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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 1,801-1,900)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,801 | Shinji Higuchi | $15,363,967 | 2 | $7,681,984 |
| 1,802 | Mickey Liddell | $15,318,257 | 1 | $15,318,257 |
| 1,803 | Neal Brennan | $15,297,318 | 1 | $15,297,318 |
| 1,804 | Vladen Barbe | $15,201,202 | 1 | $15,201,202 |
| 1,805 | Maksim Sveshnikov | $15,201,202 | 1 | $15,201,202 |
| 1,806 | Egor Baranov | $15,189,632 | 2 | $7,594,816 |
| 1,807 | Fraser Clarke Heston | $15,185,672 | 1 | $15,185,672 |
| 1,808 | Jong-Yeol Baek | $15,164,325 | 1 | $15,164,325 |
| 1,809 | Hajime Hashimoto | $15,104,791 | 1 | $15,104,791 |
| 1,810 | Daniel Petrie Jr | $15,073,942 | 2 | $7,536,971 |
| 1,811 | Hayato Kawai | $15,061,559 | 3 | $5,020,520 |
| 1,812 | Gregory Levasseur | $15,031,294 | 1 | $15,031,294 |
| 1,813 | Robert J. Rosenthal | $15,026,217 | 1 | $15,026,217 |
| 1,814 | Jun'ichi Ishikawa | $15,018,115 | 1 | $15,018,115 |
| 1,815 | Rohan Sippy | $15,001,417 | 2 | $7,500,709 |
| 1,816 | Haifaa Al-Mansour | $14,998,362 | 2 | $7,499,181 |
| 1,817 | Jay Duplass | $14,976,277 | 4 | $3,744,069 |
| 1,818 | Mark Duplass | $14,976,277 | 4 | $3,744,069 |
| 1,819 | Trivikram Srinivas | $14,971,542 | 3 | $4,990,514 |
| 1,820 | Guo Dalei | $14,953,613 | 3 | $4,984,538 |
| 1,821 | Bill Pohlad | $14,949,908 | 1 | $14,949,908 |
| 1,822 | Leslye Headland | $14,929,028 | 2 | $7,464,514 |
| 1,823 | Fatih Akin | $14,905,025 | 5 | $2,981,005 |
| 1,824 | Beto Gomez | $14,875,491 | 3 | $4,958,497 |
| 1,825 | Xixi Gao | $14,810,000 | 1 | $14,810,000 |
| 1,826 | Nanni Moretti | $14,761,530 | 2 | $7,380,765 |
| 1,827 | Liam Lynch | $14,758,819 | 2 | $7,379,410 |
| 1,828 | John Stockwell | $14,696,901 | 9 | $1,632,989 |
| 1,829 | Danila Kozlovsky | $14,678,603 | 1 | $14,678,603 |
| 1,830 | Matthew Akers | $14,663,001 | 1 | $14,663,001 |
| 1,831 | Can Ulkay | $14,632,246 | 1 | $14,632,246 |
| 1,832 | Brian Tse | $14,630,000 | 2 | $7,315,000 |
| 1,833 | Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | $14,552,758 | 1 | $14,552,758 |
| 1,834 | Alexandre Heboyan | $14,534,046 | 1 | $14,534,046 |
| 1,835 | Benoit Philippon | $14,534,046 | 2 | $7,267,023 |
| 1,836 | Ilya Naishuller | $14,518,493 | 1 | $14,518,493 |
| 1,837 | Gustavo Loza | $14,485,666 | 1 | $14,485,666 |
| 1,838 | Alex Zamm | $14,444,280 | 5 | $2,888,856 |
| 1,839 | Guy Ferland | $14,431,215 | 2 | $7,215,608 |
| 1,840 | Lu Zhengyu | $14,430,000 | 1 | $14,430,000 |
| 1,841 | Gong Feng | $14,410,000 | 1 | $14,410,000 |
| 1,842 | David Douglas | $14,385,876 | 2 | $7,192,938 |
| 1,843 | Daniel Auteuil | $14,378,648 | 4 | $3,594,662 |
| 1,844 | Jennifer Westfeldt | $14,357,752 | 1 | $14,357,752 |
| 1,845 | Jonathan M. Gunn | $14,305,450 | 1 | $14,305,450 |
| 1,846 | Jeannot Szwarc | $14,296,438 | 2 | $7,148,219 |
| 1,847 | Wych Kaosayananda | $14,294,842 | 2 | $7,147,421 |
| 1,848 | Todd Holland | $14,278,900 | 1 | $14,278,900 |
| 1,849 | B.W.L. Norton | $14,276,095 | 1 | $14,276,095 |
| 1,850 | Gillies MacKinnon | $14,275,795 | 6 | $2,379,299 |
