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Box Office Star Records > Worldwide > Lifetime Specific Technical Role > Top Worldwide Directors
Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,301-1,400)BETA
See also: Top Domestic Directors - Top International Directors - Top Worldwide Art Directors - Top Worldwide Assistant Directors - Top Worldwide Associate Producers - Top Worldwide Casting Directors - Top Worldwide Cinematographers - Top Worldwide Co-Producers - Top Worldwide Composers - Top Worldwide Costume Designers - Top Worldwide Costume Supervisors - Top Worldwide Dialogue Editors - Top Worldwide Editors - Top Worldwide Executive Producers - Top Worldwide Make-up and Hair Designers - Top Worldwide Music Editors - Top Worldwide Music Supervisors - Top Worldwide Producers - Top Worldwide Production Designers - Top Worldwide Re-recording Mixers - Top Worldwide Screenwriters - Top Worldwide Set Decorators - Top Worldwide Set Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Designers - Top Worldwide Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Effects Editors - Top Worldwide Sound Mixers - Top Worldwide Story Creators - Top Worldwide Stunt Coordinators - Top Worldwide Supervising Sound Editors - Top Worldwide Unit Production Managers - Top Worldwide Visual Effects Supervisors
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 | David Gelb | $38,131,849 | 3 | $12,710,616 |
| 1,302 | Bob Dolman | $38,067,218 | 1 | $38,067,218 |
| 1,303 | Paul Bolger | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,304 | Yvette Kaplan | $37,923,818 | 1 | $37,923,818 |
| 1,305 | David Mackenzie | $37,859,371 | 4 | $9,464,843 |
| 1,306 | Bryan Spicer | $37,785,198 | 1 | $37,785,198 |
| 1,307 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $37,697,856 | 5 | $7,539,571 |
| 1,308 | Sajid Khan | $37,688,527 | 2 | $18,844,264 |
| 1,309 | Martin Weisz | $37,466,538 | 2 | $18,733,269 |
| 1,310 | Jean-Francois Richet | $37,443,026 | 3 | $12,481,009 |
| 1,311 | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | $37,337,061 | 1 | $37,337,061 |
| 1,312 | Lenny Abrahamson | $37,329,968 | 3 | $12,443,323 |
| 1,313 | Pang Ho-cheung | $37,127,816 | 3 | $12,375,939 |
| 1,314 | Jacques Audiard | $37,108,183 | 3 | $12,369,394 |
| 1,315 | Youyin Wu | $36,985,062 | 1 | $36,985,062 |
| 1,316 | J.C. Chandor | $36,891,474 | 5 | $7,378,295 |
| 1,317 | Gary Sinyor | $36,882,378 | 1 | $36,882,378 |
| 1,318 | Arne Glimcher | $36,853,222 | 1 | $36,853,222 |
| 1,319 | Dito Montiel | $36,522,805 | 7 | $5,217,544 |
| 1,320 | Ueli Steiger | $36,489,888 | 1 | $36,489,888 |
| 1,321 | Patrick Read Johnson | $36,414,766 | 4 | $9,103,692 |
| 1,322 | David Lickley | $36,332,214 | 1 | $36,332,214 |
| 1,323 | Lisa Cholodenko | $36,275,469 | 1 | $36,275,469 |
| 1,324 | Todd Strauss-Schulson | $36,265,745 | 3 | $12,088,582 |
| 1,325 | Keith Scholey | $36,229,208 | 4 | $9,057,302 |
| 1,326 | Kay Pollack | $36,221,293 | 2 | $18,110,647 |
| 1,327 | Matt Bettinelli-Olpin | $36,146,087 | 1 | $36,146,087 |
| 1,328 | Tyler Gillett | $36,146,087 | 1 | $36,146,087 |
| 1,329 | Matthew Robbins | $36,045,797 | 2 | $18,022,899 |
| 1,330 | Vincenzo Natali | $36,041,295 | 6 | $6,006,883 |
| 1,331 | Ryuichi Hiroki | $36,034,509 | 1 | $36,034,509 |
| 1,332 | Nicholas Jarecki | $35,830,713 | 1 | $35,830,713 |
| 1,333 | Rodrigo Cortes | $35,789,174 | 3 | $11,929,725 |
| 1,334 | Pascal Chaumeil | $35,705,793 | 3 | $11,901,931 |
| 1,335 | Philippe Le Guay | $35,703,181 | 3 | $11,901,060 |
| 1,336 | Mandie Fletcher | $35,672,155 | 2 | $17,836,078 |
| 1,337 | Togan Gökbakar | $35,582,304 | 3 | $11,860,768 |
| 1,338 | Bill Paxton | $35,415,546 | 2 | $17,707,773 |
