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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,001-4,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,001 | Chang Youjeong | $6,345,504 | 1 | $6,345,504 |
| 4,002 | Kevin Connor | $6,342,668 | 10 | $634,267 |
| 4,003 | William Richert | $6,341,645 | 2 | $3,170,823 |
| 4,004 | Walter Bernstein | $6,321,392 | 1 | $6,321,392 |
| 4,005 | Eric Carrière | $6,307,835 | 2 | $3,153,918 |
| 4,006 | Norberto López Amado | $6,304,028 | 2 | $3,152,014 |
| 4,007 | Stephen Carpenter | $6,303,049 | 2 | $3,151,525 |
| 4,008 | Alexis Michalik | $6,298,346 | 2 | $3,149,173 |
| 4,009 | Christian Volckman | $6,298,086 | 2 | $3,149,043 |
| 4,010 | Kleber Mendonca Filho | $6,297,069 | 4 | $1,574,267 |
| 4,011 | Huang Lei | $6,291,992 | 2 | $3,145,996 |
| 4,012 | Casey La Scala | $6,289,232 | 2 | $3,144,616 |
| 4,013 | John Wax | $6,288,085 | 1 | $6,288,085 |
| 4,014 | Jean-Pascal Zadi | $6,288,085 | 1 | $6,288,085 |
| 4,015 | Ram Gopal Varma | $6,272,873 | 8 | $784,109 |
| 4,016 | Marc Abraham | $6,272,074 | 2 | $3,136,037 |
| 4,017 | Glendyn Ivin | $6,262,056 | 2 | $3,131,028 |
| 4,018 | Colm Bairéad | $6,261,595 | 1 | $6,261,595 |
| 4,019 | Hettie Macdonald | $6,246,971 | 1 | $6,246,971 |
| 4,020 | Agnès Jaoui | $6,240,467 | 2 | $3,120,234 |
| 4,021 | Zhijiang Liu | $6,240,000 | 1 | $6,240,000 |
| 4,022 | Craig Macneill | $6,229,712 | 4 | $1,557,428 |
| 4,023 | Antonia Bird | $6,228,251 | 2 | $3,114,126 |
| 4,024 | Jacky Gan | $6,225,444 | 1 | $6,225,444 |
| 4,025 | Anne de Clercq | $6,216,366 | 3 | $2,072,122 |
| 4,026 | Hermine Huntgeburth | $6,214,682 | 1 | $6,214,682 |
| 4,027 | Igor Voloshin | $6,212,061 | 4 | $1,553,015 |
| 4,028 | Abhishek Chaubey | $6,208,146 | 5 | $1,241,629 |
| 4,029 | Shangming Cai (蔡尚铭) | $6,195,370 | 2 | $3,097,685 |
| 4,030 | Jeymes Samuel | $6,186,026 | 2 | $3,093,013 |
| 4,031 | Deb Hagan | $6,176,114 | 1 | $6,176,114 |
| 4,032 | Rajshree Ojha | $6,165,645 | 1 | $6,165,645 |
| 4,033 | Declan Donnellan | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,034 | Nick Ormedrod | $6,165,119 | 1 | $6,165,119 |
| 4,035 | Jay Levey | $6,157,157 | 2 | $3,078,579 |
| 4,036 | Jung-ho Lee | $6,148,888 | 1 | $6,148,888 |
| 4,037 | Jonathan Wacks | $6,142,119 | 2 | $3,071,060 |
| 4,038 | Andrew Onwubolu | $6,140,993 | 2 | $3,070,497 |
| 4,039 | Bartlomiej Ignaciuk | $6,134,744 | 1 | $6,134,744 |
| 4,040 | Roy Andersson | $6,131,171 | 2 | $3,065,586 |
| 4,041 | Fisher Stevens | $6,121,622 | 4 | $1,530,406 |
| 4,042 | William Monahan | $6,120,407 | 2 | $3,060,204 |
| 4,043 | Juana Macias | $6,109,530 | 4 | $1,527,383 |
| 4,044 | Oren Moverman | $6,089,140 | 4 | $1,522,285 |
| 4,045 | Alex Mizgiryov | $6,088,454 | 1 | $6,088,454 |
| 4,046 | John Nicolella | $6,086,891 | 1 | $6,086,891 |
| 4,047 | Sigeaki Kubo | $6,081,142 | 1 | $6,081,142 |
| 4,048 | Fredi M. Murer | $6,079,556 | 1 | $6,079,556 |
| 4,049 | Peter Hunt | $6,075,793 | 2 | $3,037,897 |
