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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 3,501-3,600)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,501 | Frédéric Forestier | $999,811 | 5 | $199,962 |
| 3,502 | Shin'ichirô Watanabe | $999,435 | 2 | $499,718 |
| 3,503 | Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | $999,435 | 1 | $999,435 |
| 3,504 | George Dunning | $993,385 | 1 | $993,385 |
| 3,505 | Ronit Elkabetz | $988,150 | 1 | $988,150 |
| 3,506 | Shlomi Elkabetz | $988,150 | 2 | $494,075 |
| 3,507 | Christy Hall | $987,845 | 1 | $987,845 |
| 3,508 | Maclain Nelson | $986,324 | 9 | $109,592 |
| 3,509 | Eugene Jarecki | $985,721 | 3 | $328,574 |
| 3,510 | Nitya Mehra | $981,947 | 1 | $981,947 |
| 3,511 | Aditya Suhas Jambhale | $980,649 | 1 | $980,649 |
| 3,512 | Yoko Ono | $976,712 | 1 | $976,712 |
| 3,513 | William Olsen | $975,414 | 1 | $975,414 |
| 3,514 | Gregory Jacobs | $969,595 | 2 | $484,798 |
| 3,515 | Stephen Belber | $965,224 | 3 | $321,741 |
| 3,516 | Edward Burtynsky | $963,937 | 2 | $481,969 |
| 3,517 | Justin Benson | $961,419 | 6 | $160,237 |
| 3,518 | Aaron Moorhead | $961,419 | 5 | $192,284 |
| 3,519 | David Madden | $961,147 | 1 | $961,147 |
| 3,520 | Jim Gillespie | $960,906 | 3 | $320,302 |
| 3,521 | Dale Heslip | $958,907 | 2 | $479,454 |
| 3,522 | John Carroll Lynch | $955,925 | 1 | $955,925 |
| 3,523 | Aviva Kempner | $954,829 | 3 | $318,276 |
| 3,524 | J.R. | $952,432 | 2 | $476,216 |
| 3,525 | Desiree Akhavan | $952,023 | 2 | $476,012 |
| 3,526 | Kristopher Belman | $950,675 | 1 | $950,675 |
| 3,527 | Meghna Gulzar | $946,762 | 4 | $236,691 |
| 3,528 | Louise Osmond | $940,715 | 2 | $470,358 |
| 3,529 | Stephen Fry | $933,637 | 1 | $933,637 |
| 3,530 | Jerrold Freedman | $929,770 | 1 | $929,770 |
| 3,531 | A.R. Murugadoss | $926,294 | 7 | $132,328 |
| 3,532 | Patrice Chéreau | $925,820 | 2 | $462,910 |
| 3,533 | Julian Fellowes | $924,260 | 2 | $462,130 |
| 3,534 | Michel Franco | $924,173 | 6 | $154,029 |
| 3,535 | Chang-min Choo | $922,921 | 3 | $307,640 |
| 3,536 | Yelena Popovic | $920,561 | 1 | $920,561 |
| 3,537 | Michael Dudok di Wit | $920,057 | 1 | $920,057 |
| 3,538 | Prabhudheva Prabhudheva | $919,095 | 1 | $919,095 |
| 3,539 | Vasilis Katsoupis | $918,415 | 1 | $918,415 |
| 3,540 | Bess Kargman | $908,235 | 1 | $908,235 |
| 3,541 | Wayne Isham | $907,163 | 4 | $226,791 |
| 3,542 | Billy Dickson | $904,063 | 2 | $452,032 |
| 3,543 | Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | $903,018 | 1 | $903,018 |
| 3,544 | Peter Del Monte | $901,000 | 1 | $901,000 |
| 3,545 | Mohan Krishna Indraganti | $897,876 | 4 | $224,469 |
| 3,546 | Bertrand Bonello | $893,746 | 6 | $148,958 |
| 3,547 | Robert Gordon | $892,802 | 2 | $446,401 |
| 3,548 | Jonas Pate | $888,683 | 3 | $296,228 |
| 3,549 | Karim Ainouz | $886,702 | 8 | $110,838 |
