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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 Julian Schnabel $45,521,643 6 $7,586,941
1,902 Richard Friedenberg $45,411,063 2 $22,705,532
1,903 Zach Cregger $45,352,337 3 $15,117,446
1,904 Wei Gu Chang $45,331,734 1 $45,331,734
1,905 John Hoffman $45,312,217 1 $45,312,217
1,906 Nanette Burstein $45,303,799 3 $15,101,266
1,907 Ariel Vromen $45,300,944 7 $6,471,563
1,908 Chul-soo Jang $45,286,922 2 $22,643,461
1,909 Mike Bigelow $45,273,464 1 $45,273,464
1,910 Ang Xu $45,195,641 2 $22,597,821
1,911 Lars Klevberg $45,136,096 3 $15,045,365
1,912 Ronald F. Maxwell $45,058,246 2 $22,529,123
1,913 Wei Shujun $45,029,234 4 $11,257,309
1,914 Riccardo Milani $45,017,440 10 $4,501,744
1,915 Matthieu Delaporte $44,987,512 4 $11,246,878
1,916 Ken Shapiro $44,921,312 2 $22,460,656
1,917 Mary Haverstick $44,793,168 1 $44,793,168
1,918 Richard Thorpe $44,701,984 12 $3,725,165
1,919 Mark Tonderai $44,604,086 2 $22,302,043
1,920 Bruce McCulloch $44,602,513 2 $22,301,257
1,921 Zhuqing Ji (季竹青) $44,570,000 1 $44,570,000
1,922 Hugh Welchman $44,564,925 2 $22,282,463
1,923 Eric Valette $44,513,466 1 $44,513,466
1,924 Matthew Warchus $44,488,855 3 $14,829,618
1,925 Aanand Rai $44,453,059 5 $8,890,612
1,926 Chuck Sheetz $44,451,470 1 $44,451,470
1,927 Desmond Davis $44,400,000 3 $14,800,000
1,928 Beyoncé Knowles $44,372,181 1 $44,372,181
1,929 Teddy Chan $44,324,894 2 $22,162,447
1,930 Alan Shapiro $44,202,709 2 $22,101,355
1,931 Sven Unterwaldt Jr $44,200,064 7 $6,314,295
1,932 Igor Voloshin $44,150,421 6 $7,358,404
1,933 Todd Graff $44,125,743 2 $22,062,872
1,934 Dorota Kobiela $44,074,957 2 $22,037,479
1,935 Daniel Stamm $44,061,297 2 $22,030,649
1,936 Tommy O'Haver $44,060,577 4 $11,015,144
1,937 Dax Shepard $44,017,107 3 $14,672,369
1,938 Kent Alterman $43,980,363 1 $43,980,363
1,939 Jamie Uys $43,923,227 3 $14,641,076
1,940 Art Stevens $43,899,231 1 $43,899,231
1,941 Stephen Merchant $43,860,635 2 $21,930,318
1,942 Akira Nagai $43,780,309 4 $10,945,077
1,943 Woo-suk Kang $43,747,663 4 $10,936,916
1,944 Joel Hopkins $43,601,970 3 $14,533,990
1,945 Arne Glimcher $43,551,829 2 $21,775,915
1,946 Ari Sandel $43,528,634 2 $21,764,317
1,947 George Gallo $43,420,706 10 $4,342,071
1,948 Vernie Yeung $43,415,987 1 $43,415,987
1,949 Koan Hui $43,415,987 1 $43,415,987
1,950 Mike Tiddes $43,319,936 3 $14,439,979
1,951 Rick Famuyliwa $43,250,471 2 $21,625,236
1,952 Joel Silberg $43,213,466 3 $14,404,489
1,953 Chris Lofing $43,107,227 3 $14,369,076
1,954 Travis Cluff $43,107,227 3 $14,369,076
1,955 Gan Bi $43,104,559 3 $14,368,186
1,956 Nanni Moretti $43,018,223 8 $5,377,278
1,957 Bernard Rose $42,963,959 10 $4,296,396
1,958 Yôji Yamada $42,919,345 8 $5,364,918
1,959 Castille Landon $42,823,644 6 $7,137,274
1,960 Lee Hae-yeong $42,814,695 3 $14,271,565
1,961 James Gartner $42,799,060 1 $42,799,060
1,962 Charles Guard $42,779,231 2 $21,389,616
1,963 Thomas Guard $42,779,231 2 $21,389,616
1,964 Isabel Coixet $42,763,173 13 $3,289,475
1,965 Saket Chaudhary $42,732,776 3 $14,244,259
1,966 Alan Rudolph $42,685,236 14 $3,048,945
1,967 Lisa Cholodenko $42,672,184 3 $14,224,061
1,968 Brian Kirk $42,657,631 3 $14,219,210
1,969 Daniel Monzon $42,600,256 4 $10,650,064
1,970 Brad Parker $42,566,433 2 $21,283,217
1,971 Oleg Stepchenko $42,557,124 2 $21,278,562
1,972 Chris Nahon $42,530,536 3 $14,176,845
1,973 Barry W. Blaustein $42,504,358 3 $14,168,119
1,974 Snow Zou $42,467,539 2 $21,233,770
1,975 James Clavell $42,432,803 2 $21,216,402
1,976 Paco Plaza $42,428,888 7 $6,061,270
1,977 He Jiong $42,386,771 1 $42,386,771
1,978 Sajid Khan $42,337,440 2 $21,168,720
1,979 Jason Zada $42,309,230 2 $21,154,615
1,980 Sarah Gavron $42,272,983 3 $14,090,994
1,981 Philippe Le Guay $42,259,257 5 $8,451,851
1,982 Elaine Bogan $42,235,744 1 $42,235,744
1,983 Richard Kelly $42,231,521 3 $14,077,174
1,984 Nattawut Poonpiriya $42,197,645 3 $14,065,882
1,985 Justin Dec $42,176,201 1 $42,176,201
1,986 Arbaaz Khan $42,165,098 1 $42,165,098
1,987 Shree Narayan Singh $42,093,945 2 $21,046,973
1,988 Giles New $42,047,346 1 $42,047,346
1,989 Percy Adlon $42,001,910 2 $21,000,955
1,990 Luis Carlos Hueck $41,955,727 2 $20,977,864
1,991 Phil Traill $41,906,876 3 $13,968,959
1,992 Kenji Kodama $41,821,364 6 $6,970,227
1,993 Anthony Pun $41,785,385 2 $20,892,693
1,994 Robert Ben Garant $41,785,006 3 $13,928,335
1,995 Richard Glatzer $41,769,504 2 $20,884,752
1,996 Kim Kwang-Sik $41,754,733 1 $41,754,733
1,997 Ken Hughes $41,745,303 2 $20,872,652
1,998 Val Guest $41,744,796 7 $5,963,542
1,999 Robert Parrish $41,744,718 4 $10,436,180
2,000 Joe McGrath $41,744,718 1 $41,744,718

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

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.