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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 | Milan Luthria | $10,497,601 | 1 | $10,497,601 |
| 1,902 | Kunal Kohli | $10,471,728 | 1 | $10,471,728 |
| 1,903 | Vikas Bahl | $10,450,029 | 3 | $3,483,343 |
| 1,904 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 1,905 | Jeremy Degruson | $10,392,666 | 1 | $10,392,666 |
| 1,906 | Natalie Portman | $10,383,908 | 2 | $5,191,954 |
| 1,907 | Gaspar Noe | $10,314,244 | 3 | $3,438,081 |
| 1,908 | Stuart McDonald | $10,237,229 | 1 | $10,237,229 |
| 1,909 | Brian Dannelly | $10,234,929 | 2 | $5,117,465 |
| 1,910 | Jie Liu | $10,180,000 | 1 | $10,180,000 |
| 1,911 | Max Joseph | $10,166,209 | 1 | $10,166,209 |
| 1,912 | Lexi Alexander | $10,157,534 | 1 | $10,157,534 |
| 1,913 | Isabel Coixet | $10,156,978 | 6 | $1,692,830 |
| 1,914 | Patxi Amezcua | $10,145,679 | 1 | $10,145,679 |
| 1,915 | Marshall Brickman | $10,143,618 | 1 | $10,143,618 |
| 1,916 | Joshua Marston | $10,137,092 | 3 | $3,379,031 |
| 1,917 | Deon Taylor | $10,119,525 | 6 | $1,686,588 |
| 1,918 | Jonathan Li | $10,110,000 | 1 | $10,110,000 |
| 1,919 | Alan Rickman | $10,084,623 | 1 | $10,084,623 |
| 1,920 | Chang-Hee Lee | $10,073,394 | 1 | $10,073,394 |
| 1,921 | Dmitry Kiselev | $10,070,579 | 1 | $10,070,579 |
| 1,922 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $10,067,330 | 1 | $10,067,330 |
| 1,923 | Mohit Suri | $10,054,104 | 3 | $3,351,368 |
| 1,924 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 1,925 | Sean Baker | $10,031,842 | 4 | $2,507,961 |
| 1,926 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 1,927 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 1,928 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 1,929 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 1,930 | Mohan Raja | $9,988,211 | 2 | $4,994,106 |
| 1,931 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 1,932 | Anne Fontaine | $9,943,160 | 6 | $1,657,193 |
| 1,933 | Venu Sriram | $9,939,186 | 1 | $9,939,186 |
| 1,934 | Barbara Wong | $9,905,654 | 2 | $4,952,827 |
| 1,935 | Dayyan Eng | $9,870,000 | 1 | $9,870,000 |
| 1,936 | Chang-pyo Hong | $9,867,288 | 1 | $9,867,288 |
| 1,937 | Shunji Iwai | $9,858,957 | 3 | $3,286,319 |
| 1,938 | Sylvain Chomet | $9,834,010 | 3 | $3,278,003 |
| 1,939 | Faith Akin | $9,831,283 | 2 | $4,915,642 |
| 1,940 | Bernard Rose | $9,767,731 | 6 | $1,627,955 |
| 1,941 | Jack Sholder | $9,747,988 | 2 | $4,873,994 |
| 1,942 | Mitja Okorn | $9,740,728 | 2 | $4,870,364 |
| 1,943 | Aisling Walsh | $9,728,506 | 1 | $9,728,506 |
| 1,944 | Randy Balsmeyer | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 1,945 | Jason Hall | $9,718,331 | 1 | $9,718,331 |
| 1,946 | Jeannnot Szwarc | $9,709,597 | 1 | $9,709,597 |
| 1,947 | Harry Winer | $9,697,739 | 1 | $9,697,739 |
| 1,948 | Laszlo Nemes | $9,696,537 | 1 | $9,696,537 |
| 1,949 | Daniel Furguson | $9,681,975 | 1 | $9,681,975 |
| 1,950 | Jean-Francois Pouliot | $9,586,943 | 2 | $4,793,472 |
