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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,301 | Dennis Hopper | $91,147,788 | 6 | $15,191,298 |
| 1,302 | Akiva Schaffer | $91,038,729 | 5 | $18,207,746 |
| 1,303 | Jeff Kanew | $90,774,764 | 6 | $15,129,127 |
| 1,304 | Robert Moore | $90,732,599 | 3 | $30,244,200 |
| 1,305 | Wu Bai | $90,562,349 | 2 | $45,281,175 |
| 1,306 | Steven Antin | $90,552,675 | 1 | $90,552,675 |
| 1,307 | Christian Duguay | $90,485,832 | 8 | $11,310,729 |
| 1,308 | Rob Stevenhagen | $90,482,317 | 1 | $90,482,317 |
| 1,309 | Katsuichi Nakayama | $90,454,010 | 1 | $90,454,010 |
| 1,310 | Tim Robbins | $90,288,968 | 3 | $30,096,323 |
| 1,311 | Jane Campion | $90,266,073 | 8 | $11,283,259 |
| 1,312 | Robert Iscove | $90,187,340 | 4 | $22,546,835 |
| 1,313 | Olivier Baroux | $90,067,894 | 6 | $15,011,316 |
| 1,314 | Je Kyun Yoon (윤제균) | $90,037,483 | 2 | $45,018,742 |
| 1,315 | Bruce Neibaur | $90,000,000 | 1 | $90,000,000 |
| 1,316 | Ben Palmer | $89,967,315 | 2 | $44,983,658 |
| 1,317 | Ke Xu (徐克) | $89,402,193 | 1 | $89,402,193 |
| 1,318 | Klim Shipenko | $89,202,167 | 7 | $12,743,167 |
| 1,319 | Zheng Dasheng | $89,178,654 | 3 | $29,726,218 |
| 1,320 | Kenneth Lonergan | $89,171,375 | 3 | $29,723,792 |
| 1,321 | Phil Joanou | $89,159,665 | 7 | $12,737,095 |
| 1,322 | Tony Ching | $89,053,765 | 2 | $44,526,883 |
| 1,323 | Nobuhiro Doi | $88,915,715 | 5 | $17,783,143 |
| 1,324 | Sean Penn | $88,913,994 | 7 | $12,701,999 |
| 1,325 | Keishi Ohtomo | $88,746,164 | 8 | $11,093,271 |
| 1,326 | Jeffrey Lau | $88,639,239 | 6 | $14,773,207 |
| 1,327 | Holger Tappe | $88,235,619 | 4 | $22,058,905 |
| 1,328 | Stuart Beattie | $87,980,226 | 2 | $43,990,113 |
| 1,329 | Lau Ho-leung | $87,757,628 | 2 | $43,878,814 |
| 1,330 | Hwang Dong-hyuk | $87,508,799 | 2 | $43,754,400 |
| 1,331 | Paolo Sorrentino | $87,433,123 | 10 | $8,743,312 |
| 1,332 | Ted Post | $87,269,482 | 8 | $10,908,685 |
| 1,333 | Baorui Zheng (郑保瑞) | $87,169,200 | 1 | $87,169,200 |
| 1,334 | Richard Rich | $87,024,021 | 12 | $7,252,002 |
| 1,335 | David Mirkin | $86,989,178 | 2 | $43,494,589 |
| 1,336 | Yuhan Wu | $86,876,449 | 1 | $86,876,449 |
| 1,337 | Mike Judge | $86,647,548 | 4 | $21,661,887 |
| 1,338 | Stephen Kay | $86,622,877 | 4 | $21,655,719 |
| 1,339 | Nelson McCormick | $86,421,216 | 3 | $28,807,072 |
| 1,340 | Andrei Kravchuk | $86,164,308 | 7 | $12,309,187 |
| 1,341 | Julie Taymor | $85,977,657 | 5 | $17,195,531 |
| 1,342 | Derek Cianfrance | $85,859,421 | 4 | $21,464,855 |
| 1,343 | Liang Xuan | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 1,344 | Chun Zhang | $85,717,566 | 1 | $85,717,566 |
| 1,345 | Ernest Dickerson | $85,568,407 | 7 | $12,224,058 |
| 1,346 | Todd Field | $85,525,500 | 3 | $28,508,500 |
| 1,347 | Alexandre Avancini | $85,489,689 | 3 | $28,496,563 |
| 1,348 | Christian Rivers | $85,481,904 | 1 | $85,481,904 |
| 1,349 | R.J. Cutler | $85,439,341 | 6 | $14,239,890 |
| 1,350 | Randa Haines | $85,273,914 | 3 | $28,424,638 |