| 1,339 | Paco Plaza | $35,401,644 | 3 | $11,800,548 |
| 1,340 | Ken Russell | $35,167,697 | 3 | $11,722,566 |
| 1,341 | Des McAnuff | $35,129,610 | 3 | $11,709,870 |
| 1,342 | Luis Prieto | $35,028,828 | 2 | $17,514,414 |
| 1,343 | Ben Younger | $35,021,714 | 2 | $17,510,857 |
| 1,344 | Rachel Talalay | $34,991,822 | 2 | $17,495,911 |
| 1,345 | Xu Jizhou | $34,846,147 | 1 | $34,846,147 |
| 1,346 | Julian Schnabel | $34,626,688 | 6 | $5,771,115 |
| 1,347 | Michael Wadleigh | $34,505,110 | 1 | $34,505,110 |
| 1,348 | R.M. Richards | $34,493,095 | 1 | $34,493,095 |
| 1,349 | Peng Sanyuan | $34,432,439 | 1 | $34,432,439 |
| 1,350 | Elia Kazan | $34,400,000 | 6 | $5,733,333 |
| 1,351 | Brian Henson | $34,327,391 | 2 | $17,163,696 |
| 1,352 | Nacho G. Velilla | $34,280,119 | 2 | $17,140,060 |
| 1,353 | Billy Ray | $34,265,160 | 2 | $17,132,580 |
| 1,354 | Oleg Stepchenko | $34,246,770 | 1 | $34,246,770 |
| 1,355 | Richard Kelly | $34,217,380 | 3 | $11,405,793 |
| 1,356 | Whit Stillman | $34,163,627 | 5 | $6,832,725 |
| 1,357 | Cary Fukunaga | $34,074,632 | 2 | $17,037,316 |
| 1,358 | Farhan Akhtar | $34,053,090 | 1 | $34,053,090 |
| 1,359 | Sarah Gavron | $34,044,909 | 1 | $34,044,909 |
| 1,360 | Ahn Sang-hoon | $33,974,305 | 1 | $33,974,305 |
| 1,361 | James Mather | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 1,362 | Stephen St. Leger | $33,943,049 | 1 | $33,943,049 |
| 1,363 | Karyn Kusama | $33,863,245 | 5 | $6,772,649 |
| 1,364 | Pablo Larrain | $33,797,058 | 6 | $5,632,843 |
| 1,365 | Mervyn LeRoy | $33,754,967 | 2 | $16,877,484 |
| 1,366 | Richard Thorpe | $33,754,967 | 1 | $33,754,967 |
| 1,367 | Sho Tsukikawa | $33,668,406 | 2 | $16,834,203 |
| 1,368 | Arlene Sanford | $33,657,542 | 2 | $16,828,771 |
| 1,369 | David Schwimmer | $33,632,276 | 2 | $16,816,138 |
| 1,370 | Jim McBride | $33,601,552 | 2 | $16,800,776 |
| 1,371 | Rocky Morton | $33,551,385 | 2 | $16,775,693 |
| 1,372 | Annabel Jankel | $33,551,385 | 2 | $16,775,693 |
| 1,373 | Tom Harper | $33,502,723 | 3 | $11,167,574 |
| 1,374 | Steve Rash | $33,456,374 | 2 | $16,728,187 |
| 1,375 | David Lam | $33,338,943 | 2 | $16,669,472 |
| 1,376 | Tae-ra Shin | $33,324,525 | 1 | $33,324,525 |
| 1,377 | Menahem Golan | $33,202,975 | 5 | $6,640,595 |
| 1,378 | Giles New | $33,169,287 | 1 | $33,169,287 |
| 1,379 | Bille August | $32,998,806 | 10 | $3,299,881 |
| 1,380 | Joby Harold | $32,968,648 | 1 | $32,968,648 |
| 1,381 | George Gallo | $32,832,463 | 3 | $10,944,154 |
| 1,382 | Hugo Gélin | $32,807,028 | 1 | $32,807,028 |
| 1,383 | Eric Till | $32,736,879 | 1 | $32,736,879 |
| 1,384 | Dan Cutforth | $32,700,439 | 2 | $16,350,220 |
| 1,385 | Jane Lipsitz | $32,700,439 | 2 | $16,350,220 |
| 1,386 | Matthew Robinson | $32,679,264 | 1 | $32,679,264 |
| 1,387 | Shakun Batra | $32,673,927 | 2 | $16,336,964 |
| 1,388 | Atom Egoyan | $32,666,474 | 11 | $2,969,679 |
| 1,389 | Anand Tucker | $32,618,920 | 1 | $32,618,920 |
| 1,390 | David M. Evans | $32,447,340 | 3 | $10,815,780 |
| 1,391 | Ahmed Khan | $32,408,855 | 1 | $32,408,855 |
| 1,392 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $32,293,815 | 3 | $10,764,605 |
| 1,393 | Chie Jen-Hao | $32,277,396 | 1 | $32,277,396 |
| 1,394 | Damien Wayans | $32,224,624 | 1 | $32,224,624 |
| 1,395 | Tony Ching | $32,172,621 | 1 | $32,172,621 |
| 1,396 | Siu Tung | $32,172,621 | 1 | $32,172,621 |
| 1,397 | Katia Lund | $32,059,295 | 1 | $32,059,295 |
| 1,398 | Mike Disa | $32,013,133 | 3 | $10,671,044 |
| 1,399 | Reginald Hudlin | $31,683,189 | 4 | $7,920,797 |
| 1,400 | Christian Alvart | $31,595,799 | 3 | $10,531,933 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
