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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,001-5,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,001 | Xinyue Hao | $3,100,000 | 1 | $3,100,000 |
| 5,002 | Junmeng Liu | $3,100,000 | 1 | $3,100,000 |
| 5,003 | In-moo Heo | $3,099,884 | 1 | $3,099,884 |
| 5,004 | Patricia Font | $3,097,550 | 3 | $1,032,517 |
| 5,005 | Ryûichi Inomata | $3,096,923 | 1 | $3,096,923 |
| 5,006 | Laurice Guillen | $3,094,699 | 1 | $3,094,699 |
| 5,007 | Stéphane Ben Lahcene | $3,092,699 | 2 | $1,546,350 |
| 5,008 | Julien Hervé | $3,091,100 | 2 | $1,545,550 |
| 5,009 | Tom Volf | $3,086,491 | 2 | $1,543,246 |
| 5,010 | Ali Abbasi | $3,083,189 | 5 | $616,638 |
| 5,011 | Michal Kwieciński | $3,082,295 | 2 | $1,541,148 |
| 5,012 | Shinzô Katayama | $3,080,141 | 2 | $1,540,071 |
| 5,013 | Arman Marutyan | $3,080,129 | 1 | $3,080,129 |
| 5,014 | Rafael Ribas | $3,080,109 | 1 | $3,080,109 |
| 5,015 | Dae Yun Ma (마대윤) | $3,078,248 | 1 | $3,078,248 |
| 5,016 | Darren Stein | $3,076,820 | 2 | $1,538,410 |
| 5,017 | Adam Deacon | $3,072,514 | 1 | $3,072,514 |
| 5,018 | Aleksey Kozlov | $3,068,838 | 2 | $1,534,419 |
| 5,019 | Nikita Mikhalkov | $3,068,592 | 5 | $613,718 |
| 5,020 | Hans Steinbichler | $3,068,193 | 3 | $1,022,731 |
| 5,021 | Hideta Takahata | $3,068,005 | 2 | $1,534,003 |
| 5,022 | Jon Karthaus | $3,067,789 | 2 | $1,533,895 |
| 5,023 | Paulo Morelli | $3,066,500 | 2 | $1,533,250 |
| 5,024 | Leopoldo Aguilar | $3,064,934 | 2 | $1,532,467 |
| 5,025 | Zhang Wei | $3,057,450 | 2 | $1,528,725 |
| 5,026 | Aleksey Pimanov | $3,055,491 | 3 | $1,018,497 |
| 5,027 | Michael D. Olmos | $3,054,098 | 3 | $1,018,033 |
| 5,028 | Joachim Lafosse | $3,052,612 | 6 | $508,769 |
| 5,029 | Yu Xiangyuan | $3,050,000 | 1 | $3,050,000 |
| 5,030 | Carlos Santos | $3,048,511 | 2 | $1,524,256 |
| 5,031 | Toni García | $3,047,239 | 1 | $3,047,239 |
| 5,032 | Pawan Kripalani | $3,042,374 | 1 | $3,042,374 |
| 5,033 | Amanda Sthers | $3,040,226 | 3 | $1,013,409 |
| 5,034 | Ke Zhou | $3,038,842 | 3 | $1,012,947 |
| 5,035 | John Bailey | $3,038,499 | 2 | $1,519,250 |
| 5,036 | Jean-Luc Godard | $3,038,459 | 18 | $168,803 |
| 5,037 | Yoshiyuki Momose | $3,036,873 | 3 | $1,012,291 |
| 5,038 | Martino Zaidelis | $3,034,730 | 2 | $1,517,365 |
| 5,039 | Frank Zhu | $3,030,000 | 1 | $3,030,000 |
| 5,040 | Chistain Jimenez | $3,027,429 | 1 | $3,027,429 |
| 5,041 | Xinyi Zhang | $3,026,917 | 1 | $3,026,917 |
| 5,042 | Sara Dosa | $3,026,260 | 2 | $1,513,130 |
| 5,043 | Daniel Roby | $3,021,333 | 3 | $1,007,111 |
| 5,044 | Christopher Scott Cherot | $3,020,784 | 1 | $3,020,784 |
| 5,045 | Jean Becker | $3,019,189 | 6 | $503,198 |
| 5,046 | Federico Marsicano | $3,018,782 | 1 | $3,018,782 |
| 5,047 | Vishal Pandya | $3,018,102 | 1 | $3,018,102 |
| 5,048 | Mustafa Kotan | $3,017,874 | 5 | $603,575 |
| 5,049 | Arne Toonen | $3,015,072 | 3 | $1,005,024 |
| 5,050 | Vincent Gallo | $3,011,654 | 2 | $1,505,827 |
