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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 1,401-1,500)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,401 | Dan Cutforth | $32,700,439 | 2 | $16,350,220 |
| 1,402 | Matthew Robinson | $32,679,264 | 1 | $32,679,264 |
| 1,403 | Shakun Batra | $32,673,927 | 2 | $16,336,964 |
| 1,404 | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | $32,669,747 | 3 | $10,889,916 |
| 1,405 | Atom Egoyan | $32,666,474 | 11 | $2,969,679 |
| 1,406 | Anand Tucker | $32,618,920 | 1 | $32,618,920 |
| 1,407 | David M. Evans | $32,447,340 | 3 | $10,815,780 |
| 1,408 | Ahmed Khan | $32,408,855 | 1 | $32,408,855 |
| 1,409 | Tom Ford | $32,398,726 | 1 | $32,398,726 |
| 1,410 | Chie Jen-Hao | $32,277,396 | 1 | $32,277,396 |
| 1,411 | Damien Wayans | $32,224,624 | 1 | $32,224,624 |
| 1,412 | Siu Tung | $32,172,621 | 1 | $32,172,621 |
| 1,413 | Tony Ching | $32,172,621 | 1 | $32,172,621 |
| 1,414 | Katia Lund | $32,059,295 | 1 | $32,059,295 |
| 1,415 | Mike Disa | $32,013,133 | 3 | $10,671,044 |
| 1,416 | Christian Alvart | $31,595,799 | 3 | $10,531,933 |
| 1,417 | Tomohiko Ito | $31,568,925 | 1 | $31,568,925 |
| 1,418 | Santiago Segura | $31,447,758 | 3 | $10,482,586 |
| 1,419 | Pablo Trapero | $31,330,963 | 3 | $10,443,654 |
| 1,420 | Albert Dupontel | $31,297,553 | 2 | $15,648,777 |
| 1,421 | Christopher Erskin | $31,286,759 | 1 | $31,286,759 |
| 1,422 | Andrew Jay Cohen | $31,192,743 | 1 | $31,192,743 |
| 1,423 | Vondie Curtis-Hall | $31,191,613 | 3 | $10,397,204 |
| 1,424 | Will Graham | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 1,425 | Patrik Forsberg | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 1,426 | James Duffy | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 1,427 | Rusty Cundieff | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 1,428 | Jonathan Van Tulleken | $31,164,747 | 1 | $31,164,747 |
| 1,429 | Todd Graff | $31,157,914 | 1 | $31,157,914 |
| 1,430 | Russell Crowe | $30,864,649 | 1 | $30,864,649 |
| 1,431 | John Waters | $30,810,382 | 8 | $3,851,298 |
| 1,432 | Jon Cassar | $30,768,449 | 2 | $15,384,225 |
| 1,433 | Dmitry Dyachenko | $30,431,962 | 1 | $30,431,962 |
| 1,434 | Vincent Kesteloot | $30,349,307 | 1 | $30,349,307 |
| 1,435 | John Fortenberry | $30,331,165 | 1 | $30,331,165 |
| 1,436 | Jonathan Teplitzky | $30,329,647 | 3 | $10,109,882 |
| 1,437 | Justin Chadwick | $30,246,133 | 3 | $10,082,044 |
| 1,438 | Jim Sonzero | $30,241,435 | 1 | $30,241,435 |
| 1,439 | Mark Mylod | $30,163,785 | 1 | $30,163,785 |
| 1,440 | Oriol Paulo | $30,059,382 | 1 | $30,059,382 |
| 1,441 | Juan Jose Campanella | $30,051,905 | 1 | $30,051,905 |
| 1,442 | Rowdy Harrington | $30,050,028 | 2 | $15,025,014 |
| 1,443 | Derek Hui | $29,957,670 | 1 | $29,957,670 |
| 1,444 | Jonas Elmer | $29,937,909 | 1 | $29,937,909 |
| 1,445 | Sylvain White | $29,865,169 | 3 | $9,955,056 |
| 1,446 | Barnaby Thompson | $29,830,239 | 2 | $14,915,120 |
| 1,447 | Ringo Lam | $29,725,173 | 2 | $14,862,587 |
| 1,448 | Chang | $29,618,970 | 2 | $14,809,485 |
