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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,001-1,100)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
1,001 Mark Robson $122,411,111 7 $17,487,302
1,002 Brian Taylor $121,686,004 5 $24,337,201
1,003 Carlos Lopez Estrada $121,167,774 5 $24,233,555
1,004 Mira Nair $120,739,240 10 $12,073,924
1,005 Sidney J. Furie $120,562,684 14 $8,611,620
1,006 Bronwen Hughes $120,527,848 3 $40,175,949
1,007 Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) $120,454,650 14 $8,603,904
1,008 Justin Simien $120,201,760 3 $40,067,253
1,009 David Carson $120,000,000 3 $40,000,000
1,010 Shinji Higuchi $119,934,730 4 $29,983,683
1,011 Arthur Penn $119,339,427 9 $13,259,936
1,012 Han Tian $119,092,516 2 $59,546,258
1,013 Kevin Munroe $119,063,949 4 $29,765,987
1,014 David Wain $119,035,642 5 $23,807,128
1,015 Fangfang Li $119,035,160 1 $119,035,160
1,016 Emilio Martinez Lazaro $118,865,521 4 $29,716,380
1,017 John Luessenhop $118,702,763 4 $29,675,691
1,018 Ershan Wu $118,528,842 1 $118,528,842
1,019 Goro Miyazaki $118,516,945 3 $39,505,648
1,020 Billy Wilder $118,278,102 20 $5,913,905
1,021 Lei Zhilong $118,128,641 1 $118,128,641
1,022 Samuel Bayer $117,729,618 1 $117,729,618
1,023 Robert De Niro $117,618,060 2 $58,809,030
1,024 Tamra Davis $117,611,416 6 $19,601,903
1,025 Rod Daniel $117,324,248 4 $29,331,062
1,026 Xiaoshi Liu (刘晓世) $117,299,494 1 $117,299,494
1,027 Nicholas Meyer $117,292,953 5 $23,458,591
1,028 Daniel Scheinert $117,290,400 4 $29,322,600
1,029 Daniel Kwan $117,256,544 3 $39,085,515
1,030 Todd Haynes $116,871,278 12 $9,739,273
1,031 Park Chan-wook $116,546,204 10 $11,654,620
1,032 Olivier Dahan $116,511,306 3 $38,837,102
1,033 Byeong-Hun Lee $116,127,561 1 $116,127,561
1,034 Daniel Alfredson $115,468,300 7 $16,495,471
1,035 Dylan Brown $115,103,325 1 $115,103,325
1,036 Alejandro Agresti $114,842,521 3 $38,280,840
1,037 Seok-hoon Lee $114,590,392 2 $57,295,196
1,038 Kirk DeMicco $114,500,008 3 $38,166,669
1,039 Kimberly Peirce $114,379,555 4 $28,594,889
1,040 J. Blakeson $114,095,640 4 $28,523,910
1,041 Mike Figgis $113,858,584 13 $8,758,353
1,042 Mike Leigh $113,019,683 14 $8,072,835
1,043 Tsutomu Hanabusa $112,785,188 11 $10,253,199
1,044 Thomas Carter $112,436,505 4 $28,109,126
1,045 Lin Yan $112,370,000 1 $112,370,000
1,046 Julius Avery $112,347,659 4 $28,086,915
1,047 Anton Corbijn $112,228,734 6 $18,704,789
1,048 Bernardo Bertolucci $112,218,002 10 $11,221,800
1,049 Min-ho Woo $112,102,009 4 $28,025,502
1,050 Anthony Stacchi $111,898,741 2 $55,949,371
1,051 Graham Annable $111,898,741 1 $111,898,741
1,052 Kevin Kolsch $111,871,070 4 $27,967,768
1,053 Dennis Widmyer $111,819,678 3 $37,273,226
1,054 Mark Pellington $111,639,871 9 $12,404,430
1,055 Olivia Wilde $111,562,345 3 $37,187,448
1,056 Santiago Segura $111,553,688 9 $12,394,854
1,057 Michael Cimino $111,433,512 8 $13,929,189
1,058 Dennie Gordon $111,331,053 4 $27,832,763
1,059 Christopher Cain $111,001,633 8 $13,875,204
1,060 Lone Scherfig $110,116,708 7 $15,730,958
1,061 Robin Budd $109,862,682 1 $109,862,682
1,062 Donovan Cook $109,862,682 1 $109,862,682
1,063 Cory Edwards $109,843,390 1 $109,843,390
1,064 John Hillcoat $109,544,211 4 $27,386,053
1,065 Andrew Douglas $109,175,673 2 $54,587,837
1,066 Oxide Pang Chun $109,120,819 7 $15,588,688
1,067 Alister Grierson $109,065,040 3 $36,355,013
1,068 Jorge Blanco $108,996,113 1 $108,996,113
1,069 Sergey Bodrov $108,874,967 1 $108,874,967
1,070 Joon-ik Lee $108,869,130 4 $27,217,283
1,071 Christophe Barratier $108,782,522 7 $15,540,360
1,072 Sean McNamara $108,756,677 28 $3,884,167
1,073 Alan Metter $108,525,676 5 $21,705,135
1,074 Justin Chadwick $108,516,103 3 $36,172,034
1,075 Christophe Gans $108,333,003 3 $36,111,001
1,076 Dan Trachtenberg $108,286,422 2 $54,143,211
1,077 Danny Pang $107,480,445 11 $9,770,950
1,078 Carroll Ballard $107,457,298 4 $26,864,325
1,079 Paul Schrader $106,962,943 19 $5,629,629
1,080 Sam Peckinpah $106,892,933 13 $8,222,533
1,081 Jang Hun $106,673,173 2 $53,336,587
1,082 Lorna Cook $106,515,310 1 $106,515,310
1,083 Susanna White $106,445,340 3 $35,481,780
1,084 Stuart Rosenberg $106,254,296 6 $17,709,049
1,085 Don Siegel $106,209,072 15 $7,080,605
1,086 Christian Ditter $106,150,300 3 $35,383,433
1,087 Charles Stone III $106,106,451 7 $15,158,064
1,088 Mark Mylod $105,984,163 2 $52,992,082
1,089 Jean-Francois Richet $105,799,245 6 $17,633,208
1,090 Paul Michael Glaser $105,782,594 5 $21,156,519
1,091 Wai Ka-Fai $105,516,025 2 $52,758,013
1,092 Sunny Luk $104,529,486 1 $104,529,486
1,093 Kevin Donovan $104,429,625 1 $104,429,625
1,094 Samantha Jayne $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248
1,095 Arturo Perez $104,404,248 1 $104,404,248
1,096 David E. Talbert $104,189,940 5 $20,837,988
1,097 Joshua Logan $104,099,280 5 $20,819,856
1,098 Haiqiang Ning $103,712,262 5 $20,742,452
1,099 John Carney $103,668,782 5 $20,733,756
1,100 Trey Parker $103,613,701 3 $34,537,900

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.