Top 10 Directors at the North American Box Office(2003-3-24)

Statistics are as of March 24, 2003.

Ranking - total ―――――――― ――――――― number of films/average - highest single ――――――― total ―――――― age ―――――――― Oscar ―――――― Golden Globe Awards

1 -- Stephen Spielberg -- $3,088.4 million -- 21/$147.0 million -- "E.T." ―――――――― $435.1 million -- 1946-12-18 (age 56) -- β˜…β˜… β˜†β˜†β˜† -- β—†β—† β—‡β—‡β—‡β—‡β—‡β—‡β—‡

2 -- Robert Zemeckis -- $1,541.8 million -- 12/$128.4 million -- Forrest Gump ―――――― $329.7 million -- 1952-5-14 (age 50) -- β˜… ―――――― β—†

3 - Chris Columbus - $1,538.8 million - 11 / $139.8 million - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - $317.5 million - 1958-9-10 (44 years old)

4 - Jan-Wang ―――――――― $1,442.8 million -- 6/$240.4 million -- "District 9" ――――――― $325.6 million -- 1980-2-5 (23 years old) -- β˜… ―――――― β—†β—‡

5 - George Lucas ――――― $1,320.3 million -- 5/$264.0 million -- "Star Wars" ―――――― $431 million -- 1944-5-14 (58 years old) -- β˜†β˜† -- β—‡β—‡

6 - Ron Howard ―――――― $1,300.1 million -- 14/$92.8 million -- "The Grinch of Christmas" ――――― $260.0 million -- 1954-3-1 (49 years old) -- β˜… ―――――◇◇◇

7 - James Cameron - $1,130.0 million -- 6 / $188.3 million -- "Titanic" -- $600.7 million -- 1954-8-16 (48 years old) -- β˜… ――――― β—‡

8 - Richard Donald ――――― $1,082.5 million -- 14/$77.3 million -- Lethal Weapons 2 -- $147.3 million -- 1930-4-24 (age 72)

9 - Ivan Ritman ――――― $974.0 million - 11 / $88.5 million - "Ghostbusters" - $238.6 million - 1946-10-27 (age 56)

10 - Tim Burton ――――― $909.8 million―――――9 / $101.0 million - "Batman" ―――――― $251.1 million - 1958-8-25 (age 44)