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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Dennis Iliadis | $32,752,215 | 2 | $16,376,108 |
| 1,402 | Bonnie Hunt | $32,662,299 | 1 | $32,662,299 |
| 1,403 | Rodo Sayagues | $32,638,038 | 1 | $32,638,038 |
| 1,404 | Gary Rydstrom | $32,622,971 | 3 | $10,874,324 |
| 1,405 | Edward Berger | $32,580,655 | 6 | $5,430,109 |
| 1,406 | Tom Bezucha | $32,544,794 | 2 | $16,272,397 |
| 1,407 | Will Merrick | $32,502,025 | 1 | $32,502,025 |
| 1,408 | Nick Johnson | $32,502,025 | 1 | $32,502,025 |
| 1,409 | Rod Blackhurst | $32,494,740 | 5 | $6,498,948 |
| 1,410 | Bryce McGuire | $32,494,740 | 2 | $16,247,370 |
| 1,411 | David M. Evans | $32,443,097 | 4 | $8,110,774 |
| 1,412 | Grant Heslov | $32,428,195 | 1 | $32,428,195 |
| 1,413 | Tsui Hark | $32,426,588 | 15 | $2,161,773 |
| 1,414 | Joshua Michael Stern | $32,421,277 | 3 | $10,807,092 |
| 1,415 | Susanna White | $32,408,327 | 4 | $8,102,082 |
| 1,416 | Hany Abu-Assad | $32,400,085 | 6 | $5,400,014 |
| 1,417 | Dax Shepard | $32,349,452 | 3 | $10,783,151 |
| 1,418 | Adam Brooks | $32,241,649 | 1 | $32,241,649 |
| 1,419 | Marco Schnabel | $32,235,793 | 1 | $32,235,793 |
| 1,420 | Robert Greenwald | $32,229,527 | 7 | $4,604,218 |
| 1,421 | Jack Clayton | $32,189,287 | 3 | $10,729,762 |
| 1,422 | Richie Keen | $32,187,017 | 3 | $10,729,006 |
| 1,423 | Tetsuro Kodama | $32,132,374 | 1 | $32,132,374 |
| 1,424 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $32,131,830 | 1 | $32,131,830 |
| 1,425 | Mark Tonderai | $32,112,020 | 2 | $16,056,010 |
| 1,426 | Jim Field Smith | $32,083,860 | 2 | $16,041,930 |
| 1,427 | Zach Helm | $32,061,555 | 1 | $32,061,555 |
| 1,428 | Bernard Derriman | $31,933,830 | 1 | $31,933,830 |
| 1,429 | Loren Bouchard | $31,933,830 | 1 | $31,933,830 |
| 1,430 | Henry Levin | $31,920,615 | 6 | $5,320,103 |
| 1,431 | Shane Acker | $31,907,309 | 2 | $15,953,655 |
| 1,432 | Deran Sarafian | $31,873,100 | 3 | $10,624,367 |
| 1,433 | Terry George | $31,743,416 | 3 | $10,581,139 |
| 1,434 | Mark Romanek | $31,597,131 | 1 | $31,597,131 |
| 1,435 | Matthias Glasner | $31,559,552 | 2 | $15,779,776 |
| 1,436 | Michael Zinberg | $31,559,552 | 1 | $31,559,552 |
| 1,437 | Norman Taurog | $31,490,453 | 17 | $1,852,380 |
| 1,438 | Michael Gordon | $31,455,882 | 6 | $5,242,647 |
| 1,439 | David Moreau | $31,418,697 | 6 | $5,236,450 |
| 1,440 | Xavier Palud | $31,418,697 | 1 | $31,418,697 |
| 1,441 | Jesse Peretz | $31,351,647 | 3 | $10,450,549 |
| 1,442 | Oz Scott | $31,261,000 | 2 | $15,630,500 |
| 1,443 | Christopher Erskin | $31,203,964 | 1 | $31,203,964 |
| 1,444 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | $31,191,613 | 5 | $6,238,323 |
| 1,445 | Jim Drake | $31,138,404 | 2 | $15,569,202 |
| 1,446 | Peter Atencio | $31,050,184 | 4 | $7,762,546 |
| 1,447 | Josh Ruben | $30,991,521 | 3 | $10,330,507 |
| 1,448 | Otto Bathurst | $30,824,628 | 1 | $30,824,628 |
| 1,449 | Tomas Alfredson | $30,820,158 | 3 | $10,273,386 |
