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Top Grossing Director at the Worldwide Box Office (Rank 2,001-2,100)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,001 | Michel Debats | $41,622,861 | 2 | $20,811,431 |
| 2,002 | Eric Till | $41,410,575 | 2 | $20,705,288 |
| 2,003 | Uwe Boll | $41,394,510 | 15 | $2,759,634 |
| 2,004 | Peter Markle | $41,313,762 | 5 | $8,262,752 |
| 2,005 | Robert Clouse | $41,308,546 | 8 | $5,163,568 |
| 2,006 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | $41,268,579 | 1 | $41,268,579 |
| 2,007 | Oleg Trofim | $41,239,621 | 3 | $13,746,540 |
| 2,008 | Yang Song (宋阳) | $41,209,025 | 1 | $41,209,025 |
| 2,009 | Richie Keen | $41,187,017 | 3 | $13,729,006 |
| 2,010 | David Gelb | $41,149,345 | 5 | $8,229,869 |
| 2,011 | Mohit Suri | $41,132,301 | 9 | $4,570,256 |
| 2,012 | Hitoshi Ône | $41,108,385 | 1 | $41,108,385 |
| 2,013 | Lu Le | $41,046,927 | 1 | $41,046,927 |
| 2,014 | Lenny Abrahamson | $40,926,067 | 4 | $10,231,517 |
| 2,015 | John Patrick Shanley | $40,868,076 | 2 | $20,434,038 |
| 2,016 | Matt Williams | $40,862,054 | 1 | $40,862,054 |
| 2,017 | Can Ulkay | $40,816,180 | 4 | $10,204,045 |
| 2,018 | Martin Bourboulon | $40,766,160 | 6 | $6,794,360 |
| 2,019 | Maneesh Sharma | $40,760,941 | 5 | $8,152,188 |
| 2,020 | Brian G. Hutton | $40,716,895 | 3 | $13,572,298 |
| 2,021 | Philip G. Atwell | $40,686,409 | 1 | $40,686,409 |
| 2,022 | Kelly Fremon Craig | $40,677,827 | 2 | $20,338,914 |
| 2,023 | Ariel Winograd | $40,653,740 | 8 | $5,081,718 |
| 2,024 | Baran bo Odar | $40,591,943 | 3 | $13,530,648 |
| 2,025 | Ricky Gervais | $40,583,708 | 4 | $10,145,927 |
| 2,026 | R. Balki | $40,574,403 | 6 | $6,762,401 |
| 2,027 | Shinobu Sasaki | $40,550,592 | 1 | $40,550,592 |
| 2,028 | Yong-ho Son | $40,524,574 | 2 | $20,262,287 |
| 2,029 | Greg Gillespie | $40,520,649 | 1 | $40,520,649 |
| 2,030 | An Zhanjun | $40,518,450 | 2 | $20,259,225 |
| 2,031 | Paweł Pawlikowski | $40,511,072 | 3 | $13,503,691 |
| 2,032 | Kimble Rendall | $40,424,224 | 2 | $20,212,112 |
| 2,033 | Douglas Mackinnon | $40,412,157 | 3 | $13,470,719 |
| 2,034 | Kyle Marvin | $40,384,027 | 1 | $40,384,027 |
| 2,035 | Paolo Virzi | $40,375,945 | 8 | $5,046,993 |
| 2,036 | Perry Andelin Blake | $40,363,530 | 1 | $40,363,530 |
| 2,037 | Aaron Norris | $40,330,481 | 6 | $6,721,747 |
| 2,038 | Masakazu Hashimoto | $40,316,759 | 5 | $8,063,352 |
| 2,039 | Shunji Iwai | $40,307,776 | 12 | $3,358,981 |
| 2,040 | Peter MacDonald | $40,190,000 | 1 | $40,190,000 |
| 2,041 | John Gray | $40,166,306 | 4 | $10,041,577 |
| 2,042 | Chris Bailey | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 2,043 | Mark Koetsier | $40,166,138 | 1 | $40,166,138 |
| 2,044 | John Michael McDonagh | $40,163,943 | 4 | $10,040,986 |
| 2,045 | Marco Schnabel | $40,159,017 | 1 | $40,159,017 |
| 2,046 | Detlev Buck | $40,110,533 | 8 | $5,013,817 |
| 2,047 | Gordon Chan | $40,059,243 | 7 | $5,722,749 |
| 2,048 | Ismail Fidan | $39,981,415 | 5 | $7,996,283 |
| 2,049 | Kexin Chen (陈可辛) | $39,924,151 | 1 | $39,924,151 |
