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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 1,901-2,000)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 | Vijay Krishna Acharya | $11,723,620 | 1 | $11,723,620 |
| 1,902 | David Lister | $11,700,000 | 1 | $11,700,000 |
| 1,903 | Maria Ripoll | $11,698,538 | 2 | $5,849,269 |
| 1,904 | Martin Koolhoven | $11,674,638 | 2 | $5,837,319 |
| 1,905 | Matthias Schweighofer | $11,639,918 | 1 | $11,639,918 |
| 1,906 | Pedro Vasconcelos | $11,616,161 | 1 | $11,616,161 |
| 1,907 | Ralph Singleton | $11,578,883 | 1 | $11,578,883 |
| 1,908 | Timo Vuorensolam | $11,565,792 | 3 | $3,855,264 |
| 1,909 | Vivek Sharma | $11,532,795 | 1 | $11,532,795 |
| 1,910 | Robert Butler | $11,532,774 | 1 | $11,532,774 |
| 1,911 | Sean Baker | $11,520,460 | 4 | $2,880,115 |
| 1,912 | Kunihiko Yuyama | $11,520,019 | 4 | $2,880,005 |
| 1,913 | Li Jun Li | $11,500,000 | 1 | $11,500,000 |
| 1,914 | Vignesh Shivan | $11,498,182 | 2 | $5,749,091 |
| 1,915 | Debbie Isitt | $11,492,347 | 3 | $3,830,782 |
| 1,916 | Alper Çağlar | $11,371,303 | 1 | $11,371,303 |
| 1,917 | Farren Blackburn | $11,362,576 | 2 | $5,681,288 |
| 1,918 | Andy Cardiff | $11,307,615 | 1 | $11,307,615 |
| 1,919 | Scott McGehee | $11,268,136 | 2 | $5,634,068 |
| 1,920 | David Michod | $11,258,935 | 3 | $3,752,978 |
| 1,921 | Drew Pearce | $11,257,746 | 1 | $11,257,746 |
| 1,922 | Moon Hyun-sung | $11,245,924 | 1 | $11,245,924 |
| 1,923 | Fan Lixin | $11,230,810 | 2 | $5,615,405 |
| 1,924 | Ben Wheatley | $11,223,927 | 8 | $1,402,991 |
| 1,925 | Joann Sfar | $11,205,751 | 3 | $3,735,250 |
| 1,926 | Carlos Therón | $11,202,953 | 1 | $11,202,953 |
| 1,927 | Gong Feng | $11,200,000 | 1 | $11,200,000 |
| 1,928 | Neri Parenti | $11,172,017 | 4 | $2,793,004 |
| 1,929 | Billy Chung | $11,170,000 | 1 | $11,170,000 |
| 1,930 | Josh Schwartz | $11,166,615 | 1 | $11,166,615 |
| 1,931 | Jeremy Degruson | $11,092,749 | 1 | $11,092,749 |
| 1,932 | Yu Shen | $11,090,000 | 1 | $11,090,000 |
| 1,933 | Soon-rye Yim | $11,081,271 | 1 | $11,081,271 |
| 1,934 | Marco Polo Constandse | $11,045,709 | 2 | $5,522,855 |
| 1,935 | Kunal Deshmukh | $11,003,231 | 2 | $5,501,616 |
| 1,936 | Zalman King | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 1,937 | D.W. Griffith | $11,000,000 | 3 | $3,666,667 |
| 1,938 | Aleksey Nuzhnyy | $10,999,308 | 1 | $10,999,308 |
| 1,939 | Salvatore Ficarra | $10,984,866 | 1 | $10,984,866 |
| 1,940 | Richard Dale | $10,942,482 | 1 | $10,942,482 |
| 1,941 | Chang You-jeong | $10,910,056 | 1 | $10,910,056 |
| 1,942 | Raja Menon | $10,902,449 | 2 | $5,451,225 |
| 1,943 | Matthew Dyas | $10,894,223 | 1 | $10,894,223 |
| 1,944 | Mert Baykal | $10,871,418 | 2 | $5,435,709 |
| 1,945 | Director X | $10,764,164 | 3 | $3,588,055 |
| 1,946 | Joe Nessbaum | $10,763,183 | 1 | $10,763,183 |
| 1,947 | Alessandro Siani | $10,739,001 | 1 | $10,739,001 |
| 1,948 | Noh Dong-seok | $10,723,414 | 1 | $10,723,414 |
| 1,949 | Stephen Gyllenhaal | $10,710,977 | 6 | $1,785,163 |
