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Top Grossing Director at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 2,201-2,300)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,201 | Mark Piznarski | $10,494,147 | 2 | $5,247,074 |
| 2,202 | Bill Bennett | $10,493,670 | 4 | $2,623,418 |
| 2,203 | Jacob Chase | $10,475,990 | 2 | $5,237,995 |
| 2,204 | Chris Henchy | $10,466,091 | 1 | $10,466,091 |
| 2,205 | Nicolas Roeg | $10,449,579 | 7 | $1,492,797 |
| 2,206 | Mic Rodgers | $10,447,421 | 1 | $10,447,421 |
| 2,207 | Sophia Takal | $10,445,870 | 4 | $2,611,468 |
| 2,208 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 2,209 | Bernard MacMahon | $10,403,808 | 1 | $10,403,808 |
| 2,210 | Zoya Akhtar | $10,386,193 | 5 | $2,077,239 |
| 2,211 | Akira Kurosawa | $10,356,280 | 15 | $690,419 |
| 2,212 | Michael Martin | $10,317,779 | 1 | $10,317,779 |
| 2,213 | Troy Duffy | $10,303,658 | 3 | $3,434,553 |
| 2,214 | Olivier Dahan | $10,299,782 | 3 | $3,433,261 |
| 2,215 | Peter Greenaway | $10,232,538 | 9 | $1,136,949 |
| 2,216 | Jack Donohue | $10,218,316 | 2 | $5,109,158 |
| 2,217 | Kevin Tenney | $10,217,280 | 8 | $1,277,160 |
| 2,218 | John Duigan | $10,213,523 | 5 | $2,042,705 |
| 2,219 | Robin Bissell | $10,205,616 | 2 | $5,102,808 |
| 2,220 | Louis Morneau | $10,155,691 | 2 | $5,077,846 |
| 2,221 | Mike Disa | $10,143,779 | 6 | $1,690,630 |
| 2,222 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,130,219 | 1 | $10,130,219 |
| 2,223 | David Hogan | $10,118,967 | 2 | $5,059,484 |
| 2,224 | Howard Morris | $10,095,200 | 1 | $10,095,200 |
| 2,225 | Richard Martin | $10,093,523 | 1 | $10,093,523 |
| 2,226 | Luke Cresswell | $10,086,514 | 3 | $3,362,171 |
| 2,227 | Steve McNicholas | $10,086,514 | 3 | $3,362,171 |
| 2,228 | James B Harris | $10,058,318 | 1 | $10,058,318 |
| 2,229 | Jeffrey Blitz | $10,055,868 | 3 | $3,351,956 |
| 2,230 | Autumn de Wilde | $10,055,355 | 2 | $5,027,678 |
| 2,231 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 2,232 | Stuart Gordon | $10,022,855 | 10 | $1,002,286 |
| 2,233 | David S.F. Wilson | $10,021,787 | 1 | $10,021,787 |
| 2,234 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 2 | $5,010,041 |
| 2,235 | Mark Palansky | $10,011,996 | 3 | $3,337,332 |
| 2,236 | Kaige Chen | $10,011,124 | 14 | $715,080 |
| 2,237 | Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste | $10,007,972 | 4 | $2,501,993 |
| 2,238 | Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste | $10,007,972 | 3 | $3,335,991 |
| 2,239 | Colin Cairnes | $10,007,388 | 2 | $5,003,694 |
| 2,240 | Cameron Cairnes | $10,007,388 | 2 | $5,003,694 |
| 2,241 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 2,242 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 2,243 | Allen Irwin | $10,000,000 | 3 | $3,333,333 |
| 2,244 | Merian C. Cooper | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,245 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,246 | D.W. Griffith | $10,000,000 | 3 | $3,333,333 |
| 2,247 | Ernest B. Schoedsack | $10,000,000 | 2 | $5,000,000 |
| 2,248 | José Ferrer | $9,996,178 | 1 | $9,996,178 |
