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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,401 | John Payson | $4,616,355 | 1 | $4,616,355 |
| 4,402 | Kazuhiko Yukawa | $4,612,663 | 2 | $2,306,332 |
| 4,403 | Peter Manoogian | $4,601,256 | 1 | $4,601,256 |
| 4,404 | Brett Pierce | $4,594,221 | 2 | $2,297,111 |
| 4,405 | Drew T. Pierce | $4,594,221 | 2 | $2,297,111 |
| 4,406 | Yuefeng Song | $4,592,458 | 2 | $2,296,229 |
| 4,407 | Fan Jianhui | $4,590,000 | 1 | $4,590,000 |
| 4,408 | Mo Hong-jin | $4,583,521 | 2 | $2,291,761 |
| 4,409 | Alex Cox | $4,581,884 | 5 | $916,377 |
| 4,410 | Ivan Passer | $4,581,788 | 3 | $1,527,263 |
| 4,411 | Jakub Štáfek | $4,575,550 | 2 | $2,287,775 |
| 4,412 | Dorian Walker | $4,561,000 | 2 | $2,280,500 |
| 4,413 | Yue Dong | $4,540,433 | 1 | $4,540,433 |
| 4,414 | Deane Taylor | $4,534,854 | 1 | $4,534,854 |
| 4,415 | Luis Bunuel | $4,529,948 | 22 | $205,907 |
| 4,416 | Azazel Jacobs | $4,528,355 | 6 | $754,726 |
| 4,417 | Cindy Meehl | $4,523,972 | 2 | $2,261,986 |
| 4,418 | Harvey Glazer | $4,520,690 | 2 | $2,260,345 |
| 4,419 | Todd Robinson | $4,520,621 | 3 | $1,506,874 |
| 4,420 | Blake Harris | $4,517,937 | 2 | $2,258,969 |
| 4,421 | Chris Bouchard | $4,517,937 | 1 | $4,517,937 |
| 4,422 | Martin Hodara | $4,517,796 | 1 | $4,517,796 |
| 4,423 | Jagan Shakti | $4,508,076 | 1 | $4,508,076 |
| 4,424 | Francesco Mandelli | $4,506,548 | 3 | $1,502,183 |
| 4,425 | Senol Sonmez | $4,505,328 | 3 | $1,501,776 |
| 4,426 | Junji Shimizu | $4,502,612 | 1 | $4,502,612 |
| 4,427 | Ted Emery | $4,501,746 | 1 | $4,501,746 |
| 4,428 | Dai Wei | $4,497,193 | 2 | $2,248,597 |
| 4,429 | Cecilia Rouaud | $4,480,543 | 2 | $2,240,272 |
| 4,430 | Anna Justice | $4,471,880 | 1 | $4,471,880 |
| 4,431 | Hong-soo Park | $4,467,956 | 1 | $4,467,956 |
| 4,432 | Jan Hrebejk | $4,467,911 | 5 | $893,582 |
| 4,433 | Lawrence Gray | $4,460,426 | 2 | $2,230,213 |
| 4,434 | Jakob Schuh | $4,449,137 | 9 | $494,349 |
| 4,435 | Daniel Benmayor | $4,447,002 | 4 | $1,111,751 |
| 4,436 | Zhitie Yuzhou (宇宙之铁) | $4,442,066 | 1 | $4,442,066 |
| 4,437 | Bong-han Kim | $4,437,146 | 3 | $1,479,049 |
| 4,438 | Jiang Zhuoyuan | $4,433,919 | 1 | $4,433,919 |
| 4,439 | B.J. Novak | $4,433,653 | 1 | $4,433,653 |
| 4,440 | Vivianne Jundi | $4,432,618 | 3 | $1,477,539 |
| 4,441 | Di Song | $4,430,000 | 1 | $4,430,000 |
| 4,442 | Timothy Woodward, Jr | $4,429,806 | 16 | $276,863 |
| 4,443 | Andy Wilson | $4,428,527 | 1 | $4,428,527 |
| 4,444 | Juraj Jakubisko | $4,425,199 | 2 | $2,212,600 |
| 4,445 | David Evans | $4,424,187 | 2 | $2,212,094 |
| 4,446 | Shawn Seet | $4,413,603 | 2 | $2,206,802 |
| 4,447 | Sandra Nettelbeck | $4,412,148 | 2 | $2,206,074 |
| 4,448 | Song Wen | $4,412,044 | 2 | $2,206,022 |
| 4,449 | Andrew Jarecki | $4,409,434 | 1 | $4,409,434 |
| 4,450 | Jixing Wang | $4,408,165 | 1 | $4,408,165 |
