,669 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,063,470 | 2 | $2,031,735 |
| 2,670 | Kim Hanmin | $4,051,651 | 4 | $1,012,913 |
| 2,671 | Cindy Meehl | $4,036,175 | 2 | $2,018,088 |
| 2,672 | Charlie Peters | $4,030,793 | 1 | $4,030,793 |
| 2,673 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 2,674 | Alan Cumming | $4,013,506 | 1 | $4,013,506 |
| 2,675 | Israel Horovitz | $4,011,530 | 1 | $4,011,530 |
| 2,676 | Molly Gordon | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 2,677 | Nick Lieberman | $4,009,945 | 1 | $4,009,945 |
| 2,678 | Rebecca Miller | $4,009,744 | 3 | $1,336,581 |
| 2,679 | Arthur Lubin | $4,000,000 | 3 | $1,333,333 |
| 2,680 | Daryl Duke | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 2,681 | Herschell Gordon Lewis | $4,000,000 | 7 | $571,429 |
| 2,682 | J. Lee Thompson | $4,000,000 | 5 | $800,000 |
| 2,683 | Jacques Tourneur | $4,000,000 | 8 | $500,000 |
| 2,684 | William S. Campbell | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 2,685 | Richard Wenk | $4,000,000 | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| 2,686 | Mel Stuart | $4,000,000 | 2 | $2,000,000 |
| 2,687 | Carl Schenkel | $3,992,420 | 2 | $1,996,210 |
| 2,688 | Stephen Walker | $3,992,189 | 1 | $3,992,189 |
| 2,689 | Sally George | $3,992,189 | 1 | $3,992,189 |
| 2,690 | Todd Robinson | $3,983,801 | 3 | $1,327,934 |
| 2,691 | Brian Cates | $3,973,263 | 1 | $3,973,263 |
| 2,692 | Malik Bendjelloul | $3,965,090 | 1 | $3,965,090 |
| 2,693 | Henry Winkler | $3,965,000 | 1 | $3,965,000 |
| 2,694 | Bill Couturié | $3,956,785 | 1 | $3,956,785 |
| 2,695 | Willard Carroll | $3,956,212 | 1 | $3,956,212 |
| 2,696 | Marc Turtletaub | $3,956,164 | 2 | $1,978,082 |
| 2,697 | Greydon Clark | $3,952,000 | 4 | $988,000 |
| 2,698 | Jon Poll | $3,950,294 | 1 | $3,950,294 |
| 2,699 | Mark Lewis | $3,941,146 | 1 | $3,941,146 |
| 2,700 | Luke Scott | $3,915,251 | 1 | $3,915,251 |
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.