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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 Francois Ozon $18,557,134 17 $1,091,596
1,802 Hy Averback $18,518,000 3 $6,172,667
1,803 Ricky Gervais $18,451,251 4 $4,612,813
1,804 Matthew Robinson $18,451,251 1 $18,451,251
1,805 Mary Harron $18,427,577 7 $2,632,511
1,806 James Goldstone $18,408,323 3 $6,136,108
1,807 Sanjay Leela Bhansali $18,403,107 4 $4,600,777
1,808 Werner Herzog $18,392,843 31 $593,318
1,809 Dustin Hoffman $18,388,357 1 $18,388,357
1,810 Franc Roddam $18,363,933 4 $4,590,983
1,811 Greg Gillespie $18,298,649 1 $18,298,649
1,812 Michael Polish $18,289,694 14 $1,306,407
1,813 Nag Ashwin $18,289,575 3 $6,096,525
1,814 Tim Pope $18,276,076 2 $9,138,038
1,815 Heywood Gould $18,248,623 2 $9,124,312
1,816 Don Coscarelli $18,175,928 6 $3,029,321
1,817 Brad Parker $18,119,640 2 $9,059,820
1,818 Frank Nissen $18,098,433 1 $18,098,433
1,819 Geoff Burrowes $18,096,355 2 $9,048,178
1,820 Bob Hathcock $18,075,331 2 $9,037,666
1,821 Marek Kanievska $18,055,323 2 $9,027,662
1,822 Jorma Taccone $18,021,730 3 $6,007,243
1,823 Arne Mattsson $18,000,000 1 $18,000,000
1,824 Donald Wrye $18,000,000 1 $18,000,000
1,825 Jerry Lewis $18,000,000 2 $9,000,000
1,826 Bharat Nalluri $17,989,804 7 $2,569,972
1,827 Karan Johar $17,975,270 7 $2,567,896
1,828 Daniel Sackheim $17,951,431 1 $17,951,431
1,829 Emerald Fennell $17,886,794 3 $5,962,265
1,830 Asif Kapadia $17,825,644 9 $1,980,627
1,831 Rob Hardy $17,821,945 4 $4,455,486
1,832 Joe Cornish $17,814,965 3 $5,938,322
1,833 Chris Bailey $17,811,382 1 $17,811,382
1,834 Mark Koetsier $17,811,382 1 $17,811,382
1,835 Allan Arkush $17,798,302 4 $4,449,576
1,836 Paul Lynch $17,791,763 2 $8,895,882
1,837 Yuen Woo Ping $17,774,835 6 $2,962,473
1,838 Holly Goldberg Sloan $17,736,619 1 $17,736,619
1,839 Sergey Bodrov $17,725,785 1 $17,725,785
1,840 Jeff Schaffer $17,718,223 2 $8,859,112
1,841 Elaine Bogan $17,716,215 1 $17,716,215
1,842 Lulu Wang $17,700,478 3 $5,900,159
1,843 Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego $17,686,929 2 $8,843,465
1,844 Coralie Fargeat $17,683,992 3 $5,894,664
1,845 Atom Egoyan $17,623,524 13 $1,355,656
1,846 Gus Trikonis $17,569,000 1 $17,569,000
1,847 Michael J. Bassett $17,530,219 6 $2,921,703
1,848 Jean-Jacques Mantello $17,524,983 6 $2,920,831
1,849 David Nutter $17,507,368 1 $17,507,368
1,850 Vincenzo Natali $17,506,561 6 $2,917,760
1,851 Larry Sher $17,501,244 1 $17,501,244
1,852 Bud Smith $17,500,399 1 $17,500,399
1,853 Boots Riley $17,493,096 1 $17,493,096
1,854 Antony Hoffman $17,480,890 1 $17,480,890
1,855 Carter Smith $17,432,844 4 $4,358,211
1,856 Cheryl Dunye $17,364,308 2 $8,682,154
1,857 Cheech Marin $17,355,263 1 $17,355,263
1,858 Lance Rivera $17,352,893 2 $8,676,447
1,859 Gary Goddard $17,336,370 1 $17,336,370
1,860 Ellory Elkayem $17,266,505 3 $5,755,502
1,861 Melvin Frank $17,260,608 6 $2,876,768
1,862 John D. Hancock $17,230,331 4 $4,307,583
1,863 Ry Russo-Young $17,218,683 4 $4,304,671
1,864 Michael Chapman $17,200,000 2 $8,600,000
1,865 Roger Corman $17,075,070 15 $1,138,338
1,866 Trevor Wall $17,062,499 1 $17,062,499
1,867 Michael O. Sajbel $17,024,331 5 $3,404,866
1,868 Don Mancini $17,016,190 3 $5,672,063
1,869 Zi Jiao (饺子) $17,001,486 1 $17,001,486
1,870 John Cardos $17,000,000 2 $8,500,000
1,871 Matthjs Van Heijnngen $16,999,934 2 $8,499,967
1,872 E. Elias Merhige $16,991,581 2 $8,495,791
1,873 Bob Swaim $16,987,227 2 $8,493,614
1,874 Brady Corbet $16,976,534 3 $5,658,845
1,875 Marc Fafard $16,933,791 1 $16,933,791
1,876 Nick Hamm $16,917,718 7 $2,416,817
1,877 Richard Kelly $16,807,363 3 $5,602,454
1,878 Janusz Kaminski $16,779,636 2 $8,389,818
1,879 Mark Christpher $16,757,163 1 $16,757,163
1,880 Tommy Lee Wallace $16,750,289 5 $3,350,058
1,881 Jonas Elmer $16,734,283 1 $16,734,283
1,882 Josie Rourke $16,648,499 3 $5,549,500
1,883 Buzz Kulik $16,647,800 6 $2,774,633
1,884 James Glickenhaus $16,647,588 3 $5,549,196
1,885 Tim Blake Nelson $16,621,711 6 $2,770,285
1,886 Prachya Pinkaew $16,609,717 4 $4,152,429
1,887 Harry Winer $16,604,726 2 $8,302,363
1,888 Stan Lathan $16,595,791 4 $4,148,948
1,889 Lamont Johnson $16,593,944 4 $4,148,486
1,890 Michael Cristofer $16,521,410 3 $5,507,137
1,891 RZA $16,489,984 3 $5,496,661
1,892 Anthony Hickox $16,428,216 5 $3,285,643
1,893 James Lapine $16,425,760 5 $3,285,152
1,894 Christian Marquand $16,408,286 1 $16,408,286
1,895 Richard Lang $16,400,000 2 $8,200,000
1,896 Bethany Ashton Wolf $16,376,066 1 $16,376,066
1,897 Peter Kosminsky $16,357,770 2 $8,178,885
1,898 John Harrison $16,324,573 1 $16,324,573
1,899 Phil Karlson $16,318,124 8 $2,039,766
1,900 Giuseppe Tornatore $16,288,956 7 $2,326,994

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.