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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,801-1,900)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
1,801 Hy Averback $18,518,000 3 $6,172,667
1,802 Ricky Gervais $18,451,251 4 $4,612,813
1,803 Matthew Robinson $18,451,251 1 $18,451,251
1,804 Mary Harron $18,427,577 7 $2,632,511
1,805 James Goldstone $18,408,323 3 $6,136,108
1,806 Sanjay Leela Bhansali $18,403,107 4 $4,600,777
1,807 Werner Herzog $18,392,843 31 $593,318
1,808 Dustin Hoffman $18,388,357 1 $18,388,357
1,809 Franc Roddam $18,363,933 4 $4,590,983
1,810 Greg Gillespie $18,298,649 1 $18,298,649
1,811 Michael Polish $18,289,694 13 $1,406,900
1,812 Nag Ashwin $18,289,575 3 $6,096,525
1,813 Tim Pope $18,276,076 2 $9,138,038
1,814 Heywood Gould $18,248,623 2 $9,124,312
1,815 Don Coscarelli $18,175,928 6 $3,029,321
1,816 Brad Parker $18,119,640 2 $9,059,820
1,817 Frank Nissen $18,098,433 1 $18,098,433
1,818 Geoff Burrowes $18,096,355 2 $9,048,178
1,819 Bob Hathcock $18,075,331 2 $9,037,666
1,820 Marek Kanievska $18,055,323 2 $9,027,662
1,821 Jorma Taccone $18,021,730 3 $6,007,243
1,822 Jerry Lewis $18,000,000 2 $9,000,000
1,823 Arne Mattsson $18,000,000 1 $18,000,000
1,824 Donald Wrye $18,000,000 1 $18,000,000
1,825 Bharat Nalluri $17,989,804 7 $2,569,972
1,826 Karan Johar $17,975,270 7 $2,567,896
1,827 Daniel Sackheim $17,951,431 1 $17,951,431
1,828 Emerald Fennell $17,886,794 3 $5,962,265
1,829 Asif Kapadia $17,825,644 9 $1,980,627
1,830 Rob Hardy $17,821,945 4 $4,455,486
1,831 Joe Cornish $17,814,965 3 $5,938,322
1,832 Chris Bailey $17,811,382 1 $17,811,382
1,833 Mark Koetsier $17,811,382 1 $17,811,382
1,834 Allan Arkush $17,798,302 4 $4,449,576
1,835 Paul Lynch $17,791,763 2 $8,895,882
1,836 Yuen Woo Ping $17,774,835 6 $2,962,473
1,837 Holly Goldberg Sloan $17,736,619 1 $17,736,619
1,838 Sergey Bodrov $17,725,785 1 $17,725,785
1,839 Jeff Schaffer $17,718,223 2 $8,859,112
1,840 Elaine Bogan $17,716,215 1 $17,716,215
1,841 Lulu Wang $17,700,478 3 $5,900,159
1,842 Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego $17,686,929 2 $8,843,465
1,843 Coralie Fargeat $17,683,992 3 $5,894,664
1,844 Atom Egoyan $17,623,524 13 $1,355,656
1,845 Gus Trikonis $17,569,000 1 $17,569,000
1,846 Michael J. Bassett $17,530,219 6 $2,921,703
1,847 Jean-Jacques Mantello $17,524,983 6 $2,920,831
1,848 David Nutter $17,507,368 1 $17,507,368
1,849 Vincenzo Natali $17,506,561 6 $2,917,760
1,850 Larry Sher $17,501,244 1 $17,501,244
1,851 Bud Smith $17,500,399 1 $17,500,399
1,852 Boots Riley $17,493,096 1 $17,493,096
1,853 Antony Hoffman $17,480,890 1 $17,480,890
1,854 Carter Smith $17,432,844 4 $4,358,211
1,855 Cheryl Dunye $17,364,308 2 $8,682,154
1,856 Cheech Marin $17,355,263 1 $17,355,263
1,857 Lance Rivera $17,352,893 2 $8,676,447
1,858 Gary Goddard $17,336,370 1 $17,336,370
1,859 Ellory Elkayem $17,266,505 3 $5,755,502
1,860 Melvin Frank $17,260,608 6 $2,876,768
1,861 John D. Hancock $17,230,331 4 $4,307,583
1,862 Ry Russo-Young $17,218,683 4 $4,304,671
1,863 Michael Chapman $17,200,000 2 $8,600,000
1,864 Roger Corman $17,075,070 15 $1,138,338
1,865 Trevor Wall $17,062,499 1 $17,062,499
1,866 Michael O. Sajbel $17,024,331 5 $3,404,866
1,867 Don Mancini $17,016,190 3 $5,672,063
1,868 Zi Jiao (饺子) $17,001,486 1 $17,001,486
1,869 John Cardos $17,000,000 2 $8,500,000
1,870 Matthjs Van Heijnngen $16,999,934 2 $8,499,967
1,871 E. Elias Merhige $16,991,581 2 $8,495,791
1,872 Bob Swaim $16,987,227 2 $8,493,614
1,873 Brady Corbet $16,976,534 3 $5,658,845
1,874 Marc Fafard $16,933,791 1 $16,933,791
1,875 Nick Hamm $16,917,718 7 $2,416,817
1,876 Richard Kelly $16,807,363 3 $5,602,454
1,877 Janusz Kaminski $16,779,636 2 $8,389,818
1,878 Mark Christpher $16,757,163 1 $16,757,163
1,879 Tommy Lee Wallace $16,750,289 5 $3,350,058
1,880 Jonas Elmer $16,734,283 1 $16,734,283
1,881 Josie Rourke $16,648,499 3 $5,549,500
1,882 Buzz Kulik $16,647,800 6 $2,774,633
1,883 James Glickenhaus $16,647,588 3 $5,549,196
1,884 Tim Blake Nelson $16,621,711 6 $2,770,285
1,885 Prachya Pinkaew $16,609,717 4 $4,152,429
1,886 Harry Winer $16,604,726 2 $8,302,363
1,887 Stan Lathan $16,595,791 4 $4,148,948
1,888 Lamont Johnson $16,593,944 4 $4,148,486
1,889 Michael Cristofer $16,521,410 3 $5,507,137
1,890 RZA $16,489,984 3 $5,496,661
1,891 Anthony Hickox $16,428,216 5 $3,285,643
1,892 James Lapine $16,425,760 5 $3,285,152
1,893 Christian Marquand $16,408,286 1 $16,408,286
1,894 Richard Lang $16,400,000 2 $8,200,000
1,895 Bethany Ashton Wolf $16,376,066 1 $16,376,066
1,896 Peter Kosminsky $16,357,770 2 $8,178,885
1,897 John Harrison $16,324,573 1 $16,324,573
1,898 Phil Karlson $16,318,124 8 $2,039,766
1,899 Giuseppe Tornatore $16,288,956 7 $2,326,994
1,900 Busby Berkeley $16,200,000 7 $2,314,286

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.