Director's filmography -- ranked by yearly box-office position

[Dementeleus]

I'm not sure we've done this before. For any particular director, where do their films rank for that year's top-grossers? Who's king of the hill for total #1s?

 

I'll start with Cameron:

 

Terminator: #21

Aliens: #7

The Abyss: #24

T2: #1

True Lies: #3

Titanic: #1

Avatar: #1

[CoolioD1]

I'm not gonna look through all his movies, but off the top of my head Spielberg has 5 #1s.

[ChD]

I'm not gonna look through all his movies, but off the top of my head Spielberg has 5 #1s.

 

Nice call.

[TServo2049]

Oh, this sounds like fun! And don't worry Coolio, I'll do Spielberg. I'll be editing this post as I progress.

The Sugarland Express - N/A

Jaws - #1

Close Encounters - #2

1941 - #22 or #23 (I found two different totals for it; the BOM total is lower)

Raiders of the Lost Ark - #1

E.T. - #1

[Twilight Zone: The Movie - #25] (only one segment, included just for completeness)

Temple of Doom - #3

The Color Purple - #4

Empire of the Sun - #53

Last Crusade - #2

Always - #29

Hook - #6

Jurassic Park - #1

Schindler's List - #9

The Lost World - #3

Amistad - #50

Saving Private Ryan - #1

A.I. - #28

Minority Report - #17

Catch Me If You Can - #11

The Terminal - #35

War of the Worlds - #4

Munich - #62

Crystal Skull - #3

Tintin - #44

War Horse - #41

Lincoln - #13

Edited December 6, 2014 by TServo2049

[Dementeleus]

Peter Jackson:

 

Dead Alive: n/a

Heavenly Creatures: #159

The Frighteners: #96

Forgotten Silver: n/a

Fellowship of the Ring: #2

The Two Towers: #2

The Return of the King: #1

King Kong: #5

The Lovely Bones: #68

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: #5

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: #8

[AniNate]

Spielberg has 5, George Lucas and Hamilton Luske have 3.

 

These all have two:

Sam Raimi

Chris Columbus

Robert Zemeckis

David Hand

William Wyler

Cecil DeMille

Clyde Geronimi

David Lean

[Goffe]

great topic, I'll do the averages 

 

Gore Verbinski, average #31.4

Mouse Hunt #27

The Mexican #36

The Ring #18

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl #3

The Weather Man #138

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest #1

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End #4

Rango #22

The Lone Ranger #24

 

Roman Polanski, average #115.9

Rosemary's Baby #8

Chinatown #14

The Tenant NA

Tess #33

Pirates #154

Frantic #58

Bitter Moon #175

Death and the Maiden #157

The Ninth Gate #101

The Pianist #80

Oliver Twist #187

The Ghost Writer #123

Carnage #177

Venus in Fur #240

 

David Fincher, avergae #33.3

Alien 3 #28

Seven #9

The Game #41

Fight Club #54

Panic Room #25

Zodiac #81

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button #20

The Social Network #32

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo #28

Gone Girl #15

 

Paul Thomas Anderson, average #116.1

Hard Eight #240

Boogie Nights #79

Magnolia #80

Punch-Drunk Love #113

There Will Be Blood #66

The Master #119

 

Quentin Tarantino, average #46.8

Reservoir Dogs #136

Pulp Fiction #10

Jackie Brown #58

Kill Bill Vol. 1 #40

Kill Bill Vol. 2 #44

Inglourious Basterds #25

Django Unchained #15

 

Christopher Nolan, average #59.1

Following #309

Memento #88

Insomnia #41

Batman Begins #8

The Prestige #61

The Dark Knight #1

Inception #6

The Dark Knight Rises #2

Interstellar #16

 

done for today

Edited December 6, 2014 by Goffe Ascending

[Goffe]

Peter Jackson:

 

Dead Alive: n/a

Heavenly Creatures: #159

The Frighteners: #96

Forgotten Silver: n/a

Fellowship of the Ring: #2

The Two Towers: #2

The Return of the King: #1

King Kong: #5

The Lovely Bones: #68

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: #5

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug: #8

Dead Alive is #225 and Forgotten Silver #288

[TServo2049]

Spielberg's average is #18.2(!)

Cameron's is #8.3(!!!)

Edited December 6, 2014 by TServo2049

[Avatree]

Excluding THX 1138, which isn't tracked anywhere, George Lucas's average is #1.8.

 

I'll just let that sink in.

[RobinHood26]

Spielberg's average is #18.2(!)

Cameron's is #8.3(!!!)

 

Spielberg has made 3x the movies as Cameron plus has ventured out of his comfort zone far more. 

[AniNate]

Spielberg has made 3x the movies as Cameron plus has ventured out of his comfort zone far more. 

 

That's irrelevant to this thread. There's no debating Spielberg is the king.