And, Black Swan (£16.5m in UK) aside, the director has hardly been synonymous with major box office success.
Most horror films do not reach £10m at the UK box office.
It needs to keep chugging a while longer if it is to catch Despicable Me 2 (£47.4m) and Minions (£47.6m).
With £22.2m grossed from just 10 days of cinema play, Stephen King adaptation It is already well on the way to becoming the biggest horror movie of all time at the UK box office.