Highest grossing Hollywood directors of all time in the U.S. 2019
This statistic shows the highest-grossing directors of all time as of July 2019, ranked by their domestic box office results. Topping the list is Steven Spielberg, whose films have generated total gross revenue of over 4.67 billion U.S. dollars in the domestic box office. His biggest hit was the 1982 film E.T., which made over 435 million U.S. dollars domestically and almost 793 million U.S. dollars worldwide. Newcomers to the top 20 directors in July 2019 were brothers Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, who moved from 19th and 20th in the ranking in March 2019 to third and fourth place after the success of 'Avengers: Endgame'.