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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 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 | Vikas Bahl | $10,450,029 | 3 | $3,483,343 |
| 2,002 | Jonathan Prince | $10,442,641 | 2 | $5,221,321 |
| 2,003 | Sergio G. Sanchez | $10,428,286 | 1 | $10,428,286 |
| 2,004 | Michael Pressman | $10,400,000 | 1 | $10,400,000 |
| 2,005 | Natalie Portman | $10,383,908 | 2 | $5,191,954 |
| 2,006 | Li Xinyun | $10,379,741 | 1 | $10,379,741 |
| 2,007 | Gaspar Noe | $10,314,244 | 4 | $2,578,561 |
| 2,008 | Kazuya Kamihoriuchi | $10,289,397 | 1 | $10,289,397 |
| 2,009 | Wang Wei | $10,283,453 | 3 | $3,427,818 |
| 2,010 | Stuart McDonald | $10,237,229 | 1 | $10,237,229 |
| 2,011 | Brian Dannelly | $10,234,929 | 2 | $5,117,465 |
| 2,012 | Jie Liu | $10,180,000 | 1 | $10,180,000 |
| 2,013 | Max Joseph | $10,166,209 | 1 | $10,166,209 |
| 2,014 | Eleanor Coppola | $10,164,246 | 2 | $5,082,123 |
| 2,015 | Lexi Alexander | $10,157,534 | 1 | $10,157,534 |
| 2,016 | Patxi Amezcua | $10,145,679 | 1 | $10,145,679 |
| 2,017 | Marshall Brickman | $10,143,618 | 1 | $10,143,618 |
| 2,018 | Joshua Marston | $10,137,092 | 3 | $3,379,031 |
| 2,019 | Jonathan Li | $10,110,000 | 1 | $10,110,000 |
| 2,020 | Alan Rickman | $10,084,623 | 1 | $10,084,623 |
| 2,021 | Dmitry Kiselev | $10,070,579 | 1 | $10,070,579 |
| 2,022 | Mohit Suri | $10,054,104 | 3 | $3,351,368 |
| 2,023 | Takao Okawara | $10,037,390 | 4 | $2,509,348 |
| 2,024 | Albert Pyun | $10,030,875 | 3 | $3,343,625 |
| 2,025 | Bob Saget | $10,020,081 | 1 | $10,020,081 |
| 2,026 | Jack Nicholson | $10,005,969 | 2 | $5,002,985 |
| 2,027 | Robert Downey, Sr. | $10,003,620 | 2 | $5,001,810 |
| 2,028 | Barry Shear | $10,000,000 | 1 | $10,000,000 |
| 2,029 | Mohan Raja | $9,988,211 | 2 | $4,994,106 |
| 2,030 | Eric Rochant | $9,966,193 | 1 | $9,966,193 |
| 2,031 | Pascal Laugier | $9,955,831 | 3 | $3,318,610 |
| 2,032 | Venu Sriram | $9,939,186 | 1 | $9,939,186 |
| 2,033 | Barbara Wong | $9,905,654 | 2 | $4,952,827 |
| 2,034 | Marcos Carnevale | $9,892,561 | 4 | $2,473,140 |
| 2,035 | Chang-Hee Lee | $9,882,628 | 1 | $9,882,628 |
| 2,036 | Dayyan Eng | $9,870,000 | 1 | $9,870,000 |
| 2,037 | Shunji Iwai | $9,858,957 | 3 | $3,286,319 |
| 2,038 | Sylvain Chomet | $9,834,010 | 3 | $3,278,003 |
| 2,039 | Roberto Santucci | $9,786,399 | 2 | $4,893,200 |
| 2,040 | Meltem Bozoflu | $9,770,091 | 2 | $4,885,046 |
| 2,041 | Bernard Rose | $9,767,731 | 6 | $1,627,955 |
| 2,042 | Jack Sholder | $9,747,988 | 2 | $4,873,994 |
| 2,043 | Mitja Okorn | $9,740,728 | 2 | $4,870,364 |
| 2,044 | Aisling Walsh | $9,735,879 | 1 | $9,735,879 |
| 2,045 | Randy Balsmeyer | $9,725,060 | 1 | $9,725,060 |
| 2,046 | Jason Hall | $9,718,331 | 1 | $9,718,331 |
| 2,047 | Jeannnot Szwarc | $9,709,597 | 1 | $9,709,597 |
| 2,048 | Harry Winer | $9,697,739 | 1 | $9,697,739 |
| 2,049 | Laszlo Nemes | $9,696,537 | 1 | $9,696,537 |