| 1,950 | Yash Chopra | $10,688,171 | 2 | $5,344,086 |
| 1,951 | Rand Ravich | $10,672,566 | 1 | $10,672,566 |
| 1,952 | Todd Lincoln | $10,637,281 | 1 | $10,637,281 |
| 1,953 | Regis Roinsard | $10,617,289 | 1 | $10,617,289 |
| 1,954 | Damon Santostefano | $10,570,375 | 2 | $5,285,188 |
| 1,955 | Ariel Winograd | $10,544,798 | 3 | $3,514,933 |
| 1,956 | Lisa Azuelos | $10,528,863 | 2 | $5,264,432 |
| 1,957 | Terry George | $10,524,093 | 2 | $5,262,047 |
| 1,958 | Shya Wing | $10,519,963 | 1 | $10,519,963 |
| 1,959 | Milan Luthria | $10,497,601 | 1 | $10,497,601 |
| 1,960 | Kunal Kohli | $10,471,728 | 1 | $10,471,728 |
| 1,961 | Vikas Bahl | $10,450,029 | 3 | $3,483,343 |
| 1,962 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 1,963 | Michael Pressman | $10,400,000 | 1 | $10,400,000 |
| 1,964 | Natalie Portman | $10,383,908 | 2 | $5,191,954 |
| 1,965 | Gaspar Noe | $10,314,244 | 4 | $2,578,561 |
| 1,966 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $10,289,397 | 1 | $10,289,397 |
| 1,967 | Wang Wei | $10,283,453 | 3 | $3,427,818 |
| 1,968 | Stuart McDonald | $10,237,229 | 1 | $10,237,229 |
| 1,969 | Brian Dannelly | $10,234,929 | 2 | $5,117,465 |
| 1,970 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $10,202,092 | 1 | $10,202,092 |
| 1,971 | Hirokazu Koreeda | $10,183,473 | 2 | $5,091,737 |
| 1,972 | Jie Liu | $10,180,000 | 1 | $10,180,000 |
| 1,973 | Max Joseph | $10,166,209 | 1 | $10,166,209 |
| 1,974 | Lexi Alexander | $10,157,534 | 1 | $10,157,534 |
| 1,975 | Patxi Amezcua | $10,145,679 | 1 | $10,145,679 |
| 1,976 | Marshall Brickman | $10,143,618 | 1 | $10,143,618 |
| 1,977 | Joshua Marston | $10,137,092 | 3 | $3,379,031 |
| 1,978 | Anne Fontaine | $10,120,963 | 6 | $1,686,827 |
| 1,979 | Jonathan Li | $10,110,000 | 1 | $10,110,000 |
| 1,980 | Morgan Neville | $10,104,058 | 6 | $1,684,010 |
| 1,981 | Alan Rickman | $10,084,623 | 1 | $10,084,623 |
| 1,982 | Dmitry Kiselev | $10,070,579 | 1 | $10,070,579 |
| 1,983 | Mohit Suri | $10,054,104 | 3 | $3,351,368 |
| 1,984 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 1,985 | Albert Pyun | $10,030,875 | 3 | $3,343,625 |
| 1,986 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 1,987 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 1,988 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 1,989 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 1,990 | Mohan Raja | $9,988,211 | 2 | $4,994,106 |
| 1,991 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 1,992 | Venu Sriram | $9,939,186 | 1 | $9,939,186 |
| 1,993 | Barbara Wong | $9,905,654 | 2 | $4,952,827 |
| 1,994 | Chang-Hee Lee | $9,882,628 | 1 | $9,882,628 |
| 1,995 | Dayyan Eng | $9,870,000 | 1 | $9,870,000 |
| 1,996 | Shunji Iwai | $9,858,957 | 3 | $3,286,319 |
| 1,997 | Meltem Bozoflu | $9,843,129 | 2 | $4,921,565 |
| 1,998 | Sylvain Chomet | $9,834,010 | 3 | $3,278,003 |
| 1,999 | Faith Akin | $9,831,283 | 2 | $4,915,642 |
| 2,000 | Aisling Walsh | $9,820,187 | 1 | $9,820,187 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
