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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,901-2,000)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
1,901 Rachel Talalay $39,159,864 4 $9,789,966
1,902 Troy Nixey $39,126,427 1 $39,126,427
1,903 Mary Harron $39,080,468 7 $5,582,924
1,904 Rodrigo Cortes $38,990,210 5 $7,798,042
1,905 Todd Holland $38,948,312 5 $7,789,662
1,906 Mike Nawrocki $38,857,223 2 $19,428,612
1,907 Nia Vardalos $38,797,188 1 $38,797,188
1,908 David Swift $38,723,111 4 $9,680,778
1,909 Zoya Akhtar $38,692,791 5 $7,738,558
1,910 Pascal Chaumeil $38,658,311 3 $12,886,104
1,911 Woody Hui $38,611,941 1 $38,611,941
1,912 Steven Seagal $38,590,458 1 $38,590,458
1,913 Shao Yihui $38,580,000 1 $38,580,000
1,914 Shunji Iwai $38,537,519 10 $3,853,752
1,915 Maiwenn $38,534,291 4 $9,633,573
1,916 Peter Sollett $38,518,823 5 $7,703,765
1,917 Ed Harris $38,468,744 2 $19,234,372
1,918 Mandie Fletcher $38,454,993 2 $19,227,497
1,919 Whit Stillman $38,445,193 5 $7,689,039
1,920 Greg Coolidge $38,364,855 2 $19,182,428
1,921 Farah Khan $38,362,835 2 $19,181,418
1,922 Jong-bin Yun $38,312,818 2 $19,156,409
1,923 Weiming Huang $38,292,846 4 $9,573,212
1,924 Morton DaCosta $38,253,846 2 $19,126,923
1,925 Jing Cai (蔡婧) $38,242,892 1 $38,242,892
1,926 Jon S. Baird $38,176,938 5 $7,635,388
1,927 Kang Je-Kyu $38,135,467 4 $9,533,867
1,928 David Mackenzie $38,093,371 7 $5,441,910
1,929 Bob Dolman $38,067,218 1 $38,067,218
1,930 Orkenbek Baysenbay $38,000,000 1 $38,000,000
1,931 Herb Freed $37,994,000 3 $12,664,667
1,932 Florian Zeller $37,980,925 2 $18,990,463
1,933 Alain Gsponer $37,950,786 5 $7,590,157
1,934 Jerry Schatzberg $37,934,324 5 $7,586,865
1,935 Paul Bolger $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
1,936 Yvette Kaplan $37,923,818 1 $37,923,818
1,937 Dapeng Zhang $37,903,035 3 $12,634,345
1,938 Aleksandr Voytinskiy $37,845,873 3 $12,615,291
1,939 Vincenzo Natali $37,726,330 6 $6,287,722
1,940 George Armitage $37,696,527 3 $12,565,509
1,941 Sajid Khan $37,688,527 2 $18,844,264
1,942 Ed Herzog $37,644,339 7 $5,377,763
1,943 Kelong Li $37,641,855 6 $6,273,643
1,944 Leo McCarey $37,604,117 7 $5,372,017
1,945 Alan Myerson $37,576,774 2 $18,788,387
1,946 Salvatore Ficarra $37,557,767 3 $12,519,256
1,947 Kôjirô Hashimoto $37,538,344 3 $12,512,781
1,948 Andrew Haigh $37,472,905 4 $9,368,226
1,949 Martin Weisz $37,466,538 2 $18,733,269
1,950 Farhan Akhtar $37,345,849 4 $9,336,462
1,951 Derrick Borte $37,340,228 4 $9,335,057
1,952 Hallie Meyers-Shyer $37,336,874 3 $12,445,625
1,953 David S.F. Wilson $37,163,054 1 $37,163,054
1,954 Pang Ho-cheung $37,152,743 4 $9,288,186
1,955 Daniel St. Pierre $37,108,370 2 $18,554,185
1,956 John Wayne $37,107,027 3 $12,369,009
1,957 Fung Chih-chiang $37,092,694 2 $18,546,347
1,958 Imtiaz Ali $37,083,774 5 $7,416,755
1,959 Youyin Wu $37,018,276 1 $37,018,276
1,960 Gary Sinyor $36,983,266 3 $12,327,755
1,961 Ariel Winograd $36,972,758 7 $5,281,823
1,962 Gilles Lellouche $36,928,421 3 $12,309,474
1,963 Jeffrey Nachmanoff $36,919,653 2 $18,459,827
1,964 Nicholas Jarecki $36,913,218 2 $18,456,609
1,965 Kurt Wimmer $36,848,908 3 $12,282,969
1,966 Morgan Neville $36,763,560 11 $3,342,142
1,967 Riccardo Milani $36,749,839 9 $4,083,315
1,968 Ellory Elkayem $36,722,311 3 $12,240,770
1,969 Brandon Camp $36,718,347 3 $12,239,449
1,970 Zhi Li $36,670,000 2 $18,335,000
1,971 Dito Montiel $36,642,178 9 $4,071,353
1,972 Kay Pollack $36,571,042 2 $18,285,521
1,973 Won-Chan Hong $36,521,377 2 $18,260,689
1,974 Stephen Kessler $36,509,156 2 $18,254,578
1,975 Ueli Steiger $36,489,888 1 $36,489,888
1,976 Clive Barker $36,429,925 3 $12,143,308
1,977 Patrick Read Johnson $36,414,766 5 $7,282,953
1,978 Stephen Low $36,274,217 4 $9,068,554
1,979 Gene Kelly $36,108,099 2 $18,054,050
1,980 Jeff Pollack $36,093,386 2 $18,046,693
1,981 Josh Greenbaum $36,030,254 4 $9,007,564
1,982 Nat Faxon $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
1,983 Jim Rash $36,013,193 3 $12,004,398
1,984 Choi Kook-Hee $36,010,953 2 $18,005,477
1,985 Don Chaffey $36,000,000 3 $12,000,000
1,986 Kentarô Ôtani $36,000,000 1 $36,000,000
1,987 Ben Younger $35,944,957 2 $17,972,479
1,988 Tetsuo Yajima $35,927,170 2 $17,963,585
1,989 Ryo Tanaka $35,762,324 2 $17,881,162
1,990 Willard Huyck $35,561,076 2 $17,780,538
1,991 Nicole Holofcener $35,550,663 4 $8,887,666
1,992 Laurent Cantet $35,417,660 5 $7,083,532
1,993 Bill Paxton $35,415,546 2 $17,707,773
1,994 Ashutosh Gowariker $35,408,053 4 $8,852,013
1,995 Luis Prieto $35,371,013 4 $8,842,753
1,996 Jie Han $35,327,718 1 $35,327,718
1,997 Ahn Sang-hoon $35,203,902 3 $11,734,634
1,998 Holger Tappe $35,187,080 3 $11,729,027
1,999 Des McAnuff $35,129,610 4 $8,782,403
2,000 Armando Iannucci $35,062,218 2 $17,531,109

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.