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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,401-1,500)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
1,401 Mary Lambert $80,479,801 6 $13,413,300
1,402 Wolfgang Becker $80,355,402 2 $40,177,701
1,403 George C. Wolfe $80,272,400 5 $16,054,480
1,404 Jeremy Garelick $80,171,596 5 $16,034,319
1,405 Hyung-rae Shim $80,079,608 3 $26,693,203
1,406 Richard Eyre $80,011,138 9 $8,890,126
1,407 James Frawley $79,990,306 4 $19,997,577
1,408 Costa-Gavras $79,707,662 12 $6,642,305
1,409 Ken Annakin $79,496,662 3 $26,498,887
1,410 Susanna Fogel $79,416,834 4 $19,854,209
1,411 Joseph L. Mankiewicz $79,414,527 6 $13,235,755
1,412 Anton Megerdichev $79,390,285 4 $19,847,571
1,413 Florent-Emilio Siri $79,363,433 3 $26,454,478
1,414 Wataru Takahashi $79,269,719 4 $19,817,430
1,415 Fred Wolf $79,256,010 6 $13,209,335
1,416 Shankar Sachdev $79,084,747 1 $79,084,747
1,417 Joe Camp $79,063,152 5 $15,812,630
1,418 Thomas Vinterberg $78,974,300 8 $9,871,788
1,419 Gail Mancuso $78,867,205 1 $78,867,205
1,420 Ken Scott $78,793,976 6 $13,132,329
1,421 Masaki Nishiura $78,778,560 1 $78,778,560
1,422 Peter Cornwell $78,758,522 2 $39,379,261
1,423 Tony Bill $78,743,301 7 $11,249,043
1,424 Halina Reijn $78,722,221 3 $26,240,740
1,425 Coralie Fargeat $78,678,923 3 $26,226,308
1,426 Stewart Raffill $78,630,310 9 $8,736,701
1,427 Larry Peerce $78,516,151 7 $11,216,593
1,428 Rick Rosenthal $78,491,553 8 $9,811,444
1,429 Howard Hawks $78,487,607 21 $3,737,505
1,430 Michael J. Bassett $78,448,056 6 $13,074,676
1,431 Yongchang Li $78,392,065 2 $39,196,033
1,432 William Malone $78,379,831 2 $39,189,916
1,433 Robert Townsend $78,372,788 9 $8,708,088
1,434 Mark Rosman $78,297,117 5 $15,659,423
1,435 Aleksey Nuzhnyy $78,290,348 8 $9,786,294
1,436 Jeff Tomsic $78,230,625 9 $8,692,292
1,437 Reginald Hudlin $78,220,349 12 $6,518,362
1,438 Gary David Goldberg $78,143,328 2 $39,071,664
1,439 Reinhard Klooss $77,812,608 4 $19,453,152
1,440 Sanaa Hamri $77,621,465 4 $19,405,366
1,441 John Dahl $77,604,177 8 $9,700,522
1,442 Mark L. Lester $77,577,517 10 $7,757,752
1,443 Juan Jose Campanella $77,546,087 3 $25,848,696
1,444 Joseph Zito $77,522,384 4 $19,380,596
1,445 Chris Rock $77,490,917 3 $25,830,306
1,446 Pablo Larrain $77,458,630 11 $7,041,694
1,447 Jaume Balaguero $77,431,229 7 $11,061,604
1,448 Everado Gout $77,422,405 2 $38,711,203
1,449 Farah Khan $76,952,922 2 $38,476,461
1,450 Takahiro Miki $76,935,090 13 $5,918,084
1,451 John R. Cherry, III $76,741,060 3 $25,580,353
1,452 John Sanford $76,482,461 1 $76,482,461
1,453 Tian Yu-sheng $76,481,594 3 $25,493,865
1,454 Nuel C. Naval $76,283,565 5 $15,256,713
1,455 Ken Loach $76,237,349 18 $4,235,408
1,456 Brian Percival $76,086,711 2 $38,043,356
1,457 Courtney Solomon $76,029,231 3 $25,343,077
1,458 Michael Showalter $75,934,914 9 $8,437,213
1,459 Mario Van Peebles $75,908,230 12 $6,325,686
1,460 Jake Szymanski $75,898,100 2 $37,949,050
1,461 Rakesh Roshan $75,770,047 3 $25,256,682
1,462 Nacho G. Velilla $75,565,286 6 $12,594,214
1,463 Sha Mo $75,558,379 2 $37,779,190
1,464 Alan Poul $75,281,179 1 $75,281,179
1,465 Yoshihiro Nakamura $75,226,301 6 $12,537,717
1,466 Beier Bao (包贝尔) $75,146,261 4 $18,786,565
1,467 Robert Lorenz $75,037,805 3 $25,012,602
1,468 Michael Cuesta $74,974,670 3 $24,991,557
1,469 Joseph Sargent $74,872,218 7 $10,696,031
1,470 Ilya Naishuller $74,699,904 3 $24,899,968
1,471 Anne Fontaine $74,595,370 12 $6,216,281
1,472 Robert Harmon $74,561,875 13 $5,735,529
1,473 Bob Spiers $74,344,420 2 $37,172,210
1,474 Gene Wilder $74,341,544 5 $14,868,309
1,475 George Scribner $74,151,346 1 $74,151,346
1,476 Albert Magnoli $74,109,753 2 $37,054,877
1,477 Steve Shill $73,964,713 1 $73,964,713
1,478 Bryan Spicer $73,874,414 3 $24,624,805
1,479 Kevin Bray $73,729,528 2 $36,864,764
1,480 Yao Yoyo $73,724,082 1 $73,724,082
1,481 Steven Zaillian $73,497,832 3 $24,499,277
1,482 Ferzan Ozpetek $73,463,862 7 $10,494,837
1,483 Allen Coulter $73,332,371 2 $36,666,186
1,484 George Stevens $73,190,659 11 $6,653,696
1,485 Mark Herman $73,135,450 5 $14,627,090
1,486 Patryk Vega $73,125,179 14 $5,223,227
1,487 Frant Fwo $73,050,000 1 $73,050,000
1,488 Craig Mazin $73,039,298 2 $36,519,649
1,489 Alexandre Astier $73,008,590 3 $24,336,197
1,490 Yasuharu Ishii $73,000,000 1 $73,000,000
1,491 Jeremy Degruson $72,997,543 2 $36,498,772
1,492 Mike Tollin $72,987,519 2 $36,493,760
1,493 Ken Marino $72,847,059 2 $36,423,530
1,494 Lee Toland Krieger $72,772,225 2 $36,386,113
1,495 Gao Ke $72,760,000 1 $72,760,000
1,496 Takeshi Kitano $72,511,902 13 $5,577,839
1,497 Tie Wei $72,506,344 1 $72,506,344
1,498 David Mamet $72,446,093 12 $6,037,174
1,499 Chris Kentis $72,129,401 2 $36,064,701
1,500 Tat-Chiu Lee (李达超) $71,896,273 1 $71,896,273

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.