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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 401-500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Kathryn Bigelow | $227,008,217 | 9 | $25,223,135 |
| 402 | Richard Benjamin | $226,390,191 | 12 | $18,865,849 |
| 403 | Craig Gillespie | $225,810,735 | 8 | $28,226,342 |
| 404 | Damien Chazelle | $225,760,249 | 5 | $45,152,050 |
| 405 | George Tillman, Jr | $225,477,980 | 8 | $28,184,748 |
| 406 | Simon Wincer | $225,295,869 | 13 | $17,330,451 |
| 407 | Tarsem Singh | $224,280,186 | 6 | $37,380,031 |
| 408 | Alfred Hitchcock | $223,286,205 | 42 | $5,316,338 |
| 409 | Boaz Yakin | $221,850,579 | 9 | $24,650,064 |
| 410 | Pierre Morel | $221,676,240 | 9 | $24,630,693 |
| 411 | John Francis Daley | $221,612,904 | 4 | $55,403,226 |
| 412 | Jonathan Goldstein | $221,612,904 | 4 | $55,403,226 |
| 413 | Jimmy Hayward | $220,827,036 | 3 | $73,609,012 |
| 414 | John Huston | $220,652,401 | 21 | $10,507,257 |
| 415 | Jonathan Levine | $220,600,954 | 7 | $31,514,422 |
| 416 | John Hamburg | $220,431,513 | 5 | $44,086,303 |
| 417 | Simon Wells | $220,293,755 | 7 | $31,470,536 |
| 418 | Frank Darabont | $218,432,640 | 5 | $43,686,528 |
| 419 | Jon Amiel | $217,807,463 | 9 | $24,200,829 |
| 420 | Jon Lucas | $217,596,495 | 5 | $43,519,299 |
| 421 | Scott Moore | $217,596,495 | 5 | $43,519,299 |
| 422 | Tom Dey | $217,241,050 | 5 | $43,448,210 |
| 423 | Mark Osborne | $216,745,804 | 3 | $72,248,601 |
| 424 | Sam Wood | $216,480,470 | 5 | $43,296,094 |
| 425 | Rupert Wyatt | $216,399,492 | 5 | $43,279,898 |
| 426 | Kevin Smith | $215,786,749 | 19 | $11,357,197 |
| 427 | Edgar Wright | $215,509,794 | 9 | $23,945,533 |
| 428 | Terry Gilliam | $215,476,102 | 13 | $16,575,085 |
| 429 | Bradley Cooper | $215,288,866 | 2 | $107,644,433 |
| 430 | James DeMonaco | $215,078,105 | 6 | $35,846,351 |
| 431 | Albert Hughes | $214,424,191 | 7 | $30,632,027 |
| 432 | Andy Serkis | $214,039,688 | 5 | $42,807,938 |
| 433 | Theodore Melfi | $213,744,999 | 4 | $53,436,250 |
| 434 | John Guillermin | $213,255,630 | 10 | $21,325,563 |
| 435 | Richard Linklater | $212,976,779 | 23 | $9,259,860 |
| 436 | Alejandro Monteverde | $211,783,554 | 3 | $70,594,518 |
| 437 | Danny DeVito | $211,552,402 | 6 | $35,258,734 |
| 438 | Mick Jackson | $210,093,066 | 7 | $30,013,295 |
| 439 | Michael Caton-Jones | $209,838,308 | 12 | $17,486,526 |
| 440 | Peter Yates | $209,721,540 | 16 | $13,107,596 |
| 441 | Dominic Sena | $208,914,074 | 5 | $41,782,815 |
| 442 | Thor Freudenthal | $208,284,244 | 4 | $52,071,061 |
| 443 | Alex Kendrick | $207,623,619 | 7 | $29,660,517 |
| 444 | Michael Chaves | $206,635,379 | 4 | $51,658,845 |
| 445 | Peter Chelsom | $206,622,952 | 13 | $15,894,073 |
| 446 | Jonathan Frakes | $205,969,102 | 6 | $34,328,184 |
| 447 | Joe Roth | $205,602,821 | 6 | $34,267,137 |
| 448 | Rupert Sanders | $204,975,971 | 5 | $40,995,194 |
| 449 | Jon Erwin | $203,706,533 | 9 | $22,634,059 |
