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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 | Stefan Ruzowitzky | $5,554,921 | 7 | $793,560 |
| 2,502 | Ken Loach | $5,527,467 | 18 | $307,082 |
| 2,503 | Dave Willis | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 2,504 | Matt Maiellaro | $5,520,368 | 2 | $2,760,184 |
| 2,505 | J.B. Rogers | $5,516,708 | 1 | $5,516,708 |
| 2,506 | Ira Sachs | $5,512,810 | 7 | $787,544 |
| 2,507 | Jon S. Baird | $5,504,646 | 5 | $1,100,929 |
| 2,508 | Anurag Basu | $5,502,095 | 6 | $917,016 |
| 2,509 | Yurek Bogayevicz | $5,495,507 | 1 | $5,495,507 |
| 2,510 | Millicent Shelton | $5,485,295 | 2 | $2,742,648 |
| 2,511 | Shaka King | $5,478,009 | 2 | $2,739,005 |
| 2,512 | Reed Morano | $5,437,971 | 3 | $1,812,657 |
| 2,513 | Tony Maylam | $5,430,822 | 2 | $2,715,411 |
| 2,514 | Diane Paulus | $5,402,148 | 1 | $5,402,148 |
| 2,515 | Brett Sullivan | $5,402,148 | 7 | $771,735 |
| 2,516 | George Hickenlooper | $5,395,273 | 6 | $899,212 |
| 2,517 | Charles Band | $5,392,345 | 4 | $1,348,086 |
| 2,518 | Nash Edgerton | $5,376,069 | 2 | $2,688,035 |
| 2,519 | Laure de Clermont | $5,336,840 | 2 | $2,668,420 |
| 2,520 | Claire Denis | $5,336,103 | 8 | $667,013 |
| 2,521 | Silvio Soldini | $5,311,177 | 5 | $1,062,235 |
| 2,522 | Gary Sinise | $5,290,596 | 2 | $2,645,298 |
| 2,523 | Jacob Aaron Estes | $5,278,657 | 2 | $2,639,329 |
| 2,524 | Charles Grasvenor | $5,274,950 | 1 | $5,274,950 |
| 2,525 | Regis Wargnier | $5,243,537 | 1 | $5,243,537 |
| 2,526 | Marty Feldman | $5,215,015 | 2 | $2,607,508 |
| 2,527 | Richard Mulligan | $5,194,491 | 1 | $5,194,491 |
| 2,528 | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | $5,186,392 | 5 | $1,037,278 |
| 2,529 | Julie Delpy | $5,144,071 | 6 | $857,345 |
| 2,530 | Stephen Carpenter | $5,115,453 | 2 | $2,557,727 |
| 2,531 | Anthony Geffen | $5,100,135 | 1 | $5,100,135 |
| 2,532 | Julien Temple | $5,097,151 | 9 | $566,350 |
| 2,533 | Justine Triet | $5,076,369 | 3 | $1,692,123 |
| 2,534 | Tim Kirkby | $5,059,608 | 2 | $2,529,804 |
| 2,535 | Jonathan Jakubowicz | $5,022,512 | 3 | $1,674,171 |
| 2,536 | David Beaird | $5,021,267 | 2 | $2,510,634 |
| 2,537 | Blair Hayes | $5,002,310 | 3 | $1,667,437 |
| 2,538 | Eugene Lourie | $5,000,000 | 3 | $1,666,667 |
| 2,539 | Miranda July | $4,985,226 | 3 | $1,661,742 |
| 2,540 | Ingmar Bergman | $4,971,340 | 19 | $261,649 |
| 2,541 | Abhishek Varman | $4,967,511 | 2 | $2,483,756 |
| 2,542 | Juan Jesús García Galocha | $4,960,498 | 1 | $4,960,498 |
| 2,543 | Carlo Carlei | $4,957,396 | 2 | $2,478,698 |
| 2,544 | Peter Kassovitz | $4,956,401 | 1 | $4,956,401 |
| 2,545 | Todd Lincoln | $4,936,819 | 1 | $4,936,819 |
| 2,546 | Benoit Jacquot | $4,934,721 | 10 | $493,472 |
| 2,547 | Norberto Barba | $4,932,915 | 1 | $4,932,915 |
| 2,548 | Domee Shi | $4,930,094 | 2 | $2,465,047 |
| 2,549 | Jez Butterworth | $4,919,896 | 1 | $4,919,896 |
