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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 | Sidney Poitier | $136,784,703 | 5 | $27,356,941 |
| 1,002 | Mark Neveldine | $136,693,570 | 6 | $22,782,262 |
| 1,003 | Arun Kumar | $136,676,304 | 2 | $68,338,152 |
| 1,004 | Danny Leiner | $136,007,966 | 3 | $45,335,989 |
| 1,005 | Daniel Petrie | $135,903,881 | 8 | $16,987,985 |
| 1,006 | Frédéric Forestier | $135,670,834 | 6 | $22,611,806 |
| 1,007 | Luc Jacquet | $135,662,792 | 5 | $27,132,558 |
| 1,008 | Bill Holderman | $135,075,260 | 2 | $67,537,630 |
| 1,009 | Thomas Langmann | $134,978,738 | 2 | $67,489,369 |
| 1,010 | John Milius | $134,846,657 | 7 | $19,263,808 |
| 1,011 | Advait Chandan | $134,311,025 | 3 | $44,770,342 |
| 1,012 | Bo Welch | $133,818,283 | 1 | $133,818,283 |
| 1,013 | Nikolaj Arcel | $133,800,204 | 3 | $44,600,068 |
| 1,014 | Bob Rafelson | $133,732,642 | 8 | $16,716,580 |
| 1,015 | Chris Butler | $133,512,898 | 2 | $66,756,449 |
| 1,016 | Peter Lepeniotis | $133,454,417 | 4 | $33,363,604 |
| 1,017 | Dan Mazer | $133,406,980 | 4 | $33,351,745 |
| 1,018 | Dan Scanlan | $133,357,601 | 1 | $133,357,601 |
| 1,019 | Nima Nourizadeh | $133,323,216 | 2 | $66,661,608 |
| 1,020 | Santiago Segura | $132,631,929 | 10 | $13,263,193 |
| 1,021 | Chang Yuan | $132,213,520 | 1 | $132,213,520 |
| 1,022 | Julie Anne Robinson | $132,056,648 | 2 | $66,028,324 |
| 1,023 | David S. Ward | $131,823,724 | 5 | $26,364,745 |
| 1,024 | Tsutomu Hanabusa | $131,821,123 | 11 | $11,983,738 |
| 1,025 | Sang-ho Yeon | $131,744,138 | 5 | $26,348,828 |
| 1,026 | Larry Yang | $131,371,503 | 4 | $32,842,876 |
| 1,027 | Kasi Lemmons | $131,366,791 | 7 | $18,766,684 |
| 1,028 | Fedor Bondarchuk | $131,051,352 | 5 | $26,210,270 |
| 1,029 | Zach Braff | $130,939,964 | 4 | $32,734,991 |
| 1,030 | Angel Manuel Soto | $130,841,501 | 3 | $43,613,834 |
| 1,031 | Michael Morris | $130,302,150 | 2 | $65,151,075 |
| 1,032 | Nicholas Meyer | $130,292,953 | 6 | $21,715,492 |
| 1,033 | Dallas Jenkins | $130,167,713 | 11 | $11,833,428 |
| 1,034 | Patricia Riggen | $129,913,081 | 5 | $25,982,616 |
| 1,035 | Seong-hoon Kim | $128,927,558 | 3 | $42,975,853 |
| 1,036 | Jack Smight | $128,922,763 | 9 | $14,324,751 |
| 1,037 | Greg Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 1,038 | Colin Strause | $128,884,494 | 1 | $128,884,494 |
| 1,039 | John Stockwell | $128,826,273 | 12 | $10,735,523 |
| 1,040 | James Hawes | $128,808,559 | 2 | $64,404,280 |
| 1,041 | Steve Rash | $128,719,644 | 7 | $18,388,521 |
| 1,042 | Bille Woodruff | $128,679,405 | 6 | $21,446,568 |
| 1,043 | Donnie Yen | $128,314,061 | 3 | $42,771,354 |
| 1,044 | David Breashears | $128,053,530 | 2 | $64,026,765 |
| 1,045 | Stephen Judson | $127,990,128 | 1 | $127,990,128 |
| 1,046 | Jim Gillespie | $127,939,826 | 4 | $31,984,957 |
| 1,047 | Valerie Faris | $127,863,236 | 3 | $42,621,079 |
| 1,048 | Jonathan Dayton | $127,863,236 | 3 | $42,621,079 |
| 1,049 | Tianyu Zhao | $127,515,832 | 3 | $42,505,277 |
| 1,050 | Miao Yue | $126,973,502 | 6 | $21,162,250 |
