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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 | Jaco Van Dormael | $13,617,614 | 2 | $6,808,807 |
| 1,802 | Jonathan Darby | $13,587,246 | 1 | $13,587,246 |
| 1,803 | Nicolas Lopez | $13,558,662 | 2 | $6,779,331 |
| 1,804 | Cheng He | $13,350,000 | 1 | $13,350,000 |
| 1,805 | Shinsuke Sato | $13,320,187 | 2 | $6,660,094 |
| 1,806 | Jason Bloom | $13,294,762 | 1 | $13,294,762 |
| 1,807 | Gauri Shinde | $13,263,054 | 2 | $6,631,527 |
| 1,808 | James Huth | $13,075,000 | 1 | $13,075,000 |
| 1,809 | Holger Tappe | $13,056,600 | 1 | $13,056,600 |
| 1,810 | Akiyuki Shinbo | $13,032,968 | 3 | $4,344,323 |
| 1,811 | Steve James | $12,951,908 | 5 | $2,590,382 |
| 1,812 | Malik Bendjelloul | $12,913,491 | 1 | $12,913,491 |
| 1,813 | Jim Henson | $12,912,042 | 1 | $12,912,042 |
| 1,814 | Dae-min Park | $12,902,072 | 1 | $12,902,072 |
| 1,815 | Mikael Salomon | $12,890,752 | 3 | $4,296,917 |
| 1,816 | Marcel Langereger | $12,850,033 | 1 | $12,850,033 |
| 1,817 | Doug Aarniokoski | $12,825,876 | 4 | $3,206,469 |
| 1,818 | Jerry Zaks | $12,803,305 | 1 | $12,803,305 |
| 1,819 | Jeffrey Blitz | $12,790,500 | 3 | $4,263,500 |
| 1,820 | Robert Harling | $12,767,815 | 1 | $12,767,815 |
| 1,821 | Yukihiro Miyamoto | $12,762,048 | 1 | $12,762,048 |
| 1,822 | Volfango De Biasi | $12,747,780 | 2 | $6,373,890 |
| 1,823 | Missy Tadjedin | $12,646,519 | 1 | $12,646,519 |
| 1,824 | Wallace Wolodarsky | $12,604,145 | 3 | $4,201,382 |
| 1,825 | Stuart Connelly | $12,525,348 | 1 | $12,525,348 |
| 1,826 | Daniel Taplitz | $12,512,317 | 1 | $12,512,317 |
| 1,827 | Henry King | $12,503,220 | 3 | $4,167,740 |
| 1,828 | Karen Arthur | $12,500,000 | 2 | $6,250,000 |
| 1,829 | Akshay Roy | $12,498,298 | 1 | $12,498,298 |
| 1,830 | Audrey Dana | $12,393,753 | 2 | $6,196,877 |
| 1,831 | Matt Brown | $12,382,122 | 1 | $12,382,122 |
| 1,832 | Thomas Lilti | $12,375,976 | 2 | $6,187,988 |
| 1,833 | Zep | $12,268,517 | 1 | $12,268,517 |
| 1,834 | Lyndall Hobbs | $12,208,754 | 1 | $12,208,754 |
| 1,835 | Christian Petzold | $12,105,727 | 2 | $6,052,864 |
| 1,836 | Enrique Begne | $12,030,437 | 2 | $6,015,219 |
| 1,837 | David Douglas | $12,022,204 | 2 | $6,011,102 |
| 1,838 | Daniel Auteuil | $12,019,646 | 3 | $4,006,549 |
| 1,839 | John Farrow | $12,000,000 | 1 | $12,000,000 |
| 1,840 | Ryan Fleck | $11,993,316 | 4 | $2,998,329 |
| 1,841 | Andre Techine | $11,950,977 | 10 | $1,195,098 |
| 1,842 | Andrey Zvyagintsev | $11,929,942 | 4 | $2,982,486 |
| 1,843 | Gareth Evans | $11,923,210 | 3 | $3,974,403 |
| 1,844 | Andre Ovredal | $11,863,138 | 2 | $5,931,569 |
| 1,845 | Kim Jae-Young | $11,852,692 | 1 | $11,852,692 |
| 1,846 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $11,846,036 | 1 | $11,846,036 |
| 1,847 | Allan Moyle | $11,845,599 | 2 | $5,922,800 |
| 1,848 | Courtney Solomon | $11,813,989 | 1 | $11,813,989 |
| 1,849 | Aanand Rai | $11,801,903 | 2 | $5,900,952 |
| 1,850 | Fred Durst | $11,793,474 | 2 | $5,896,737 |
| 1,851 | Bob Weinstein | $11,778,396 | 1 | $11,778,396 |
