A big thank you to [](/user/SanderSo47/)Â from the box office sub for the incredible box office analysis posts of several directors, including Spielberg, Cameron, Nolan, Bay, Jackson, Burton, and Ridley, from where I got data regarding the number of movies they made and its respective grosses.
Do note that I will not be including documentaries or future films directed by the mentioned directors.Â
Some of their films do not have reported box office numbers, such as Piranha 2 by Cameron, but I’ve included them in the number of films directed by the respective director.
Data is from The Numbers and from [](/user/SanderSo47/) posts, which I shall link below.
Please note that these numbers are unfortunately not adjusted for inflation, as it is hard to get accurate worldwide adjusted totals for the box office grosses.
However, here’s a crazy fact: Spielberg’s adjusted *domestic* grosses alone are around 11 billion dollars.
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Couple of directors that you imagine should feature – Francis Ford Coppola & Martin Scorsese
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Even if you only just took Cameron’s 3 recent movies he would still be 2nd all time.
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cameron avg. gross with nearly 1 billion is so sick
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The average gross is far more interesting over the total.
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A big thank you to [](/user/SanderSo47/)Â from the box office sub for the incredible box office analysis posts of several directors, including Spielberg, Cameron, Nolan, Bay, Jackson, Burton, and Ridley, from where I got data regarding the number of movies they made and its respective grosses.
Do note that I will not be including documentaries or future films directed by the mentioned directors.Â
Some of their films do not have reported box office numbers, such as Piranha 2 by Cameron, but I’ve included them in the number of films directed by the respective director.
Data is from The Numbers and from [](/user/SanderSo47/) posts, which I shall link below.
Steven Spielberg:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/17ttbl4/directors_at_the_box_office_steven_spielberg_part/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/17ttbl4/directors_at_the_box_office_steven_spielberg_part/)
James Cameron:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/16z247a/directors_at_the_box_office_james_cameron/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/16z247a/directors_at_the_box_office_james_cameron/)
Peter Jackson:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/183urqm/directors_at_the_box_office_peter_jackson/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/183urqm/directors_at_the_box_office_peter_jackson/)
Michael Bay:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/190bw7y/directors_at_the_box_office_michael_bay/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/190bw7y/directors_at_the_box_office_michael_bay/)
Christopher Nolan:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1e833rf/directors_at_the_box_office_christopher_nolan/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1e833rf/directors_at_the_box_office_christopher_nolan/)
Tim Burton:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1ai86zz/directors_at_the_box_office_tim_burton/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1ai86zz/directors_at_the_box_office_tim_burton/)
Ridley Scott:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/19bnx46/directors_at_the_box_office_ridley_scott/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/19bnx46/directors_at_the_box_office_ridley_scott/)
J. J. Abrams:Â [https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1g7gg2z/directors_at_the_box_office_jj_abrams/](https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/comments/1g7gg2z/directors_at_the_box_office_jj_abrams/)
I used Illustrator.
Please note that these numbers are unfortunately not adjusted for inflation, as it is hard to get accurate worldwide adjusted totals for the box office grosses.
However, here’s a crazy fact: Spielberg’s adjusted *domestic* grosses alone are around 11 billion dollars.
Couple of directors that you imagine should feature – Francis Ford Coppola & Martin Scorsese
Even if you only just took Cameron’s 3 recent movies he would still be 2nd all time.
cameron avg. gross with nearly 1 billion is so sick
The average gross is far more interesting over the total.