IMDb 25: Top 25 Directors by Box Office Totals (1990 to 2015)8 of 25
8. Christopher Nolan
Box office from 1990 to 2015: $2.08 billion
Top movie from 1990 to 2015: The Dark Knight ($624.7 million)
Nolan's reboot of the Batman franchise brought in an inflation-adjusted $1.38 billion. While there are plenty of other directors with very successful franchises, The Dark Knight is a huge outlier since most series' box office falls of over time. It's rare that a series can earn more with each release but not unheard of. However, The Dark Knight earned 2.3 times what Batman Begins did before it.
Box office from 1990 to 2015: $2.08 billion
Top movie from 1990 to 2015: The Dark Knight ($624.7 million)
Nolan's reboot of the Batman franchise brought in an inflation-adjusted $1.38 billion. While there are plenty of other directors with very successful franchises, The Dark Knight is a huge outlier since most series' box office falls of over time. It's rare that a series can earn more with each release but not unheard of. However, The Dark Knight earned 2.3 times what Batman Begins did before it.
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