Who is the highest-grossing female director?
Wikipedia's list of highest-grossing directors shows that the top 10 highest grossing directors are all male. Who is the highest grossing female director? And how does she rank with other male directors?
I'm mostly interested in solo directors, but I suppose it would be worth noting the highest grossing female co-director, if she has a higher gross than the highest grossing female solo director.
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Box Office Mojo has a more comprehensive list of directors that you can sort by box office gross.
As of this writing, The Wachowskis are the top-grossing female co-directors, since they both now identify as trans women (although much of their box-office gross was made when they publicly identified as men). They, of course, are the directors of The Matrix films, and share 65th place overall on the list of directors. The two are often classified as a single director on lists of this sort since all of their directorial work has been together.
Nancy Myers is the top-grossing solo female director, whose top-grossing film was What Women Want starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Myers comes in 85th place overall.
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