| 1,450 | James Ponsoldt | $30,787,449 | 6 | $5,131,242 |
| 1,451 | Luis Prieto | $30,723,147 | 4 | $7,680,787 |
| 1,452 | Scott Frank | $30,618,270 | 2 | $15,309,135 |
| 1,453 | Tom Ropelewski | $30,610,303 | 2 | $15,305,152 |
| 1,454 | Tatsuya Nagamine | $30,376,755 | 3 | $10,125,585 |
| 1,455 | Anna J. Foerster | $30,353,973 | 2 | $15,176,987 |
| 1,456 | Bob Dolman | $30,306,281 | 1 | $30,306,281 |
| 1,457 | Stephan Elliott | $30,248,552 | 5 | $6,049,710 |
| 1,458 | Desmond Davis | $30,000,000 | 3 | $10,000,000 |
| 1,459 | Michael Dinner | $29,932,825 | 4 | $7,483,206 |
| 1,460 | Greg Beeman | $29,811,382 | 3 | $9,937,127 |
| 1,461 | Peter Rida Michail | $29,790,236 | 2 | $14,895,118 |
| 1,462 | Jim Rash | $29,789,751 | 3 | $9,929,917 |
| 1,463 | Nat Faxon | $29,789,751 | 3 | $9,929,917 |
| 1,464 | Kinka Usher | $29,762,011 | 1 | $29,762,011 |
| 1,465 | Jon Cassar | $29,747,603 | 2 | $14,873,802 |
| 1,466 | Charles Walters | $29,670,559 | 8 | $3,708,820 |
| 1,467 | Phil Nibbelink | $29,534,240 | 3 | $9,844,747 |
| 1,468 | Gregory Plotkin | $29,404,555 | 2 | $14,702,278 |
| 1,469 | Sara Sugarman | $29,366,452 | 4 | $7,341,613 |
| 1,470 | David Seltzer | $29,232,000 | 2 | $14,616,000 |
| 1,471 | Lars Klevberg | $29,208,403 | 3 | $9,736,134 |
| 1,472 | Eric Karson | $29,055,810 | 5 | $5,811,162 |
| 1,473 | Rupert Goold | $29,039,656 | 3 | $9,679,885 |
| 1,474 | George Butler | $29,027,120 | 5 | $5,805,424 |
| 1,475 | Mike Tiddes | $29,016,427 | 3 | $9,672,142 |
| 1,476 | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | $28,989,957 | 4 | $7,247,489 |
| 1,477 | Ed Decter | $28,972,187 | 1 | $28,972,187 |
| 1,478 | Phillip Borsos | $28,959,748 | 4 | $7,239,937 |
| 1,479 | Don Taylor | $28,947,800 | 4 | $7,236,950 |
| 1,480 | Joe Charbanic | $28,946,615 | 1 | $28,946,615 |
| 1,481 | Noah Baumbach | $28,887,697 | 13 | $2,222,131 |
| 1,482 | John Carney | $28,853,607 | 6 | $4,808,935 |
| 1,483 | Ed Harris | $28,808,308 | 2 | $14,404,154 |
| 1,484 | Aaron Sorkin | $28,780,744 | 3 | $9,593,581 |
| 1,485 | Siddharth Anand | $28,773,726 | 5 | $5,754,745 |
| 1,486 | Kenji Nagasaki | $28,749,064 | 3 | $9,583,021 |
| 1,487 | Lewis John Carlino | $28,667,789 | 3 | $9,555,930 |
| 1,488 | Thomas Guard | $28,596,818 | 2 | $14,298,409 |
| 1,489 | Charles Guard | $28,596,818 | 2 | $14,298,409 |
| 1,490 | Mark DiSalle | $28,595,042 | 2 | $14,297,521 |
| 1,491 | Brian Kirk | $28,539,757 | 3 | $9,513,252 |
| 1,492 | Nia Vardalos | $28,496,030 | 1 | $28,496,030 |
| 1,493 | Brian Gilbert | $28,453,173 | 2 | $14,226,587 |
| 1,494 | Greg Coolidge | $28,444,855 | 2 | $14,222,428 |
| 1,495 | Bill Paxton | $28,441,737 | 2 | $14,220,869 |
| 1,496 | John Stainton | $28,436,931 | 1 | $28,436,931 |
| 1,497 | Ken Finkleman | $28,403,301 | 2 | $14,201,651 |
| 1,498 | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | $28,372,124 | 3 | $9,457,375 |
| 1,499 | David Gelb | $28,354,048 | 5 | $5,670,810 |
| 1,500 | Sean Baker | $28,299,362 | 8 | $3,537,420 |
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.