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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 | Brian Kirk | $42,657,631 | 2 | $21,328,816 |
| 1,802 | Riccardo Milani | $42,657,282 | 9 | $4,739,698 |
| 1,803 | Brad Parker | $42,566,433 | 2 | $21,283,217 |
| 1,804 | Oleg Stepchenko | $42,557,124 | 2 | $21,278,562 |
| 1,805 | Chris Nahon | $42,530,536 | 3 | $14,176,845 |
| 1,806 | Barry W. Blaustein | $42,504,358 | 3 | $14,168,119 |
| 1,807 | Snow Zou | $42,467,539 | 2 | $21,233,770 |
| 1,808 | James Clavell | $42,432,803 | 2 | $21,216,402 |
| 1,809 | Paco Plaza | $42,426,535 | 6 | $7,071,089 |
| 1,810 | Ariel Vromen | $42,394,871 | 7 | $6,056,410 |
| 1,811 | He Jiong | $42,386,771 | 1 | $42,386,771 |
| 1,812 | Jason Zada | $42,309,230 | 2 | $21,154,615 |
| 1,813 | Sarah Gavron | $42,272,983 | 3 | $14,090,994 |
| 1,814 | Philippe Le Guay | $42,259,257 | 5 | $8,451,851 |
| 1,815 | Joe Alves | $42,245,180 | 1 | $42,245,180 |
| 1,816 | Elaine Bogan | $42,235,744 | 1 | $42,235,744 |
| 1,817 | Richard Kelly | $42,231,521 | 3 | $14,077,174 |
| 1,818 | Nattawut Poonpiriya | $42,197,645 | 3 | $14,065,882 |
| 1,819 | Justin Dec | $42,176,201 | 1 | $42,176,201 |
| 1,820 | Arbaaz Khan | $42,165,098 | 1 | $42,165,098 |
| 1,821 | Giles New | $42,047,346 | 1 | $42,047,346 |
| 1,822 | Percy Adlon | $42,001,910 | 2 | $21,000,955 |
| 1,823 | Luis Carlos Hueck | $41,955,727 | 2 | $20,977,864 |
| 1,824 | Paolo Genovese | $41,914,113 | 5 | $8,382,823 |
| 1,825 | Phil Traill | $41,906,876 | 3 | $13,968,959 |
| 1,826 | Travis Cluff | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
| 1,827 | Chris Lofing | $41,799,291 | 3 | $13,933,097 |
| 1,828 | Robert Ben Garant | $41,785,006 | 3 | $13,928,335 |
| 1,829 | Richard Glatzer | $41,769,504 | 2 | $20,884,752 |
| 1,830 | Kim Kwang-Sik | $41,754,733 | 1 | $41,754,733 |
| 1,831 | Ken Hughes | $41,745,163 | 2 | $20,872,582 |
| 1,832 | Robert Parrish | $41,744,718 | 4 | $10,436,180 |
| 1,833 | Val Guest | $41,744,718 | 5 | $8,348,944 |
| 1,834 | Joe McGrath | $41,744,718 | 1 | $41,744,718 |
| 1,835 | Robert Mulligan | $41,636,560 | 6 | $6,939,427 |
| 1,836 | Jim Sharman | $41,530,110 | 2 | $20,765,055 |
| 1,837 | Dallas Jenkins | $41,493,894 | 8 | $5,186,737 |
| 1,838 | Eric Till | $41,410,575 | 2 | $20,705,288 |
| 1,839 | Uwe Boll | $41,394,510 | 14 | $2,956,751 |
| 1,840 | Richard Thorpe | $41,367,304 | 11 | $3,760,664 |
| 1,841 | Peter Markle | $41,313,762 | 5 | $8,262,752 |
| 1,842 | Robert Clouse | $41,308,462 | 8 | $5,163,558 |
| 1,843 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $41,268,579 | 1 | $41,268,579 |
| 1,844 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $41,209,025 | 1 | $41,209,025 |
| 1,845 | David Gelb | $41,149,345 | 5 | $8,229,869 |
| 1,846 | Mohit Suri | $41,132,301 | 8 | $5,141,538 |
| 1,847 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
| 1,848 | Jorge Pareja | $41,039,145 | 1 | $41,039,145 |
| 1,849 | Lenny Abrahamson | $40,926,067 | 3 | $13,642,022 |
| 1,850 | John Patrick Shanley | $40,868,076 | 2 | $20,434,038 |
| 1,851 | Matt Williams | $40,862,054 | 1 | $40,862,054 |
