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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.