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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 701-800)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | John Ford | $105,400,000 | 24 | $4,391,667 |
| 702 | Aaron Nee | $105,364,584 | 4 | $26,341,146 |
| 703 | Adam Nee | $105,364,584 | 4 | $26,341,146 |
| 704 | Don Siegel | $105,203,180 | 16 | $6,575,199 |
| 705 | Sofia Coppola | $104,480,355 | 8 | $13,060,044 |
| 706 | Joshua Logan | $104,081,356 | 5 | $20,816,271 |
| 707 | Christopher Cain | $103,901,633 | 8 | $12,987,704 |
| 708 | Steve Rodney McQueen | $103,231,002 | 6 | $17,205,167 |
| 709 | James Ivory | $103,094,259 | 20 | $5,154,713 |
| 710 | Danny Leiner | $103,063,267 | 3 | $34,354,422 |
| 711 | Thomas Carter | $103,024,926 | 4 | $25,756,232 |
| 712 | Tim Heitz | $102,996,915 | 1 | $102,996,915 |
| 713 | James Algar | $102,797,000 | 2 | $51,398,500 |
| 714 | Sam Peckinpah | $102,392,537 | 13 | $7,876,349 |
| 715 | Gene Saks | $102,368,900 | 6 | $17,061,483 |
| 716 | Charles Stone III | $101,948,559 | 7 | $14,564,080 |
| 717 | Bob Rafelson | $101,732,502 | 8 | $12,716,563 |
| 718 | David E. Talbert | $101,566,563 | 5 | $20,313,313 |
| 719 | Niki Caro | $101,029,369 | 8 | $12,628,671 |
| 720 | Bo Welch | $101,018,283 | 1 | $101,018,283 |
| 721 | Igor Kovalyov | $100,494,685 | 1 | $100,494,685 |
| 722 | George Seaton | $100,489,150 | 4 | $25,122,288 |
| 723 | Nicholas Meyer | $100,405,916 | 5 | $20,081,183 |
| 724 | Mervyn LeRoy | $100,064,249 | 10 | $10,006,425 |
| 725 | Daniel Petrie | $99,903,881 | 8 | $12,487,985 |
| 726 | Alejandro Amenábar | $99,677,369 | 6 | $16,612,895 |
| 727 | Steven Quale | $99,158,521 | 5 | $19,831,704 |
| 728 | Jerry Paris | $98,916,205 | 2 | $49,458,103 |
| 729 | John R. Leonetti | $98,575,318 | 4 | $24,643,830 |
| 730 | David Kellogg | $98,419,385 | 2 | $49,209,693 |
| 731 | Sidney J. Furie | $98,374,524 | 14 | $7,026,752 |
| 732 | Tamra Davis | $97,800,083 | 7 | $13,971,440 |
| 733 | Nimrod Antal | $97,647,417 | 6 | $16,274,570 |
| 734 | Pierre Perifel | $97,459,240 | 2 | $48,729,620 |
| 735 | Michael Engler | $97,454,519 | 2 | $48,727,260 |
| 736 | Hal Ashby | $96,883,158 | 10 | $9,688,316 |
| 737 | Gary Goldman | $96,468,617 | 4 | $24,117,154 |
| 738 | Bernardo Bertolucci | $96,369,809 | 10 | $9,636,981 |
| 739 | James Gray | $96,339,598 | 9 | $10,704,400 |
| 740 | William Dear | $96,233,331 | 6 | $16,038,889 |
| 741 | Carroll Ballard | $96,131,794 | 4 | $24,032,949 |
| 742 | Jared Bush | $96,093,622 | 1 | $96,093,622 |
| 743 | Mike Figgis | $95,864,045 | 13 | $7,374,157 |
| 744 | Fred Zinnemann | $95,828,122 | 10 | $9,582,812 |
| 745 | Sharon Maguire | $95,640,361 | 3 | $31,880,120 |
| 746 | Mark Rydell | $95,557,455 | 7 | $13,651,065 |
| 747 | Joe Pytka | $95,434,622 | 2 | $47,717,311 |
| 748 | Patrick Lussier | $95,267,362 | 9 | $10,585,262 |
| 749 | Gerard Johnstone | $95,159,005 | 2 | $47,579,503 |
| 750 | Beeban Kidron | $94,909,936 | 5 | $18,981,987 |