| 3,550 | Prabhu Deva | $884,637 | 4 | $221,159 |
| 3,551 | Tinu Suresh Desai | $880,000 | 2 | $440,000 |
| 3,552 | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | $879,913 | 3 | $293,304 |
| 3,553 | Mia Hansen-Love | $878,311 | 6 | $146,385 |
| 3,554 | Steven Cantor | $876,422 | 2 | $438,211 |
| 3,555 | Ofir Raul Graizer | $874,584 | 2 | $437,292 |
| 3,556 | Tyler MacIntyre | $873,717 | 3 | $291,239 |
| 3,557 | Philipp Stolzl | $873,559 | 7 | $124,794 |
| 3,558 | David Moreton | $870,751 | 1 | $870,751 |
| 3,559 | Henry Bedwell | $870,063 | 2 | $435,032 |
| 3,560 | Mark Levinson | $869,838 | 1 | $869,838 |
| 3,561 | Louie Psihoyos | $869,730 | 4 | $217,433 |
| 3,562 | Shane Carruth | $868,858 | 2 | $434,429 |
| 3,563 | Denny Tedesco | $867,985 | 2 | $433,993 |
| 3,564 | Gillo Pontecorvo | $866,609 | 2 | $433,305 |
| 3,565 | Nora Fingscheidt | $865,858 | 3 | $288,619 |
| 3,566 | Shree Narayan Singh | $863,267 | 2 | $431,634 |
| 3,567 | Bob Brooks | $860,472 | 1 | $860,472 |
| 3,568 | Benedikt Erlingsson | $859,389 | 3 | $286,463 |
| 3,569 | Seok-hoon Lee | $856,850 | 2 | $428,425 |
| 3,570 | Mark Goodman | $855,765 | 2 | $427,883 |
| 3,571 | Charlie Day | $855,173 | 1 | $855,173 |
| 3,572 | James Manera | $851,690 | 1 | $851,690 |
| 3,573 | Mike Signorelli | $851,398 | 2 | $425,699 |
| 3,574 | Nick Knight | $850,000 | 1 | $850,000 |
| 3,575 | Richard Robbins | $849,484 | 1 | $849,484 |
| 3,576 | Nick Rosen | $844,743 | 1 | $844,743 |
| 3,577 | Jason Kwan | $844,174 | 3 | $281,391 |
| 3,578 | Bertrand Blier | $843,906 | 3 | $281,302 |
| 3,579 | Vera Farmiga | $841,056 | 1 | $841,056 |
| 3,580 | Tian Yusheng | $837,791 | 2 | $418,896 |
| 3,581 | Ray Giarratana | $835,162 | 1 | $835,162 |
| 3,582 | Dylan Southern | $830,214 | 2 | $415,107 |
| 3,583 | Will Lovelace | $830,214 | 2 | $415,107 |
| 3,584 | Benjamin Brewer | $828,919 | 2 | $414,460 |
| 3,585 | Katsuichi Nakayama | $826,140 | 1 | $826,140 |
| 3,586 | Mahiro Maeda | $826,140 | 2 | $413,070 |
| 3,587 | Chandoo Mondeti | $825,602 | 3 | $275,201 |
| 3,588 | Alex Thompson | $824,504 | 2 | $412,252 |
| 3,589 | Paddy Breathnach | $822,616 | 3 | $274,205 |
| 3,590 | Robert Lepage | $822,143 | 3 | $274,048 |
| 3,591 | Anil Ravipudi | $821,000 | 5 | $164,200 |
| 3,592 | Alexandra Dean | $820,300 | 1 | $820,300 |
| 3,593 | Xiang Liu | $820,000 | 2 | $410,000 |
| 3,594 | Rui Cui (崔睿) | $820,000 | 1 | $820,000 |
| 3,595 | Tamara Kotevska | $815,082 | 1 | $815,082 |
| 3,596 | Ljubomir Stefanov | $815,082 | 1 | $815,082 |
| 3,597 | Adam Thomas Anderegg | $814,666 | 1 | $814,666 |
| 3,598 | Brit McAdams | $811,739 | 1 | $811,739 |
| 3,599 | Kevin Hanlon | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
| 3,600 | Dan Carracino | $809,590 | 1 | $809,590 |
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.