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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 Jeff Kanew $90,774,764 6 $15,129,127
1,302 Robert Moore $90,732,599 3 $30,244,200
1,303 Wu Bai $90,562,349 2 $45,281,175
1,304 Steven Antin $90,552,675 1 $90,552,675
1,305 Christian Duguay $90,485,832 8 $11,310,729
1,306 Rob Stevenhagen $90,482,317 1 $90,482,317
1,307 Katsuichi Nakayama $90,454,010 1 $90,454,010
1,308 Tim Robbins $90,288,968 3 $30,096,323
1,309 Jane Campion $90,266,073 8 $11,283,259
1,310 Robert Iscove $90,187,340 4 $22,546,835
1,311 Olivier Baroux $90,067,894 6 $15,011,316
1,312 Je Kyun Yoon (윤제균) $90,037,483 2 $45,018,742
1,313 Bruce Neibaur $90,000,000 1 $90,000,000
1,314 Ben Palmer $89,967,315 2 $44,983,658
1,315 Ke Xu (徐克) $89,289,800 1 $89,289,800
1,316 Klim Shipenko $89,202,167 7 $12,743,167
1,317 Zheng Dasheng $89,178,654 3 $29,726,218
1,318 Kenneth Lonergan $89,171,375 3 $29,723,792
1,319 Phil Joanou $89,159,665 7 $12,737,095
1,320 Tony Ching $89,053,765 2 $44,526,883
1,321 Nobuhiro Doi $88,915,715 5 $17,783,143
1,322 Sean Penn $88,913,994 7 $12,701,999
1,323 Keishi Ohtomo $88,746,164 8 $11,093,271
1,324 Jeffrey Lau $88,639,239 6 $14,773,207
1,325 Celine Song $88,519,282 2 $44,259,641
1,326 Holger Tappe $88,235,619 4 $22,058,905
1,327 Stuart Beattie $87,980,226 2 $43,990,113
1,328 Lau Ho-leung $87,757,628 2 $43,878,814
1,329 Hwang Dong-hyuk $87,508,799 2 $43,754,400
1,330 Paolo Sorrentino $87,433,123 10 $8,743,312
1,331 Ted Post $87,269,482 8 $10,908,685
1,332 Baorui Zheng (郑保瑞) $87,169,200 1 $87,169,200
1,333 Richard Rich $87,024,021 12 $7,252,002
1,334 David Mirkin $86,989,178 2 $43,494,589
1,335 Yuhan Wu $86,876,449 1 $86,876,449
1,336 Mike Judge $86,647,548 4 $21,661,887
1,337 Stephen Kay $86,622,877 4 $21,655,719
1,338 Nelson McCormick $86,421,216 3 $28,807,072
1,339 Andrei Kravchuk $86,164,308 7 $12,309,187
1,340 Julie Taymor $85,977,657 5 $17,195,531
1,341 Derek Cianfrance $85,859,421 4 $21,464,855
1,342 Liang Xuan $85,717,566 1 $85,717,566
1,343 Chun Zhang $85,717,566 1 $85,717,566
1,344 Ernest Dickerson $85,568,407 7 $12,224,058
1,345 Todd Field $85,525,500 3 $28,508,500
1,346 Alexandre Avancini $85,489,689 3 $28,496,563
1,347 Christian Rivers $85,481,904 1 $85,481,904
1,348 R.J. Cutler $85,439,341 6 $14,239,890
1,349 Randa Haines $85,273,914 3 $28,424,638
1,350 Otto Bathurst $85,210,012 1 $85,210,012
1,351 Ram Gopal Varma $85,152,451 9 $9,461,383
1,352 Hironobu Sakaguchi $85,131,830 1 $85,131,830
1,353 Todd Strauss-Schulson $85,056,932 4 $21,264,233
1,354 Jim Henson $84,972,536 3 $28,324,179
1,355 Jae Hyeon Jang (장재현) $84,728,599 1 $84,728,599
1,356 Joe Alves $84,715,180 1 $84,715,180
1,357 Channing Tatum $84,543,632 2 $42,271,816
1,358 Reid Carolin $84,543,632 2 $42,271,816
1,359 Jonathan Glazer $84,540,165 4 $21,135,041
1,360 Kevin Hooks $84,498,476 5 $16,899,695
1,361 Ole Bornedal $84,476,944 7 $12,068,135
1,362 Simon McQuoid $84,426,031 2 $42,213,016
1,363 Ben Sharpsteen $84,406,454 2 $42,203,227
1,364 Wei Zheng $84,379,069 2 $42,189,535
1,365 Takashi Otsuka $84,372,182 2 $42,186,091
1,366 Eric Lartigau $84,181,103 5 $16,836,221
1,367 Liang Su $84,174,084 1 $84,174,084
1,368 Alan Alda $84,155,103 4 $21,038,776
1,369 Mennan Yapo $84,146,832 1 $84,146,832
1,370 Sammo Hung Kam-Bo $84,069,470 6 $14,011,578
1,371 Bryan Bertino $83,881,655 5 $16,776,331
1,372 Yôjirô Takita $83,746,331 5 $16,749,266
1,373 Josh Stolberg $83,660,160 4 $20,915,040
1,374 Marielle Heller $83,558,078 4 $20,889,520
1,375 James L. Conway $83,500,000 4 $20,875,000
1,376 Burt Reynolds $83,284,109 4 $20,821,027
1,377 Javier Gutierrez $82,917,283 1 $82,917,283
1,378 Zhao Xiaoding $82,891,949 1 $82,891,949
1,379 Anthony LaMolinara $82,891,949 1 $82,891,949
1,380 Rob Savage $82,867,201 5 $16,573,440
1,381 Buddy Van Horn $82,830,828 2 $41,415,414
1,382 Mike "Mouse" McCoy $82,497,035 1 $82,497,035
1,383 Stella Meghie $82,425,521 4 $20,606,380
1,384 Johnnie To $82,326,057 9 $9,147,340
1,385 Tom Gormican $82,185,275 3 $27,395,092
1,386 Aleksander Bach $82,182,803 1 $82,182,803
1,387 Pitof $82,078,046 1 $82,078,046
1,388 Peter R. Hunt $82,000,000 4 $20,500,000
1,389 Jacques Audiard $81,757,168 7 $11,679,595
1,390 Stephen Fung $81,687,093 5 $16,337,419
1,391 Fabien Onteniente $81,621,336 4 $20,405,334
1,392 Steve Gordon $81,464,486 1 $81,464,486
1,393 Jacky Wu $81,461,069 1 $81,461,069
1,394 Stefano Solima $81,401,113 2 $40,700,557
1,395 Kim Hak-Soon $81,225,762 1 $81,225,762
1,396 Anna J. Foerster $81,209,222 2 $40,604,611
1,397 Aneesh Chaganty $81,127,557 4 $20,281,889
1,398 Patrick Gilmore $80,767,884 1 $80,767,884
1,399 Hiroshi Nishitani $80,727,642 3 $26,909,214
1,400 Davis Guggenheim $80,659,520 7 $11,522,789

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.