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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 601-700)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | John Whitesell | $143,176,473 | 7 | $20,453,782 |
| 602 | Jim Sheridan | $142,816,272 | 10 | $14,281,627 |
| 603 | Jack Lee Thompson | $142,240,067 | 14 | $10,160,005 |
| 604 | Michael Sarnoski | $142,238,551 | 4 | $35,559,638 |
| 605 | Ted Kotcheff | $142,127,096 | 10 | $14,212,710 |
| 606 | Eric Goldberg | $141,579,773 | 1 | $141,579,773 |
| 607 | Eduardo Sanchez | $140,583,046 | 7 | $20,083,292 |
| 608 | Daniel Myrick | $140,539,099 | 4 | $35,134,775 |
| 609 | Andrew Bergman | $140,346,898 | 6 | $23,391,150 |
| 610 | Norton Virgien | $139,897,257 | 2 | $69,948,629 |
| 611 | Kelly Marcel | $139,755,882 | 2 | $69,877,941 |
| 612 | Tommy Chong | $139,663,872 | 6 | $23,277,312 |
| 613 | Iain Softley | $139,603,219 | 9 | $15,511,469 |
| 614 | Zach Lipovsky | $138,407,405 | 5 | $27,681,481 |
| 615 | Adam Stein | $138,407,405 | 3 | $46,135,802 |
| 616 | Peter Lord | $137,845,041 | 2 | $68,922,521 |
| 617 | Eric Leighton | $137,748,063 | 1 | $137,748,063 |
| 618 | Emma Tammi | $137,304,231 | 4 | $34,326,058 |
| 619 | Sidney Poitier | $136,781,950 | 5 | $27,356,390 |
| 620 | Stephen Norrington | $136,607,080 | 4 | $34,151,770 |
| 621 | David Green | $136,286,894 | 5 | $27,257,379 |
| 622 | Forest Whitaker | $136,113,271 | 3 | $45,371,090 |
| 623 | Barbet Schroeder | $135,877,640 | 12 | $11,323,137 |
| 624 | Breck Eisner | $135,163,174 | 3 | $45,054,391 |
| 625 | Martha Coolidge | $134,934,517 | 13 | $10,379,578 |
| 626 | William Brent Bell | $134,706,604 | 8 | $16,838,326 |
| 627 | Tobe Hooper | $134,656,451 | 9 | $14,961,828 |
| 628 | Gene Stupnitsky | $133,592,588 | 2 | $66,796,294 |
| 629 | Miguel Arteta | $132,411,380 | 8 | $16,551,423 |
| 630 | Nick Castle | $131,980,808 | 6 | $21,996,801 |
| 631 | David S. Ward | $131,823,724 | 5 | $26,364,745 |
| 632 | Michael Sucsy | $131,126,944 | 3 | $43,708,981 |
| 633 | Russell Mulcahy | $131,071,018 | 14 | $9,362,216 |
| 634 | Scott Waugh | $130,291,507 | 9 | $14,476,834 |
| 635 | Stephen Daldry | $129,945,419 | 8 | $16,243,177 |
| 636 | Oz Perkins | $129,439,141 | 7 | $18,491,306 |
| 637 | Aaron Seltzer | $128,825,448 | 8 | $16,103,181 |
| 638 | Steve Rash | $128,719,644 | 8 | $16,089,956 |
| 639 | Benjamin Renner | $127,990,296 | 3 | $42,663,432 |
| 640 | Richard LaGravenese | $127,698,636 | 8 | $15,962,330 |
| 641 | David McNally | $127,509,485 | 2 | $63,754,743 |
| 642 | Brett Leonard | $127,274,829 | 9 | $14,141,648 |
| 643 | Kevin Greutert | $127,011,368 | 7 | $18,144,481 |
| 644 | Ronald Neame | $126,700,000 | 9 | $14,077,778 |
| 645 | Zhang Yimou | $126,328,036 | 23 | $5,492,523 |
| 646 | Lewis Teague | $126,272,538 | 6 | $21,045,423 |
| 647 | Dallas Jenkins | $125,572,146 | 11 | $11,415,650 |
| 648 | Carl Franklin | $125,096,163 | 7 | $17,870,880 |
| 649 | Stephen Anderson | $124,515,017 | 2 | $62,257,509 |
