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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Martin Koolhoven | $542,860 | 2 | $271,430 |
| 4,002 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | $541,992 | 1 | $541,992 |
| 4,003 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $541,682 | 7 | $77,383 |
| 4,004 | Julia von Heinz | $541,578 | 3 | $180,526 |
| 4,005 | Antoine Le | $538,179 | 1 | $538,179 |
| 4,006 | Jim Mickle | $537,849 | 4 | $134,462 |
| 4,007 | Tobias Lindholm | $537,339 | 4 | $134,335 |
| 4,008 | Tony Chan | $536,701 | 5 | $107,340 |
| 4,009 | Valerie Breiman | $536,287 | 2 | $268,144 |
| 4,010 | Daniel Barber | $535,861 | 2 | $267,931 |
| 4,011 | Longman Leung | $535,596 | 2 | $267,798 |
| 4,012 | Josh Radnor | $535,286 | 2 | $267,643 |
| 4,013 | Zachary Wigon | $535,201 | 3 | $178,400 |
| 4,014 | Jem Cohen | $535,178 | 3 | $178,393 |
| 4,015 | Len Dell’amico | $534,611 | 2 | $267,306 |
| 4,016 | Tracie Laymon | $534,372 | 1 | $534,372 |
| 4,017 | Michael Dweck | $533,149 | 3 | $177,716 |
| 4,018 | Ron Frank | $531,781 | 2 | $265,891 |
| 4,019 | Jules Dassin | $529,179 | 6 | $88,197 |
| 4,020 | Ai Weiwei | $527,845 | 3 | $175,948 |
| 4,021 | Bilal Lashari | $525,000 | 1 | $525,000 |
| 4,022 | Mort Ransen | $524,963 | 1 | $524,963 |
| 4,023 | Josh Tickell | $524,001 | 9 | $58,222 |
| 4,024 | Jacob Tierney | $523,342 | 4 | $130,836 |
| 4,025 | Eliza Hittman | $521,668 | 3 | $173,889 |
| 4,026 | Gergory Kershaw | $521,202 | 2 | $260,601 |
| 4,027 | Michael T. Workman | $520,034 | 1 | $520,034 |
| 4,028 | Kei Pritsker | $520,034 | 1 | $520,034 |
| 4,029 | Madeleine Olnek | $519,487 | 2 | $259,744 |
| 4,030 | Tatsuma Minamikawa | $519,461 | 1 | $519,461 |
| 4,031 | Pascal Chaumeil | $517,377 | 3 | $172,459 |
| 4,032 | William Bindley | $517,262 | 1 | $517,262 |
| 4,033 | Joseph B. Vasquez | $516,855 | 1 | $516,855 |
| 4,034 | Timothy Woodward, Jr | $516,520 | 16 | $32,283 |
| 4,035 | Carson Lund | $516,517 | 1 | $516,517 |
| 4,036 | Stacy Cochran | $516,349 | 2 | $258,175 |
| 4,037 | Alain Guiraudie | $516,268 | 4 | $129,067 |
| 4,038 | Dave McCary | $515,765 | 1 | $515,765 |
| 4,039 | Stan Foster | $514,522 | 2 | $257,261 |
| 4,040 | Vipul Amrutlal Shah | $514,341 | 4 | $128,585 |
| 4,041 | Michel Leclerc | $514,237 | 5 | $102,847 |
| 4,042 | Phyllis Nagy | $512,770 | 3 | $170,923 |
| 4,043 | R.S. Prasanna | $511,875 | 2 | $255,938 |
| 4,044 | Charlie McDowell | $511,635 | 6 | $85,273 |
| 4,045 | Simeon Rice | $510,957 | 1 | $510,957 |
| 4,046 | Christian Vincent | $510,587 | 2 | $255,294 |
| 4,047 | Dick Clement | $510,136 | 1 | $510,136 |
| 4,048 | Darin Scott | $509,470 | 1 | $509,470 |
| 4,049 | Fred M. Andrews | $508,714 | 1 | $508,714 |
