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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.