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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Michael Davis | $12,796,824 | 1 | $12,796,824 |
| 2,002 | Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) | $12,780,960 | 14 | $912,926 |
| 2,003 | Taniguchi Goro | $12,768,073 | 5 | $2,553,615 |
| 2,004 | Robert Harling | $12,767,815 | 1 | $12,767,815 |
| 2,005 | Robert Klane | $12,741,891 | 1 | $12,741,891 |
| 2,006 | Laura Lau | $12,739,737 | 1 | $12,739,737 |
| 2,007 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $12,737,089 | 4 | $3,184,272 |
| 2,008 | Michael Haneke | $12,736,461 | 7 | $1,819,494 |
| 2,009 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $12,716,953 | 5 | $2,543,391 |
| 2,010 | Bryan Barber | $12,669,914 | 2 | $6,334,957 |
| 2,011 | Rob Marcarelli | $12,610,552 | 1 | $12,610,552 |
| 2,012 | Debra Granik | $12,607,430 | 5 | $2,521,486 |
| 2,013 | Akiva Goldsman | $12,600,231 | 2 | $6,300,116 |
| 2,014 | Lee David Zlotoff | $12,592,203 | 1 | $12,592,203 |
| 2,015 | Theodore Witcher | $12,554,569 | 1 | $12,554,569 |
| 2,016 | Zalman King | $12,547,397 | 4 | $3,136,849 |
| 2,017 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $12,506,449 | 3 | $4,168,816 |
| 2,018 | Robert Young | $12,502,953 | 4 | $3,125,738 |
| 2,019 | Karen Arthur | $12,500,000 | 2 | $6,250,000 |
| 2,020 | Darrell Roodt | $12,470,240 | 6 | $2,078,373 |
| 2,021 | Jon Long | $12,456,958 | 1 | $12,456,958 |
| 2,022 | Jerry Rees | $12,454,768 | 2 | $6,227,384 |
| 2,023 | Lajos Koltai | $12,406,646 | 2 | $6,203,323 |
| 2,024 | Tim Wardle | $12,320,845 | 1 | $12,320,845 |
| 2,025 | Albert Pyun | $12,279,747 | 9 | $1,364,416 |
| 2,026 | Geneviève Robert | $12,277,096 | 1 | $12,277,096 |
| 2,027 | Daniel Taplitz | $12,232,382 | 1 | $12,232,382 |
| 2,028 | Lyndall Hobbs | $12,208,754 | 1 | $12,208,754 |
| 2,029 | Emma Seligman | $12,195,365 | 2 | $6,097,683 |
| 2,030 | Andy Cadiff | $12,189,514 | 2 | $6,094,757 |
| 2,031 | Andrea Berloff | $12,180,032 | 1 | $12,180,032 |
| 2,032 | Jenny Gage | $12,138,565 | 2 | $6,069,283 |
| 2,033 | Tamara Jenkins | $12,125,855 | 3 | $4,041,952 |
| 2,034 | Andrew Scheinman | $12,124,754 | 1 | $12,124,754 |
| 2,035 | Brock Heasley | $12,118,219 | 1 | $12,118,219 |
| 2,036 | Laura Terruso | $12,089,391 | 3 | $4,029,797 |
| 2,037 | David Helling | $12,084,084 | 1 | $12,084,084 |
| 2,038 | Adam Rifkin | $12,068,013 | 7 | $1,724,002 |
| 2,039 | Maurice Hunt | $12,039,526 | 1 | $12,039,526 |
| 2,040 | James Whale | $12,000,000 | 5 | $2,400,000 |
| 2,041 | Jack Starrett | $12,000,000 | 2 | $6,000,000 |
| 2,042 | Kabir Khan | $11,945,817 | 6 | $1,990,970 |
| 2,043 | Mark Duplass | $11,942,885 | 5 | $2,388,577 |
| 2,044 | Jay Duplass | $11,942,885 | 4 | $2,985,721 |
| 2,045 | Jacques Perrin | $11,839,145 | 2 | $5,919,573 |
| 2,046 | Jacques Cluzaud | $11,839,145 | 2 | $5,919,573 |
| 2,047 | Jean-Francois Pouliot | $11,819,083 | 5 | $2,363,817 |
| 2,048 | Josef Rusnak | $11,810,854 | 4 | $2,952,714 |
| 2,049 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | $11,801,849 | 8 | $1,475,231 |