| 650 | Bill Duke | $124,124,711 | 8 | $15,515,589 |
| 651 | Lewis Gilbert | $123,459,300 | 5 | $24,691,860 |
| 652 | Kenny Ortega | $122,828,066 | 8 | $15,353,508 |
| 653 | John Schultz | $122,369,257 | 10 | $12,236,926 |
| 654 | Etan Cohen | $120,980,196 | 2 | $60,490,098 |
| 655 | Josh Trank | $120,692,723 | 4 | $30,173,181 |
| 656 | Trish Sie | $119,801,914 | 5 | $23,960,383 |
| 657 | Cody Cameron | $119,793,567 | 1 | $119,793,567 |
| 658 | Kris Pearn | $119,793,567 | 3 | $39,931,189 |
| 659 | Hoyt H. Yeatman | $119,436,770 | 1 | $119,436,770 |
| 660 | Arthur Penn | $119,339,299 | 10 | $11,933,930 |
| 661 | John A. Davis | $119,337,901 | 3 | $39,779,300 |
| 662 | Gerard Johnstone | $119,260,285 | 3 | $39,753,428 |
| 663 | Luis Mandoki | $119,089,702 | 7 | $17,012,815 |
| 664 | Jeff Rowe | $118,700,272 | 3 | $39,566,757 |
| 665 | Angus Maclane | $118,307,188 | 1 | $118,307,188 |
| 666 | Irwin Winkler | $117,668,401 | 7 | $16,809,772 |
| 667 | Corin Hardy | $117,459,086 | 4 | $29,364,772 |
| 668 | Ric Roman Waugh | $117,249,518 | 10 | $11,724,952 |
| 669 | Clark Johnson | $116,954,108 | 3 | $38,984,703 |
| 670 | Bennett Miller | $116,708,086 | 4 | $29,177,022 |
| 671 | Sean McNamara | $116,610,573 | 32 | $3,644,080 |
| 672 | Angelina Jolie | $116,480,232 | 6 | $19,413,372 |
| 673 | Greg Berlanti | $116,478,102 | 5 | $23,295,620 |
| 674 | Lorene Scafaria | $116,309,555 | 3 | $38,769,852 |
| 675 | Frederik Du Chau | $116,305,627 | 4 | $29,076,407 |
| 676 | Noam Murro | $116,091,340 | 2 | $58,045,670 |
| 677 | Hugh Hudson | $115,997,356 | 7 | $16,571,051 |
| 678 | David S. Goyer | $115,637,767 | 4 | $28,909,442 |
| 679 | Denzel Washington | $115,532,367 | 4 | $28,883,092 |
| 680 | Sylvain White | $115,513,807 | 5 | $23,102,761 |
| 681 | Robert Aldrich | $115,308,075 | 15 | $7,687,205 |
| 682 | Peter Hastings | $114,959,351 | 2 | $57,479,676 |
| 683 | Jim Sharman | $114,565,797 | 2 | $57,282,899 |
| 684 | David Koepp | $114,038,560 | 7 | $16,291,223 |
| 685 | Reinaldo Marcus Green | $114,025,139 | 4 | $28,506,285 |
| 686 | Buck Henry | $113,998,912 | 2 | $56,999,456 |
| 687 | Michael Hoffman | $113,916,347 | 8 | $14,239,543 |
| 688 | John Erick Dowdle | $113,882,653 | 6 | $18,980,442 |
| 689 | Michael Pressman | $113,658,710 | 7 | $16,236,959 |
| 690 | Nicholas Meyer | $113,405,916 | 6 | $18,900,986 |
| 691 | Stanley Kramer | $113,000,000 | 9 | $12,555,556 |
| 692 | Dexter Fletcher | $112,157,549 | 5 | $22,431,510 |
| 693 | Billy Wilder | $112,145,625 | 22 | $5,097,528 |
| 694 | Dan Trachtenberg | $112,082,999 | 4 | $28,020,750 |
| 695 | Howard Hall | $112,080,730 | 4 | $28,020,183 |
| 696 | James Bridges | $111,663,264 | 5 | $22,332,653 |
| 697 | Michael Cimino | $111,368,201 | 8 | $13,921,025 |
| 698 | Geoff Murphy | $111,354,399 | 7 | $15,907,771 |
| 699 | Burr Steers | $111,058,088 | 4 | $27,764,522 |
| 700 | Johannes Roberts | $111,000,591 | 10 | $11,100,059 |
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.