| 1,051 | Ronald Neame | $126,700,560 | 9 | $14,077,840 |
| 1,052 | Stanley Kramer | $126,700,186 | 9 | $14,077,798 |
| 1,053 | Lewis Teague | $126,272,652 | 6 | $21,045,442 |
| 1,054 | Nag Ashwin | $126,085,629 | 3 | $42,028,543 |
| 1,055 | Hugh Hudson | $125,451,679 | 7 | $17,921,668 |
| 1,056 | Charles Herman-Wurmfeld | $125,339,088 | 1 | $125,339,088 |
| 1,057 | Alexander Witt | $125,168,734 | 1 | $125,168,734 |
| 1,058 | Luis Mandoki | $124,678,301 | 7 | $17,811,186 |
| 1,059 | Denzel Washington | $124,594,445 | 4 | $31,148,611 |
| 1,060 | Guillaume Canet | $124,567,578 | 6 | $20,761,263 |
| 1,061 | Tomas Alfredson | $124,465,444 | 3 | $41,488,481 |
| 1,062 | Koki Mitani | $124,346,716 | 5 | $24,869,343 |
| 1,063 | Bill Duke | $124,284,878 | 8 | $15,535,610 |
| 1,064 | Masayuki Suzuki | $124,171,281 | 5 | $24,834,256 |
| 1,065 | David Lynch | $123,871,168 | 11 | $11,261,015 |
| 1,066 | Neil Nightingale | $123,705,128 | 2 | $61,852,564 |
| 1,067 | Paul Fisher | $123,681,555 | 1 | $123,681,555 |
| 1,068 | Charlie Bean | $123,681,555 | 2 | $61,840,778 |
| 1,069 | Bob Logan | $123,681,555 | 1 | $123,681,555 |
| 1,070 | Greg Jacobs | $123,580,421 | 2 | $61,790,211 |
| 1,071 | Barry Cook | $123,368,842 | 1 | $123,368,842 |
| 1,072 | Brian Taylor | $123,078,501 | 5 | $24,615,700 |
| 1,073 | Justin Simien | $122,853,561 | 3 | $40,951,187 |
| 1,074 | Carlos Lopez Estrada | $121,261,294 | 5 | $24,252,259 |
| 1,075 | Mira Nair | $120,739,240 | 10 | $12,073,924 |
| 1,076 | Jim Freeman | $120,700,000 | 1 | $120,700,000 |
| 1,077 | Sidney J. Furie | $120,562,758 | 14 | $8,611,626 |
| 1,078 | Bronwen Hughes | $120,527,848 | 3 | $40,175,949 |
| 1,079 | Kar-wai Wong (王家卫) | $120,069,006 | 15 | $8,004,600 |
| 1,080 | David Carson | $120,000,000 | 3 | $40,000,000 |
| 1,081 | Arthur Penn | $119,339,427 | 9 | $13,259,936 |
| 1,082 | Han Tian | $119,090,927 | 2 | $59,545,464 |
| 1,083 | Kevin Munroe | $119,063,949 | 4 | $29,765,987 |
| 1,084 | David Wain | $119,035,642 | 5 | $23,807,128 |
| 1,085 | Fangfang Li | $119,035,160 | 1 | $119,035,160 |
| 1,086 | Emilio Martinez Lazaro | $118,865,521 | 4 | $29,716,380 |
| 1,087 | John Luessenhop | $118,702,763 | 4 | $29,675,691 |
| 1,088 | Christian Ditter | $118,694,618 | 4 | $29,673,655 |
| 1,089 | Goro Miyazaki | $118,516,945 | 3 | $39,505,648 |
| 1,090 | Billy Wilder | $118,281,466 | 22 | $5,376,430 |
| 1,091 | Lei Zhilong | $118,128,641 | 1 | $118,128,641 |
| 1,092 | Samuel Bayer | $117,729,618 | 1 | $117,729,618 |
| 1,093 | Robert De Niro | $117,618,060 | 2 | $58,809,030 |
| 1,094 | Tamra Davis | $117,611,416 | 7 | $16,801,631 |
| 1,095 | Todd Haynes | $117,517,470 | 13 | $9,039,805 |
| 1,096 | Yasuichirô Yamamoto | $117,324,305 | 5 | $23,464,861 |
| 1,097 | Xiaoshi Liu (刘晓世) | $117,299,494 | 1 | $117,299,494 |
| 1,098 | Domee Shi | $117,166,708 | 3 | $39,055,569 |
| 1,099 | Michael Haneke | $116,967,613 | 8 | $14,620,952 |
| 1,100 | Olivier Dahan | $116,511,306 | 3 | $38,837,102 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.