List of highest-grossing film directors

The following is a non-definitive list of the all-time highest-grossing directors, but is clearly lacking James Cameron.

Background color       indicates films currently playing in theaters around the world

Worldwide highest-grossing directors

Rank	Name	Notable Works	Total Domestic Box Office	Per Film Average
1	Steven Spielberg	Munich, War of the Worlds, The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A.I., Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Hook, Always, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws	$3.445 Billion	$164.1 Million
2	Robert Zemeckis	Beowulf, The Polar Express, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Contact, Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Romancing the Stone, Used Cars	$1.799 Billion	$150 Million
3	George Lucas	American Graffiti, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode I, Star Wars Episode II, Star Wars Episode III	$1.698 Billion	$340 Million
4	Ron Howard	The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man, The Missing, A Beautiful Mind, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, EDtv, Ransom, Apollo 13, The Paper, Far and Away, Backdraft, Parenthood, Willow, Gung Ho, Cocoon, Splash, Night Shift	$1.606 Billion	$100.3 Million
5	Chris Columbus (filmmaker)	Rent, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Bicentennial Man, Stepmom, Nine Months, Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Only The Lonely, Heartbreak Hotel, Adventures in Babysitting	$1.567 Billion	$130.6 Million