| 1,449 | Jang Chang-won | $29,572,150 | 1 | $29,572,150 |
| 1,450 | Dorota Kobiela | $29,558,080 | 2 | $14,779,040 |
| 1,451 | Hugh Welchman | $29,541,673 | 1 | $29,541,673 |
| 1,452 | Phil Nibbelink | $29,534,240 | 2 | $14,767,120 |
| 1,453 | Abbas Mustan | $29,476,034 | 1 | $29,476,034 |
| 1,454 | Vikram Bhatt | $29,366,672 | 5 | $5,873,334 |
| 1,455 | Ferzan Ozpetek | $29,347,067 | 3 | $9,782,356 |
| 1,456 | Jae-Gyu Lee | $29,306,967 | 1 | $29,306,967 |
| 1,457 | John Turturro | $29,291,514 | 5 | $5,858,303 |
| 1,458 | Peter Ho-Sun Chan | $29,284,214 | 1 | $29,284,214 |
| 1,459 | Mark Rydell | $29,200,000 | 2 | $14,600,000 |
| 1,460 | Eric Karson | $29,120,810 | 5 | $5,824,162 |
| 1,461 | Oleg Trofim | $28,991,833 | 1 | $28,991,833 |
| 1,462 | Ed Decter | $28,972,187 | 1 | $28,972,187 |
| 1,463 | Cecil B. DeMille | $28,800,000 | 3 | $9,600,000 |
| 1,464 | Wen Zhang | $28,751,939 | 1 | $28,751,939 |
| 1,465 | Damian Harris | $28,738,096 | 2 | $14,369,048 |
| 1,466 | Alexey Tsitsilin | $28,720,202 | 2 | $14,360,101 |
| 1,467 | Kivanc Baruonu | $28,675,844 | 3 | $9,558,615 |
| 1,468 | Mark DiSalle | $28,595,042 | 2 | $14,297,521 |
| 1,469 | Bharat Nalluri | $28,594,531 | 3 | $9,531,510 |
| 1,470 | Brian G. Hutton | $28,416,459 | 1 | $28,416,459 |
| 1,471 | Homi Adajania | $28,319,988 | 2 | $14,159,994 |
| 1,472 | Edward Burns | $28,280,480 | 10 | $2,828,048 |
| 1,473 | Jo Beom-gu | $28,211,214 | 1 | $28,211,214 |
| 1,474 | Gene Quintano | $27,979,399 | 1 | $27,979,399 |
| 1,475 | Philippe Falardeau | $27,911,233 | 4 | $6,977,808 |
| 1,476 | Jeffrey Nachmanoff | $27,882,226 | 2 | $13,941,113 |
| 1,477 | Kasi Lemmons | $27,776,971 | 4 | $6,944,243 |
| 1,478 | Greg McLean | $27,762,876 | 5 | $5,552,575 |
| 1,479 | Nick Moore | $27,754,906 | 3 | $9,251,635 |
| 1,480 | Danny Cannon | $27,610,873 | 1 | $27,610,873 |
| 1,481 | Mike Hodges | $27,596,969 | 4 | $6,899,242 |
| 1,482 | Kevin Hooks | $27,575,472 | 3 | $9,191,824 |
| 1,483 | Matthjs Van Heijnngen | $27,573,078 | 1 | $27,573,078 |
| 1,484 | Andrei Kravchuk | $27,560,000 | 1 | $27,560,000 |
| 1,485 | Amma Asante | $27,531,987 | 3 | $9,177,329 |
| 1,486 | Baran bo Odar | $27,522,190 | 2 | $13,761,095 |
| 1,487 | Robert Shaye | $27,519,694 | 1 | $27,519,694 |
| 1,488 | Don Scardino | $27,392,609 | 2 | $13,696,305 |
| 1,489 | Trevor Wall | $27,392,195 | 1 | $27,392,195 |
| 1,490 | Julian Jarrold | $27,331,683 | 3 | $9,110,561 |
| 1,491 | Marjane Satrapi | $27,275,754 | 4 | $6,818,939 |
| 1,492 | Gonzolo Lopez-Gallego | $27,186,988 | 2 | $13,593,494 |
| 1,493 | Bruce Hunt | $27,147,991 | 1 | $27,147,991 |
| 1,494 | Peggy Holmes | $27,131,768 | 2 | $13,565,884 |
| 1,495 | David Dhawan | $27,072,011 | 2 | $13,536,006 |
| 1,496 | Che-Kirk Wong | $27,066,941 | 1 | $27,066,941 |
| 1,497 | Imtiaz Ali | $27,010,446 | 3 | $9,003,482 |
| 1,498 | Damian Szifron | $27,007,072 | 2 | $13,503,536 |
| 1,499 | Prakash Jha | $26,916,081 | 4 | $6,729,020 |
| 1,500 | James Franco | $26,858,326 | 10 | $2,685,833 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