| 2,550 | Dome Karukoski | $4,913,450 | 3 | $1,637,817 |
| 2,551 | John Rich | $4,900,000 | 2 | $2,450,000 |
| 2,552 | Peter Mullan | $4,890,878 | 2 | $2,445,439 |
| 2,553 | Kimio Yabuki | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 2,554 | Bernard Deyriès | $4,889,971 | 1 | $4,889,971 |
| 2,555 | David Schmoeller | $4,888,270 | 3 | $1,629,423 |
| 2,556 | Armand Mastroianni | $4,875,436 | 2 | $2,437,718 |
| 2,557 | Janicza Bravo | $4,873,657 | 2 | $2,436,829 |
| 2,558 | Enrique Begne | $4,869,662 | 2 | $2,434,831 |
| 2,559 | Charles Burnett | $4,859,094 | 6 | $809,849 |
| 2,560 | Gerard Depardieu | $4,857,374 | 1 | $4,857,374 |
| 2,561 | Brian Baugh | $4,836,965 | 3 | $1,612,322 |
| 2,562 | Laurence Dunmore | $4,835,065 | 1 | $4,835,065 |
| 2,563 | Dewey Nicks | $4,814,244 | 1 | $4,814,244 |
| 2,564 | Krzysztof Kieslowski | $4,802,898 | 3 | $1,600,966 |
| 2,565 | Matt Brown | $4,784,205 | 2 | $2,392,103 |
| 2,566 | Celine Sciamma | $4,779,955 | 4 | $1,194,989 |
| 2,567 | Jean-Marie Poire | $4,777,007 | 2 | $2,388,504 |
| 2,568 | Mandie Fletcher | $4,772,155 | 2 | $2,386,078 |
| 2,569 | Paul Johansson | $4,752,353 | 1 | $4,752,353 |
| 2,570 | Anthony Mann | $4,750,000 | 12 | $395,833 |
| 2,571 | Nelson Dilipkumar | $4,738,000 | 3 | $1,579,333 |
| 2,572 | Bruce Paltrow | $4,734,235 | 1 | $4,734,235 |
| 2,573 | Matt Osterman | $4,731,273 | 5 | $946,255 |
| 2,574 | Bruce Macdonald | $4,719,928 | 2 | $2,359,964 |
| 2,575 | Maria Ripoll | $4,711,092 | 8 | $588,887 |
| 2,576 | T.C. Christensen | $4,710,127 | 5 | $942,025 |
| 2,577 | Marjane Satrapi | $4,702,108 | 5 | $940,422 |
| 2,578 | Douglas Cheek | $4,700,000 | 1 | $4,700,000 |
| 2,579 | Vincent Paronnaud | $4,697,108 | 4 | $1,174,277 |
| 2,580 | Deb Hagan | $4,694,491 | 1 | $4,694,491 |
| 2,581 | Robert Kenner | $4,694,173 | 4 | $1,173,543 |
| 2,582 | Charles Lane | $4,693,236 | 1 | $4,693,236 |
| 2,583 | Bishal Dutta | $4,675,092 | 2 | $2,337,546 |
| 2,584 | Andre Techine | $4,673,340 | 14 | $333,810 |
| 2,585 | Mark Herrier | $4,656,759 | 1 | $4,656,759 |
| 2,586 | Olivier Assayas | $4,648,538 | 12 | $387,378 |
| 2,587 | Bob Odenkirk | $4,630,045 | 1 | $4,630,045 |
| 2,588 | John Payson | $4,616,355 | 1 | $4,616,355 |
| 2,589 | Jill Sprecher | $4,615,135 | 3 | $1,538,378 |
| 2,590 | John Turturro | $4,607,208 | 5 | $921,442 |
| 2,591 | Peter Manoogian | $4,601,256 | 1 | $4,601,256 |
| 2,592 | Marcel Langereger | $4,598,506 | 1 | $4,598,506 |
| 2,593 | Christophe Barratier | $4,590,183 | 7 | $655,740 |
| 2,594 | Ivan Passer | $4,581,788 | 3 | $1,527,263 |
| 2,595 | Dorian Walker | $4,561,000 | 2 | $2,280,500 |
| 2,596 | Joe Talbot | $4,515,719 | 1 | $4,515,719 |
| 2,597 | Harvey Glazer | $4,500,147 | 2 | $2,250,074 |
| 2,598 | Cedric Klapisch | $4,496,624 | 7 | $642,375 |
| 2,599 | Alex Cox | $4,488,291 | 5 | $897,658 |
| 2,600 | Luis Bunuel | $4,463,762 | 22 | $202,898 |
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.