| 1,852 | Lisa Cholodenko | $40,836,619 | 2 | $20,418,310 |
| 1,853 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
| 1,854 | Maneesh Sharma | $40,760,915 | 4 | $10,190,229 |
| 1,855 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,895 | 3 | $13,572,298 |
| 1,856 | Philip G. Atwell | $40,686,409 | 1 | $40,686,409 |
| 1,857 | Haipeng Sun | $40,661,541 | 2 | $20,330,771 |
| 1,858 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $40,594,195 | 2 | $20,297,098 |
| 1,859 | Baran bo Odar | $40,591,943 | 3 | $13,530,648 |
| 1,860 | Ricky Gervais | $40,583,708 | 4 | $10,145,927 |
| 1,861 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $40,532,212 | 3 | $13,510,737 |
| 1,862 | Yong-ho Son | $40,524,574 | 2 | $20,262,287 |
| 1,863 | Greg Gillespie | $40,520,649 | 1 | $40,520,649 |
| 1,864 | An Zhanjun | $40,518,450 | 2 | $20,259,225 |
| 1,865 | Kevin Hooks | $40,432,823 | 4 | $10,108,206 |
| 1,866 | Kimble Rendall | $40,424,224 | 2 | $20,212,112 |
| 1,867 | Douglas Mackinnon | $40,412,157 | 3 | $13,470,719 |
| 1,868 | Dax Shepard | $40,407,247 | 3 | $13,469,082 |
| 1,869 | Kyle Marvin | $40,384,027 | 1 | $40,384,027 |
| 1,870 | Hak-soon Kim | $40,380,376 | 1 | $40,380,376 |
| 1,871 | Perry Andelin Blake | $40,363,530 | 1 | $40,363,530 |
| 1,872 | Castille Landon | $40,355,732 | 6 | $6,725,955 |
| 1,873 | Aaron Norris | $40,330,481 | 6 | $6,721,747 |
| 1,874 | Masakazu Hashimoto | $40,316,759 | 4 | $10,079,190 |
| 1,875 | Richie Keen | $40,286,416 | 3 | $13,428,805 |
| 1,876 | Paolo Virzi | $40,281,888 | 7 | $5,754,555 |
| 1,877 | Peter MacDonald | $40,190,000 | 1 | $40,190,000 |
| 1,878 | John Gray | $40,166,306 | 3 | $13,388,769 |
| 1,879 | Chris Bailey | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 1,880 | Mark Koetsier | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 1,881 | John Michael McDonagh | $40,163,943 | 4 | $10,040,986 |
| 1,882 | Marco Schnabel | $40,159,017 | 1 | $40,159,017 |
| 1,883 | Paola Cortellesi | $40,126,136 | 1 | $40,126,136 |
| 1,884 | Detlev Buck | $40,110,533 | 8 | $5,013,817 |
| 1,885 | Kim Hak-Soon | $40,094,346 | 1 | $40,094,346 |
| 1,886 | Kazuhiro Furuhashi | $40,010,000 | 1 | $40,010,000 |
| 1,887 | Emerald Fennell | $39,895,732 | 2 | $19,947,866 |
| 1,888 | Mark Cowen | $39,846,896 | 1 | $39,846,896 |
| 1,889 | Gil Junger | $39,813,148 | 6 | $6,635,525 |
| 1,890 | Jerry Jameson | $39,791,973 | 7 | $5,684,568 |
| 1,891 | Karyn Kusama | $39,743,335 | 5 | $7,948,667 |
| 1,892 | Henry Koster | $39,710,931 | 6 | $6,618,489 |
| 1,893 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $39,708,165 | 3 | $13,236,055 |
| 1,894 | Martin Bourboulon | $39,689,927 | 5 | $7,937,985 |
| 1,895 | J.C. Chandor | $39,689,763 | 6 | $6,614,961 |
| 1,896 | Deborah Kaplan | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 1,897 | Harry Elfont | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 1,898 | Debbie Isitt | $39,606,847 | 6 | $6,601,141 |
| 1,899 | Jae-gyoo Lee | $39,504,707 | 1 | $39,504,707 |
| 1,900 | John Gatins | $39,498,360 | 1 | $39,498,360 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.