| 450 | Tony Gilroy | $202,810,577 | 3 | $67,603,526 |
| 451 | Timur Bekmambetov | $202,144,190 | 12 | $16,845,349 |
| 452 | Eric Brevig | $201,950,381 | 2 | $100,975,191 |
| 453 | Gary Fleder | $201,562,246 | 9 | $22,395,805 |
| 454 | Lawrence Guterman | $201,151,436 | 3 | $67,050,479 |
| 455 | Phil Johnston | $201,091,711 | 2 | $100,545,856 |
| 456 | Sam Weisman | $200,883,197 | 5 | $40,176,639 |
| 457 | Nathan Greno | $200,821,936 | 1 | $200,821,936 |
| 458 | Ben Falcone | $200,662,903 | 5 | $40,132,581 |
| 459 | Allen Hughes | $199,862,063 | 9 | $22,206,896 |
| 460 | Ariel Schulman | $199,750,111 | 7 | $28,535,730 |
| 461 | Henry Joost | $199,750,111 | 7 | $28,535,730 |
| 462 | Michael Moore | $197,525,648 | 11 | $17,956,877 |
| 463 | Richard Attenborough | $197,398,047 | 10 | $19,739,805 |
| 464 | Gary Winick | $196,332,270 | 6 | $32,722,045 |
| 465 | Luke Greenfield | $194,030,916 | 5 | $38,806,183 |
| 466 | Stephanie Ma Stine | $193,590,620 | 1 | $193,590,620 |
| 467 | Chris McKay | $193,048,279 | 5 | $38,609,656 |
| 468 | Greg Mottola | $192,459,720 | 8 | $24,057,465 |
| 469 | Morten Tyldum | $192,339,852 | 3 | $64,113,284 |
| 470 | John Frankenheimer | $191,623,883 | 21 | $9,124,947 |
| 471 | Jason Friedberg | $191,564,775 | 10 | $19,156,478 |
| 472 | Justin Baldoni | $191,160,134 | 3 | $63,720,045 |
| 473 | Cal Brunker | $190,854,179 | 5 | $38,170,836 |
| 474 | John Schlesinger | $190,793,498 | 15 | $12,719,567 |
| 475 | Bob Persichetti | $190,173,195 | 1 | $190,173,195 |
| 476 | Rodney Rothman | $190,173,195 | 1 | $190,173,195 |
| 477 | Ol Parker | $188,910,920 | 4 | $47,227,730 |
| 478 | Charles Martin Smith | $188,498,722 | 8 | $23,562,340 |
| 479 | Guy Hamilton | $188,453,189 | 10 | $18,845,319 |
| 480 | John Moore | $187,903,503 | 6 | $31,317,251 |
| 481 | Kirk De Micco | $187,168,425 | 1 | $187,168,425 |
| 482 | Tom Laughlin | $187,040,907 | 3 | $62,346,969 |
| 483 | Jean-Jacques Annaud | $186,365,316 | 11 | $16,942,301 |
| 484 | Cate Shortland | $184,742,854 | 4 | $46,185,714 |
| 485 | Paul Mazursky | $183,464,162 | 10 | $18,346,416 |
| 486 | Kirk Jones | $182,123,214 | 5 | $36,424,643 |
| 487 | Sam Wrench | $182,050,722 | 3 | $60,683,574 |
| 488 | Joe Carnahan | $180,143,868 | 11 | $16,376,715 |
| 489 | Andrzej Bartkowiak | $179,344,264 | 7 | $25,620,609 |
| 490 | Peter Faiman | $179,074,528 | 2 | $89,537,264 |
| 491 | William Wyler | $178,807,416 | 13 | $13,754,417 |
| 492 | Scott Hicks | $178,750,512 | 9 | $19,861,168 |
| 493 | Marcus Nispel | $177,100,776 | 6 | $29,516,796 |
| 494 | Olivier Megaton | $176,520,141 | 4 | $44,130,035 |
| 495 | Travis Knight | $175,218,677 | 5 | $35,043,735 |
| 496 | Kent Seki | $175,003,033 | 1 | $175,003,033 |
| 497 | Cary Joji Fukunaga | $174,761,109 | 5 | $34,952,222 |
| 498 | Phyllida Lloyd | $174,505,524 | 3 | $58,168,508 |
| 499 | Michael Gracey | $174,340,174 | 3 | $58,113,391 |
| 500 | Espen Sandberg | $174,076,286 | 4 | $43,519,072 |
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.