| 1,351 | Otto Bathurst | $85,210,012 | 1 | $85,210,012 |
| 1,352 | Ram Gopal Varma | $85,152,451 | 9 | $9,461,383 |
| 1,353 | Hironobu Sakaguchi | $85,131,830 | 1 | $85,131,830 |
| 1,354 | Todd Strauss-Schulson | $85,056,932 | 4 | $21,264,233 |
| 1,355 | Jim Henson | $84,972,536 | 3 | $28,324,179 |
| 1,356 | Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) | $84,728,599 | 1 | $84,728,599 |
| 1,357 | Joe Alves | $84,715,180 | 1 | $84,715,180 |
| 1,358 | Reid Carolin | $84,543,632 | 2 | $42,271,816 |
| 1,359 | Channing Tatum | $84,543,632 | 2 | $42,271,816 |
| 1,360 | Jonathan Glazer | $84,540,165 | 4 | $21,135,041 |
| 1,361 | Kevin Hooks | $84,498,476 | 5 | $16,899,695 |
| 1,362 | Ole Bornedal | $84,476,944 | 7 | $12,068,135 |
| 1,363 | Simon McQuoid | $84,426,031 | 2 | $42,213,016 |
| 1,364 | Ben Sharpsteen | $84,406,454 | 2 | $42,203,227 |
| 1,365 | Wei Zheng | $84,379,069 | 2 | $42,189,535 |
| 1,366 | Takashi Otsuka | $84,372,182 | 2 | $42,186,091 |
| 1,367 | Eric Lartigau | $84,181,103 | 5 | $16,836,221 |
| 1,368 | Liang Su | $84,174,084 | 1 | $84,174,084 |
| 1,369 | Alan Alda | $84,155,103 | 4 | $21,038,776 |
| 1,370 | Mennan Yapo | $84,146,832 | 1 | $84,146,832 |
| 1,371 | Sammo Hung Kam-Bo | $84,069,470 | 6 | $14,011,578 |
| 1,372 | Bryan Bertino | $83,881,655 | 5 | $16,776,331 |
| 1,373 | Yôjirô Takita | $83,746,331 | 5 | $16,749,266 |
| 1,374 | Josh Stolberg | $83,660,160 | 4 | $20,915,040 |
| 1,375 | Marielle Heller | $83,558,078 | 4 | $20,889,520 |
| 1,376 | James L. Conway | $83,500,000 | 4 | $20,875,000 |
| 1,377 | Burt Reynolds | $83,284,109 | 4 | $20,821,027 |
| 1,378 | Javier Gutierrez | $82,917,283 | 1 | $82,917,283 |
| 1,379 | Anthony LaMolinara | $82,891,949 | 1 | $82,891,949 |
| 1,380 | Zhao Xiaoding | $82,891,949 | 1 | $82,891,949 |
| 1,381 | Rob Savage | $82,867,201 | 5 | $16,573,440 |
| 1,382 | Buddy Van Horn | $82,830,828 | 2 | $41,415,414 |
| 1,383 | Mike "Mouse" McCoy | $82,497,035 | 1 | $82,497,035 |
| 1,384 | Stella Meghie | $82,425,521 | 4 | $20,606,380 |
| 1,385 | Johnnie To | $82,326,057 | 9 | $9,147,340 |
| 1,386 | Tom Gormican | $82,185,275 | 3 | $27,395,092 |
| 1,387 | Aleksander Bach | $82,182,803 | 1 | $82,182,803 |
| 1,388 | Pitof | $82,078,046 | 1 | $82,078,046 |
| 1,389 | Peter R. Hunt | $82,000,000 | 4 | $20,500,000 |
| 1,390 | Jacques Audiard | $81,757,168 | 7 | $11,679,595 |
| 1,391 | Stephen Fung | $81,687,093 | 5 | $16,337,419 |
| 1,392 | Fabien Onteniente | $81,621,336 | 4 | $20,405,334 |
| 1,393 | Steve Gordon | $81,464,486 | 1 | $81,464,486 |
| 1,394 | Jacky Wu | $81,461,069 | 1 | $81,461,069 |
| 1,395 | Stefano Solima | $81,401,113 | 2 | $40,700,557 |
| 1,396 | Kim Hak-Soon | $81,225,762 | 1 | $81,225,762 |
| 1,397 | Anna J. Foerster | $81,209,222 | 2 | $40,604,611 |
| 1,398 | Aneesh Chaganty | $81,127,557 | 4 | $20,281,889 |
| 1,399 | Patrick Gilmore | $80,767,884 | 1 | $80,767,884 |
| 1,400 | Hiroshi Nishitani | $80,727,642 | 3 | $26,909,214 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.