| 1,851 | Zhang Yang | $14,255,582 | 2 | $7,127,791 |
| 1,852 | Steve Loter | $14,246,181 | 1 | $14,246,181 |
| 1,853 | Ali Zafar | $14,233,249 | 1 | $14,233,249 |
| 1,854 | Detlev Buck | $14,223,864 | 2 | $7,111,932 |
| 1,855 | Todd Solondz | $14,209,176 | 6 | $2,368,196 |
| 1,856 | Dean Wright | $14,203,868 | 2 | $7,101,934 |
| 1,857 | Konstantin Feoktistov | $14,184,772 | 1 | $14,184,772 |
| 1,858 | Terry Jones | $14,168,525 | 4 | $3,542,131 |
| 1,859 | Katja von Garnier | $14,031,602 | 4 | $3,507,901 |
| 1,860 | Lionel Smith Martin | $14,010,363 | 1 | $14,010,363 |
| 1,861 | Douglas Sirk | $14,000,000 | 2 | $7,000,000 |
| 1,862 | Michael Gornick | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 1,863 | Jeffrey Bloom | $14,000,000 | 1 | $14,000,000 |
| 1,864 | Ramon Mendendez | $13,994,920 | 1 | $13,994,920 |
| 1,865 | Raoul Peck | $13,972,910 | 3 | $4,657,637 |
| 1,866 | Isabel Coixet | $13,930,396 | 6 | $2,321,733 |
| 1,867 | Harry Hook | $13,812,230 | 1 | $13,812,230 |
| 1,868 | Jesse Vaughan | $13,771,817 | 1 | $13,771,817 |
| 1,869 | Brett Haley | $13,771,677 | 3 | $4,590,559 |
| 1,870 | Francois Girard | $13,755,881 | 3 | $4,585,294 |
| 1,871 | Werner Boote | $13,689,039 | 2 | $6,844,520 |
| 1,872 | Geoff Burrowes | $13,687,027 | 1 | $13,687,027 |
| 1,873 | Im Sang-soo | $13,659,975 | 3 | $4,553,325 |
| 1,874 | Mark Polish | $13,658,033 | 4 | $3,414,508 |
| 1,875 | Norihiro Koizumi | $13,649,091 | 1 | $13,649,091 |
| 1,876 | Jaco Van Dormael | $13,617,614 | 2 | $6,808,807 |
| 1,877 | Jonathan Darby | $13,587,246 | 1 | $13,587,246 |
| 1,878 | Nicolas Lopez | $13,558,836 | 3 | $4,519,612 |
| 1,879 | Steve James | $13,542,725 | 6 | $2,257,121 |
| 1,880 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $13,518,652 | 5 | $2,703,730 |
| 1,881 | Audrey Dana | $13,401,049 | 2 | $6,700,525 |
| 1,882 | Jason Bloom | $13,294,762 | 1 | $13,294,762 |
| 1,883 | Gauri Shinde | $13,263,054 | 2 | $6,631,527 |
| 1,884 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | $13,212,866 | 1 | $13,212,866 |
| 1,885 | Katsuhide Motoki | $13,198,228 | 1 | $13,198,228 |
| 1,886 | Christopher Jenkins | $13,143,109 | 1 | $13,143,109 |
| 1,887 | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | $13,075,771 | 2 | $6,537,886 |
| 1,888 | James Huth | $13,075,000 | 1 | $13,075,000 |
| 1,889 | Akiyuki Shinbo | $13,032,968 | 3 | $4,344,323 |
| 1,890 | Michael Dinner | $13,019,253 | 1 | $13,019,253 |
| 1,891 | Julie Cohen | $12,963,797 | 1 | $12,963,797 |
| 1,892 | Betsy West | $12,963,797 | 1 | $12,963,797 |
| 1,893 | Malik Bendjelloul | $12,913,491 | 1 | $12,913,491 |
| 1,894 | Jim Henson | $12,912,042 | 1 | $12,912,042 |
| 1,895 | Dae-min Park | $12,902,072 | 1 | $12,902,072 |
| 1,896 | Mikael Salomon | $12,890,752 | 3 | $4,296,917 |
| 1,897 | Marcel Langereger | $12,850,033 | 1 | $12,850,033 |
| 1,898 | Doug Aarniokoski | $12,825,876 | 4 | $3,206,469 |
| 1,899 | Jafar Panahi | $12,806,195 | 4 | $3,201,549 |
| 1,900 | Jerry Zaks | $12,803,305 | 1 | $12,803,305 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