| 2,249 | Steven Knight | $9,954,377 | 3 | $3,318,126 |
| 2,250 | Andrew Haigh | $9,948,258 | 5 | $1,989,652 |
| 2,251 | Armando Iannucci | $9,924,154 | 2 | $4,962,077 |
| 2,252 | Howard Storm | $9,917,242 | 1 | $9,917,242 |
| 2,253 | Bill Persky | $9,870,727 | 1 | $9,870,727 |
| 2,254 | Robert Dalva | $9,851,679 | 1 | $9,851,679 |
| 2,255 | Gillies MacKinnon | $9,823,757 | 7 | $1,403,394 |
| 2,256 | Patrice Leconte | $9,817,524 | 9 | $1,090,836 |
| 2,257 | Keith Thomas | $9,789,689 | 2 | $4,894,845 |
| 2,258 | Zelda Williams | $9,774,285 | 2 | $4,887,143 |
| 2,259 | Masayuki Suo | $9,753,818 | 2 | $4,876,909 |
| 2,260 | Dan Fogelman | $9,732,497 | 2 | $4,866,249 |
| 2,261 | Terry Hughes | $9,689,816 | 1 | $9,689,816 |
| 2,262 | Siva Koratala | $9,675,090 | 3 | $3,225,030 |
| 2,263 | Liam Lynch | $9,658,819 | 2 | $4,829,410 |
| 2,264 | Pat Proft | $9,642,860 | 1 | $9,642,860 |
| 2,265 | Hype Williams | $9,639,390 | 1 | $9,639,390 |
| 2,266 | Harley Cokliss | $9,637,565 | 3 | $3,212,522 |
| 2,267 | Stanley R. Jaffe | $9,632,062 | 1 | $9,632,062 |
| 2,268 | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | $9,628,751 | 1 | $9,628,751 |
| 2,269 | Anthony Maras | $9,619,500 | 3 | $3,206,500 |
| 2,270 | Bjorne Runge | $9,599,982 | 4 | $2,399,996 |
| 2,271 | Tom George | $9,586,237 | 1 | $9,586,237 |
| 2,272 | Melanie Mayron | $9,574,155 | 3 | $3,191,385 |
| 2,273 | Steve James | $9,568,436 | 7 | $1,366,919 |
| 2,274 | Sylvain Chomet | $9,558,363 | 5 | $1,911,673 |
| 2,275 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $9,481,803 | 3 | $3,160,601 |
| 2,276 | Jason Hall | $9,479,390 | 2 | $4,739,695 |
| 2,277 | Pitipol Ybarra | $9,472,803 | 6 | $1,578,801 |
| 2,278 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 5 | $1,893,331 |
| 2,279 | E. Max Frye | $9,461,630 | 1 | $9,461,630 |
| 2,280 | Mani Ratnam | $9,439,726 | 9 | $1,048,858 |
| 2,281 | Jerry Belson | $9,419,559 | 2 | $4,709,780 |
| 2,282 | Josh Schwartz | $9,409,538 | 1 | $9,409,538 |
| 2,283 | Chinonye Chukwu | $9,364,918 | 2 | $4,682,459 |
| 2,284 | Marshall Herskovitz | $9,350,022 | 2 | $4,675,011 |
| 2,285 | Deepa Mehta | $9,340,556 | 8 | $1,167,570 |
| 2,286 | Kevin Yagher | $9,321,492 | 1 | $9,321,492 |
| 2,287 | Dick Zondag | $9,315,576 | 3 | $3,105,192 |
| 2,288 | John Michael McDonagh | $9,300,002 | 4 | $2,325,001 |
| 2,289 | Duncan Gibbins | $9,282,023 | 2 | $4,641,012 |
| 2,290 | Christopher Leitch | $9,281,610 | 2 | $4,640,805 |
| 2,291 | Neil Abramson | $9,257,103 | 2 | $4,628,552 |
| 2,292 | Anthony Mann | $9,250,000 | 14 | $660,714 |
| 2,293 | Tom DeCerchio | $9,240,378 | 1 | $9,240,378 |
| 2,294 | James Neilson | $9,230,769 | 3 | $3,076,923 |
| 2,295 | Kenji Kamiyama | $9,206,770 | 3 | $3,068,923 |
| 2,296 | Rex Ingram | $9,200,000 | 1 | $9,200,000 |
| 2,297 | Benson Lee | $9,179,800 | 4 | $2,294,950 |
| 2,298 | Tina Gordon Chism | $9,177,065 | 1 | $9,177,065 |
| 2,299 | Aaron Schneider | $9,176,933 | 4 | $2,294,233 |
| 2,300 | Jack Conway | $9,172,000 | 7 | $1,310,286 |
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.