| 1,951 | Yunfei Wang | $9,570,000 | 1 | $9,570,000 |
| 1,952 | Darina Schmidt | $9,542,064 | 1 | $9,542,064 |
| 1,953 | Jorma Taccone | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 1,954 | Marius Balchunas | $9,519,536 | 2 | $4,759,768 |
| 1,955 | Eran Creevy | $9,485,621 | 3 | $3,161,874 |
| 1,956 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 4 | $2,366,664 |
| 1,957 | E. Max Frye | $9,461,630 | 1 | $9,461,630 |
| 1,958 | Laurence Dunmore | $9,448,623 | 1 | $9,448,623 |
| 1,959 | Nash Edgerton | $9,410,785 | 2 | $4,705,393 |
| 1,960 | Vincent Kok | $9,410,000 | 2 | $4,705,000 |
| 1,961 | Alexei Uchitel | $9,409,732 | 1 | $9,409,732 |
| 1,962 | Li Chen | $9,400,000 | 1 | $9,400,000 |
| 1,963 | Wang Ran | $9,400,000 | 1 | $9,400,000 |
| 1,964 | Jonathan Barré | $9,389,874 | 1 | $9,389,874 |
| 1,965 | Stephane Aubier | $9,376,444 | 2 | $4,688,222 |
| 1,966 | Vincent Patar | $9,376,444 | 2 | $4,688,222 |
| 1,967 | Christopher Jenkins | $9,335,984 | 1 | $9,335,984 |
| 1,968 | Kevin Yagher | $9,321,492 | 1 | $9,321,492 |
| 1,969 | Dick Zondag | $9,315,576 | 1 | $9,315,576 |
| 1,970 | Christophe Barratier | $9,309,554 | 1 | $9,309,554 |
| 1,971 | Tina Gordon Chism | $9,307,166 | 1 | $9,307,166 |
| 1,972 | Gordon Chan | $9,293,496 | 4 | $2,323,374 |
| 1,973 | Craig R. Baxley | $9,286,314 | 1 | $9,286,314 |
| 1,974 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $9,266,180 | 3 | $3,088,727 |
| 1,975 | Michel Leclerc | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 1,976 | Neil Abramson | $9,257,103 | 1 | $9,257,103 |
| 1,977 | Luis Eduardo Reyes | $9,242,086 | 3 | $3,080,695 |
| 1,978 | Jeremy Sims | $9,228,845 | 2 | $4,614,423 |
| 1,979 | Don Hahn | $9,184,371 | 2 | $4,592,186 |
| 1,980 | Rohit Dhawan | $9,177,260 | 2 | $4,588,630 |
| 1,981 | Jon S. Baird | $9,114,264 | 1 | $9,114,264 |
| 1,982 | Wang Wei | $9,110,000 | 2 | $4,555,000 |
| 1,983 | Paul Andrew Williams | $9,109,857 | 1 | $9,109,857 |
| 1,984 | Karel Reisz | $9,100,000 | 2 | $4,550,000 |
| 1,985 | Daniel Cohen | $9,064,426 | 2 | $4,532,213 |
| 1,986 | Hossein Amini | $9,060,600 | 1 | $9,060,600 |
| 1,987 | Kwon Jong-Kwan | $9,037,565 | 1 | $9,037,565 |
| 1,988 | Bedran Guzel | $8,998,791 | 2 | $4,499,396 |
| 1,989 | Kamil Cetin | $8,992,225 | 1 | $8,992,225 |
| 1,990 | Marcus Dunstan | $8,991,357 | 3 | $2,997,119 |
| 1,991 | Akira Kurosawa | $8,981,652 | 10 | $898,165 |
| 1,992 | Kevin Williamson | $8,959,883 | 1 | $8,959,883 |
| 1,993 | Eleanor Coppola | $8,927,441 | 2 | $4,463,721 |
| 1,994 | Joel Hopkins | $8,903,758 | 2 | $4,451,879 |
| 1,995 | Marc Rothemund | $8,886,129 | 2 | $4,443,065 |
| 1,996 | Ann Hui | $8,859,325 | 2 | $4,429,663 |
| 1,997 | Larry Peerce | $8,853,155 | 2 | $4,426,578 |
| 1,998 | Xavier Giannoli | $8,852,955 | 2 | $4,426,478 |
| 1,999 | Soo-Yeon Lee | $8,849,149 | 1 | $8,849,149 |
| 2,000 | Richard J. Lewis | $8,845,575 | 1 | $8,845,575 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