| 4,050 | Andrea Jublin | $508,695 | 2 | $254,348 |
| 4,051 | Guy Thys | $508,695 | 1 | $508,695 |
| 4,052 | Philippe Pollet-Villard | $508,695 | 2 | $254,348 |
| 4,053 | Hossein Amini | $507,463 | 1 | $507,463 |
| 4,054 | Cristina Gallego | $507,259 | 1 | $507,259 |
| 4,055 | Titus Kaphar | $506,520 | 1 | $506,520 |
| 4,056 | Sameh Zoabi | $504,443 | 1 | $504,443 |
| 4,057 | Tomomi Kamiya | $503,786 | 1 | $503,786 |
| 4,058 | Shigeyuki Miya | $503,786 | 1 | $503,786 |
| 4,059 | Miles Joris-Peyrafitte | $503,378 | 4 | $125,845 |
| 4,060 | Ben Sombogaart | $502,567 | 6 | $83,761 |
| 4,061 | Erik Greenberg Anjou | $502,294 | 1 | $502,294 |
| 4,062 | Christy Summerhays | $502,252 | 1 | $502,252 |
| 4,063 | Masato Jinbo | $502,000 | 1 | $502,000 |
| 4,064 | Hans Canosa | $500,418 | 2 | $250,209 |
| 4,065 | Andrea Di Stefano | $500,117 | 3 | $166,706 |
| 4,066 | Francis Lee | $498,957 | 2 | $249,479 |
| 4,067 | Ali Zafar | $496,172 | 1 | $496,172 |
| 4,068 | Julian Higgins | $493,679 | 1 | $493,679 |
| 4,069 | E.L. Katz | $493,285 | 4 | $123,321 |
| 4,070 | Ishiro Honda | $491,389 | 11 | $44,672 |
| 4,071 | Ayman Jamal | $490,973 | 1 | $490,973 |
| 4,072 | Khurram H. Alavi | $490,973 | 1 | $490,973 |
| 4,073 | Penny Lane | $489,000 | 4 | $122,250 |
| 4,074 | Christopher N. Rowley | $488,393 | 2 | $244,197 |
| 4,075 | Sophie Fiennes | $487,354 | 4 | $121,839 |
| 4,076 | Michael Fischa | $486,722 | 1 | $486,722 |
| 4,077 | Anthony LaMolinara | $485,728 | 1 | $485,728 |
| 4,078 | Zhao Xiaoding | $485,728 | 1 | $485,728 |
| 4,079 | Jae-rim Han | $484,112 | 2 | $242,056 |
| 4,080 | Tsuneo Kobayashi | $483,795 | 1 | $483,795 |
| 4,081 | Xu Jinglei | $482,013 | 2 | $241,007 |
| 4,082 | Brian Presley | $481,924 | 2 | $240,962 |
| 4,083 | Rolf Schübel | $481,207 | 1 | $481,207 |
| 4,084 | Aziz Mirza | $479,759 | 2 | $239,880 |
| 4,085 | Sang Geun Lee | $478,949 | 1 | $478,949 |
| 4,086 | Caroline Bottaro | $478,710 | 1 | $478,710 |
| 4,087 | Nancy Savoca | $478,275 | 4 | $119,569 |
| 4,088 | Radhika Rao | $475,628 | 3 | $158,543 |
| 4,089 | Vinay Sapru | $475,628 | 3 | $158,543 |
| 4,090 | R.T. Thorne | $475,000 | 1 | $475,000 |
| 4,091 | Michael Almereyda | $474,525 | 6 | $79,088 |
| 4,092 | Michael Hegner | $473,477 | 2 | $236,739 |
| 4,093 | Greg Manwaring | $473,477 | 1 | $473,477 |
| 4,094 | Stefan Fjeldmark | $473,477 | 2 | $236,739 |
| 4,095 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $472,166 | 1 | $472,166 |
| 4,096 | Arnon Goldfinger | $471,842 | 1 | $471,842 |
| 4,097 | Danny Clinch | $470,604 | 3 | $156,868 |
| 4,098 | Matt Dillon | $470,092 | 3 | $156,697 |
| 4,099 | Han Han | $469,706 | 5 | $93,941 |
| 4,100 | Joshua Brand | $468,240 | 1 | $468,240 |
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.