| 2,050 | Weiming Huang | $39,909,703 | 5 | $7,981,941 |
| 2,051 | Emerald Fennell | $39,880,165 | 3 | $13,293,388 |
| 2,052 | Mark Cowen | $39,846,896 | 1 | $39,846,896 |
| 2,053 | Jerry Jameson | $39,791,973 | 7 | $5,684,568 |
| 2,054 | Karyn Kusama | $39,743,335 | 5 | $7,948,667 |
| 2,055 | Rodrigo Cortes | $39,729,730 | 5 | $7,945,946 |
| 2,056 | Michael Anderson | $39,717,930 | 2 | $19,858,965 |
| 2,057 | Henry Koster | $39,710,931 | 6 | $6,618,489 |
| 2,058 | Deborah Kaplan | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 2,059 | Harry Elfont | $39,666,219 | 2 | $19,833,110 |
| 2,060 | Debbie Isitt | $39,606,847 | 6 | $6,601,141 |
| 2,061 | Jae-gyoo Lee | $39,504,707 | 1 | $39,504,707 |
| 2,062 | John Gatins | $39,498,360 | 1 | $39,498,360 |
| 2,063 | Katsuo Fukuzawa | $39,459,456 | 2 | $19,729,728 |
| 2,064 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $39,386,742 | 3 | $13,128,914 |
| 2,065 | Werner Herzog | $39,384,218 | 31 | $1,270,459 |
| 2,066 | Seiji Izumi | $39,314,819 | 1 | $39,314,819 |
| 2,067 | Stephen Low | $39,266,323 | 5 | $7,853,265 |
| 2,068 | Umesh Shukla | $39,237,700 | 5 | $7,847,540 |
| 2,069 | Bart Freundlich | $39,180,749 | 6 | $6,530,125 |
| 2,070 | Rachel Talalay | $39,159,864 | 4 | $9,789,966 |
| 2,071 | Troy Nixey | $39,126,427 | 1 | $39,126,427 |
| 2,072 | Mary Harron | $39,090,756 | 7 | $5,584,394 |
| 2,073 | Ilya Uchitel | $39,005,468 | 4 | $9,751,367 |
| 2,074 | Todd Holland | $38,948,312 | 5 | $7,789,662 |
| 2,075 | Hallie Meyers-Shyer | $38,896,646 | 3 | $12,965,549 |
| 2,076 | Maiwenn | $38,893,474 | 4 | $9,723,369 |
| 2,077 | Nia Vardalos | $38,861,673 | 1 | $38,861,673 |
| 2,078 | Mike Nawrocki | $38,857,223 | 2 | $19,428,612 |
| 2,079 | Masahiro Hosoda | $38,848,780 | 1 | $38,848,780 |
| 2,080 | David Swift | $38,723,111 | 4 | $9,680,778 |
| 2,081 | Andrew Haigh | $38,720,845 | 5 | $7,744,169 |
| 2,082 | Zoya Akhtar | $38,692,791 | 5 | $7,738,558 |
| 2,083 | Pascal Chaumeil | $38,658,311 | 3 | $12,886,104 |
| 2,084 | Woody Hui | $38,611,941 | 1 | $38,611,941 |
| 2,085 | Steven Seagal | $38,590,458 | 1 | $38,590,458 |
| 2,086 | Dito Montiel | $38,566,694 | 9 | $4,285,188 |
| 2,087 | Peter Sollett | $38,518,823 | 4 | $9,629,706 |
| 2,088 | Ed Harris | $38,468,744 | 2 | $19,234,372 |
| 2,089 | Mandie Fletcher | $38,454,993 | 2 | $19,227,497 |
| 2,090 | Whit Stillman | $38,445,193 | 5 | $7,689,039 |
| 2,091 | Greg Coolidge | $38,364,855 | 2 | $19,182,428 |
| 2,092 | Jong-bin Yun | $38,312,818 | 2 | $19,156,409 |
| 2,093 | Morton DaCosta | $38,253,846 | 2 | $19,126,923 |
| 2,094 | Jing Cai (蔡婧) | $38,242,892 | 1 | $38,242,892 |
| 2,095 | Jon S. Baird | $38,176,938 | 6 | $6,362,823 |
| 2,096 | David Mackenzie | $38,093,371 | 8 | $4,761,671 |
| 2,097 | Bob Dolman | $38,067,218 | 1 | $38,067,218 |
| 2,098 | Charles Jarrott | $38,014,093 | 6 | $6,335,682 |
| 2,099 | Orkenbek Baysenbay | $38,000,000 | 1 | $38,000,000 |
| 2,100 | Herb Freed | $37,994,000 | 3 | $12,664,667 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.