IMDb 25: Top 25 Directors by Box Office Totals (1990 to 2015)

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $3.83 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Jurassic Park ($771.5 million)

Spielberg's entries to the Jurassic Park franchise, 1993's Jurassic Park and its 1997 sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, earned just under $1.2 billion alone. His totals will increase with October's release of Bridge of Spies starring Tom Hanks.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.86 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Home Alone ($568.3 million)

Just like IMDb, this November Columbus' Home Alone will also be having its 25th anniversary in 2015. In addition to Home Alone, Columbus also directed the sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Mrs. Doubtfire, as well as the first two entries in the Harry Potter series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.79 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ($452.2 million)

Bay's Transformers franchise has an inflation-adjusted total of $1.48 billion. Bay's top title outside of the Transformers movies is Armageddon which earned $201 million in 1998. But after correcting for inflation, Armageddon's box office total would be just over $360 million in 2015.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.69 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Titanic ($1.14 billion)

While James Cameron's Avatar and Titanic are No. 1 and No. 2 respectively on the all-time domestic box office list, after adjusting for inflation, they switch places. Titanic is in the No. 1 spot with $1.14 billion while Avatar is No. with "only" $816 million.

Cameron's other feature films since 1990, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and True Lies, add $408.2 million and $293.6 million respectively. In addition, two documentaries about Cameron's passion for deep sea explorations, Ghosts of the Abyss and Aliens of the Deep, add other $35.3 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.67 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ($517.2 million)

Jackson's film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's work dominates his $2.67 billion. The Lord of the Rings trilogy has a combined gross of $1.46 billion, and The Hobbit adds another $842.6 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.33 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Forrest Gump ($659.6 million)

Zemeckis' top thee movies since 1990 all star Tom Hanks: 1994's Forrest Gump, 2000's Cast Away and 2004's The Polar Express. His totals will go up, if only slightly, with the recently released The Walk.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.28 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: How the Grinch Stole Chrismas ($403.6 million)

Howard won a Best Director Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind and shared a Best Picture for the same film with frequent production partner Brian Grazer. Howard's totals will get another bump from December's release of In The Heart of the Sea.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $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 that can earn more with each release but not unheard of. However, The Dark Knight earned 2.3 times what the Batman Begins did before it.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $2.02 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Spider-Man ($583 million)

Raimi's trilogy of Spider-man movies with Tobey Maguire in the title role earned a total of $1.11 billion. Ranking below the Spider-man series, his fourth highest title is Oz the Great and Powerful with $245.5 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.98 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($424.9 million)

The Pirates franchise staring Johnny Depp has a collected total of $1.34 billion.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.94 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Alice in Wonderland ($352.7 million)

Burton's collaborations with Johnny Depp have earned a total of $1.13 billion.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.85 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: American Sniper ($361.8 million)

Clint Eastwood has directed a staggering total of 21 films over the past 25 years, more than anyone else on this list. He's also the highest ranked and one of the few without any sequels or reboots in that period.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.84 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Independence Day ($581.2 million)

Emmerich's No. 2 title is another big-budget, end-of-the-world tale: The Day After Tomorrow ($252.3 million).

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.77 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Finding Nemo ($517 million)

Lee Unkrich directed or co-directed four huge Pixar hits: Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and Toy Story 3. Of these, Toy Story 2 is has the lowest inflation-adjusted box office with a very impressive $401 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.70 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ($758 million)

Only the Star Wars prequel trilogy qualifies for this list. But to put the prequel trilogy's $1.70 billion in context, the original Star Wars has earned an inflation-adjusted $1.49 billion by itself.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.70 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Men in Black ($458 million)

Men in Black, Men in Black II, and Men in Black 3 have earned a total of $918 million in total inflation-adjusted box office.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.64 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Gladiator ($292 million)

The recent release of The Martian moved Ridley Scott up three spots on this list. The Martian has now passed Thelma & Louise to become Scott's seventh-highest movie in inflation-adjusted domestic box office and should should easily pass Robin Hood become his sixth. At around the $130 million mark, it would surpass 2012's Prometheus.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.61 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Toy Story ($404 million)

Lasseter directed or co-directed Toy Story, A Bug's Life,Toy Story 2,Cars, and Cars 2, but has executive produced far more - most recently, this summer's Inside Out.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.59 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Rush Hour 2 ($335 million)

Like Christopher Nolan, Ratner also has a sequel that out-earned it's predecessor by a significant amount. The first Rush Hour earned an inflation-adjusted $251 million while Rush Hour 2 earned $335 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.56 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Meet the Fockers ($371 million)

Jay Roach is the top director on this list with two comedy franchises, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers with a total of $629 million, and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Austin Powers in Goldmember with a total of $746.8 million. Each of the Austin Powers sequels made triple what the original made.

Roach will add to his total with the release of Trumbo in November 2015.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.55 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Shrek 2 ($596 million)

Adamson directed Shrek and Shrek 2 for a total of $993 million as well as two Chronicles of Narnia titles for a total of $545 million.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.50 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Batman Forever ($355 million)

Directed two different actors in the role of Batman: Val Kilmer in 1995's Batman Forever and George Clooney in 1997's Batman & Robin. He is tied with Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg, behind Clint Eastwood for having the most eligible titles on this list with 17.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.50 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: The Sixth Sense ($483 million)

Shyamalan's recent release of The Visit was enough to move him up one slot on this list and less than $2.4 million away from surpassing Joel Schumacher at No. 22.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.46 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Bruce Almighty ($338 million)

Collaborated with Jim Carrey on three movies for a total of $815 million: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty.

1990 to 2015 Box Office: $1.43 billion Top Movie from 1990 to 2015: Big Daddy ($270 million)

A frequent collaborator with Adam Sandler, he's totaled $1.19 billion of box office from movies starring Sandler or for Sandler's production company, Happy Madison. 14 titles