| 5,051 | B.J. McDonnell | $3,011,103 | 3 | $1,003,701 |
| 5,052 | Victor Azeev | $3,007,763 | 1 | $3,007,763 |
| 5,053 | Konstantin Smirnov | $3,004,952 | 1 | $3,004,952 |
| 5,054 | Yadang Yiu | $3,004,460 | 1 | $3,004,460 |
| 5,055 | Dan Goldberg | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,056 | George Sherman | $3,000,000 | 2 | $1,500,000 |
| 5,057 | Maurice Tourneur | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,058 | Sarne Michael | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,059 | Charlie Loventhal | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,060 | Harry F. Millarde | $3,000,000 | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| 5,061 | Paul Lynch | $2,995,527 | 1 | $2,995,527 |
| 5,062 | Bobby Boermans | $2,994,744 | 3 | $998,248 |
| 5,063 | Milan Cieslar | $2,993,872 | 2 | $1,496,936 |
| 5,064 | Ziming Wang (王子鸣) | $2,990,000 | 1 | $2,990,000 |
| 5,065 | Ji Zhang (张冀) | $2,990,000 | 1 | $2,990,000 |
| 5,066 | Adrian Noble | $2,986,283 | 2 | $1,493,142 |
| 5,067 | Hyeok Jae Kwon (권혁재) | $2,981,721 | 1 | $2,981,721 |
| 5,068 | Karim Ainouz | $2,980,753 | 6 | $496,792 |
| 5,069 | David Victori | $2,980,120 | 2 | $1,490,060 |
| 5,070 | Siva | $2,978,976 | 3 | $992,992 |
| 5,071 | Benjamin Rocher | $2,975,825 | 1 | $2,975,825 |
| 5,072 | Gabriel Barragan Senties | $2,974,327 | 1 | $2,974,327 |
| 5,073 | Zoe Lister-Jones | $2,969,392 | 3 | $989,797 |
| 5,074 | Warwick Thornton | $2,968,294 | 4 | $742,074 |
| 5,075 | Questlove | $2,965,612 | 2 | $1,482,806 |
| 5,076 | Srijit Mukherji | $2,961,591 | 5 | $592,318 |
| 5,077 | Joe Rendón | $2,958,673 | 1 | $2,958,673 |
| 5,078 | Robert Englund | $2,955,917 | 1 | $2,955,917 |
| 5,079 | Michiel ten Horn | $2,955,580 | 2 | $1,477,790 |
| 5,080 | Ann Lu | $2,955,320 | 1 | $2,955,320 |
| 5,081 | Mike Cahill | $2,955,178 | 4 | $738,795 |
| 5,082 | Hee Gon Park (박희곤) | $2,951,447 | 1 | $2,951,447 |
| 5,083 | Xiaolong Zheng | $2,950,000 | 1 | $2,950,000 |
| 5,084 | Kristian Levring | $2,947,737 | 1 | $2,947,737 |
| 5,085 | Lam Chi-Chung | $2,946,732 | 3 | $982,244 |
| 5,086 | Sergei M. Eisenstein | $2,945,956 | 3 | $981,985 |
| 5,087 | Rob Ashford | $2,943,409 | 3 | $981,136 |
| 5,088 | Michael Brandt | $2,940,888 | 1 | $2,940,888 |
| 5,089 | Shanshan Ren | $2,940,000 | 1 | $2,940,000 |
| 5,090 | Yingting Ceng (曾英庭) | $2,939,463 | 1 | $2,939,463 |
| 5,091 | Henrik Ruben Genz | $2,937,080 | 3 | $979,027 |
| 5,092 | Joe Mantello | $2,936,611 | 1 | $2,936,611 |
| 5,093 | Peng Liu (刘彭) | $2,925,298 | 1 | $2,925,298 |
| 5,094 | Cheon Myeong-gwan | $2,924,979 | 1 | $2,924,979 |
| 5,095 | Weimin Qi | $2,920,000 | 1 | $2,920,000 |
| 5,096 | Susumu Mitsunakka | $2,917,957 | 3 | $972,652 |
| 5,097 | Se-Kyo Jung | $2,917,336 | 1 | $2,917,336 |
| 5,098 | Andrea Tran | $2,916,891 | 1 | $2,916,891 |
| 5,099 | Yoon-suk Choi | $2,914,164 | 2 | $1,457,082 |
| 5,100 | Luca Lucini | $2,910,115 | 3 | $970,038 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.