| 1,852 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $11,723,620 | 1 | $11,723,620 |
| 1,853 | David Lister | $11,700,000 | 1 | $11,700,000 |
| 1,854 | Maria Ripoll | $11,698,538 | 2 | $5,849,269 |
| 1,855 | Martin Koolhoven | $11,664,129 | 2 | $5,832,065 |
| 1,856 | Matthias Schweighofer | $11,639,918 | 1 | $11,639,918 |
| 1,857 | Ralph Singleton | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 1,858 | Brett Haley | $11,577,134 | 3 | $3,859,045 |
| 1,859 | Timo Vuorensolam | $11,565,792 | 3 | $3,855,264 |
| 1,860 | Vivek Sharma | $11,532,795 | 1 | $11,532,795 |
| 1,861 | Robert Butler | $11,532,774 | 1 | $11,532,774 |
| 1,862 | Kunihiko Yuyama | $11,520,019 | 4 | $2,880,005 |
| 1,863 | Ben Lewin | $11,505,982 | 2 | $5,752,991 |
| 1,864 | Li Jun Li | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 1,865 | He Nian | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 1,866 | Vignesh Shivan | $11,498,182 | 2 | $5,749,091 |
| 1,867 | Debbie Isitt | $11,492,347 | 3 | $3,830,782 |
| 1,868 | Farren Blackburn | $11,362,576 | 2 | $5,681,288 |
| 1,869 | Alper Çağlar | $11,342,753 | 1 | $11,342,753 |
| 1,870 | Jafar Panahi | $11,312,743 | 3 | $3,770,914 |
| 1,871 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 1,872 | Remo D'Souza | $11,291,101 | 3 | $3,763,700 |
| 1,873 | Benjamin Renner | $11,282,274 | 2 | $5,641,137 |
| 1,874 | Scott McGehee | $11,268,136 | 2 | $5,634,068 |
| 1,875 | David Michod | $11,258,935 | 3 | $3,752,978 |
| 1,876 | Moon Hyun-sung | $11,245,924 | 1 | $11,245,924 |
| 1,877 | Ben Wheatley | $11,223,927 | 8 | $1,402,991 |
| 1,878 | Joann Sfar | $11,205,751 | 3 | $3,735,250 |
| 1,879 | Carlos Therón | $11,202,953 | 1 | $11,202,953 |
| 1,880 | Neri Parenti | $11,172,017 | 4 | $2,793,004 |
| 1,881 | Billy Chung | $11,170,000 | 1 | $11,170,000 |
| 1,882 | Josh Schwartz | $11,166,615 | 1 | $11,166,615 |
| 1,883 | Soon-rye Yim | $11,049,102 | 1 | $11,049,102 |
| 1,884 | Marco Polo Constandse | $11,045,709 | 1 | $11,045,709 |
| 1,885 | Kunal Deshmukh | $11,003,231 | 2 | $5,501,616 |
| 1,886 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 1,887 | Zalman King | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 1,888 | Salvatore Ficarra | $10,984,866 | 1 | $10,984,866 |
| 1,889 | Chang You-jeong | $10,910,056 | 1 | $10,910,056 |
| 1,890 | Raja Menon | $10,902,449 | 2 | $5,451,225 |
| 1,891 | Matthew Dyas | $10,894,223 | 1 | $10,894,223 |
| 1,892 | Mert Baykal | $10,863,098 | 2 | $5,431,549 |
| 1,893 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,763,183 | 1 | $10,763,183 |
| 1,894 | Alessandro Siani | $10,730,568 | 1 | $10,730,568 |
| 1,895 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 1,896 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | $10,710,977 | 6 | $1,785,163 |
| 1,897 | Yash Chopra | $10,688,171 | 2 | $5,344,086 |
| 1,898 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 1,899 | Todd Lincoln | $10,637,281 | 1 | $10,637,281 |
| 1,900 | Regis Roinsard | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