| 751 | Stanley Donen | $94,616,313 | 15 | $6,307,754 |
| 752 | Mike Flanagan | $94,421,463 | 9 | $10,491,274 |
| 753 | John Milius | $93,996,657 | 7 | $13,428,094 |
| 754 | Kasi Lemmons | $93,865,688 | 7 | $13,409,384 |
| 755 | Paul Weiland | $93,790,146 | 5 | $18,758,029 |
| 756 | Bille Woodruff | $93,683,895 | 6 | $15,613,983 |
| 757 | Jared Stern | $93,657,117 | 1 | $93,657,117 |
| 758 | Bob Fosse | $93,623,112 | 5 | $18,724,622 |
| 759 | Henry Hathaway | $93,465,925 | 14 | $6,676,138 |
| 760 | Brad Furman | $93,335,147 | 6 | $15,555,858 |
| 761 | Michael Pressman | $93,258,224 | 5 | $18,651,645 |
| 762 | Peter Spierig | $93,246,225 | 4 | $23,311,556 |
| 763 | Michael Spierig | $93,246,225 | 4 | $23,311,556 |
| 764 | Tom Vaughan | $92,977,226 | 5 | $18,595,445 |
| 765 | John Luessenhop | $92,536,147 | 4 | $23,134,037 |
| 766 | Alex Kurtzman | $92,532,917 | 2 | $46,266,459 |
| 767 | Richard Brooks | $92,007,670 | 14 | $6,571,976 |
| 768 | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | $91,865,735 | 8 | $11,483,217 |
| 769 | Tom Holland | $91,804,798 | 6 | $15,300,800 |
| 770 | Harold Cronk | $91,721,368 | 7 | $13,103,053 |
| 771 | Jonathan Kaplan | $91,627,305 | 6 | $15,271,218 |
| 772 | James Watkins | $91,228,964 | 3 | $30,409,655 |
| 773 | Dennis Hopper | $91,147,518 | 6 | $15,191,253 |
| 774 | Jeff Kanew | $90,774,764 | 6 | $15,129,127 |
| 775 | Robert Moore | $90,732,599 | 3 | $30,244,200 |
| 776 | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | $90,639,088 | 1 | $90,639,088 |
| 777 | Griffin Dunne | $90,562,949 | 6 | $15,093,825 |
| 778 | Klay Hall | $90,282,580 | 1 | $90,282,580 |
| 779 | Callie Khouri | $90,255,387 | 2 | $45,127,694 |
| 780 | Olivia Newman | $90,230,760 | 1 | $90,230,760 |
| 781 | Robert Iscove | $90,187,340 | 4 | $22,546,835 |
| 782 | King Vidor | $89,937,326 | 11 | $8,176,121 |
| 783 | Oz Perkins | $89,714,229 | 6 | $14,952,372 |
| 784 | Julie Anne Robinson | $89,364,911 | 2 | $44,682,456 |
| 785 | Olivier Magaton | $89,256,424 | 1 | $89,256,424 |
| 786 | Patricia Riggen | $89,132,404 | 5 | $17,826,481 |
| 787 | Tod Williams | $88,588,458 | 3 | $29,529,486 |
| 788 | Martin McDonagh | $87,920,880 | 4 | $21,980,220 |
| 789 | Ryan Murphy | $87,434,010 | 5 | $17,486,802 |
| 790 | Ted Post | $87,269,482 | 8 | $10,908,685 |
| 791 | Deon Taylor | $87,229,567 | 11 | $7,929,961 |
| 792 | David Breashears | $87,178,599 | 2 | $43,589,300 |
| 793 | Stephen Judson | $87,178,599 | 1 | $87,178,599 |
| 794 | Richard Rich | $87,024,021 | 12 | $7,252,002 |
| 795 | Michael Curtiz | $86,762,500 | 25 | $3,470,500 |
| 796 | Scott Stewart | $86,723,373 | 4 | $21,680,843 |
| 797 | Jessie Nelson | $86,720,122 | 3 | $28,906,707 |
| 798 | Hayao Miyazaki | $86,644,283 | 12 | $7,220,357 |
| 799 | Jim Freeman | $86,600,000 | 1 | $86,600,000 |
| 800 | Ericson Core | $86,589,433 | 3 | $28,863,144 |
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.