| 2,050 | Tim Hunter | $11,799,408 | 5 | $2,359,882 |
| 2,051 | Jim Hanon | $11,748,661 | 2 | $5,874,331 |
| 2,052 | Charles T. Kanganis | $11,744,960 | 2 | $5,872,480 |
| 2,053 | Heitor Dhalia | $11,682,205 | 2 | $5,841,103 |
| 2,054 | David Levien | $11,660,180 | 1 | $11,660,180 |
| 2,055 | Dominique Othenin-Girard | $11,642,254 | 3 | $3,880,751 |
| 2,056 | Tony Randel | $11,611,883 | 2 | $5,805,942 |
| 2,057 | Bruce W. Smith | $11,589,629 | 2 | $5,794,815 |
| 2,058 | Ralph Singleton | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 2,059 | Chris Roberts | $11,578,022 | 1 | $11,578,022 |
| 2,060 | Matty Rich | $11,576,992 | 2 | $5,788,496 |
| 2,061 | Louis Saia | $11,572,073 | 3 | $3,857,358 |
| 2,062 | Peter Bonerz | $11,567,000 | 1 | $11,567,000 |
| 2,063 | Chia-Liang Liu | $11,546,543 | 1 | $11,546,543 |
| 2,064 | Jackie Chan | $11,539,363 | 7 | $1,648,480 |
| 2,065 | Yahoo Serious | $11,536,599 | 2 | $5,768,300 |
| 2,066 | Robert Butler | $11,532,774 | 2 | $5,766,387 |
| 2,067 | Fred Durst | $11,526,401 | 3 | $3,842,134 |
| 2,068 | Denys Arcand | $11,522,192 | 5 | $2,304,438 |
| 2,069 | Thor Heyerdahl | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 2,070 | Andrew Sipes | $11,497,497 | 1 | $11,497,497 |
| 2,071 | Brian Klugman | $11,494,838 | 2 | $5,747,419 |
| 2,072 | Lee Sternthal | $11,494,838 | 1 | $11,494,838 |
| 2,073 | Stephen Gray | $11,478,326 | 1 | $11,478,326 |
| 2,074 | Chris Radtke | $11,478,326 | 1 | $11,478,326 |
| 2,075 | Francois Girard | $11,463,167 | 5 | $2,292,633 |
| 2,076 | Halina Reijn | $11,446,602 | 3 | $3,815,534 |
| 2,077 | Craig McCracken | $11,411,644 | 2 | $5,705,822 |
| 2,078 | Jack Hill | $11,399,850 | 7 | $1,628,550 |
| 2,079 | Lisa Gottlieb | $11,377,655 | 1 | $11,377,655 |
| 2,080 | Denise Di Novi | $11,368,012 | 1 | $11,368,012 |
| 2,081 | Damiano Damiani | $11,328,000 | 2 | $5,664,000 |
| 2,082 | Edward James Olmos | $11,318,100 | 5 | $2,263,620 |
| 2,083 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 2,084 | Damien Leone | $11,302,448 | 4 | $2,825,612 |
| 2,085 | Hugh Johnson | $11,263,966 | 1 | $11,263,966 |
| 2,086 | Colin Davies | $11,243,857 | 1 | $11,243,857 |
| 2,087 | Elaine Despins | $11,243,857 | 1 | $11,243,857 |
| 2,088 | José Dutillieu | $11,234,220 | 1 | $11,234,220 |
| 2,089 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | $11,177,674 | 3 | $3,725,891 |
| 2,090 | Andrew Marton | $11,172,000 | 1 | $11,172,000 |
| 2,091 | Rich Correll | $11,163,362 | 3 | $3,721,121 |
| 2,092 | Hyung-rae Shim | $11,141,968 | 3 | $3,713,989 |
| 2,093 | Marvin J. Chomsky | $11,131,530 | 2 | $5,565,765 |
| 2,094 | Floyd Mutrux | $11,125,169 | 3 | $3,708,390 |
| 2,095 | Jonathan Kasdan | $11,075,794 | 2 | $5,537,897 |
| 2,096 | Volker Schlondorff | $11,037,925 | 9 | $1,226,436 |
| 2,097 | Bryan Gordon | $10,986,645 | 1 | $10,986,645 |
| 2,098 | William H. Arntz | $10,952,030 | 2 | $5,476,015 |
| 2,099 | Celine Song | $10,950,663 | 1 | $10,950,663 |
| 2,100 | Francis Veber | $10,941,928 | 5 | $2,188,386 |
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.