| 2,050 | Daniel Furguson | $9,681,975 | 1 | $9,681,975 |
| 2,051 | Chang-pyo Hong | $9,680,424 | 1 | $9,680,424 |
| 2,052 | Tsuyoshi Nakakuki | $9,591,095 | 1 | $9,591,095 |
| 2,053 | Yunfei Wang | $9,570,000 | 1 | $9,570,000 |
| 2,054 | Darina Schmidt | $9,542,064 | 1 | $9,542,064 |
| 2,055 | Jorma Taccone | $9,537,120 | 1 | $9,537,120 |
| 2,056 | Takehiko Shinjo | $9,525,643 | 1 | $9,525,643 |
| 2,057 | Eran Creevy | $9,492,100 | 3 | $3,164,033 |
| 2,058 | Luigi Cozzi | $9,466,655 | 4 | $2,366,664 |
| 2,059 | E. Max Frye | $9,461,630 | 1 | $9,461,630 |
| 2,060 | Juan Taratuto | $9,453,063 | 2 | $4,726,532 |
| 2,061 | Laurence Dunmore | $9,448,623 | 1 | $9,448,623 |
| 2,062 | Alexei Uchitel | $9,434,926 | 1 | $9,434,926 |
| 2,063 | Kamil Cetin | $9,432,737 | 2 | $4,716,369 |
| 2,064 | Li Chen | $9,400,000 | 1 | $9,400,000 |
| 2,065 | Wang Ran | $9,400,000 | 1 | $9,400,000 |
| 2,066 | Nash Edgerton | $9,399,538 | 2 | $4,699,769 |
| 2,067 | Jonathan Barré | $9,389,874 | 1 | $9,389,874 |
| 2,068 | Stephane Aubier | $9,376,444 | 2 | $4,688,222 |
| 2,069 | Vincent Patar | $9,376,444 | 2 | $4,688,222 |
| 2,070 | Kevin Yagher | $9,321,492 | 1 | $9,321,492 |
| 2,071 | Dick Zondag | $9,315,576 | 1 | $9,315,576 |
| 2,072 | Tina Gordon Chism | $9,307,166 | 1 | $9,307,166 |
| 2,073 | Gordon Chan | $9,293,496 | 4 | $2,323,374 |
| 2,074 | Terence Davies | $9,290,456 | 5 | $1,858,091 |
| 2,075 | Craig R. Baxley | $9,286,314 | 1 | $9,286,314 |
| 2,076 | Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | $9,266,180 | 4 | $2,316,545 |
| 2,077 | Michel Leclerc | $9,261,711 | 1 | $9,261,711 |
| 2,078 | Neil Abramson | $9,257,103 | 1 | $9,257,103 |
| 2,079 | Luis Eduardo Reyes | $9,242,086 | 3 | $3,080,695 |
| 2,080 | Jeremy Sims | $9,228,845 | 2 | $4,614,423 |
| 2,081 | Rohit Dhawan | $9,177,260 | 2 | $4,588,630 |
| 2,082 | Jon S. Baird | $9,114,264 | 1 | $9,114,264 |
| 2,083 | Paul Andrew Williams | $9,109,857 | 1 | $9,109,857 |
| 2,084 | Isao Yukisada | $9,109,549 | 1 | $9,109,549 |
| 2,085 | Karel Reisz | $9,100,000 | 2 | $4,550,000 |
| 2,086 | Byeong-Heon Lee | $9,083,567 | 1 | $9,083,567 |
| 2,087 | Daniel Cohen | $9,064,426 | 2 | $4,532,213 |
| 2,088 | Hossein Amini | $9,060,600 | 1 | $9,060,600 |
| 2,089 | Kwon Jong-Kwan | $9,037,565 | 1 | $9,037,565 |
| 2,090 | David Raynr | $9,017,070 | 1 | $9,017,070 |
| 2,091 | Siddharth Malhotra | $9,013,273 | 1 | $9,013,273 |
| 2,092 | Bedran Guzel | $8,998,791 | 2 | $4,499,396 |
| 2,093 | Marcus Dunstan | $8,991,357 | 3 | $2,997,119 |
| 2,094 | Akira Kurosawa | $8,981,652 | 10 | $898,165 |
| 2,095 | Kevin Williamson | $8,959,883 | 1 | $8,959,883 |
| 2,096 | Joel Hopkins | $8,953,655 | 2 | $4,476,828 |
| 2,097 | Shoojit Sircar | $8,872,167 | 2 | $4,436,084 |
| 2,098 | Maria Sadowska | $8,869,241 | 1 | $8,869,241 |
| 2,099 | Ann Hui | $8,859,325 | 2 | $4,429,663 |
| 2,100 | Juan Pablo Buscarini | $8,856,676 | 3 | $2,952,225 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.