| 4,451 | Sam Liu | $4,407,121 | 15 | $293,808 |
| 4,452 | Julien Rambaldi | $4,405,908 | 3 | $1,468,636 |
| 4,453 | Simone Spada | $4,401,830 | 2 | $2,200,915 |
| 4,454 | Mark Tarlov | $4,398,989 | 1 | $4,398,989 |
| 4,455 | Miguel Angel Lamata | $4,395,084 | 2 | $2,197,542 |
| 4,456 | Edoardo de Angelis | $4,392,307 | 3 | $1,464,102 |
| 4,457 | Graham Moore | $4,389,636 | 2 | $2,194,818 |
| 4,458 | N. Lingusamy | $4,388,400 | 2 | $2,194,200 |
| 4,459 | Midhun Manuel Thomas | $4,386,666 | 3 | $1,462,222 |
| 4,460 | Stan Winston | $4,385,516 | 2 | $2,192,758 |
| 4,461 | Joo-ho Kim | $4,381,421 | 1 | $4,381,421 |
| 4,462 | Mickkel Braenne Sandemose | $4,377,166 | 3 | $1,459,055 |
| 4,463 | Maya Forbes | $4,374,474 | 3 | $1,458,158 |
| 4,464 | Glen Keane | $4,371,122 | 2 | $2,185,561 |
| 4,465 | Matt Dean Russell | $4,367,448 | 1 | $4,367,448 |
| 4,466 | Kim Seung-woo | $4,362,187 | 1 | $4,362,187 |
| 4,467 | Rolf de Heer | $4,361,360 | 7 | $623,051 |
| 4,468 | Juan Vera | $4,358,127 | 1 | $4,358,127 |
| 4,469 | Harry Beaumont | $4,358,000 | 5 | $871,600 |
| 4,470 | Oi-wah Lam | $4,350,000 | 1 | $4,350,000 |
| 4,471 | Lee Grant | $4,348,025 | 1 | $4,348,025 |
| 4,472 | Michael Chiang | $4,343,617 | 1 | $4,343,617 |
| 4,473 | Anne Giafferi | $4,342,790 | 2 | $2,171,395 |
| 4,474 | Lu Jun | $4,340,000 | 1 | $4,340,000 |
| 4,475 | Eun-ji Cho | $4,331,855 | 1 | $4,331,855 |
| 4,476 | Tae-Yoon Kim | $4,326,736 | 1 | $4,326,736 |
| 4,477 | Mari Okada | $4,324,668 | 2 | $2,162,334 |
| 4,478 | Karen J. Lloyd | $4,315,495 | 2 | $2,157,748 |
| 4,479 | Andrey Bogatyrev | $4,315,018 | 6 | $719,170 |
| 4,480 | Giuseppe Bonito | $4,314,170 | 2 | $2,157,085 |
| 4,481 | Tatsuya Ishihara | $4,309,183 | 5 | $861,837 |
| 4,482 | Michael Tuchner | $4,304,286 | 3 | $1,434,762 |
| 4,483 | Haishu Li | $4,303,111 | 1 | $4,303,111 |
| 4,484 | John Dulgan | $4,302,629 | 1 | $4,302,629 |
| 4,485 | Alexandre Rockwell | $4,302,471 | 5 | $860,494 |
| 4,486 | Christopher Doll | $4,300,000 | 1 | $4,300,000 |
| 4,487 | Gene Nelson | $4,300,000 | 2 | $2,150,000 |
| 4,488 | Sermiyan Midyat | $4,299,189 | 2 | $2,149,595 |
| 4,489 | Rodman Flender | $4,292,112 | 3 | $1,430,704 |
| 4,490 | Jo Kyu-Jang | $4,289,474 | 1 | $4,289,474 |
| 4,491 | Michele Placido | $4,284,966 | 3 | $1,428,322 |
| 4,492 | Agnès Varda | $4,279,916 | 12 | $356,660 |
| 4,493 | Venky Atluri | $4,273,676 | 4 | $1,068,419 |
| 4,494 | Vladimir Nikolaev | $4,272,982 | 2 | $2,136,491 |
| 4,495 | Robert Taylor | $4,269,402 | 1 | $4,269,402 |
| 4,496 | Jalil Lespert | $4,266,719 | 4 | $1,066,680 |
| 4,497 | Gillian Robespierre | $4,264,924 | 2 | $2,132,462 |
| 4,498 | Claude Miller | $4,261,768 | 2 | $2,130,884 |
| 4,499 | Don McKellar | $4,261,023 | 3 | $1,420,341 |
| 4,500 | Damon Gameau | $4,260,020 | 3 | $1,420,007 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.