| 4,050 | Michel Ocelot | $6,073,552 | 4 | $1,518,388 |
| 4,051 | Vincent Zhou | $6,071,862 | 2 | $3,035,931 |
| 4,052 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | $6,057,221 | 10 | $605,722 |
| 4,053 | Anthony Pun | $6,050,077 | 1 | $6,050,077 |
| 4,054 | Blair Treu | $6,049,171 | 1 | $6,049,171 |
| 4,055 | Robert Radler | $6,044,652 | 2 | $3,022,326 |
| 4,056 | Benjamin Mousquet | $6,031,949 | 1 | $6,031,949 |
| 4,057 | Mudassar Aziz | $6,024,728 | 4 | $1,506,182 |
| 4,058 | David G. Evans | $6,020,368 | 2 | $3,010,184 |
| 4,059 | Tran Anh Hung | $6,017,690 | 2 | $3,008,845 |
| 4,060 | Rob Epstein | $6,014,155 | 5 | $1,202,831 |
| 4,061 | Zuzana Marianková | $6,006,985 | 2 | $3,003,493 |
| 4,062 | Bejoy Nambiar | $6,002,678 | 4 | $1,500,670 |
| 4,063 | Jeffrey Friedman | $6,000,594 | 4 | $1,500,149 |
| 4,064 | Raoul Walsh | $6,000,000 | 14 | $428,571 |
| 4,065 | Camilo Vila | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 4,066 | Corey Allen | $6,000,000 | 2 | $3,000,000 |
| 4,067 | Evgeniy Bedarev | $5,994,476 | 2 | $2,997,238 |
| 4,068 | Reed Morano | $5,986,199 | 3 | $1,995,400 |
| 4,069 | Ernest Thompson | $5,979,011 | 1 | $5,979,011 |
| 4,070 | Scott Marshall | $5,974,412 | 3 | $1,991,471 |
| 4,071 | Patrick Leung | $5,972,782 | 2 | $2,986,391 |
| 4,072 | Ron Fricke | $5,966,671 | 2 | $2,983,336 |
| 4,073 | François Truffaut | $5,962,748 | 13 | $458,673 |
| 4,074 | Alireza Golafshan | $5,961,121 | 3 | $1,987,040 |
| 4,075 | Frankie Chan | $5,959,716 | 1 | $5,959,716 |
| 4,076 | Michael Joens | $5,958,456 | 1 | $5,958,456 |
| 4,077 | Takeshi Yagi | $5,954,671 | 1 | $5,954,671 |
| 4,078 | A. Taner Elhan | $5,953,353 | 2 | $2,976,677 |
| 4,079 | Safak Sezer | $5,949,881 | 1 | $5,949,881 |
| 4,080 | Carla Simón | $5,947,940 | 2 | $2,973,970 |
| 4,081 | Dewey Nicks | $5,942,218 | 1 | $5,942,218 |
| 4,082 | Gengxu Lu | $5,932,063 | 1 | $5,932,063 |
| 4,083 | Jon Shenk | $5,925,653 | 5 | $1,185,131 |
| 4,084 | Yang Yongchun | $5,921,481 | 1 | $5,921,481 |
| 4,085 | Lawrence Ah Mon | $5,919,976 | 2 | $2,959,988 |
| 4,086 | Philippe Mora | $5,919,000 | 7 | $845,571 |
| 4,087 | Alain DesRochers | $5,911,564 | 4 | $1,477,891 |
| 4,088 | Aleksandr Andryushchenko | $5,910,562 | 2 | $2,955,281 |
| 4,089 | Philippa Lowthorpe | $5,909,914 | 3 | $1,969,971 |
| 4,090 | Marco Ponti | $5,908,863 | 4 | $1,477,216 |
| 4,091 | Alexey Pimanov | $5,904,389 | 1 | $5,904,389 |
| 4,092 | Yûki Yamato | $5,899,333 | 2 | $2,949,667 |
| 4,093 | Rhys Frake-Waterfield | $5,898,162 | 3 | $1,966,054 |
| 4,094 | Marcos Siega | $5,895,253 | 2 | $2,947,627 |
| 4,095 | Bruce Schooley | $5,885,881 | 2 | $2,942,941 |
| 4,096 | Chi-Man Wan | $5,876,318 | 1 | $5,876,318 |
| 4,097 | Fernando Trueba | $5,873,074 | 7 | $839,011 |
| 4,098 | Cho Jin-mo | $5,872,055 | 2 | $2,936,028 |
| 4,099 | Craig Bolotin | $5,871,603 | 2 | $2,935,802 |
| 4,100 | Hervé Mimran | $5,869,917 | 2 | $2,934,959 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.