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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)BETA


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This list shows the highest grossing Directors based on the worldwide box office of the movies they worked on.

Since we are still actively researching technical roles, we consider this chart to be in beta mode. The table includes data for movies in The Numbers database. While we make every effort to collect all available data, there are inevitably omissions and errors. Please help us by sending corrections to corrections@the-numbers.com.

Rank Name Worldwide
Box Office		 Movies Average
2,001 Ben Younger $35,944,957 2 $17,972,479
2,002 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
2,003 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 2 $17,881,162
2,004 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 2 $17,780,538
2,005 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
2,006 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
2,007 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
2,008 Ashutosh Gowariker $35,408,053 4 $8,852,013
2,009 Luis Prieto $35,371,013 4 $8,842,753
2,010 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
2,011 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
2,012 Holger Tappe $35,187,080 3 $11,729,027
2,013 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,014 Henry King $35,084,934 7 $5,012,133
2,015 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109
2,016 Xu Jizhou $35,045,171 1 $35,045,171
2,017 Shree Narayan Singh $34,871,893 2 $17,435,947
2,018 Mike Hodges $34,797,126 7 $4,971,018
2,019 Joe Cornish $34,756,166 3 $11,585,389
2,020 Giddens Ko $34,660,432 4 $8,665,108
2,021 Atom Egoyan $34,630,171 13 $2,663,859
2,022 Bruce Hendricks $34,626,006 2 $17,313,003
2,023 Wei Xu (徐伟) $34,558,615 4 $8,639,654
2,024 Shin-Yeon Won $34,518,596 1 $34,518,596
2,025 Arthur Benzaquen $34,510,866 1 $34,510,866
2,026 Elia Kazan $34,466,599 13 $2,651,277
2,027 Gilles Paquet-Brenner $34,452,023 3 $11,484,008
2,028 Norihiro Koizumi $34,440,523 3 $11,480,174
2,029 Peng Sanyuan $34,432,439 1 $34,432,439
2,030 Yoshihiro Osugi $34,395,038 1 $34,395,038
2,031 Chi-Leung Law $34,382,995 4 $8,595,749
2,032 Bud Yorkin $34,362,438 5 $6,872,488
2,033 Dev Patel $34,350,830 1 $34,350,830
2,034 James Signorelli $34,309,766 2 $17,154,883
2,035 Takahiko Kyogoku $34,232,419 2 $17,116,210
2,036 Michael Lockshin $34,161,384 3 $11,387,128
2,037 Jin Mo-young $34,100,278 1 $34,100,278
2,038 Loren Bouchard $34,074,480 1 $34,074,480
2,039 Brian Pimental $34,000,000 1 $34,000,000
2,040 Ahmed Khan $33,999,739 4 $8,499,935
2,041 George Butler $33,982,857 5 $6,796,571
2,042 Bille August $33,974,036 15 $2,264,936
2,043 James Mather $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,044 Stephen St. Leger $33,943,049 1 $33,943,049
2,045 Craig R. Baxley $33,933,593 3 $11,311,198
2,046 Gosho Aoyama $33,852,685 1 $33,852,685
2,047 Tarek Boudali $33,825,242 3 $11,275,081
2,048 Zhuo Chen (陈卓) $33,816,578 3 $11,272,193
2,049 Fatih Akin $33,810,799 8 $4,226,350
2,050 Xiaolie Wang (王小列) $33,786,675 1 $33,786,675
2,051 Mick Garris $33,735,705 6 $5,622,618
2,052 Guohui Chen (陈国辉) $33,712,454 2 $16,856,227
2,053 Annabel Jankel $33,702,555 3 $11,234,185
2,054 Jessica M. Thompson $33,689,288 2 $16,844,644
2,055 Marius Balchunas $33,680,418 7 $4,811,488
2,056 Arlene Sanford $33,657,542 2 $16,828,771
2,057 David Schwimmer $33,632,276 2 $16,816,138
2,058 Sean McCormack $33,611,228 2 $16,805,614
2,059 Russell Crowe $33,575,364 2 $16,787,682
2,060 Matthjs Van Heijnngen $33,570,841 2 $16,785,421
2,061 Zhang Yang $33,567,491 6 $5,594,582
2,062 Robert Connolly $33,560,694 5 $6,712,139
2,063 Rocky Morton $33,551,385 2 $16,775,693
2,064 Marcus Raboy $33,535,904 4 $8,383,976
2,065 Clive Donner $33,482,035 5 $6,696,407
2,066 Antony Hoffman $33,463,969 1 $33,463,969
2,067 Kinka Usher $33,462,011 1 $33,462,011
2,068 Sara Sugarman $33,271,195 4 $8,317,799
2,069 Nicolas Benamou $33,249,769 4 $8,312,442
2,070 Guo Dalei $33,237,036 5 $6,647,407
2,071 Menahem Golan $33,202,975 5 $6,640,595
2,072 David Yarovesky $33,183,640 2 $16,591,820
2,073 Pablo Trapero $33,165,501 6 $5,527,584
2,074 Matthieu Delaporte $33,027,077 4 $8,256,769
2,075 Kai-Kwong Mak (麦启光) $32,972,054 1 $32,972,054
2,076 Joby Harold $32,968,648 1 $32,968,648
2,077 Susan Stroman $32,952,995 1 $32,952,995
2,078 James Hawes $32,917,485 2 $16,458,743
2,079 Liesl Tommy $32,878,589 1 $32,878,589
2,080 Bruce Robinson $32,826,224 3 $10,942,075
2,081 Franklin J. Schaffner $32,798,410 6 $5,466,402
2,082 Mikael Salomon $32,761,319 5 $6,552,264
2,083 Matthew Robinson $32,714,818 1 $32,714,818
2,084 Dan Cutforth $32,700,439 2 $16,350,220
2,085 Jane Lipsitz $32,700,439 2 $16,350,220
2,086 Lee Jung-jae $32,687,164 1 $32,687,164
2,087 Shakun Batra $32,673,927 2 $16,336,964
2,088 Indra Kumar $32,656,270 6 $5,442,712
2,089 Yong-seok Choi $32,600,000 1 $32,600,000
2,090 Woogie Kim $32,600,000 1 $32,600,000
2,091 Xavier Dolan $32,562,963 8 $4,070,370
2,092 Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste $32,547,544 4 $8,136,886
2,093 Will Koopman $32,498,950 5 $6,499,790
2,094 Chie Jen-Hao $32,449,600 1 $32,449,600
2,095 David M. Evans $32,447,340 4 $8,111,835
2,096 Naoko Yamada $32,422,763 3 $10,807,588
2,097 Mike Disa $32,392,166 6 $5,398,694
2,098 Robert Greenwald $32,273,154 7 $4,610,451
2,099 Damian Harris $32,262,005 3 $10,754,002
2,100 David Wang $32,227,828 1 $32,227,828

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.