List of highest-grossing film directors

Columns: Rank | Name | Highest-grossing film | Total domestic box office
1 | Steven Spielberg | E.T . the Extra-Terrestrial ( $ 435.1 million ) | $ 4,542,164,603 | 2 | Michael Bay | Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen ( $ 402.1 million ) | $ 2,326,279,619 | 3 | Russo brothers | Avengers : Endgame ( $ 854.2 million ) | $ 2,280,821,799 | 4 | J. J. Abrams | Star Wars : The Force Awakens ( $ 936.6 million ) | $ 2,185,259,572 | 5 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( $ 377.8 million ) | $ 2,152,298,031 | 6 | Ron Howard | How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( $ 260.0 million ) | $ 2,105,111,762 | 7 | Robert Zemeckis | Forrest Gump ( $ 330.5 million ) | $ 2,103,136,169 | 8 | Christopher Nolan | The Dark Knight ( $ 535.2 million ) | $ 2,003,864,469 | 9 | Clint Eastwood | American Sniper ( $ 350.1 million ) | $ 1,980,776,749 | 10 | James Cameron | Avatar ( $ 2.79 billion ) | $ 4,687,102,841

Example questions:
Dee Wallace and Henry Thomas starred in the highest-grossing film of a North American director who is credited with directing the first summer what ? | Who wrote the top-grossing film of the North American director of `` Saving Private Ryan '' ? | How much at the box office did the highest-grossing film by the North American director who played Opie in the 1960s make ? | The North American director just shy of two billion in total box office sales made what movie in 1992 ?

Answers:
blockbuster | Melissa Mathison | $ 2,105,111,762 | Unforgiven